More than a million people are said to have taken part in a march in Madrid to oppose government plans to liberalise Spain's abortion law.
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October 19th, 2009
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October 19th, 2009
In his address, the Pope referred to the values of the European Union which, he said, 'are the fruit of a long and complex history in which, it cannot be denied, Christianity has played a primordial role. The equal dignity of all human beings, the freedom of expression of faith as the basis of all other civil liberties, peace as a decisive element of the common good, human development (intellectual, social and economic) as a divine vocation and the sense of history deriving therefrom, are all central elements of the Christian revelation that continues to mould European civilisation'.
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October 19th, 2009
A social worker found guilty of misconduct after admitting God had told him to give cash to a vulnerable mother to visit a Nigerian 'prophet' has been cautioned by a General Social Care Council committee.
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October 19th, 2009
A London council has been forced to rethink its policy forcing schools to shut for annual Muslim, Hindu and Sikh holy days following a backlash from teachers and parents.
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October 19th, 2009
British virgin girls as young as 12 are being sold to mega-rich Arabs for sex at up to ?50,000 a time.
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October 19th, 2009
The Cabinet minister whose department oversees policy on religion has admitted that he does not believe in God.
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October 19th, 2009
Italy's interior minister Roberto Maroni from the anti-immigrant Northern League party said he would not back a proposal to teach Islam in Italian schools to improve integration.
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October 19th, 2009
London needs to shed its reputation as the 'divorce capital of the world'. But reform based purely on making pre-nuptial agreements enforceable ? as outlined by Baroness Ruth Deech on Tuesday ? is not the way forward.
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October 18th, 2009
Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators turned out on the streets of Madrid Saturday in a protest over new laws that would simplify abortions for women, and could lead to 16-year-olds having abortions on demand without parental consent.
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October 18th, 2009
Women seeking abortions in Oklahoma are to be forced to reveal an array of personal information, such as the state of their relationships, how many children they have and their race, which will be posted on an official website.