Days after a major African American AIDS organization complained that the US government is focusing too much of its resources on fighting AIDS abroad instead of at home, former President Bill Clinton announced that his foundation would spend more time and attention on fighting the disease among Americans. (more…)
A prominent African-American AIDS organization has accused the United States government of ‘doing too little to fight AIDS among black Americans, in whom the size and scope of the epidemic resembles that seen in many African nations.’ (more…)
An Indian court ordered the arrest of Hollywood star Richard Gere Thursday for kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at an AIDS campaign event this month saying it was an obscene act committed in public.
Gere’s repeated kisses on Shetty’s cheeks at an event to promote AIDS awareness in New Delhi sparked protests in some parts of India, mostly by Hindu vigilante groups, who saw it as an outrage against her modesty and an affront to Indian culture.
The order by a court in the northern city of Jaipur came in response to a complaint by a local lawyer.
The judge watched a video recording of Gere kissing Shetty and found him guilty of violating Indian laws against public obscenity, the lawyer, Poonam Chand Bhandari, said.
I agree. Gere should be arrested. If for nothing else, than for not appearing in any good movies (lately). Isn’t there some Indian law against that?
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