Tag: first-minister
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Childless Scottish nationalist leader Sturgeon reveals 2011 miscarriage
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, whose childlessness has been a matter of media speculation over the years, has revealed she suffered a miscarriage in 2011. Following the publication of extracts from a book in the Sunday Times, in which the author referred to Sturgeon losing a baby, the Scottish National Party leader said she hoped…
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HIV-positive Ugandan women complain of forced sterilization in government hospitals
By Yasin Kakande KAMPALA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Ida, 29, was six months pregnant when she suddenly felt abdominal pains and went to a government hospital in Kampala. Like all pregnant women in Uganda, she was tested for HIV as part of routine screening for the virus.