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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Religious Strife</title>
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		<title>AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek binding UN resolution to protect religion from blasphemy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
GENEVA — Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Patrick Kennedy clashes with RI bishop at intersection of abortion, health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Patrick Kennedy clashes with outspoken RI bishop
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Thomas Tobin, the Roman Catholic bishop of Providence, has made a career out of putting politicians in his crosshairs, but his latest battle over abortion threatens to spiritually exile Rep. Patrick Kennedy, a son of the nation&#8217;s most famous Roman Catholic family.
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		<title>US imam who communicated with Fort Hood suspect wanted in Yemen on terror suspicions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Abu-nasr</dc:creator>
		
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US imam wanted in Yemen over al-Qaida suspicions

SAN&#8217;A, Yemen — A radical American imam who communicated with the Fort Hood shooting suspect and called him a hero was once arrested in Yemen on suspicion of giving religious approval to militants to conduct kidnappings.
Yemeni authorities are now hunting for Anwar al-Awlaki to determine whether he has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marine reservist accused of attacking Greek priest; told officers the man was a terrorist</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Marine reservist accused of attacking Greek priest

TAMPA, Fla. — A Marine reservist accused of attacking a Greek Orthodox priest with a tire iron after apparently calling him a terrorist was actually defending himself after being sexually attacked by the cleric, his defense attorney said Tuesday.
Jeff Brown said Lance Cpl. Jasen Bruce, 28, had been followed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government adviser says Saudi imposing naval blockade on north Yemen to thwart Shiite rebels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Salah Nasrawi</dc:creator>
		
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Adviser: Saudi navy blockades north Yemen coast

CAIRO — Saudi Arabia imposed a naval blockade on the Red Sea coast of northern Yemen to stem the flow of weapons and fighters to Shiite rebels along its border, a Saudi government adviser and media reports said Tuesday.
Iran, the dominant Shiite power in the Middle East, warned neighboring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clergy in the crossfire: Mexico&#8217;s bishops seek answers to drug violence at home, from abroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine E. Shoichet</dc:creator>
		
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Mexican clergy seek global help as violence grows

MEXICO CITY — Gunmen shoot a priest and two seminary students in the back. Federal police storm a Mass to capture a suspected drug kingpin. Priests pray with the families of murdered men, then face killers in the confessional.
Mexico&#8217;s Roman Catholic clergy, increasingly caught in the middle of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army chaplain: Pray for Fort Hood shooting suspect, but also pray for meaning in massacre</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allen G. Breed</dc:creator>
		
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Army chaplain seeks prayers for meaning in rampage

FORT HOOD, Texas — An Army chaplain asked mourners Sunday to pray for the accused Fort Hood shooter, calling on them to focus less on why the tragedy happened and more on helping each other through &#8220;the valley of the shadow of darkness.&#8221;
&#8220;Lord, all those around us search [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fort Hood suspect told &#8216;There&#8217;s something wrong with you,&#8217; after others also saw trouble ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela K. Brown</dc:creator>
		
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Some saw trouble ahead for Fort Hood suspect

FORT HOOD, Texas — In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan&#8217;s growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability to serve the U.S. military could not predict the murderous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After attack, Muslims in US military worry that violence could bring uncomfortable spotlight</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Zoll</dc:creator>
		
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Some fear backlash against Muslims in US military
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan&#8217;s family says he confided in them that he felt harassed as a Muslim in the U.S. military — and wasn&#8217;t treated as an American and soldier should be.
He visibly lived his faith, wearing his military uniform to services and a cap and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic leader: Suspect asked for advice on what to tell soldiers going to fight Muslims</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela K. Brown</dc:creator>
		
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Suspect asked for advice on going to fight Muslims

FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood recently asked for advice on what he should tell fellow soldiers concerned about fighting Muslims in Iraq or Afghanistan, a local Muslim leader said Saturday.
Osman Danquah, co-founder of the Islamic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fort Hood suspect gave away belongings, said methodical goodbyes, before shooting rampage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes

FORT HOOD, Texas — As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shooting suspect&#8217;s classmate says Hasan called war on terror &#8216;a war against Islam&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Classmate: Hasan said terror fight a war on Islam

WASHINGTON — A classmate of the Fort Hood shooting suspect says Maj. Nidal Hasan was an outspoken opponent of the U.S. war on terror and called it a &#8220;war against Islam.&#8221;
Dr. Val Finnell was a classmate of Hasan&#8217;s at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Canadians linked to Detroit imam fight extradition

WINDSOR, Ontario — A lawyer for two Canadians wanted by the FBI following the death of a controversial imam in a police shootout in Detroit says they plan to fight extradition.
The two men, Mohammad Al-Sahli, 33, and Yassir Ali Khan, 30, both of Windsor, Ontario, appeared briefly in court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High-profile defections, court fights pose more challenges for Church of Scientology</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Gorski</dc:creator>
		
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Defections, court fights test Scientology
The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season.

