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Can Pakistan step back from the brink?

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

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Could Iraq descend into a civil war again? - CSMonitor.com

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Christian Science Monitor - By Dan Murphy - Dec. 20 (News Report) - The scars of Iraq's painful bloodletting are deep, and a powerful disincentive against a return to open warfare. But Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is moving against Sunni Arabs, his political enemies.

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Writer Christopher Hitchens dies at 62 after suffering cancer

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

BBC News - By Bbc - Dec. 16 (News Report) - ..tony blair...., "he was fearless in the pursuit of truth and any cause in which he believed. and there was no belief he held that he did not advocate with passion, commitment and brilliance."

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Lowe's pulls ads from TV show about U.S. Muslims

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By Associated Press - Dec. 12 (News Report) - A decision by retail giant Lowe's Cos. to pull ads from a reality show about American Muslims after protests from an evangelical Christian group has sparked criticism and calls for a boycott against the chain of home-improvement stores.

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Deaths after Egypt church protest

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Oct. 09 (News) - At least three soldiers are killed and dozens of people injured after a protest in the Egyptian capital Cairo against an attack on a Coptic Christian church.

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Christian pastor faces execution in Iran for refusing to renounce his faith

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Mail - Sep. 29 (News) - Telegraph.co.ukChristian pastor faces execution in Iran for refusing to renounce his faithDaily MailBy Daily Mail Reporter A man who converted from Islam to Christianity is facing the death penalty in Iran for refusing to return to his former religion. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, 34, of the Church of Iran, faces hanging after refusing a court order to ...Lawyer hopes Iran Christian pastor will be freedTelegraph.co.ukIran: Christian Convert May Still Be HangedSky NewsIran Prepares to Execute Christian PastorHuman EventsWashington Post -CNN (blog)all 274 news articles »

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Discharged for Being Gay, Veterans Seek to Re-enlist

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By James Dao - Sep. 04 (Investigative Report) - .By some estimates, hundreds of gay men and lesbians among the more than 13,000 who were discharged under the policy have contacted recruiters or advocacy groups saying they want to re-enlist after the policy is repealed on Sept. 20.

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Assembly passes bill to require contributions of gays in textbooks

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Patrick McGreevy - Jul. 06 (News Report) - Textbooks and history classes in California schools would be required to include the contributions of gays, lesbians and transgender Americans under a proposal given final legislative approval in the Assembly on Tuesday and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown.

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Houston Clergy Council opposes Perry’s prayer rally |

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Houston Chronicle - By Kate Shellnutt - Jun. 14 (News Report) - Gov. Rick Perry’s upcoming prayer event has concerned progressive Christian leaders in Houston, who have written a letter criticizing the governor for excluding non-Christians, partnering with an anti-gay group and blurring boundaries between church and state.

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Chinese Christianity will not be crushed

Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Nicola Davison - May. 24 (News) - Underground Christians are starting to defy a government that fears allegiance to anything other than China Visiting Beijing's now-disbanded Shouwang church late last summer, I struggled to secure a seat. For an "underground" church it was very rowdy. Housed in a bland conference room at a state-run television studio, the church was crammed with some 300 people scrabbling for foldaway chairs. In the corner, a Yamaha keyboard accompanied a lilac-robed choir. When the pastor took to the stage the congregation burst into hymn with a gusto only surpassed by the rocking, whispered prayers that came after. Seven weeks ago that congregation was scattered by government officials. On Monday, when Shouwang attempted to hold an outdoor service, 27 people were detained, including a woman in her 80s and a two-year-old child , according to a witness. It's been the same story for the last seven Sundays, with several hundred detained in total and six church leaders placed under house arrest. The crackdown ...

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Circumcision Ban to Appear on San Francisco Ballot

Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Staff writers - May. 18 (News) - An initiative that would ban the circumcision of males younger than 18 in San Francisco has received enough signatures to appear on the ballot. The practice would become a misdemeanor.

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Iran's Ahmadinejad affirms Khamenei decision, tensions remain

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Thomas Erdbrink - May. 09 (News Report) - Apparently bowing to unprecedented pressure from Iran's clerical establishment, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcomed an intelligence minister he had ousted in April back into his cabinet meeting on Sunday.

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12 dead in Egypt as Christians and Muslims clash

Sun, 08 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Ernesto Londono - May. 08 (News) - Clashes between Muslims and Coptic Christians in a Cairo suburb left 12 people dead, dozens wounded and a church charred in one of the most serious outbreaks of violence the country’s interim rulers have faced since taking power in February.

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Pentagon releases video found at bin Laden compound

Sat, 07 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - By Anthony Mason, Bob Orr - May. 07 (News Report) - Videotapes obtained during the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout released by the Pentagon revealed images of the Al Qaeda leader preparing his video messages and watching himself on television.

