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June 04, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Hostility between Muslims and German nationalists rattles a former capital
The people who live in the trim row houses with well-tended gardens that line the streets of this spa town along the Rhine like to boast of their city's tolerance, which dates to its time as the capital of West Germany and home to dozens of foreign embassies.
June 04, 2012 - The Boston Globe
Boston Globe: Utah is Romney’s key to West
Mitt Romney’s campaign has opened headquarters in state after state over the past year, only to shutter them weeks later after the primary race there ended.
June 03, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: In Lebanon, a worrying sectarian spillover from Syria
Rival Sunni and Alawite factions fought on Saturday some of the heaviest gunbattles seen in Lebanon's second largest city since the dark days of the the civil war which ended more than two decades ago.
June 02, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: In occupied Tibetan monastery, a reason for fiery deaths
One young Tibetan monk walked down a street kicking Chinese military vehicles, then left a suicide note condemning an official ban on a religious ceremony.
June 02, 2012 - The Telegraph
Telegraph: The Shabiha: Inside Assad's death squads
The door to Dr Mousab Azzawi's clinic, on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, was always open to anyone who needed help.
June 01, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Contraception? Gay Marriage? Abortion? GOP holds fire on culture wars aims at jobs, economy
What "religious freedom" bill?
May 31, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Muslims accuse Ethiopian government of meddling in mosques
Ethiopia's Muslims have been protesting 'state interference' in their affairs for the past six months.
May 31, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Russian Church is a strong voice opposing intervention in Syria
As the West sought to pressure the Kremlin recently to help stop the killing in Syria, diplomats from Damascus were ushered into the heart of one of Russian Orthodoxy's main shrines.
May 30, 2012 - The Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel: Are gay rights civil rights?
Shortly after President Barack Obama endorsed same-sex marriage, the NAACP reiterated its contention that gay rights -- including the right to marry -- are civil rights.
May 30, 2012 - National Post
National Post: Catholic schools’ opposition to gay clubs revives public-funding debate
The Ontario government’s decision forcing Catholic schools to host anti-bullying groups called “gay-straight alliances” has brought to the fore a deep divide between Roman Catholic teaching and secular society, even calling into question whether public funding for Catholic schools should continue.
May 29, 2012 - The Religion News Service
RNS: Religious campus groups continue their challenge
When the Supreme Court ruled that a Christian student group could only be recognized at a small public law school if it accepted non-Christians and gays as potential leaders, some lawyers and campus advocates grew nervous.
May 29, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Mitt Romney’s nomination marks milestone for Mormon faith
America quietly observed a major milestone in its history Tuesday when Mitt Romney became the first Mormon presidential nominee of a major political party.
May 29, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Syria ‘at a tipping point,’ Annan declares
As the civil war veers toward what the UN’s peace envoy called a decisive moment, grisly details from the scene of a massacre have prompted Canada and several other countries to expel Syrian diplomats.
May 29, 2012 - The Irish Times
Irish Times: Egypt further polarised by choice between theocrat and enforcer
EGYPTIAN VOTERS defied pundits, pollsters and the people as a whole by projecting two old regime figures, Muslim fundamentalist Muhammad Mursi and former minister Ahmad Shafiq, into the second round of the presidential election on June 16th-17th.
May 29, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Premier of Turkey seeks limits on abortions
Calling abortion an act of murder and an insidious plan to reduce the Turkish population, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Tuesday for legislation to restrict women’s access to the procedure.
May 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Law urges SD schools to expand Bible instruction
South Dakota lawmakers who earlier this year urged public schools to provide academic instruction on the Bible may need the patience of Job as they wait for schools to embrace the idea.
May 28, 2012 - The Washington Times
Wash. Times: Catholics’ mandate suit draws dividing line for Obama
Three years ago, President Obama gave the University of Notre Dame’s commencement address, pleading for common ground with Catholics on thorny issues and vowing to seek a “sensible conscience clause” for doctors and nurses who oppose abortion out of religious objections.
May 28, 2012 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Afghanistan: The Taliban’s high-tech urban strategy
Qari Jamal has returned safely from a reconnaissance mission in Kabul.
May 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Pair of villages in Holy Land teaching Aramaic in effort to revive language that Jesus spoke
Two villages in the Holy Land's tiny Christian community are teaching Aramaic in an ambitious effort to revive the language that Jesus spoke, centuries after it all but disappeared from the Middle East.
May 28, 2012 - The National Post
National Post: Church rejects Ontario’s gay-straight club decision, accuses government of ‘micromanagement’
The Ontario Liberals are engaging in unnecessary government “micromanagement” and disregarding the Catholic Church’s own ability to tackle bullying, Cardinal Thomas Collins, head of the Ontario Assembly of Catholic Bishops, said Monday.
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