Uganda says anti-gay bill misunderstood by donors who halted aid

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Uganda says anti-gay bill misunderstood by donors who halted aid

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/uganda-says-anti-gay-bill-misunderstood-donors-halted-162217428.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4Ic5eI8dR8FSb0IK7jCxpw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2014-07-07T162217Z_1007970001_LYNXMPEA660OU_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-UK-UGANDA-GAY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signs an anti-homosexual bill into law at the state house in Entebbe" align="left" title="Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni signs an anti-homosexual bill into law at the state house in Entebbe" border="0" /></a>International donors who withheld aid over Uganda's anti-gay bill &quot;misinterpreted&quot; the law whose main focus was to stop promotion of homosexuality to children and others, the government said on Tuesday. It also criminalises lesbianism for the first time and makes it a crime to help individuals engage in homosexual acts. Uganda said the new law, signed by President Yoweri Museveni in February, had been designed to curb &quot;open promotion of homosexuality&quot;, especially among children. The United States last month reduced aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and cancelled a regional military exercise in response.</p><br clear="all"/>

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