2009年5月9日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

Obama to make key Muslim address from Egypt (AFP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 09:25 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama waves to CIA employees prior to speaking during a visit to the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, in April 2009. US President Barack Obama will make a fresh attempt to ease mistrust between the United States and the Muslim world with a long-awaited speech in Egypt on June 4, the White House said Friday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - President Barack Obama will make his long-awaited address to Muslims in Egypt on June 4, accelerating his bid to mend the US image in the Islamic world from an epicenter of Arab civilization.


Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood dismisses Obama speech (Reuters)

Posted: 09 May 2009 06:34 AM PDT

Dr. Mohamed Habib, Deputy Chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), speaks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo April 21, 2009. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood dismissed Saturday U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to deliver a speech to the Muslim world from Egypt as part of a plan to keep Arab and Muslim states divided.


Gay marriage effort stalls in heavily Catholic RI (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 03:02 AM PDT

Gay men exchanging rings at their wedding. The governor of Maine on Wednesday signed a law making the northeastern US state the fifth to allow same-sex marriage.(AFP/File/Philippe Desmazes)AP - Gay marriage could soon become the law of the land across New England — except in the heavily Roman Catholic state of Rhode Island.


Obama to reach out to Muslims in Egypt speech (Reuters)

Posted: 08 May 2009 10:08 PM PDT

President Barack Obama makes remarks during a Spanish-Language Town Hall Meeting on the H1N1 flu virus at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, May 8, 2009. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver a much anticipated speech to the Muslim world in Egypt next month, seeking to repair ties that were severely damaged under his predecessor George W. Bush.


Cleanup begins after Midwest storms killed 6 (AP)

Posted: 09 May 2009 04:32 PM PDT

Friends and family members of Jim and Marsha Beggs try to contact them after inspecting damage of their home north of Carl Juction, Mo., which was hit by high winds Friday morning, May 8, 2009. Many cities in southwest Missouri were without power after severe thunderstorms rocked the area.(AP Photo/Mike Gullett)AP - Residents of the Midwest cleared away wreckage Saturday following a wave of powerful storms that splintered homes, knocked out power to thousands and killed six people.


1 dead, church collapses in Kansas thunderstorms (AP)

Posted: 08 May 2009 11:41 AM PDT

AP - Authorities say one person was killed and a church collapsed in southeast Kansas as heavy thunderstorms swept through the region.
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