2011年3月20日星期日

Yahoo! News: Religion News

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Religion News


Islam is all-American for one U.S. Muslim leader (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 12:06 PM PDT

Reuters - Al Azhar, the centuries-old center of Islamic learning in Cairo, is a world away from Oklahoma City where William Suhaib Webb grew up.

Pope urges military to consider safety of Libyans (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:06 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing during the Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 20, 2011. Benedict XVI has issued an urgent appeal to military and political leaders to consider the safety of Libyan civilians and ensure they have access to emergency aid in his first comments on the conflict. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - Pope Benedict XVI issued an urgent appeal Sunday to military and political leaders to consider the safety of Libyan civilians and ensure they have access to emergency aid in his first comments on the U.S.-led military assault on Libya.


Trial starts in alleged Obama-inspired church fire (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 08:26 AM PDT

AP - Federal prosecutors portray Michael Jacques as a racist who was so upset when Barack Obama was elected president that he and two other white men burned down a predominantly black church in western Massachusetts.

German ex-minister apologizes to Swiss journalist (AP)

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 06:19 AM PDT

AP - Germany's former defense minister has apologized to a Swiss journalist for failing to credit her as a source for parts of his doctoral thesis.

Hope and despair in New Jersey's beleaguered city (AP)

Posted: 19 Mar 2011 09:02 PM PDT

This Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011 photograph shows boarded-up buildings in Camden, N.J. The city has among the nation's highest unemployment, school dropout and homeless rates. The latest census data finds 53.6 percent of the city's residents in poverty, the highest in the nation. Camden was the nation's second-most dangerous city based on 2009 data, and it held the top spot the two previous years, according to CQ Press. The FBI reported 2,380 violent crimes per 100,000 residents in 2009 — more than five times the national average. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - The crackle of gunfire shattered the lunchtime chatter at Frank's Deli, as customers ducked and bullets flew across the street outside.


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