GERMANY CRUSHES BRAZIL 7-1
AT 2014 SEMI FINALS FOOTBALL WORLD CUP !
Germany’s Toni Kroos (L) celebrates with his teammate Miroslav Klose after scoring a goal against Brazil during their 2014 World Cup semi-finals at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte
Germany scored a barrage of early goals and led Brazil 7-0 with a 79th minute strike by forward Andre Schurrle, his second of the match. The five prior goals scored by the Germans in the first 29 minutes of the match is the fastest all time, according to ESPN.
But in an attempt to Brazil from total humiliation, midfielder Oscar scored its lone goal just seconds before the game ended.
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US PUTS SANCTIONS ON UGANDA.
Washington (AFP) – The United States has slapped sanctions on Uganda — cancelling a military air exercise, imposing visa bans and freezing some aid — amid deep US anger at “vile” Ugandan anti-gay laws.
The legislation “runs counter to universal human rights and complicates our bilateral relationship,” the White House said, renewing calls for the law to be repealed.
Signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February, the law calls for “repeat homosexuals” to be jailed for life, outlaws the promotion of homosexuality and obliges Ugandans to denounce gays to the authorities.
Rights groups say it has triggered a sharp increase in arrests and assaults of the African nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
“From Uganda to Russia to Iran, LGBT communities face discriminatory laws and practices that attack dignity, undermine safety and violate human rights,” US Secretary of State John Kerry said at a Gay Pride event for his staff.
“And we each have a responsibility to push back against the global trend of rising violence and discrimination against LGBT persons,” said Kerry, who has likened the Ugandan law to anti-Semitic legislation in Nazi Germany.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signs the Anti-Homosexuality Bill on February 24, 2014 in Entebbe
US ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, called for similar anti-gay laws that exist in 76 countries around the world to be repealed.
In the steps unveiled Thursday, specific Ugandan officials involved in “human rights abuses” — including against the gay community — will be barred entry to the United States, National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said.
The US gave some $487 million in aid to Uganda in 2013, of which $411 million went towards health programs. Some of those funds will now be frozen or redirected, with money going towards non-governmental organizations rather than the health ministry.
A $2.4 million program for a community-policing program will also be stopped as the US is “very concerned about the extent to which the Ugandan police may be involved in abusive actions” in implementing the law, the White House said.
And a planned National Health Institute will now be built in another African country with some $3 million in US aid.
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