Pastor stirs outrage with plan to let US gays 'die out' By Robert MacPherson (AFP) – 17 hours ago WASHINGTON — A Baptist pastor in North Carolina triggered Internet outrage Tuesday with his call from the pulpit for all gays and lesbians to be rounded up, fenced in like cattle, then left to die.Reverend Charles Worley delivered his unabashedly homophobic homily on May 13 -- Mother's Day in the United States -- at his independent Providence Road Baptist Church in the small town of Maiden, North Carolina."Build a great, big, large fence -- 150 or 100 miles (240 to 160 kilometers) long -- put all the lesbians in there, fly over and drop some food," Worley told his congregation, as seen in a video that ... Continue reading →
Chinese embassy in US cold-shoulders Tiananmen leader (AFP) – 2 hours ago WASHINGTON — One of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 went to the Chinese embassy in Washington on Friday in a bid to return home, only to find no one inside wanted to see him.Wu'er Kaixi, who now lives in Taiwan, said he wants to return home to see his frail and aging parents in Urumqi, northwest China, and to provoke a dialogue with Chinese leaders -- even if it means arrest and detention.But when he went to the bunker-like Chinese embassy in the US capital, the dissident activist found the smoked-glass doors locked, and no one responded when he rang the doorbell and dialed an off-hours telephone number.Telephone calls ... Continue reading →
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I lead a dog's life. Good food. Long walks. A fulfilling job chasing off the mailman. So what's all this about a television channel that's created just for Fido? Dog TV says it's "the first television channel for dogs," with "scientifically developed" 24/7 programming full of frisky hounds like me running leashless in lush green fields to soothing strains of meditative music. "Most of the time, dogs are interested more in their owners than in TV," Dog TV's creator Yossi Uzrad, owner himself of a Labrador and a rescue mutt, told my master the other day. "But if you leave them alone for a few hours, definitely it will entertain them." Yes. Home alone. Never a good thing for us pack animals. Humans, take note. ... Continue reading →
'Dog TV' to soothe canine souls By Bandit (AFP) – 10 hours ago WASHINGTON — I lead a dog's life. Good food. Long walks. A fulfilling job chasing off the mailman. So what's all this about a television channel that's created just for Fido?Dog TV says it's "the first television channel for dogs," with "scientifically developed" 24/7 programming full of frisky hounds like me running leashless in lush green fields to soothing strains of meditative music."Most of the time, dogs are interested more in their owners than in TV," Dog TV's creator Yossi Uzrad, owner himself of a Labrador and a rescue mutt, told my master the other day."But if you leave them alone for a few hours, definitely it will entertain them."Yes. Home alone. ... Continue reading →
If you missed last week's animal photos, be sure to check out these images of endangered tigers. Animal Photos of the Week is back with images of wild, cuddly and majestic animals taken in the past two weeks. As you're thinking about your mom on this Mother's Day, click here to read about animals' parenting styles and learn whether a ruffed lemur or a harp seal makes a better mama. In animal news, OR-7, the lone wolf that has roamed for hundreds of miles through Oregon and Northern California, was spotted in California this week. Possibly looking for a mate, OR-7 is the first and only gray wolf in California in over 80 years, reported the Associated Press. The results of a recent U.S. Navy ... Continue reading →
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