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March 23, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Anti-abortionists grow bold after making friends in high places
A leading abortion provider and pro-choice campaigners have said they feel "under siege" and at the mercy of a political "witch-hunt" after the government ordered an unannounced inspection of more than 250 clinics in England and claimed that as many as a fifth of them were pre-signing consent forms for terminations.

 

March 22, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Extremist suspect in French killings profits far right in presidential race; Muslims afraid
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says her anti-Islam agenda has been vindicated: A French Muslim claiming ties to al-Qaida has taken responsibility for the country's worst killing spree in years.
March 22, 2012 - The Moscow Times
Moscow Times: Madonna vows to defy anti-gay law at St. Petersburg concert
Wherever Madonna goes, controversy follows.
March 20, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Dutch church is accused of castrating young men
A young man in the care of the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands was surgically castrated decades ago after complaining about sexual abuse, according to new evidence that only adds to the scandal engulfing the church there.
March 20, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Violent rampages during culture war set to shift French politics
It is as if France has been frozen in horror, its institutions paralyzed, its politics halted, its leaders unable to respond.
March 19, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Pope Shenouda III
As the pope of the largest and oldest Christian community in the Middle East, Shenouda III belonged to a Coptic tradition that can be traced back to when St Mark introduced Christianity to Egypt in the 1st century AD.
March 19, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Rabbi, three children shot dead outside Jewish school in France
France was plunged into mourning and national outrage Monday by the terrorist-style killings of three young children and a rabbi as they gathered for classes at a Jewish school in a quiet residential neighborhood of Toulouse.
March 18, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Butchers beef up French Presidential campaign
The French butcher who cuts and tresses your meat with care, and serves as city dwellers' link to the land, is falling on hard times, unable to find new blood to keep his iconic image alive — as supermarkets and Arab butchers selling halal meat at cheaper prices thrive.
March 17, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Poisoned chalice: Williams leaves a divided Church to his successor
The next Archbishop of Canterbury will face labyrinthine difficulties of Church, State and sexuality as he tries to get to grips with issues that have defeated one of the top brains in the country.
March 15, 2012 - The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: Can Britain tolerate Christians?
Fifteen years ago, hoteliers Peter and Hazelmary Bull made some mocking headlines when reporters noticed their stodgy guest policy: No double rooms for unmarried couples.
March 13, 2012 - South China Morning Post
Morning Post: Beijing hopes Tong can boost Vatican ties
A top Catholic leader in Beijing hopes Hong Kong's Vatican-anointed cardinal, John Tong Hon, will improve the mainland's often fraught relationship with the Holy See....
March 13, 2012 - The Daily Mail
Daily Mail: Imam dies trying to save worshipper after axe-wielding attacker stormed into Belgian mosque and set it alight
A Belgian mosque leader was killed last night as he tried to save a worshipper set alight in a brutal petrol bomb attack.
March 12, 2012 - The Scotsman
Scotsman: Outrage at move towards banning Christian crosses from workplace
RELIGIOUS groups have hit out at the UK government after a leaked document suggested it was moving to deny Christians the right to wear crosses at their place of work.
March 12, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: St Petersburg bans 'homosexual propaganda'
Twenty years after homosexuality was decriminalised in Russia, anti-gay legislation is making a rapid comeback, with St Petersburg becoming the latest city to ban "homosexual propaganda".
March 12, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Russian Orthodox Church: Ban homosexuality 'propaganda' among minors
A controversial new law enacted in St. Petersburg and three other Russian regions, aimed at banning "homosexual propaganda aimed at minors," has members of Russia's besieged gay community worrying that all progress toward civil rights for sexual minorites in recent years might be thrown into reverse.
March 10, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Hot and bothered: the rise of evangelicalism is shaking up England's established church
EVER since the 18th century, England’s established church has harboured a suspicion of religious enthusiasm.
March 10, 2012 - The Economist
Economist: Hot and bothered
EVER since the 18th century, England’s established church has harboured a suspicion of religious enthusiasm.
March 10, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Ireland rejects UN call to end schools discriminating on religious grounds
THE GOVERNMENT has rejected recommendations from UN member states that it should eliminate religious discrimination in access to education.
March 10, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: France's Muslims hit back at Nicolas Sarkozy's policy on halal meat
Les Enfants Terribles, a chic restaurant in Paris's 12th arrondissement, was packed.
March 08, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: In secular Britain, a clash over public prayer
Perhaps the locals should have anticipated sparks on a town council stocked not only with a practicing pagan, a staunch atheist and an agnostic former stripper but also two evangelical Christians and a Methodist church organist.
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