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WORLD / NEWS Wed Aug 1, 2007 @ 12:27pm neoform

News.com.au -- POPE Benedict has said there is substantial scientific proof of the theory of evolution. The Pope, speaking as he was concluding his holiday in northern Italy, also said the human race must listen to "the voice of the Earth" or risk destroying its very.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 4:47pm neoform

FOX News -- Deep in the dusty, unlit corridors of Kenya's national museum, locked away in a plain-looking cabinet, is one of mankind's oldest relics: Turkana Boy, as he is known, the most complete skeleton of a prehistoric human ever found... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Feb 1, 2007 @ 8:26am neoform

CBC -- The B.C. government got court orders in the past week to seize three of the surviving sextuplets born in Vancouver earlier in January and ensure they got blood transfusions if necessary. Two of the sextuplets have already died... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Wed Jan 31, 2007 @ 4:49pm mrmdc

CNN -- The 6-year-old boy screamed and shook his head to avoid the razor blade. But his father held him firmly as Hajj Khodor parted the boy's black hair and sliced his forehead three times with the blade... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Dec 10, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

MSNBC -- The organization is best known for advocating short-term mission trips, opening the field to those unable to commit years of learning a language and culture. Not 'traditional' “They’re not a traditional mission association that sends someone yea.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Nov 28, 2007 @ 11:35am neoform

MSNBC -- A British teacher has been charged with inciting hatred, insulting religion and showing contempt of religious beliefs after her class named a teddy bear Mohammad, state media said on Wednesday. "Khartoum north prosecution unit has completed its investi.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 3:21pm neoform

CNN -- Turkey's Islamic-rooted government pushed Monday for a constitutional amendment to let the people -- rather than legislators -- elect a president, calling it the only way to resolve a widening parliamentary rift over religion. On Sunday, pro-secular la.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Mar 9, 2007 @ 12:48pm mrmdc

Reuters -- Pope Benedict was opposed to Bob Dylan appearing at a youth event with the late Pope John Paul in 1997 because he considered the pop star the wrong kind of "prophet," Benedict writes in a new book issued on Thursday. Benedict, who was Cardinal Joseph R.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Feb 1, 2007 @ 12:50am neoform

News.com.au -- A ROW has erupted over Muslim-only washrooms at La Trobe University that can be accessed only with a secret push-button code... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jan 12, 2007 @ 10:27am mrmdc

This Is London -- Muslims should be provided with faithbased services - including male circumcision - on the NHS, says one healthcare expert... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Dec 31, 2006 @ 12:22am neoform

Canada.com -- With interest in spirituality on the rise and church attendance in a freefall, a week-long National Post series considers the state of Canadian Christianity and whether the way forward may in fact be the way backward... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Fri Oct 27, 2006 @ 12:29pm mrmdc

Guardian Unlimited -- In 2004 I was with a group of parliamentarians in Aleppo, Syria's second city. The Grand Mufti asked me to speak to his 1,500-strong congregation at Friday prayers. I did so without facing any apparent hostility. I cannot imagine this happening anywhere.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Oct 23, 2006 @ 8:12am neoform

Daily Mail -- BBC executives have been forced to admit what critics have known for years - that the corporation is institutionally biased... Read More