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20 justout DECEMBER 2. 2005 D avid W. O wens ■■■■■- P.C. & serving ASSOCIATES the community since 1975 A ttorneys at world MIDEAST/AFRICA L aw Iran Reportedly Hangs More Gays Serving Oregon & Washington 503°224°3100 ESTATE PLANNING NEEDS WILLS • TRUSTS • ADVANCE DIRECTIVES POWER OF ATTORNEY DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS GUARDIANSHIPS AND CONSERVATORSHIPS www owens law com »101 SW MAIN, SUITE 700 • Portland, Oregon 97204 • Parking Validated j£Z Diseases Act by declaring on blood donation question Iran Focus Web site reported Nov. 13, quoting the dai naires that they, variously, never had sex with a man, ly newspaper Kay han. had not had more than one sex partner or had not had Mokhtar N., 24, and Ali A., 25, were hanged in sex with anyone they’d not known for at least six Shahid Bahonar Square in the northern city of Gorgan months. The newspaper published the men’s full for the crime of “lavat” (homosexual relationship). names and ages. According to Iran Focus, ‘‘The newspaper said the criminal past’ of the two young men included kidnap They face up to two years in prison if convicted. They are due in court again Dec. 12. ping and rape, but the report made it clear that the EUROPE ‘crime’ for which they were hanged was lavat, which means homosexual relationship between two men or Siberian City Bans Gay Singer The Siberian city of Tyumen banned a Nov. 19 con sodomy.” aware of the international controversy surrounding the For yourself and your partnersl Find out today, get tested! The men face charges of violating the Infectious Two more gay men have been executed in Iran, the This wording suggests that Iran Focus may be LIVE, I 0VE.KTOIÍ histories, The Straits Times reported Nov. 10. cert by Russian singer Boris Moiseev because he’s gay, Radio Free Europe reported. hangings of two gay teens last July in the city of Mashad. Local officials were persuaded to block the con The government claimed the teens were executed for cert by the organization In Defense of Russian raping a boy, but some human rights groups believe the Orthodox Morajjj, which said Moiseev’s appearance two were hanged solely for engaging in gay sex. would have a "damaging influence on youth." “Underground gay groups inside Iran tell us that Moiseev commented: "In our country, no one the two teen-agers were lovers,” said the British gay takes into consideration the interests of consumers. 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The policy change also extends to elderly siblings who live together and to adult children caring for eld erly parents. In determining if two people had an "interdependent relationship," officials will consider the length of the relationship, whether it involved sex, AUTOMOTIVE the degree of emotional support and ownership and use of property, the Australian Associated Press said. Superannuation is a system in which employers make compulsory contributions on behalf of employees (currently 9 percent of the salary package) into funds that are administered by financial institutions and employee/employer groups that invest the money in things such xs property development and blue-ribbon Singer Boris Moiseev was banned from performing in a Siberian town because he is openly gay. stocks. Employees are taxed at a lower rate on the con tributions than on other income. 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Polish democracy requires tant, Datuk Tan Chai Ho, told the .S'tor newspaper. “I resuscitation.” think that is why they did not apply for it.” Poznan Mayor Ryszard Grobelny banned the gay parade based on concerns about “protection of pri HIV+ Blood Donors Charged with Crimes in Singapore Five HIV-positive Singaporean men are in trouble for allegedly lying to blood banks about their sexual vate property." Several dozen gays marched anyhow, and police aggressively arrested some 65 marchers when they responded to orders to halt by sitting down in the street.
