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March 13, 2012 - The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Star Tribune: U of Minn. professors clash with stem-cell company
Two University of Minnesota ethicists have set off a firestorm by raising questions about a controversial Texas stem-cell company.
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 13, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Cuba cardinal makes rare televised speech about Pope Benedict XVI’s impending visit
Cuban authorities granted Havana’s Roman Catholic cardinal a rare chance to address the nation Tuesday night on state-controlled television about the imminent arrival of Pope Benedict XVI.
March 13, 2012 - The Toronto Star
Toronto Star: Toronto Jewish community starts security patrol system to combat hate crimes
With Toronto’s Jews routinely identified as one of the city’s most victimized racial or ethnic groups, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs plans to form a bold new citizen security system aimed at curtailing hate crimes in the community.
March 12, 2012 - The Independent
Independent: Military clears army doctor over 'virginity test' on Cairo protesters
An Egyptian army doctor, who was the only person to stand trial accused of forcing female protesters to undergo "virginity tests" after demonstrations last year, has been cleared.
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 New York Times
NYT: Keeper of Islamic flame rises as Egypt’s new decisive voice
For more than a dozen years, Khairat el-Shater guided his family of 10 children, his sprawling business empire and Egypt’s largest Islamist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, all from a prison cell.
March 12, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Fired NASA computer specialist alleges discrimination over his belief in intelligent design
A computer specialist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is going to court over allegations that he was wrongfully terminated because of his belief in intelligent design.
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 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Post-Dispatch: Girl Scouts in St. Louis area celebrate 100th anniversary of organization
For learning more about her Christian faith, the Girl Scouts awarded 10-year-old Elizabeth Ames with a medal, one of the few pins or badges that get to be worn on the front of her vest.
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 11, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Iraqi youth panicked by reports of killings
Panic is spreading among young people in Iraq after reports by Iraqi media and rights groups that dozens of people have been threatened or killed in the past few weeks because they are suspected of being gay or because they dress in a distinctive, gothic style known as emo.
March 11, 2012 - Indianapolis Star
Indy Star: Religion vs. regulation: Indiana's faith-based day cares caught in between
At Westside Church of the Nazarene's child-care center, Bible time is set aside each day for the 2- to 5-year-olds.
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 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 Economist
Economist: Burma’s bimah
AMID the bustle and crumbling masonry of downtown Yangon, there is one building that likes to keep up appearances: Myanmar’s only synagogue.
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.
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