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Muslim v Muslim - A conversation

Early in the morning, on daily basis, I have a routine of skimming through newspapers (on the web) with my poor internet connection (Dial-up 56 kbps). Today, like always, I was skimming through and suddenly I got...

Football: Premier League - Scolari strikes the right note as Chelsea aim to s...

The English Premier League, arguably the best in the world, starts its new season today and fans throughout the world will be looking to see what the Brazilian Luiz Felioe Scolari will bring to the pitch as he...

Sect leader Warren Jeffs charged with child sex assault, 5 others Charged

Sect leader Warren Jeffs charged with child sex assault, 5 others Charge"  Jeffs was charged with sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony, Abbot said. Four of Jeffs' followers were each charged...

Texas sect children return home

There is some good news for the splinter sect of  church in Texas. Police had raided and rescued children as old as 5 yrs from their ranch home and its actions were hailed. but now the rescued...

Polygamy sect children set to return home

Judicial order allowing parents of a Texan polygamist sect to take their children home has been signed."Parents were set to begin collecting their children, who were seized from the sect's ranch by state...

Texas agrees to reunite 12 polygamist sect children with parents

Twelve children taken from the Texas polygamist ranch last month will be reunited with their parents, for now anyway. State child welfare authorities appealed a court ruling today that said the seizure of more...

Court: Texas had no right to take polygamists' children

"SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) -- The state of Texas should not have removed the more than 460 children it took from a polygamist sect's ranch because it didn't prove they were in "imminent enough" danger, an appeals court ruled Thursday....

Court: Texas had no right to take polygamists' children

"SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) -- The state of Texas should not have removed the more than 460 children it took from a polygamist sect's ranch because it didn't prove they were in "imminent enough" danger, an appeals court ruled Thursday....

Court rules: No right to seize hundreds of children from FLDS

12:29 hrs CT - The Texas Courtof Appeals rules: No right to seize hundreds of children from FLDS.   A news conferance will be held within a few minutes This effect 48 Mothers and the children. FLDS...

Lebanese violence reaches Tripoli

Fighting has been reported in Tripoli between Hezbollah sympathisers and supporters of the government."Machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades are being used and people have been fleeing their homes,...

Man asks court to change his name to "In God We Trust"

A man from Illinois, Steve Kreuscher, wants a judge to allow him to legally change his name to 'In God We Trust'."Kreuscher (CROY'-shir) says the new name would symbolize the help God gave him through tough...

Texas sect girls 'mostly mothers'

A disturbing update in the ongoing saga of the Texas polygamist sect."More than half of the teenage girls removed from a polygamist sect in Eldorado, Texas, are either mothers or currently pregnant, US officials say.All 463 children on the Yearning For Zion Ranch were taken...

Ahmadiyah organizes closed door meeting in Bali

"The meeting which was closed to the press and other elements was held by their adherents amidst a call from the security not to organize such national working meeting in Denpasar.The government was preparing a joint decree to ban Jamaah Ahmadiyah sect following a...

Ahmadiyah cancels planned congress in Bali

""The congress which was initially scheduled to last two days was shortened to two hours," Syamsir Ali, a spokesman of Ahmadiyah Indonesia said here on Saturday.Ahmadiyah members from all over Indonesia came to Bali for the congress. However, the Bali Police had told them to...

Polygamous sect members live normal lives

I've been checking my news reader all night, and this same headline keeps resurfacing: "Sect members live 'normal' life on polygamous church ranch."Call me crazy, but if it's a major news event that a group leads...

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