1.   Barbados Tourism Minister Richard Cheltenham has said he favors tightly regulated casino gambling and next year will recommend to the Cabinet that it legalize the activity.

2.   Barbados Tourism Minister Richard Cheltenham has said he favors tightly regulated casino gambling and will recommend to the Cabinet next year that it legalize the activity.

3.   He has announced economic reforms, opened up the country for investment and legalized political activity.

4.   Homosexuals in Moldova said Wednesday they were still being treated as outsiders in the former Soviet republic, despite new laws legalizing homosexual activity.

5.   The main opposition for legalizing homosexual activity is the Romanian Orthodox Church, which is strongly opposed to any form of homosexuality.