2010年11月11日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News

UN: Iraqi Mandaeans hard to resettle in 1 place (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 03:19 PM PST

Vincent Cochetel, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees representative for the U.S. and the Caribbean, speaks with an Associated Press reporter, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010, in Boston. Cochetel said no single country wants to take all of the Iraqi Mandaean refugees and that's putting the tiny population at risk. Around 60,000 Mandaeans recently have fled Iraq and Iran because of persecution with about 450 settling in the Boston area. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)AP - A United Nations refugee official says no single country wants to take all the Iraqi Mandaean (man-DAY'-an) refugees who seek to resettle, and acknowledges that's putting the tiny religious group at risk.

Pope writes Ahmadinejad of Catholics' plight (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 08:02 AM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI has told Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the discrimination and violence Catholics suffer in the Middle East and said he hopes relations between the local Catholic Church and authorities can improve.

France honors memory of Muslim WWI veterans (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 07:10 AM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, flanked by high schools students, lays a wreath at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 as part of the Armistice Day ceremonies marking the 92th anniversary of the end of World War I. (AP Photo/Bob Edme, Pool)AP - A solemn ceremony at Paris' Grand Mosque has been held to honor the memory of Muslims who fought for France in World War I.

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