London, England (CNN)  -- Protesters called on the worldwide community to take action against Uganda Thursday as the African nation considers stricter laws against homosexuality.

They compared Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to some of the world's most notorious dictators.

"In the last five years we have seen Idi Amin return to turquoise jewelry    Uganda and his name is Yoweri Museveni," Ugandan human rights campaigner Michael Senyonjo told CNN.

"He... is bringing in a bill in an attempt to criminalize being gay," the activist said.

"That is not right. We cannot allow fascism to return to Uganda. He should leave power and go because he is not  shell jewelry   taking the country anywhere but to disaster," he added.

Under proposed new laws currently being considered by the Ugandan parliament, those who test positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, could face the death penalty.

In addition, those convicted of having gay sex would be sentenced to life in prison, while anyone found guilty of engaging in homosexual relations on more than one occasion would be executed.

The proposals could become law before the end of the year.

Museveni has not publicly stated his support for the bill.

Homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda under laws passed in the colonial era, but the new legislation is intended to provide prosecutors with more power.

It has the blessing of various religious leaders, with one loose pearl   leading Muslim cleric -- Sheikh Ramathan Shaban Mubajje -- calling for all known homosexuals in the country to be rounded up and left on an island until they die.

Thursday's protest at the Ugandan High Commission -- or embassy -- in London is one of several planned demonstrations around the world, and OutRage, another gay rights organization, is backing the calls for action to be taken.

"President Museveni is fast becoming the Robert Mugabe of Uganda and that's a threat to the civil rights of every Ugandan person -- gay or straight," OutRage spokesman Peter Tatchell told CNN, referring to the authoritarian president of Zimbabwe.

"There's a huge ground swell of public opinion that this bill goes way too far. Even people who say they're against homosexuality say this bill is excessive and a threat to the human rights of all Ugandans.

"Uganda should drop this law and abide by international human rights legislation," Tatchell said.

(CNN)  -- A half-time pep talk from a furious Arsene Wenger sparked a 2-1 victory for Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday to pile the misery on his Liverpool counterpart Rafael Benitez.

Liverpool led 1-0 at the break through Dirk Kuyt but a Glen Johnson own goal and a stunning Andrei Arshavin strike early in the second half gave  multi-strand necklaces  the Gunners a deserved three points to re-ignite their English Premier League title challenge.

The win lifts them to three points behind second-placed Manchester United, with a game in hand, and six adrift of leaders Chelsea, who have not won in four games and were held 3-3 at home by Everton.

With defending champions United beaten 1-0 at Old Trafford by fourth-placed Aston Villa, both teams went into the wholesale pearl jewelry   Merseyside clash knowing victory could take them back into the mix.

Liverpool dominated the first half and could have been further ahead after the returning Fernando Torres missed a golden opportunity and had a penalty appeal for a challenge on Steven Gerrard turned down.

Arsenal hardly threatened, provoking Wenger to berate his men in the dressing room at half-time.

"The boss screamed at us like never before," Fabregas told Sky Sports.

"He said we did not deserve to wear the Arsenal shirt if we played like that."

The improvement was immediate with Fabregas playing a pass to Samir Nasri out on the right in space.

Jamie Carragher failed to clear the Frenchman's dangerous cross and the ball took a slight deflection off him before hitting the hapless Johnson and  shell pearl  rolling into the untended net.

Arsenal continued to look the more dangerous and Arshavin, who scored four goals at Anfield last season to earn his team a sensational 4-4 draw, struck eight minutes later.

A cross from the right saw him elude Johnson with instant control before his first-time shot flew past Pepe Reina in the home goal off the right hand post.

With man of the match Thomas Vermaelen in fine form, Arsenal held out comfortably enough for a decisive victory which leaves Liverpool in seventh in the standings, five points adrift of fourth-placed Villa.

Benitez, who has seen his side win only three in 15 games,.was left perplexed by their second half collapse.

"In the first half we were really good, scored goal and were on top all the time," he told Sky Sports.

"Everything changed in the second half. We lost our confidence, they had more confidence. We were giving the ball away far too easily,."

He will now look to a midweek game against Wigan, the 50th anniversary of former legendary manager Bill Shankly's arrival at Liverpool, to gain a much-needed victory with their title challenge in tatters.

Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN)  -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says the fragile power-sharing government in his country "was given a short life" and he intends to reclaim control through new elections.

"Elections are not far off," Mugabe told his Zanu-PF party Saturday. "The inclusive government was given a short life. The remaining part of  freshwater pearl necklace  it is short. In fact it has lived more than half its life."

Mugabe's remarks come amid renewed tension between him and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The two formed a power-sharing deal after a disputed presidential election that prompted months of controversy. The unity government has bickered constantly since it was wholesale pearl earrings   formed in February, and Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change party has accused Mugabe's Zanu-PF of human rights violations.

