Religions of India

02/04/2010 12:18 INDIA Orissa: state government removes Christians as EU delegations arrives (AsiaNews.it)

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» 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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Italy – Taranto – Museum "Antica Trattoria al Castello" San Giorgio Jonico (TA)

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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)

Musicians reach out to state workers

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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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Letters: ‘Concise masterpiece’

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‘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 …

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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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Aide to Malaysian PM to quit over race remarks (MalaysiaNews.net)

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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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From boy of war, to modern man of letters (Guardian Unlimited)

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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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Take a tart satire then add lashings of sugar

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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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To be deceived, first you must deceive yourself

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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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One in three of us is going to join Terry Pratchett in mental disintegration

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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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