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Director Rituparno Ghosh
An actor refusing to do a homosexual role is an insult to a minority

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About Angola

Official name: Republic of Angola

Capital: Luanda
Head of state: Jose Eduardo dos Santos
Government Type: Republic: multiparty presidential regime
Population: 12,531,357 (July 2008 est.)
Independence: from Portugal in 1975
Languages: Portuguese (official) around 60 other languages spoken including Umbundu, Kimbundu, Kikongo, Tchokwe and Ovambo.
Religion: African traditional 47%, Catholicism 38%, Protestant Christian 15%
Currency: New Kwanza

Communication
Mainline telephones: 98,200 (2006)
Cellular telephones: 2,264 million (2006)
Internet country code: .ao
Internet hosts: 3,337 (2007)
Internet users: 85,000 (2005)
Legal Status of Homosexuality
Homosexual act is illegal with (Penal Code of 1886 Articles 70 and 71) imprisonment, no precise indication of length.

Articles:

museveni again stirs up gay community

by Abeli Zahabu 20/8/2008
UGANDA � August 20, 2008: Yoweri Kagutha Museveni has yet again infuriated the gay community when recently lauded Archbishop Henry Orombi for resisting homosexuality.

invisible and vulnerable

by Mask Admin 20/6/2008
ANGOLA � June 20, 2008: It was a wedding that pulled out all the stops, including a party at the Marine Club on the island of Luanda and a five-star nuptial night at the Hotel Presidente Meridien.

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