One of the main disputes centers on Roy Bennett, a key MDC official facing charges of possessing weapons for sabotage, banditry and terrorism. Tsvangirai has called the delay in swearing in Bennett -- a nominee for deputy agriculture minister -- a deliberate attempt by Mugabe to send a message.

Earlier Saturday, Zanu-PF passed a resolution to prepare and be able to run in a "undisputed and decisive election."

Mugabe urged his supporters to have "a spirit of never to surrender your birthright" as they prepared for the elections, referring to his controversial land reform policy which targets white commercial farmers.

The two-day Zanu-PF congress resolved that the party would not give opera or rope necklace    in to the demands of Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change party to have its members appointed to senior posts of the coalition government.

Zanu-PF said there would not not be any "movement until paramount and decisive steps have been taken for the unconditional removal" of sanctions imposed by the West on Mugabe and his senior party officials.

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)  -- The five Americans arrested in Pakistan amid suspicion that they were plotting terrorist attacks were transferred on Saturday from the small town where they were seized to a more secure location in a larger city, police said.

The U.S. citizens were taken from the town of Sargodha, where they were arrested at a home on Wednesday, to Lahore. A police interrogation pearl jewelry sets    report dated Thursday focused on one of the suspects, identified as Ahmed Abdullah Minni, a 20-year-old born in Virginia.

The report said he regularly goes online to watch attacks on the U.S. military in Afghanistan and that he left comments praising the actions. That caught the attention of militants, and he  freshwater perl jewelry   was eventually contacted by a person named Saifullah, the report said.

After contact had been made, a Yahoo! e-mail account was set up so the men and militants could communicate, the report says. E-mails were never sent from the account, but people would leave messages in the draft sections of the e-mail account and delete them after reading them, the Pakistani police report said.

"This mode of communication enabled them to pass on messages without fear of interception by the FBI," the report said.

It said the suspects made a plan with Saifullah to go coral jewelry    from Pakistan to Afghanistan. They gathered in Karachi and left for Hyderabad on December 1. They tried to hook up with two militant groups -- Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Jamaat-ud-Dawa -- but neither of them showed interest.

The FBI said Pakistani authorities detained the men -- four of whom it said were found to have American passports.

Along with Minni, there were snapshots and brief profiles of only four others -- Umar Farooq, Aman Hassan Yemer, Waqar Hussain Khan, and Ramy Zamzam -- all from the Washington D.C. area.

The five had been formally arrested.

A sixth man -- Khalid Farouk, father of Umar -- had been taken into custody by police in Sargodha and was being questioned at a safe location. Authorities have said Khalid Farouk has not been considered a suspect.

Houston, Texas (CNN) -- Annise Parker made history Saturday as Houston's first openly gay mayor.

Parker, who served five years as city controller, beat former city attorney Gene Locke with 53.6 percent of the vote in a runoff election.

Both are Democrats who faced off for the second akoya pearl beads   time because neither emerged with more than 50 percent of the vote in the November 3 election.

Parker's election also makes her the second woman to become mayor of Houston. Other cities such as Providence, Rhode Island, and Portland, Oregon, have picked openly gay mayors. Houston is the fourth-largest U.S. city.

Parker's victory is also remarkable because a few years ago, Houston rejected a referendum to offer benefits to same-sex partners of city workers. Also, the city sits in a state where gay marriage is against the law.

"Houston is a multiracial, multicultural, international city. And I think my election will send a message to the freshwater pearl bracelet    world that Houston is a city that might surprise a lot of folks," Parker said before the runoff.

Parker, 53, has never shied away from, nor made an issue of, her sexual orientation. She has been with her partner for 19 years and they have two adopted children.

She was elected to the city council and then spent the past five years as city controller. She ran for mayor on a platform of fiscal conservatism.

"I have always stood up for the fact that I am gay. It's part of the resume that I bring to the table, but it's just a piece of the package," she said.

After the mayoral race entered a runoff, conservatives and anti-gay activists mounted an intense campaign against Parker. Houston residents received flyers in the mail that highlighted Parker's support from gay groups and her relationship with her partner.

"There's a certain segment of Houston, there's a certain segment of society that has problems with the issues around sexual orientation," Parker said. "But the citizens of Houston have elected me six consecutive times to public office. They know me, they trust me.

"I think it's a small and shrinking minority of Houstonians who have that attitude and I look forward to it as being mayor of all of Houston," she said.

Turnout was light Saturday. Only 16.4 percent of the eligible voters opera or rope necklace    cast ballots, according to the results from Harris County, Texas, where Houston is located. Locke received 46.4 percent of the vote.

Parker will take office in January, replacing Bill White who could not run because of term limits.