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28 January 2008Warnings over botox after 16 deaths + If you are one of the millions of people who has used Botox to help eliminate signs of aging, new reports my cause you to raise an eyebrow.The US Consumer group Public Citizen is calling for harsher warnings to be added to labels after 16 deaths related to the spread of botulinum toxin have been reported.Botox, created by Allergan Inc, is a is a form of injected poison primarily used to smooth out wrinkles in the face and neck. -
28 January 2008Fox host apologises for mocking Ledger death 2 Fox news radio host John Gibson has issued an apology for mocking comments made about the death of young actor Heath Ledger during his show.Initially Gibson had refused to apologise, but relented after continued calls for him to be fired.Shortly after Ledger's death, Gibson played an audio clip from Brokeback Mountain of Jake Gyllenhaal's character, Jack. -
28 January 2008Kennedys come out in support of Obama 1 The candidacy of Barack Obama has received a significant boost with the endorsement of two members of one of America's most influential political dynasties.Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former President John F Kennedy, wrote an highly personal opinion piece in the New York Times yesterday comparing Senator Obama to her father and praising him as an inspirational candidate.Later today Senator Edward Kennedy will appear at a rally with Senator Obama and publicly back his run for the Democratic nomination. -
28 January 2008Russian artists defend gay film festival + The Russia's first international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film festival, Side by Side ("Bok o Bok"), has been causing controversy.Conservatives within the country's artistic community have called for the event to be banned.The State Artist of Russia Nikolai Burlyaev has publicly called gay people "perverts" and homosexuality a "sin" and an "illness" and demanded St Petersburg authorities stop the event. -
28 January 2008Italy’s Prime Minister resigns after losing vote 2 Romano Prodi's government has collapsed after he lost a vote of confidence in the Italian Senate last week.The Roman Catholic Udeur party's withdrawl of support was key to the defeat.It is likely that elections will have to be held less than two years after a coalition of nine parties took office. -
28 January 2008New HIV drug becomes available for UK patients + A new treatment for HIV positive people who have built up a resistance to other drugs has become available for use in the UK>Raltegravir is the first in a new class of HIV treatments called integrase inhibitors.It is available in tablet form and has been approved for use in combination with other antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infection in adult patients whose current therapy is no longer controlling the virus. -
28 January 2008Seminal artist upsets Anglican priest 4 A gay performance artist has sparked controversy with a new exhibition of drawings which he created by ejaculating onto paper.The 54 drawings which make up Jordan McKenzie's exhibition, aptly entitled 'Spent,' consist of the artist's seminal fluids covered in a layer of carbon dust.Commenting on the reaction his work has received, Mr McKenzie said: "It's been a very mixed bag. -
28 January 2008Mayoral candidate’s gay bar meet and greet 3 The Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London will be holding an unusual event this evening in Covent Garden.Brian Paddick will be hosting a 'meet and greet' event at the Box bar, which is billed as an opportunity for members of the LGBT community to meet him in person and put any questions they might have to him.Londoners will be able to speak to him face to face between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. -
28 January 2008EXCLUSIVE: I felt safer as a cop, says Paddick + The Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London has added his voice to the controversy around safety on the streets of the city.In an interview published eight days ago Home Secretary Jacqui Smith admitted that she would not feel safe walking the streets of London at night.Speaking to PinkNews.co.uk, Brian Paddick said that it was difficult for him to judge how safe people felt on the streets today compared with ten or twenty years ago. -
28 January 2008Tatchell amubshes Pakistani President’s motorcade 11 Human rights activist Peter Tatchell has taken direct action against the President of Pakistan by running in front of his car in a London street.He was protesting against President Musharraf's actions against civilians in occupied Baluchistan region.The Presidential motorcade was nearing the Park Lane hotel in London on Friday night, where General Musharraf was due to speak. -
28 January 2008MP calls for hormone block drugs for trans children 4 A Labour politician is backing a change to guidelines that stop young people who have Gender Identity Disorder being treated with drugs to forestall the effects of puberty.Dr Lynne Jones, the MP for Selly Oak in Birmingham, has lent her support to calls for a change to the rules.The Sunday Mercury has discovered that at least three children from the UK, one of whom is twelve years old, have travelled to the US for drug treatment. -
28 January 2008Gays protest homophobic violence in Sydney + The Lord Mayor of Sydney spoke at a rally held in the city last weekend to protest at the rising number of attacks on gay and lesbian people.Hundreds of people turned out on Australia Day for the Reclaim the Right event.Organiser Ben Veenkamp welcomed the presence of Mayor Clover Moore and Liberal city councillor Shayne Mallard. -
28 January 2008Review: A misanthropic take on gay relationships 2 Jason Charles' new play Counterfeit Skin certainly pulls no punches.This unsparingly dark presentation of modern gay relationships is filled with shallow, self-serving characters paralysed by their own unhappy existences, and it provides no message of hope at the end of its two and a half hours.It is tough going at times, and while all the performances are well-executed, one cannot help but feel depressed at the play's message. -
28 January 2008Homophobic cleric seeks treatment in the UK 1 An Islamic preacher who has called for gay people to be put to death is to be allowed entry into the UK for medical treatment.Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, 80, was at the centre of a row in 2004 when he came to London as a guest of Mayor Ken Livingstone, who was then heavily criticised by gay rights campaigners and Jewish organisations for inviting him.He is spiritual leader of Islamicist organisation, the Muslim Brotherhood. -
28 January 2008Bryant reveals new teen pregnancy strategy 2 Gay Labour MP Chris Bryant today launched a new report with dramatic newly compiled figures on teenage pregnancies in every constituency in England and Wales.Mr Bryant represents the south Wales working class constituency of the Rhondda, where there is a particularly striking rate of teen pregnancies.The report takes the form of an interactive web site, www.teenagemums.org.uk. -
28 January 2008Brazil to distribute millions of condoms to prevent AIDS spread 1 Brazilian health officials on Sunday began distributing millions of condoms to fight the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases during Brazil's five-day Carnival 2008.The government expects to hand out 19.5 million condoms by the end of the Carnival on February 6, state news service Agencia Brasil reported, under the program first launched several years ago.Church officials in Brazil, which is home to the world's largest Roman Catholic population, have opposed the condom programme.
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