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May 08, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Group of California lawmakers approve first-in-nation ban on 'conversion' therapy in key vote
A first-of-its-kind ban on a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay people straight is speeding through the California statehouse.
May 08, 2012 - The Washington Times
Wash. Times: Georgetown catches flak for Sebelius invite
In what has become an annual tradition, another Catholic university has come under fire for its choice of commencement speaker.
May 08, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Canada’s pro-life movement gets a slick, youthful rebranding
They will fight to protect the unborn, raise their voices against abortion in Canada — and maybe win an iPod.
May 07, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Cong leaders pitch for reservations for Muslims
In a bid to win the confidence of the state's Muslim community, senior state and national Congress leaders participated in a two-day conference on education organized by the All India Muslim Educational Society here.
May 07, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Chavez’s cross: Venezuelan leader increasingly turns to Christianity during cancer struggle
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has spent much of his career praising the socialist ideas of famed atheists such as Karl Marx and Fidel Castro.
May 06, 2012 - The Korea Herald
Korea Herald: Buddhist order protests state ownership of relic
The Jogye Order, Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, on Friday protested the planned donation of a missing relic to the government.
May 06, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Islamist attacks saint’s tomb in Timbuktu
A new member of an Islamist group in north Mali attacked and burned a saint’s tomb classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Timbuktu, the spokesman for the group said Sunday.
May 05, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail: Opinion: How competition helped fuel the Arab Spring
As we pass the first anniversary of the Arab Spring, we still have questions about these historic convulsions.
May 05, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Egypt's generals wait in the wings as battle for democracy sours
There is a narrow footbridge overlooking the entrance to the ministry of defence in the Abbasiya district of Cairo. On Friday afternoon, this crowded bridge provided the best view of the frontline in the latest round of violent clashes between the army and demonstrators who suspect the country's ruling generals of wanting to hold on to power.
May 05, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Dynamic pragmatist becomes top Islamist contender in Egypt
The stage along the sea was a politically crafted advertisement for Egypt's diversity: An unveiled woman chatted with a bearded Islamist and a retired soccer star shared the spotlight with a young hero from last year's revolution.
May 04, 2012 - National Post
National Post: Whipping boy
In the summer of 2011, a horrendous mass murder occurred in Norway, with more than 90 people, most of them teenagers and even children, being slaughtered in a co-ordinated bomb and gun attack.
May 04, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Russian gay activist fined for promoting homosexuality
The founder of the Moscow gay pride movement was convicted Friday of promoting homosexuality and fined $167 in the first prosecution under a controversial new St. Petersburg municipal law that human rights activists have denounced as homophobic.
May 03, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Trial postponed for fugitive Iraqi VP
The terror trial of Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was postponed Thursday as his lawyers appealed to have parliament create a special court to hear the case that has touched off a political crisis and could deepen the nation's sectarian divide.
May 03, 2012 - The Australian
Australian: Senator caught in Muslim slur row
A MALAYSIAN newspaper has quoted independent senator Nick Xenophon as declaring Islam is a "criminal organisation", after it misreported excerpts of a parliamentary speech in which the South Australian MP attacked the Church of Scientology.
May 03, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Billy Graham backs NC anti-gay marriage amendment
The Rev. Billy Graham urged North Carolina voters Wednesday to support an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage, a move that an observer said was highly unusual but another said was in keeping with the minister's moral beliefs.
May 03, 2012 - The Tennessean
Tennessean: Foes of Vanderbilt's nondiscrimination policy point to Harvard
When Vanderbilt wanted its freshmen students to learn about ethics, the school turned to the late Rev. Peter Gomes to teach them. Gomes’ book, The Good Life, was required reading for the Vanderbilt class of 2015.
May 03, 2012 - The Guardian
Guardian: Indonesia's atheists face battle for religious freedom
When Alex Aan picked up a copy of Karen Armstrong's Holy War from his local library in west Sumatra in 2005, he had little inkling of his own religious battle to come.
May 03, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Texas pastor drives support for Chinese dissident
Only a few hours after blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng left his sanctuary in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the United States' declared it had won concessions over his future from the Chinese government, a soft-spoken 44-year-old West Texas pastor was questioning the official version of events.
May 03, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Mormon church girds for landmark political race, with Romney as prominent face of the faith
As 20,000 Mormons streamed from the church conference center, a ragtag group of protesters stood across the street shouting that the Latter-day Saints were going to hell.
May 02, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Tunisian court case exposes rift over free speech in new democracy
Outside the courthouse, 16 armed police officers screen all comers, including hundreds of lawyers in flowing black robes.
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