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apparent inability to temper governmental discrimination against gays in Africa.
• The anti-gay bills are overwhelmingly supported by the general public in both Uganda and Nigeria, providing opportunities to win political points for two presidents eyeing re-election.
• But international gay rights activists also blame donor countries, including the United States, which favor behind-the-scenes diplomacy intended to avoid a backlash that might come from more forceful engagement.
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Pussy Riot ends Sochi stay with anti-Putin punk video featuring clashes with police
• SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- Russian punk band Pussy Riot is ending its stay in the Olympic city of Sochi by posting a video criticizing the Winter Games and President Vladimir Putin.
• The band has been filming in Sochi since Sunday and has had violent run-ins with authorities. On Wednesday, Cossack militia attacked the group with horsewhips as they tried to perform under an Olympic sign.
• Pussy Riot on Thursday presented a video called "Putin will teach you how to love the motherland". The video posted on YouTube features a song and footage of the band's protests. Members told a news conference their treatment in Sochi is symptomatic of stifling dissent in Russia.
• Two band members spent nearly two years in prison on charges of hooliganism for their protest in Moscow's main cathedral in 2012.
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Motorists criticize tactics of federal roadside survey on impaired driving as intrusive
• READING, Pa. (AP) -- Orange cones and flashing police lights confronted Ricardo Nieves as he rounded a bend on the way to his mother's house. Before he knew what was going on, Nieves said a man working for a government contractor stepped in front of his car and forced him to turn into a parking lot. There, a woman repeatedly tried to question him about his driving habits and asked for a mouth swab that would detect the presence of illegal or prescription drugs in his system.
• Nieves refused. Then he sued, contending his rights were violated.
• His Dec. 13 experience has been repeated thousands of times in cities around the country as the federal government tries to figure out how many of the nation's (Continued on page 42)
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