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The government will cut aid to poor countries which persecute gay people, international development secretary Andrew Mitchell has warned. Aid ‘fines’ may be imposed on countries own:such Clickas Uganda and Ghana for hardline anti-gay laws, the Mail on Sunday reported.
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