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Singapore to repeal colonial-era law against gay sex: PM
Singapore to repeal colonial-era law against gay sex: PM
World
by  AFP

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced Sunday the country will repeal a colonial-era law criminalising gay sex, though he maintained that the government will continue to "uphold" marriage as between a man and a woman. He stressed that under the law, "only marriages between one man and one woman are recognised in Singapore".

Death toll in Somalia hotel siege climbs to 21
Death toll in Somalia hotel siege climbs to 21
World
by  AFP

The death toll from a devastating 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has climbed to 21, Health Minister Ali Haji Adan said Sunday, as anxious citizens awaited news. "The ministry of health has so far confirmed the deaths of 21 people and 117 people wounded" in the assault that began on Friday evening and lasted over a day, Adan said.