An Arab Muslim country held an election
and the incumbent government did not win with the Saudis being pleased
by the electoral success of a Shi'a political leader.
The Federal Leader of the Liberal Party is a Catholic, trained as a seminarian,
and tentatively endorses civil unions. Doing so in an extensive interview on GBLTI station
Joy FM. (A podcast of the interview is available
here--go to “Freshly Doug”).
Less surprisingly, Ricky Martin
announces that he is “a fortunate homosexual”.
While
mobile phones are dong a much better job of linking folk in the developing world than landlines.