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March 11, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: 3 abortion bills facing NH House votes
Abortion opponents call a bill before New Hampshire’s House “informed consent’’ because it requires women to wait 24 hours and be given information on fetal development, but pro-choice groups say it is insulting to require women to wait and would require biased counseling.
March 11, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Attack may derail effort to force Taliban into talks
The outrage from the back-to-back episodes of the Koran burning and the killing on Sunday of at least 16 Afghan civilians imperils what the Obama administration once saw as an orderly plan for 2012: to speed the training of Afghan forces so that they can take the lead in combat missions, all while drawing the Taliban into negotiations to end more than a decade of constant war.
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 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 Washington Post
Wash. Post: Al-Qaeda makes ‘alarming’ advances in Yemen, U.N. envoy warns
A reinvigorated al-Qaeda has made “alarming” advances in Yemen, expanding its military control over several southern towns and launching a series of brazen attacks that threaten the U.S.-backed political transition there, a senior U.N. envoy warned the Security Council in a confidential briefing last week.
March 09, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Culture war brews between new Islamist movement and secularists in post-revolution Tunisia
Every Friday, bearded men in shin-length robes demonstrate in Tunisia’s capital against perceived insults to Islam in a country once known for its aggressive secularism.
March 09, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: India eyes Muslims left behind by quota system
Along the narrow lane known as Khadar Wallah, Muslims and low-caste Hindus have lived side by side for years, bound by poverty, if not religion.
March 09, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Why is Santorum losing the Catholic vote?
It’s easy to stereotype the American electorate, to make assumptions about which politicians should appeal to which voters.
March 08, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Interfaith leaders join Muslims in opposition to NYPD surveillance tactics in New Jersey
Some high-ranking religious leaders joined with New Jersey Muslims on Thursday in demanding reassurance from state authorities that no one is being spied on because of their religion.
March 08, 2012 - McClatchy Newspapers
McClatchy: Abortion bill brings issue to the forefront in California
As proposals to tighten abortion laws work their way through statehouses across the country, California lawmakers are set to consider legislation aimed at giving more women access to first-term pregnancy terminations.
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.
March 08, 2012 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Opinion: Turkey: Nation of multiple faiths
After decades of official neglect and mistrust, Turkey has taken several steps to ensure the rights of the country’s non-Muslim religious minorities, and thus to guarantee that the rule of law is applied equally for all Turkish citizens, regardless of individuals’ religion, ethnicity, or language.
March 08, 2012 - The Independent
Independent: Back to the bad old days: Karzai beats retreat on women's rights
President Hamid Karzai has backed guidelines issued by Afghanistan's religious council that relegate women to the position of second-class citizens, raising questions about whether British soldiers should continue to put their lives at risk for a government that seems prepared to sell out on the issue in order to engage the Taliban in a peace deal.
March 08, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Far right hardcore 'willing to prepare for armed conflict'
A hardcore of far-right supporters in the UK appears to believe violent conflict between different ethnic, racial and religious groups is inevitable, and that it is legitimate to prepare even for armed conflict, according to a new report.
March 07, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Opinion: Israel stacks the legal deck
Palestinian baker and activist Khader Adnan captured headlines recently for a 66-day hunger strike that led him to the brink of death.
March 07, 2012 - The Mail
The Mail: We're still seen as the nasty party, says Tory minister
The Tory Party will always be seen as the nasty party unless it backs gay marriage, supports unmarried couples and does more to attract ethnic minority supporters, a Cabinet minister warns today.
March 07, 2012 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Romney fails to quiet doubts over evangelical vote in South
Mitt Romney’s disappointing second-place finish in Tennessee last night deprived him of a victory that his campaign had hoped would dispel lingering doubts about the ability of a Mormon from Massachusetts to appeal to evangelical Christians in the Bible Belt.
March 07, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: New front in birth control rule battle: the courts
Republicans and religious organizations fighting President Obama’s new birth-control-coverage rule are focusing their hopes on what could prove the next front in the battle: the courts.
March 07, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Va. governor signs bill to require abdominal ultrasounds before abortions despite protests
Abdominal ultrasounds for women seeking abortions in Virginia will become mandatory under a bill signed into law Wednesday by the state's Republican governor, who had faced a national uproar when earlier versions of the measure had sought to make the exams medically invasive.
March 07, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: New front in birth control rule battle: the courts
Republicans and religious organizations fighting President Obama’s new birth-control-coverage rule are focusing their hopes on what could prove the next front in the battle: the courts.
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