| When Bishops Play Politics |
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| Iraq releases early election results |
| As the first, incomplete results from Iraq's weekend elections trickled in Thursday, a prominent opposition group supported mostly by Sunni Arabs made fraud allegations that could taint the legitimacy of the outcome. |
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| Clearer Limits Sought in Malaysia for Shariah Courts' Role |
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| A senior cardinal has called for priestly celibacy to be re-examined in the light of sex scandals sweeping the Roman Catholic Church. |
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| Appeals Court says 'Under God' not a prayer |
| The federal court that touched off a furor in 2002 by declaring the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance to be an unconstitutional endorsement of religion took another look at the issue Thursday and said the phrase invokes patriotism, not religious faith. |
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| Gay rights and pro-life: Two divergent movements |
| Just 20 years ago, opposition to abortion and opposition to homosexual rights seemed to overlap entirely. |
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| Barack Obama's abortion drama |
| It could all come down to abortion. |
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| The Israeli-Palestine peace talks: more than just a charade? |
| It was a wretched beginning to what had been hailed as the hopeful resumption of peace talks, albeit indirect ones, between the Israelis and Palestinians under the aegis of an American mediator. |
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| Last week, the conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck called on Christians to leave their churches if they hear preaching about social or economic justice, saying they were code words for Communism and Nazism. |
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| Lutheran bishops prepare to welcome gay clergy |
| Bishops in the nation's largest Lutheran denomination have approved preliminary steps to welcome a group of openly gay and lesbian ministers as official clergy with new liturgical rites. |
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| Rain pounds East; expect travel delays |
| Half a million homes remained without power across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic region on Sunday, as rain continued to pound states from West Virginia to Connecticut for a second day. |
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| Test didn't duplicate Prius problem |
| Technicians who tested a Toyota Prius after its owner claimed its gas pedal stuck were unable to recreate the same condition, according to a draft congressional memo obtained by CNN. |
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| 3 linked to U.S. consulate shot in Mexico |
| A drive-by shooting in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, claims the lives of three people associated with the U.S. consulate there. |
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| Boehner: Gitmo plan 'makes no sense' |
| The top Republican in the House and a senior White House adviser on Sunday debated a plan for closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay and moving some of the terrorism suspects held there onto American soil. |
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| Fake invasion report sparks panic |
| A television station in Georgia triggered a panic when it broadcast a mock half-hour report about a Russian invasion of the country. |
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| Taliban: Afghan blasts a message to U.S. |
| Authorities recovered eight explosive-laden vests and three rockets in Kandahar on Sunday, indicating that the series of deadly explosions that rocked the southern province a day earlier were an organized attack, the interior ministry said. |
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| At least 2 dead in Canada avalanche |
| At least three people were killed and 17 injured when an avalanche struck a snowmobile competition in western Canada, authorities said. |
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| D.C. handing out female condoms |
| On a Saturday at the Lamar Edward Salon, a small cluster of women watch a demonstration of a new product. |
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| 'Alice in Wonderland' wins box office |
| "Alice in Wonderland" proved this frame that it's no one-weekend phenomenon. The Tim Burton-Johnny Depp collaboration had audiences coming back for more. After holding extremely well throughout the week, the Disney film dropped a scant 47 percent its second weekend in theaters for an additional $62 million. It's 10-day total now adds up to $208 million--besting 2005's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to become Burton's highest grossing film. A good 13 percent of its dollars came from its IMAX 3-D screens. |
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