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Videotapes show a glimpse of bin Laden's life in hiding

Sat, 07 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - May. 07 (News Report) - Videotapes obtained during the raid on Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad, Pakistan hideout released by the U.S. Saturday revealed images of the Al Qaeda leader preparing his video messages and watching himself on television. The five movies offer the first public glimpse at bin Laden's life behind the walls of his compound in suburban Pakistan. The government-selected clips also provide an opportunity for the U.S. to paint bin Laden in an unflattering light to his supporters. They video include outtakes of his propaganda films and, taken together, portray him as someone obsessed with his own image and how he is portrayed to the world.

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Death of Osama bin Laden: Phone call pointed U.S. to compound --€” and to '€˜the pacer'

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Bob Woodward - May. 06 (News Report) - It seemed an innocuous, catch-up phone call. Last year Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, the pseudonym for a Pakistani known to U.S. intelligence as the main courier for Osama bin Laden, took a call from an old friend. Where have you been? inquired the friend. We’ve missed you. What’s going on in your life? And what are you doing now?

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Fighting for bin Laden

Tue, 03 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Frontline - By Stephen Grey, Martin Smith - May. 03 (Special Report) - Two days after Osama bin Laden's death, Frontline presents this special report with inside access to the two biggest fronts in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. First, correspondents Stephen Grey and Martin Smith go inside The Secret War and uncover new details of CIA-funded Afghan militas tasked with guarding the border, gathering intelligence and launching kill raids against the insurgents and their Al Qaeda allies. Based in Afghanistan, their work is focused on Pakistan. A former commander of one of these teams, the Khost Protection Force (KPF), tells Frontline about how the team crosses the Afghan border into Pakistan's tribal areas. Under the protection of drone aircraft, they fire mortars against Taliban and Al Qaeda targets inside Pakistan.

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Confucius Statue Vanishes Near Tiananmen Square

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Andrew Jacobs - Apr. 23 (News Report) - “When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them,” Confucius once said. Apparently, someone extremely powerful has taken the saying to heart, having decided that a 31-foot bronze statue of the ancient Chinese sage that was unveiled near Tiananmen Square four months ago did not belong on the nation’s most hallowed slice of real estate. The sudden disappearance of Confucius, which took place under cover of darkness early Thursday morning, has stoked outrage among the philosopher’s descendants, glee among devoted Maoists and much conjecture among analysts who seek to decipher the intricacies of the Chinese leadership’s decisions.

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The good god guide

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Apr. 22 (News Analysis) - Religion is ubiquitous but it is not universal. That is a conundrum for people trying to explain it. Religious types, noting the ubiquity (though not everyone is religious, all human societies have religions), argue that this proves religion is a real reflection of the underlying nature of things. Sceptics wonder why, if that is the case, it comes in such a variety of flavours, from the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church to the cargo cults of Papua New Guinea—each of which seems to find the explanations offered by the others anathema. To bring a little scientific order to the matter, researchers taking part in a multinational project called Explaining Religion have spent three years gathering data on various aspects of religious practice and on the sorts of moral behaviour that religions often claim to govern. The data-collection phase was wrapped up at the end of 2010, and the results are starting to be published.

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Bloody pig's foot sent to Rep. Peter King

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - By Brian Montopoli - Apr. 05 (News) - Authorities intercepted a parcel this morning addressed to Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) containing a bloody pig's foot and a derogatory message, a source has confirmed to CBS News.

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Two killed, dozens hurt in third day of Afghan protests

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - Apr. 04 (News) - Two policemen were killed and more than 30 people wounded in the southern city of Kandahar on Sunday during the third day of protests across Afghanistan against the burning of a Koran by a militant fundamentalist Christian U.S. pastor, officials said.

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Ten dead in Afghan Koran burning protests

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Ismail Sameem - Apr. 02 (News) - At least 10 people have been killed and 83 wounded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials said on Saturday, on a second day of violent protests over the burning of a Koran by a radical fundamentalist Christian in the United States.

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Deadly Protests Over Koran Burning Reach Kandahar

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Taimoor Shah, Rod Nordland - Apr. 02 (News) - Violent protests over the burning of a Koran in Florida flared for a second straight day, with young men rampaging through the streets of this southern capital, flying Taliban flags and wielding sticks.

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"Ten Commandments Judge" Roy Moore to run for president

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - By Brian Montopoli - Mar. 29 (News) - Roy Moore, the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice who lost his job after erecting a monument of the Ten Commandments outside the state's courthouse, plans to announce in mid-April that he is setting up a presidential exploratory committee, an aide told CBS News.

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Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Jason Palmer - Mar. 23 (Poll) - A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers. The study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation.

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