Philosophy

'Golden Compass' opens amid Catholic boycott (in Guam)

"The Golden Compass," the movie version of the first book in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy that has prompted a nationwide boycott by the Catholic League for its alleged atheistic messa  read more »

Feds to ban veils at ballot

Critics pan legislation that will require all federal voters to show their faces  read more »

Ex-Members of the Far Right (Neo-Nazi) Warn of Life They Left

Germany is trying to fight rising neo-Nazism by, among other things, helping individuals deep in the far right scene to get out, get a job and a get new life.  read more »

School to Offer Full Range of Birth Control to Students Over 11

A middle school in Maine will become one of few in the nation to make contraceptives, including birth-control pills, available to students as young as 11.  read more »

Artificial life born in lab

If you thought maverick American biologist Craig Venter had settled down to a bald, bearded and buck naked existence on his luxury yacht Sorcerer II, emerging once a while to deliver talks on the fut  read more »

Getting Word Out About Shootings at Delaware State

Someone shot and badly wounded two students on the Delaware State University campus in Dover around 1 a.m. Eastern time and is still at large this morning.  read more »

60 years on, Kashmir core issue Srinagar, Jammu poles apart

SIXTY years after the independence of the Sub-continent from British rule, the status of Kashmir remains the most contentious issue between Pakistan and India, with a survey showing that a majority of  read more »

Catholicism is the only true church, Vatican declares

With Pope Benedict XVI's blessing, the Vatican released a document Tuesday that said the Catholic Church is the one true church and other Christian bodies shouldn't be called churches.  read more »

Bush vetoes stem cell bill a 2nd time: He urges research not using embryos

WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Wednesday vetoed legislation that would have eased restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, the second consecutive year he has blocked such a bi  read more »

Sunita Williams sets new record

Houston, June. 16 (PTI): Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams today added yet another feather to her cap by setting a new world record for the longest uninterrupted space flight by a woman.  read more »

British woman loses legal battle to use frozen embryos

A British woman has lost a four-year legal battle to use frozen embryos fertilised by her former partner to help her have a child.  read more »

Pakistani clerics want minister sacked for hug

ISLAMABAD -- A fatwa was issued against a Pakistani woman minister after a photograph showing her hugging a foreign man.  read more »

FACTBOX-Iraqis views four years after U.S. invasion

March 20 (Reuters) - Following are quotes from Iraqis as they look back at four years since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003.

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Court Hears Case Against Red-Light Cameras

All Things Considered, March 12, 2007 · The Minnesota Supreme Court hears arguments in a challenge to red-light traffic cameras.  read more »

Pilgrimage to Israel by German bishops ends in dispute

FRANKFURT: A pilgrimage to Israel last week by 27 Roman Catholic bishops from Germany was meant to be a historic symbol of reconciliation between Jews and German Catholics.  read more »

Monk's return tests Vietnam's religious tolerance

Buddhist emissary Nhat Hanh makes his second visit to Vietnam since being exiled in 1966.
By Simon Montlake | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor  read more »

Bill to remove 'partisan issues' from classrooms ill conceived

A Texas state legislator recently encouraged his colleagues to review documentation claiming not only that Earth was created 6,000 years ago but that it is fixed in position and that all other heavenl  read more »

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