Indian media hail court verdict ruling gay sex legal

The Indian media hailed Friday a court ruling to decriminalise gay sex and urged the government to respond by striking a colonial-era ban on homosexuality from the statute books.

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Japan’s Amano to head IAEA

Japan on Friday welcomed the choice of Yukiya Amano as the next head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stressing that he comes from the only country to have been attacked by atom bombs.

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