WORLD/ OVER 500K MARCH AT EUROPRIDE IN ROME: Over 500,000 people took part in Europride 2011 gay festival in Italy's Rome today. The participants of the parade urge to respect their rights, stop discrimination and permit the single-sex marriages. They carried posters with slogans, reading "Equal in love, unequal in rights. Let's defend them together". One participant told a Russian reporters: "We should live in a country where those different from the others are respected. We do not pose a threat". The highlight of the day was when Lady Gaga greeted participants at Circus Maximus and sang her #1 single, "Born This Way". She demanded gay rights worldwide. She defined herself as a "child of diversity" and called for the end of intolerance and discrimination against gay and transgender people in many countries. Lady Gaga proudly cited her Italian roots, played the piano and sang for the crowd. She told fans her costume, a one-shoulder-black top and flouncy black-and-white plaid skirt, were from Italian Gianni Versace's last fashion collection. Lady Gaga insisted gays "will not be treated as anything less than human." She says thousands of people came to the rally "to defend love".
A number of victims injured in the devastating Joplin tornado that hit Missouri in May have died after contracting a rare fungal infection. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at least 8 are known to have been infected by the rare fungal infection, with at least 3 dying. The Jasper County Coroner reported that 1 of the deaths was definitely caused by the fungal infection “mucormycosis.” However, the cause of the other 2 deaths has not yet been determined. The Coroner did explain that all 3 of those that have died so far also carried serious injuries from the tornado. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services told media that all 8 patients had multiple injuries as well as secondary wound infections. It is believed that the fungal infection is likely to have come about from dirt and vegetation becoming wedged in the victims’ wounds. The type of infection affecting the Joplin victims is a particularly severe form of the fungal infection, and has been known to affect those carrying soft-tissue injuries. The dirt or vegetation would infect the open wound and then progressively spread causing damage to flesh and tissue. Often the condition would require hospitalization, and treatment with antibiotics, and can even lead to the tissue having to be removed in a surgical procedure. People have also been told not to worry about the infection being contagious as deep fungal infections such as this do not spread from human to human. The death toll from the Joplin tornado now stands at 151. Relief officials also announced that actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have made a $500,000 donation.
Rep. Anthony Weiner D-NY announced today he was entering professional treatment at an undisclosed location and requested a leave of absence from Congress as he faced growing pressure from fellow Democrats to resign in a sexting scandal,. An aide for the embattled New York lawmaker made the disclosure in a statement shortly after several Democratic party leaders demanded he quit for exchanging messages and photos ranging from sexually suggestive to explicit with at least 6 women online. Some of his messages were printed by the media when the scandal broke several days ago and then mid-week a nude photo of a man from the waist down, purportedly Weiner, also made its way onto several adult websites. Today's developments occurred 1 day after Weiner acknowledged he had exchanged online messages with a 17 year old girl in the state of Delaware. He said nothing improper had passed between the two of them. Democrats said the concerted call for Weiner's resignation had been brewing for days, as senior party officials concluded the scandal was interfering with their attempts to gain political momentum in advance of the 2012 elections.
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