A so-long summation of the soundbytes of Scott McClellan.

Belgium approves gay adoption. Bill passes by narrow margin. “Homosexual couples in Belgium won the right to marry in June 2003 and more than 5000 people have taken advantage of that law since it came into force. Now that the new law has been definitively approved, they will share the same rights as heterosexual couples to adopt children, whether the child comes from Belgium or abroad.”

Heckler interrupts remarks of Chinese President Hu Jintao at White House. Analyst: “It’s hugely embarrassing. [China] must know that this Bush administration is good at controlling crowds for themselves, and the fact that they couldn’t control this is going to play to their worse fears and suspicions about the United States, into mistrust about American intentions toward China.”

Protests against King Gyanendra in Nepal, which the gay activist Blue Diamond Society have joined, turn deadly. Security forces open fire.