Scotland's most ancient seat of learning has been hit by calls for a funding boycott following the appointment of a controversial theologian to a senior post.
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June 27th, 2010
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June 27th, 2010
Senior judge's remarks that human rights could be hit if act repealed threatens to inflame row over power of Strasbourg.
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June 27th, 2010
One in nine historic places of worship are in poor or very poor condition?fewer than feared.
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June 27th, 2010
Vicars these days have to deal with endless tantrums, schmoozing and fake piety. It?s a world away from the 'Vicar of Dibley', says Giles Fraser, canon chancellor at St Paul's Cathedral.
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June 27th, 2010
Mark Thompson, the director-general of the BBC, told Aaqil Ahmed, the head of religious broadcasting, to 'stop talking about this Muslim thing'.
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June 27th, 2010
Labour?s last Home Secretary has apologised for the party?s failure to tackle binge drinking ? the first admission that his Government?s policies on alcohol have left a damaging legacy.
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June 27th, 2010
My relief came in the form of adult stem cell transplants.
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June 27th, 2010
The reaction was swift when Lavender Magazine, a biweekly for Minneapolis?s gay and lesbian community, reported in its current issue that an outspokenly anti-homosexual local pastor attended a support group for people who want to remain chaste despite same-sex attraction.
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June 27th, 2010
BERLIN ? A growing movement in Europe to ban burqas and niqabs, the face coverings worn by some Muslim women, is igniting a debate over individual religious freedom vs. broader cultural values.
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June 27th, 2010
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Keir Starmer, whose job it is to prosecute people who break the law, announced last Friday that he did not consider it to be in the public interest to bring a case against former GP Michael Irwin, for assisting the suicide of pancreatic cancer sufferer Ray Cutkelvin in 2006.