The Colombian government and leaders of the country’s largest rebel group Farc has said they are closer to an agreement on the eventual participation of the rebels in politics. The Colombian chief negotiator Humberto de Calle said peace talks had never got this far before.
The vice president of the International Olympic Committee has said he’s certain next year’s Winter Games in Sochi will go ahead despite calls to boycott them. Sir Craig Reedie told the BBC that it’s highly unlikely the IOC would move the Games away from the Russian city calling any boycott damaging to athletes and to sport. High-profile campaigners have stirred up a wave of protest over a newly enactive Russian law that among other things bans a promotional homosexual relationships to minus. One of them, the British actor/broadcaster Stephen Fry explained why he thought the law was bad for the gay community in Russia.
“There is a piece of legislation which claims, innocent kid that all it asks is that homosexuality not be discussed to anybody age for under 18. That’s all it is. But under that and because of that we now have a situation in Russia where neo-Nazis, paratroopers and others in public squares are beating up thrashing killing. There is real blood on the pavements.”
BBC News
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