» Extremists had forced a group of 91 Christians, victims of religious violence in August 2008, to leave their native village to seek shelter in a refugee camp. Now they are being “cleansed” ahead of a visit by a European delegation.
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02/04/2010 12:18 INDIA Orissa: state government removes Christians as EU delegations arrives (AsiaNews.it)
Max IK7TOE posted a photo: The Old Farmers objects Visit this “Antica Trattoria Al Castello” www.anticatrattoriaalcastello.it/fotogallery.htm
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Italy – Taranto – Museum "Antica Trattoria al Castello" San Giorgio Jonico (TA)
The chamber ensemble Citywater includes, clockwise from front left, Tim Stanley, Milun Doskovic, Ben Prima, Charles Spruill IV, Jennifer Reason and Cathie Apple.
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Musicians reach out to state workers
‘Concise masterpiece’ Re “Vigorous growth at Peaceful Valley” (Home & Garden, Jan. 16): My husband, Eric, and I were so amazed at how The Bee’s Debbie Arrington could take four hours of nonstop communication with us and our staff and turn it into such a concise and enjoyable masterpiece
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Atheists Are Diseased – How To Prevent Atheism From Infecting Your Child. February 4, 2010 by root2squared. Contrary to popular belief and despite their claims, atheists ‘ lack of belief in God is not a result of rational and logical …
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(AP) KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – An aide to Malaysia’s prime minister plans to resign after allegedly calling ethnic Indian and Chinese citizens “immigrants” in an embarrassment for the governm…
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Aide to Malaysian PM to quit over race remarks (MalaysiaNews.net)
His experiences at Utah Beach on D-Day lived with him forever as he and his contemporaries transformed postwar American literature Several years ago, here at the Observer , we described JD Salinger as a writer who “seems to understand children as no English-speaking writer has done since Lewis Carroll”, which sounds odd until you consider his career as a man, a writer, a literary icon and …
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From boy of war, to modern man of letters (Guardian Unlimited)
Anthony Trollope remarked that we can say what we like about the Americans but we should never, ever, suppose them stupid. I thought of that during an outing to the cinema last week.
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Take a tart satire then add lashings of sugar
What tangled webs of deception have been revealed in recent days. From the Chilcot inquiry, to the debate over climate science and the sexual behaviour of the England football captain, nothing is quite as it seemed, it seems.
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To be deceived, first you must deceive yourself
With a certain divine comic flair, Roman Catholic bishops declared this week that the dying are being given too much sedation. By overmedicating the terminally ill, they say, we remove from them the opportunity for a “good death”.
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One in three of us is going to join Terry Pratchett in mental disintegration
The Self Taught Atheist : Atheism Is Not A Belief System | Atheism And Agnosticism – How to be Atheist What is Atheism Agnosticism Agnostic Atheology Godlessness Disbelief Antichrist Godless Jesus.
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The Self Taught <b>Atheist</b>: <b>Atheism</b> Is Not A Belief …
India has never been short of religions: although 80 per cent Hindu, it also incorporates Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Judaism and Zoroastrianism as well as hundreds of lesser known faiths.
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Ravidassia sect sends shockwaves across world’s Sikh community (Times Online)
Friends of mine described the experience of seeing Avatar in gushing terms. “It was like seeing Star Wars for the first time,” one drooled. I am still jealous
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Your Turn: I’d like to thank video games (Sydney Morning Herald)
Courtesy of Lon Hatamiya Jon Hatamiya, shown playing last year, sat in with the Dave Matthews Band. Twenty-year-old Taylor Swift, as it turns out, was not the youngest performer to experience a career highlight at Sunday’s Grammy Awards
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Davis teen slides right in playing trombone at Grammys with Dave Matthews Band
#6 as we’ve covered in detail here on Slog, there are at least two distinct types of atheism . One is a lack of belief in god. The other, which is what this video is presumably about, is an active belief that there is no god.
