
TV shows made in London that encourage viewers to believe they are cured of life-threatening illnesses by prayer have been condemned by charities. Charities criticised an episode of the Miracle Hour show, on Faith World TV, during which a diabetic caller was told he was “set free” from the disease. “It is particularly dangerous and [...]
Feb 21 2013 | Posted in
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Citing wavering strength of mind and body, Pope Benedict XVI announced his decision to resign from the papacy at the end of February. He will be the first pope to abdicate in nearly six centuries. In 2010, as allegations of pedophilic priests continued to swirl, Christopher Hitchens decried individual and institutional corruption within the church’s [...]

U.N. monitors are reporting that Islamist militants in Somalia are receiving arms from distribution networks linked Iran, diplomats told Reuters, as the United States presses for an end to the U.N. arms embargo on Horn African nation. The U.N. Security Council’s sanctions monitoring team’s concerns about Iranian and Yemeni links to arms supplies for al-Shabaab [...]
Feb 11 2013 | Posted in
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Egyptian police deployed security at the homes of prominent liberal opponents of the government on Thursday after a hardline cleric called for their deaths and a secular politician was gunned down in Tunisia. The killing on Wednesday of Chokri Belaid, an outspoken critic of Tunisia’s Islamist-led government, sent tremors through Egypt. In both countries where [...]
Feb 9 2013 | Posted in
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