Educational packs for pupils as young as 11 contain 'over- explicit' information about rape, pornography and prostitution, it was claimed today.
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May 24th, 2010
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May 24th, 2010
A crisis pregnancy center in Silver Spring has become the second group in Maryland to sue a Washington-area government over laws that pro-lifers say are part of a national campaign to snuff out anti-abortion speech.
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May 24th, 2010
Co-authored by Thomas DeLeire of the University of Wisconsin and Leonard M. Lopoo of Syracuse University, the US report compares the economic mobility outcomes for children who were born to single mothers, divorced parents, and continuously married parents. It finds that, across the income distribution, divorce is particularly harmful for children?s economic mobility in both absolute and relative terms. The report also highlights the striking differences in economic mobility outcomes for white and African American children, but finds that family structure does not fully explain these differences.
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May 24th, 2010
Two Iranian Christians are free Monday after months of imprisonment and trial. Police arrested Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad in March 2009 for their Christian faith and activities.
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May 24th, 2010
An Islamic teaching centre in Polwarth has been refused permission to expand amid fears that it would attract too many worshippers by car.
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May 24th, 2010
Bogor mayor closes the church of an important local Christian group, banning all its activities. The faithful protest and take their faith to the streets. Rights groups issue official protest.
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May 24th, 2010
The widow of Garry Newlove, who was kicked to death by youths nearly three years ago sparking a national debate about drink-related violence, is to become a Conservative peer.
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May 24th, 2010
To what extent is sharia compatible with Western law? Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Britain?s Supreme Court president Lord Phillips created a stir in 2008 by proposing that British courts might permit the application of Muslim religious law.
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May 24th, 2010
Team led by Sir Ian Wilmut will hope their research gives an unprecedented insight into motor neurone disease.
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May 24th, 2010
A stem-cell breakthrough has marked the first significant step in a major new offensive against motor neurone disease.