Libyan Rebels Advance on Sirte Amid Protests

Libyan Rebels Advance on Sirte Amid Protests
Photographer: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images Burnt bodies are seen in a warehouse at the site of a massacre in Tripoli on Aug. 28, 2011. Burnt bodies are seen in a warehouse at the site of a massacre in Tripoli on Aug. 28, 2011.
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Local Rabbi Promoting Religious Tolerance in Volatile Corner of World
Somalia, which is beset by Islamic extremism and two decades of anarchy, is not on the travel agenda. Cutler said he is trying to promote Muslim and Christian interaction in East Africa as a way to head off tensions and perhaps prevent unrest and
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Arab Protests Spark Internet Uprising in Burma

Arab Protests Spark Internet Uprising in Burma
Inspired by protesters in the Arab world, Burma’s democracy activists have set off an online revolution to oppose their junta-led government braving its Internet censorship and security upgrade.
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Are public schools best value? Given the recent vote to extend property taxes for education, it would be prudent for our county to examine the expenditure of those funds.
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Unprecedented Tele-Press Conference on Pope’s New Book Features Renowned Panel of Scholars, Theologians
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8, 2011 / Christian Newswire / — At 2 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday (March 9) — on the eve of the worldwide release of Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week — an unprecedented tele-press conference will feature a renowned interfaith group of biblical scholars and theologians discussing the Pope, the book and its impact on the figure of Jesus.
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Protests Still Linger, Despite Quran Burning Cancellation

Protests Still Linger, Despite Quran Burning Cancellation
  By: JAHNE BRISTOW (GAINESVILLE, Ga.) On Thursday, September 9, the leader of Dove World Outreach Center announced that he would not be burning Qurans on September 11, the ninth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center. According to MSNBC, he stated that his church’s goal had been to expose the danger in the Islam religion, and that they had accomplished their objective. In exchange …

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