Religion

Afghanistan's Election: A Look at the Diversity of Headlines

Afghans have voted in a key parliamentary election. There are a number of articles from various sources around the globe. Here is a list of some of the headlines and what agency they come from:  read more »

Viewpoint: Religious freedom is not tolerance

Here's an essay question, students: Religious freedom and religious tolerance are not the same thing, or are they? Discuss.  read more »

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Israel to open peace talks with security, water demands

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to open the indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority this week with a discussion of the security arrangements in the West Bank and of water resources.  read more »

China Lodges Protest of Dalai Lama's White House Meeting With US Ambassador

Officials in Beijing have summoned the U.S. ambassador to China to protest President Barack Obama's meeting Thursday with the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet.  read more »

New Study Supports Abstinence-focused Sexual Education

A new study shows that abstinence-focused sexual education programs encourage a significant number of people to delay sexual activity, perhaps preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted  read more »

Mussolini iPhone application is withdrawn

An iPhone application that allows users to download speeches by the former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini has been withdrawn.

Its developer says he is removing it after legal threats.  read more »

French citizenship denied to man with veiled wife

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said the Moroccan man, who had married a French woman, failed to respect the “values of the [French] republic” by forcing his wife to wear a burqa.  read more »

Same-sex marriage set for big day in federal court

LOS ANGELES -- After a run of setbacks at the state level, gay rights advocates will take the campaign for same-sex marriage into a federal courtroom on Monday, starting down a treacherous avenue that  read more »

Online churches draw believers, critics

(CNN) -- Hjalti á Lava was searching his iPhone for a Bible app when he stumbled across Church Online, a service of Web site LifeChurch.tv.  read more »

Women break Assembly barrier (Kuwait Elections)

KUWAIT: Four Kuwaiti women wrote their names in the history books yesterday by becoming the first females to win seats in the National Assembly almost 47 years after its inception and exactly four yea  read more »

Pope Benedict XVI calls for Palestinian state on visit to refugee camp

The Pope gave his most forthright endorsement of a Palestinian state yesterday as his Holy Land pilgrimage took him to a refugee camp in the shadow of Israel’s controversial “separation barrier”  read more »

Buthelezi takes Dalai Lama issue to court

IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi has brought an urgent court application to order the government to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama "in the nearest future" to enable him to participate in a postponed pe  read more »

Holiday marks Tibet 'liberation'

The Chinese authorities are marking the first of a new national holiday - "Serfs' Liberation Day".  read more »

Researchers await federal stem cell funds

For eight years, scientists have taken extreme measures to continue researching how embryonic stem cells could treat illness and injury.  read more »

5 Myths of Fertility Treatments

Just as the invention of contraceptives freed sex from the concerns of baby-making, new reproductive technologies have freed baby-making from sex.  read more »

Veil Controversy in Europe

Read this article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3135600.stm
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You may choose to answer the following uestions:

1. Why is the veil so controversial?  read more »

Europe sends two missions to promote a cease-fire

LONDON: Europe, seeking to fill a diplomatic vacuum in the Middle East left by the departing Bush administration, is sending two missions to try to broker a cease-fire in Gaza and offering more humani  read more »

Kivu Residents Press Kabila to Hold Talks with DRC Renegade General Nkunda

Residents of restive North Kivu are demanding Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila hold talks with renegade army general Laurent Nkunda to resolve the escalated violence in the region.  read more »

Revelations on Palin stir worries over vetting

John McCain insisted yesterday that his selection of Sarah Palin, the 44-year-old governor of Alaska and mother of five, as his running mate last Friday was taken after solid background checks.  read more »

Many support ex-principal in gay rights case

PONCE DE LEON - When a high school senior told her principal that students were taunting her for being a lesbian, he told her homosexuality is wrong, outed her to her parents and ordered her to stay a  read more »

Canton native gives up post in Obama campaign

Just days after being appointed Barack Obama's campaign liaison for the Muslim faith, the Metro Detroit native in that role has stepped down.  read more »

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