Gunmen killed a Christian teenager in a drive-by shooting outside his family home on Friday in the restive northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police said.
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November 13th, 2009
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November 13th, 2009
The Government has launched a High Court bid to maintain secrecy over the abortion of babies with cleft palate and club feet.
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November 13th, 2009
A man who believes that psychics can contact the dead was celebrating a landmark legal victory last night.
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November 13th, 2009
A police trainer sacked for saying that psychics should be used to solve crimes must have his views respected as a religious faith, a judge ruled yesterday.
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November 13th, 2009
Christmas will not be Christmas in Dundee this year. All references to the religious holiday have been dropped from the switching-on ceremony for the city?s festive lights.
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November 13th, 2009
Scottish city Dundee is aiming to celebrate a festive season with a difference as its winter revelry this time around will include no references to Christianity.
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November 13th, 2009
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called on secular development agencies to improve their understanding of faith-based aid organisations.
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November 13th, 2009
A heterosexual couple are set to 'marry' in a civil partnership because they believe a traditional church wedding should not be off limits to homosexuals.
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November 12th, 2009
A scheme that tests young people in bars and nightclubs for sexually transmitted diseases is wasting millions of pounds and failing to reduce infection rates, a new report shows.
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November 12th, 2009
Britain has the highest number of abortions carried out than anywhere else in Europe, with teenage pregnancies driving the figures upwards.