2011年2月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


UC Davis removes Web wording that upset Christians (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 04:32 PM PST

AP - The University of California at Davis has eliminated from its website a definition of religious discrimination that offended more than two dozen Christian students.

Bahrain pulled back from "sectarian abyss": foreign minister (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:55 AM PST

Reuters - Police action was necessary to pull Bahrain back from the "brink of a sectarian abyss," the Gulf Arab state's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said Thursday.

German minister given deadline in plagiarism flap (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 09:07 AM PST

German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. Germany's popular defense minister is rejecting accusations that he plagiarized parts of his doctoral thesis. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg on Wednesday dismissed as 'absurd' the allegations reported by German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The minister said he is willing to check whether there were any omissions or errors in some 1,200 footnotes in his thesis â€AP - A German university on Thursday gave the country's defense minister two weeks to respond to allegations that he plagiarized part of his doctoral thesis.


Russians worship 'miraculous' icon of tsar (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 08:33 AM PST

A Russian Orthodox faithful kisses an icon depicting slain Tsar Nicholas II in Saint-Petersburg late on February 16. Hundreds of believers gathered Thursday at an Orthodox fair in the former imperial capital of Saint Petersburg to worship a AFP - Hundreds of believers gathered Thursday at an Orthodox fair in the former imperial capital of Saint Petersburg to worship a "miracle-working" icon of Russia's last monarch.


Austria grants refuge to 30 Iraqi Christians (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 07:35 AM PST

AP - Austria says it is granting asylum to 30 Iraqi Christians fleeing persecution in their homeland.

Vatican: pope, Russian leader want stronger ties (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2011 06:10 AM PST

AP - Pope Benedict XVI and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met at the Vatican on Thursday, stressing the need for better ties and the promotion of shared Christian values, the Holy See said.
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