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Protestant Christians in Pakistan’s Punjab province were searching for a place of worship Wednesday, February 3, after angry Muslims apparently attacked their partly constructed church, injuring scores of worshippers. Christians are a minority in Islamic Pakistan and rights investigators say there has been an increase in anti-Christian violence, with at least 130 Christians killed last year.
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Muslim Mob Storms Pakistan Church; 65 Injured
» by Nirmala Carvalho Delegates are met by ultranationalist Hindus. Tomorrow they will travel to conflict-torn Kandhamal. Mgr Cheenath says things will be back to normal only when Christians can live in their homes and pray without fear.
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02/03/2010 16:29 INDIA EU delegation visits persecuted Christians of Orissa (AsiaNews.it)
Randall Stephens The latest issue of National Geographic arrived in my mailbox yesterday. And, behold, it doth have this story on “The Polygamists: A sect that split from the Mormons allows multiple wives, expels ‘lost boys,’ and heeds a jailed prophet.” It’s a well-written, thoughtful piece
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FLDS Cover Story in February National Geographic
Recently Latina Role Model was featured on TikiTiki Blog: stories with cultura, color and sabor, in a post by Carrie Ferguson Weir called Smart Latina vs. Sexy Latina . Carrie asked readers: So, has your Smart Latina run up against the Sexy Latina? What do you see when you watch Maya’s video?
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Latina Women Respond
The late Indonesian president and ulama Abdurrahman Wahid, or Gus Dur, was a great protector of minorities who taught his followers to respect and accept others, regardless of race and religion, writes AMY CHEW
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AMY CHEW Gus Dur’s pluralist Islam takes root (The New Straits Times)
Ten Southern Baptists, mostly from two churches in Idaho, have been arrested in Haiti for attempting to illegally take 33 children out of the country that has been severely damaged by the recent earthquake. Yesterday’s Canadian Press reported that a hearing is scheduled for the Americans today
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Ten U.S. Sourthern Baptists Arrested In Haiti For Attempting To Take Children For Adoption
In this pertinent and engaging volume leading Christian philosophers, theologians, and writers from all over the denominational map explode the black-and-white binaries that characterize both sides of the New Atheism debate. …
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Atheism is Dead: “GOD IS DEAD” and I Don't Feel So Good Myself
Amsterdam – An Amsterdam court on Wednesday ruled it was authorized to hear the criminal case against lawmaker and Islam- critic Geert Wilders for incitement to hatred and discrimination. The court rejected the argument by Wilders’ defence at the sta…
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Court rules it is authorized to hear Dutch Islam-critic’s case (EARTHtimes.org)
I recently picked up a copy of ” target=”_blank”> A Witch Alone: The Essential Guide for the Solo Practitioner of the Magical Arts by Marian Green. The book contains 13 chapters, one for each of the 13 moons in a year. I plan to work through one chapter per lunar cycle beginning just after the new moon, as Green recommends
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A Witch Alone by Marian Green: Introduction
By Shweta Srinivasan, New Delhi, Feb 3 : Works on Islam and Buddhism are a big hit at stalls put up by publishers from South Asian countries at the World Book Fair here. Many avid book readers and scholars are happy to have spotted rare books that are not easily available in India.
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Rare books on Islam, Buddhism a hit at South Asian stalls (New Kerala)
Once again this year, churches are looking carefully at copyright rules as they plan their annual Super Bowl Parties for next Sunday. (See prior related posting .) Yesterday’s Christian Post reports that the NFL adopted new Guidelines last year to ease limitations on churches showing the copyrighted Super Bowl Game. Churches are no longer limited to projecting the game on screens of 55 inches or less
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Churches Have Some Greater Copyright Leeway This Year for Super Bowl Parties
According to KGW News8 Portland , yesterday in Oregon City, Oregon, a state court jury by a 10-2 vote convicted Jeff and Marci Beagley of criminally negligent homicide in the death of their 16-year old son. The Beagleys are members of the Followers of Christ Church which avoids doctors.
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Oregon Jury Convicts Parents In Faith Healing Death