2011年3月22日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Religion News


US Senate to hold hearing on Muslim rights (AFP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 04:31 PM PDT

A US Senate committee said Tuesday it will hold a hearing next week on protecting the civil rights of American Muslims, two weeks after another panel hotly debated the threat posed by homegrown Islamists. Democratic Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin, pictured in 2010, announced he would lead next week's session.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brian Kersey)AFP - A US Senate committee said Tuesday it will hold a hearing next week on protecting the civil rights of American Muslims, two weeks after another panel hotly debated the threat posed by homegrown Islamists.


West helping rebels' cause: Libyan minister (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 11:59 AM PDT

Reuters - Western forces are more interested in helping rebels advance than protecting civilians and they have made it clear they intend to assassinate Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's deputy foreign minister said Tuesday.

NIreland police to stop favoring Catholic recruits (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:59 AM PDT

AP - Northern Ireland's police force will stop being required to hire Catholic applicants over Protestants following a decade of change that has bolstered Catholic support for law and order, the British government announced Tuesday.
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