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A Ugandan MP has revived a controversial anti-gay bill but dropped the provision for the death penalty for certain homosexual acts.
A BBC correspondent says MPs laughed, clapped and cried out: "Our bill, our bill," when its architect David Bahati reintroduced the draft legislation on Tuesday.
The Anti-Homosexuality Bill was shelved in 2011 after an international outcry.
It still increases the punishment to life in prison for homosexual offences.
Homosexual acts are already illegal in Uganda - a largely conservative society, where many condemn homosexuality.
Anyone failing to report to the authorities a person they knew to be homosexual would also be liable to prosecution.
Uganda revives anti-gay bill but drops death penalty
Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2012 5:01 PM EST
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