2012年9月8日星期六

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Pakistan frees Christian girl accused of blasphemy

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 07:16 AM PDT

Pakistani police officers stand guard at the main entrance of central prison on the outskirts of Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012. In a rare move, a Pakistani judge granted bail to a young, mentally challenged Christian girl accused of insulting Islam by burning pages of the religion's holy book. Activists who had pressed for the girl's release welcomed the rare decision to grant bail in a blasphemy case. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)A young Christian girl accused of burning pages of Islam's holy book was freed Saturday from a jail near the capital where she had been held for three weeks, a Pakistani jail official said.


Pakistan frees Christian girl accused of burning pages of Islam's holy book

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:13 AM PDT

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - A Pakistani jail official says that a young Christian girl accused burning pages of the Islam's holy book has been freed from a jail near the capital.

Pakistani Christian girl accused of burning pages of Islam's holy book released from jail

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:55 AM PDT

Pakistani Christian girl accused of burning pages of Islam's holy book released from jail.

Rowan Williams admits failings over church split

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 05:32 AM PDT

FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, front left, talks with the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, in London as they attend a multi-faith reception to mark the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen's Accession to the throne when as part of her title she became Defender of the Faith, in this file photo dated Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. In an interview published Saturday Sept. 8, 2012, in Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper, Williams said the Anglican Church is planning to give some of the global duties of the Archbishop of Canterbury to a "presidential" figure so the archbishop can concentrate on leading the Church of England, and admitted he didn't do enough to prevent divisions in the Anglican church over homosexuality. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has admitted he didn't do enough to prevent sharp divisions within the Anglican church over homosexuality.


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