2010年7月13日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


French lower house approves Muslim veil ban (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 08:19 AM PDT

The French lower house of parliament voted by a crushing majority on Tuesday to approve a bill which would ban Muslim women from wearing a full-face veil in public.(AFP/File/Fred Dufour)AFP - The French lower house of parliament voted by a crushing majority on Tuesday to approve a bill which would ban Muslim women from wearing a full-face veil in public.


82 police injured in Belfast's 2 nights of riots (AP)

Posted: 13 Jul 2010 07:10 AM PDT

A nationalist protester runs from a flaming car during clashes with police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, early Tuesday July 13, 2010.  Police struggled Monday overnight till early Tuesday, to quell rioting by Irish Catholic nationalists in several parts of Northern Ireland following a day of mass Protestant parades, an annual event that often pushes sectarian animosity past boiling point. (AP Photo)AP - Northern Ireland leaders condemned Irish nationalist rioters Tuesday who wounded 82 police officers during two nights of street clashes sparked by the province's annual parades by the British Protestant majority.


First of 52 Cuban political prisoners leave Cuba (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 08:05 PM PDT

Reuters - The first six of 52 political prisoners to be freed in a deal with the Catholic Church left Cuba on Monday, bound for a new life as Cuban exiles in Spain.
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