The Associated Press reports that the Greek government has expanded its list of officially recognized “disabilities” to include pedophiles (as well as exhibitionists, kleptomaniacs, and pyromaniacs).
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January 17th, 2012
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January 17th, 2012Islamic extremism remains Norway's biggest terror threat, but the danger of lone wolf attacks has also increased in the aftermath of a massacre by a homegrown anti-Muslim extremist, Norwegian security service PST said Tuesday.
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January 17th, 2012A large number of parliament candidates are reaching out to women in their respective constituencies, promising to adopt laws that increase their standards of living and approve the rights of their children once elected.
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January 17th, 2012Christians in Syria have found themselves faced with a moral dilemma. On the one hand, many feel they have an obligation to oppose President Bashar al-Assad, despite calls from protesters for a toppling of his authoritarian regime. Others, however, are concerned with the possibility that if they do support the pro-democracy protests, believers could eventually find their lives threatened by Muslim extremists.
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January 17th, 2012
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January 16th, 2012
Headteachers will no longer need to give 24 hours written notice for detentions outside school hours from today.
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January 16th, 2012
The use of Sharia, or Islamic religious law, is growing in Britain, with thousands of Muslims using it to settle disputes each year, but women's groups and some others are objecting.
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January 16th, 2012January 16 is Religious Freedom Day in the United States, affirmed by President Barack Obama in the customary proclamation last Friday.
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January 16th, 2012New York City police arrested 43 pastors and church members who used the occasion of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s January 12 State of the City speech to protest the city’s ban on the longtime practice of churches using public schools for worship services. The arrests occurred at the Bronx public school where Bloomberg was speaking.
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January 16th, 2012The Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS) is trying to raise enough funds in the Gulf states to enable the construction of a 20-million franc ($21 million) prayer centre in the capital Bern.