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Lebanon says it has arrested Islamic militants responsible for bombings
Special to The TimesBEIRUT -- Lebanese security forces rounded up a group of Islamic militants believed to be responsible for a pair of bomb attacks targeting soldiers in the country's northern city of Tripoli, authorities disclosed Monday. Security officials were tight-...Tags: Armed Forces, Religious Conflicts, Refugee, Civil Unrest, Bombings
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'Sworn virgins' are dying out in Albania
Associated PressDrene Markgjoni spent 12 years in a labor camp, punished for her fiance's attempt to flee Albania's regime, then one of the world's most repressive and isolationist. She swore she would never suffer like that for somebody else again. She pledged to forgo...Tags: Anthropology, Christianity, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Orthodoxy
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'Poster disarmament': Lebanon, seeking peace, takes down posters that fueled tensions
Associated Press WriterBEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) _ In polarized Lebanon, flaunting a political leader's poster can be enough to spark a gunfight. So shopkeepers on Beirut's al-Maamoun Street are breathing a little easier now that "poster disarmament" has been declared. Most of...Tags: Ruhollah Khomeini, Religious Conflicts, Civil Unrest, Government, Injuries
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Christians flee north Iraq city
The Associated PressHundreds of terrified Christian families have fled Mosul to escape extremist attacks that have increased despite months of U.S. and Iraqi military operations to secure the northern Iraqi city, political and religious officials said Saturday. About 3,...Tags: Armed Forces, Christianity, Murder, Chevy Chase, Guerrilla Activity
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Iraqis being sent home, but they fear for their lives
McClatchy/Chicago TribuneNAJAF, Iraq — Mahdi Saleh Abd, 32, is scarred by the images of his dead brothers. Gunmen shot two in their home. The Shiite family fled the city of Habbaniyah in mostly Sunni Arab Anbar province. But before they could get away thugs ambushed the...Tags: Charity, United Nations, Religious Conflicts, Refugee, Civil Unrest
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Letters to the editor
Defending a veto Re "A triple whammy," editorial, Oct. 4 Your editorial about the governor's veto of SB 974 was misleading. The governor supports the bill's concept, which would levy a fee on each loaded container from the major ports. However, the bill...Tags: Christianity, Government, Behavioral Conditions, George H.W. Bush, Depression
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Atheist soldier who alleged religious freedom violations drops suit, but 2nd case to proceed
Associated Press WriterTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ An atheist soldier who accused U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the Defense Department of violating his religious freedom dropped the lawsuit Friday, citing his plans to leave the Army next spring. But the Military Religious...Tags: Civil Rights, Freedom of Religion, Armed Forces, David Petraeus, Minority Groups
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Mattel: Talking doll doesn't promote Islam
christina.hernandez@newsday.comA cooing baby doll or a toy with a religious message? The toy company Mattel has fielded calls from consumers who wonder whether their Little Mommy Cuddle 'n Coo doll, which giggles, gurgles and coos, is also mumbling, "Islam is the light." The doll,...Tags: Mattel Inc., Toy Industry, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Toys, Baby Products, Games, and Toys
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What love joined together, hate put asunder
Tribune correspondentBAGHDAD — This is an Iraqi love story, and it doesn't have a happy ending. She was a Christian, Basma Habeeb Sifo, a 15-year-old student living in the now notorious neighborhood of Dora. He was a Shiite Muslim, Haitham Majid al-Saadi, an army...Tags: Iraq War, Family, Armed Forces, Death and Dying, Wars and Interventions
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Texas: Police blow up pack at mosque
Police blew up a backpack outside a Texas mosque and arrested a man who said it contained a bomb. Austin Police Lt. Cedric Hudson said Azzam Baytie, 46, threatened the North Austin Muslim Community Center on Sunday. Hudson said Baytie was arrested on... -
Offensive movie review
I have a problem with Roger Moore's critique of the Bill Maher movie, Religulous. Moore writes: "But he leaves more than one adversary speechless at his command of the Bible, the Koran, the many shared creation and "virgin birth" myths that Christianity,...Tags: Christianity, Fort Lauderdale, Roger Moore, Religulous
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UK judge: 2 doctors facing car-bomb trial in London will be cast as Muslim terrorists
Associated Press WriterLONDON (AP) _ Two doctors charged with trying to bomb a Glasgow airport and London's West End will be portrayed by prosecutors as terrorists in thrall to a fundamental form of Islam, a jury in London heard Wednesday. Justice Colin Mackay also...Tags: Bombings, Guerrilla Activity, Vehicles, Terrorism, Prosecution
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