2011年1月20日星期四

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


New governor's words don't upset many in Alabama (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:21 PM PST

The Rev. Steve Jones, left, Gov. Robert Bentley, center, and Rabbi Jonathan Miller attend a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, in Montgomery, Ala. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is apologizing for his remarks about only Christians being his brothers and sisters.  (AP Photo/Montgomery Advertiser, Amanda Sowards)AP - You can spot a Baptist church from almost any hilltop in Alabama, so it's not hard to find people who agreed with their new governor this week when he said only Christians are his brothers and sisters.


Merkel receives honor from US Jewish group (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:34 AM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center laughs after she was honoured with the 'Light Unto The Nations' award by the American Jewish Committee at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP - The American Jewish Committee has honored German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her outspoken support for Israel and the Jewish people as a whole.


Special Report: A wing and a prayer: outsourcing at Boeing (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:29 AM PST

A Boeing 787 Dreamliner sits on the tarmac at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington after its maiden flight, in this December 15, 2009 file photo. Boeing Co resumed certification tests of its 787 Dreamliner on Monday for the first time since an in-flight electrical fire in November knocked those trials off schedule. Boeing said in a statement that four wide body test aircraft were back in service and two others should be flying as early as this week as well. REUTERS/Robert Sorbo/FilesReuters - On a blustery and drizzly December afternoon in the Pacific Northwest, about 20 airplanes sat engineless and inert near the runway at a Boeing manufacturing plant. Huge, yellow blocks hung from the wings of some planes to substitute for the weight of absent engines.


Malaysia activists arrested at Hindu festival (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2011 11:38 PM PST

More than one million Hindu devotees flocked to Malaysia's Batu Caves Thursday to mark a colourful Hindu festival during which they pierce themselves with hooks and skewers.(AFP/File/Saeed Khan)AFP - Nine Malaysian activists were detained at a colourful Hindu festival Thursday as they protested over a textbook which they said was racially insensitive to the ethnic Indian minority.


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