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UN slams 'discriminatory' Swiss minaret ban
GENEVA - The United Nations called Switzerland's ban on new minarets "clearly discriminatory" and deeply divisive, and the Swiss foreign minister acknowledged Tuesday the government was very concerned about how the vote would affect the country's image.
Nations:Switzerland Sweden Source:(AP)
2009-12-01
Mass. woman sees image of Jesus on her iron
METHUEN, Mass. - A Massachusetts woman who recently separated from her husband and had her hours cut at work says an image of Jesus Christ she sees on her iron has reassured her that "life is going to be good."
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-11-27
Vatican looks to heavens for signs of alien life
VATICAN CITY - E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic Church.
Nations:Switzerland Vatican Source:(AP)
2009-11-10
Battle over face veil brewing in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) - Rokaya Mohamed, an elementary school teacher, would rather die than take off her face veil, or niqab, thrusting her to the forefront of a battle by government-backed clerics to limit Islamism in Egypt.
Nations:Egypt Saudi Arabia Source:(Reuters)
2009-11-02
Rare Muslim books of divination on show in Washington
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A rare collection of unique, ornate books of divination consulted by shahs, sultans and Muslim laymen in 16th century Persia and Turkey are on show at Washington's Smithsonian Institution.
Nations:U.S. Turkey France Source:(AFP)
2009-10-29
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