Retranslations in the latest New American Bible are another step in lessening ill will between Jews and Roman Catholics. Pope Benedict XVI walks into the Auschwitz complex, where he made a plea for reconciliation and asked why God had allowed such "unprecedented horror" to happen. (Diether Endlicher / AP Photo) Despite the anti-Semitic ranting of Mel Gibson, the public gulf between …
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(Reuters) – A Utah church is giving away free copies of the Koran in an Easter season ecumenical riposte to the recent burning of the Islamic holy book by a controversial Florida pastor. The Wasatch Presbyterian Church has ordered 50 copies of the Koran to be distributed at a local bookstore starting on Monday. "We're not promoting Islam, we're not …
Read More »The questions in the Pakistani mind centre around the vast difference between an American life and a Pakistani one. There is furore over the US’s chest-thumping pronouncements about the supremacy of the law and then its flagrant violation in other countries It is hip to hate sharia or Islamic law in the US. Many a Republican is jumping on the …
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Nearly 1,100 Palestinian children have been arrested by Israeli troops in 2010, a new report by the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Detainees' Affairs shows. The ministry said on Wednesday that about 500 of the above-mentioned figure were detained in the city of al-Khalil (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank, Maan news agency reported. PA Detainees' Affairs Minister Issa Qaraqe …
Read More »ELIGIBILITY The scholarship is open equally to qualified candidate up to 40 years of age at the time of application. Candidates should be the citizens of beneficiary as listed in Appendix I. They should, at the time of application, obtain a degree or equivalent qualification with at least upper second class honours, (or CGPA 3.0) for Master’s programme; and hold …
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Plans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves were discussed by government ministers and the world's largest oil companies the year before Britain took a leading role in invading Iraq, government documents show. The papers, revealed here for the first time, raise new questions over Britain's involvement in the war, which had divided Tony Blair's cabinet and was voted through only after …
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