Over the course of two days last week, a French court convicted the church of fraud and Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis&#8217; resignation from the church over a litany of concerns was aired publicly. On one hand, it was just another bad press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suspected Muslim insurgents kill 2 Buddhist civilians in troubled southern Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Suspected insurgents kill 2 in restive Thai south

PATTANI, Thailand — Suspected Muslim insurgents shot and killed two Buddhist civilians in separate drive-by attacks in Thailand&#8217;s insurgency-plagued south, police said Wednesday.
More than 3,700 people, both Muslims and Buddhists, have been killed in Thailand&#8217;s three southernmost provinces since an insurgency flared in January 2004. The provinces — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baghdad attacks stoke fears of violence in Iraq as Sunnis struggle for power and relevance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Santana</dc:creator>
		
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Baghdad attacks stir fears of Sunni violence

BAGHDAD — Iraq&#8217;s Sunnis, long dissatisfied with the Shiite-led government, seek more power, respect and a bigger share of oil wealth in upcoming elections. But disunity among their political leaders and the sheer force of Shiite numbers threaten to derail those hopes.
The result, some analysts and Iraqis fear, could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi court seeks arrest of Sunni parliamentarian for financing sectarian violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bushra Juhi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — A local criminal court in Iraq&#8217;s Diyala province issued an arrest warrant for a Sunni member of parliament on suspicion of financing and inciting sectarian violence, a security official in the northeastern province said Saturday.

The security official said the warrants for parliamentarian Tayseer al-Mashhadani and her husband, Hashim al-Hiyali, were issued on Thursday.
A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican meeting tells corrupt Catholic politicians in Africa to repent or quit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY — Bishops attending a Vatican meeting on Africa issued a blunt ultimatum Friday to corrupt Catholic political leaders in Africa: repent or leave public office.

In a strong final message, the bishops said Africa needs &#8220;saints&#8221; in government &#8220;who will clean the continent of corruption, work for the good of the people,&#8221; and end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reviving after 2006 destruction, Hezbollah&#8217;s Beirut stronghold a symbol of Shiite strength</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamza Hendawi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — The sprawling Shiite suburb of south Beirut has made a comeback after the destruction wreaked by Israel during 2006 fighting, a symbol of the community&#8217;s resilience at a time when its political patron, Hezbollah, is seeking a greater voice in Lebanon&#8217;s government.

The district, called simply Dahiyah — meaning &#8220;the suburb&#8221; in Arabic — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran state radio says death toll rises to 31 in suicide bombing targeting military commanders</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state radio is reporting that the death toll has risen to 31 in a suicide bombing that targeted commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard attending a meeting in southeastern Iran.

State media report that Sunday&#8217;s attack killed five senior commanders of the Guard in an area that has been at the center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Suicide bomber kills 5 top Revolutionary Guard commanders in southeastern Iran</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard and at least 26 others in an area of southeastern Iran that has been at the center of a simmering Sunni insurgency, state media reported.

The official IRNA news agency said the dead included the deputy commander of the Guard&#8217;s ground [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide bomber opens fire in mosque in northern Iraq, then blows himself up, killing 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chelsea J. Carter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — A suicide bomber who hid among the Sunni congregation in a northern Iraqi mosque sprayed gunfire at Muslim worshippers Friday and then blew himself up, killing at least 15 people, including the imam leading prayers, officials said.

The brazen attack is the latest against Sunni clerics who have increasingly spoken out against al-Qaida in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jerusalem unrest lays bare volatility of city at heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Teibel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM — Israeli police mobilized reinforcements from across the country to secure volatile Jerusalem on Tuesday, deploying thousands of officers on city streets for fear that two days of minor clashes with Palestinian protesters would escalate.

By nightfall, no serious clashes had developed, and an Israeli Muslim leader was arrested on suspicion of helping spark the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yemeni troops fighting Shiite rebels chew local drug to boost flagging morale</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/yemeni-troops-fighting-shiite-rebels-chew-local-drug-to-boost-flagging-morale-187942/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Al-haj</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HARF SOFYAN, Yemen — Resting between frenetic bursts of fighting with tenacious Shiite rebels in the north, many Yemeni soldiers pass the day chewing qat leaves — the mild stimulant plant that is the impoverished Arab nation&#8217;s traditional drug of choice.

For the beleaguered troops dispatched to Yemen&#8217;s rugged Saada province, the chewing sessions offer a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi Christian prelate seeks government protection after Kirkuk kidnappings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yahya Barzanji</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KIRKUK, Iraq — The body of a Christian health worker turned up in a field two days after he was kidnapped — prompting several more Christian families to pack up and leave their ancient homeland in northern Iraq.

At least 10 Christian families have left Kirkuk in recent weeks, fearing kidnap-for-ransom gangs that have turned their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope will visit Czech Republic, a voyage among the nonbelievers</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pope-will-visit-czech-republic-a-voyage-among-the-nonbelievers-177694/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor L. Simpson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is going to the heart of central Europe 20 years after the fall of communism ended restrictions on religion. But what he will find is a Czech Republic where nearly half the population professes to be nonbelievers.

Like an ancient missionary on his three-day pilgrimage starting Saturday, Benedict will try [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Italy cardinal denounces attack on Catholic editor as sign of deterioration of civility</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — A top Italian cardinal complained Monday that civility was on the decline in Italy after a prominent Catholic editor was forced to resign after a newspaper loyal to Premier Silvio Berlusconi exposed a scandal in his past.

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, the head of Italy&#8217;s influential bishops&#8217; conference, denounced what he called a &#8220;grave&#8221; attack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philippine Muslim rebels warn of new fighting if peace talks fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SULTAN KUDARAT, Philippines — The Philippines&#8217; largest Muslim rebel group warned Saturday that fighting could break out again if efforts to revive peace talks fail, saying a new truce remains fragile.

Months of deadly clashes in the south eased in July when the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front separately declared a halt to offensives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yemen&#8217;s government offers a new cease-fire deal to Shiite insurgents fighting in the north</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/yemens-government-offers-a-new-cease-fire-deal-to-shiite-insurgents-fighting-in-the-north-173001/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Al-haj</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN&#8217;A, Yemen — Yemen offered a conditional cease-fire on Saturday to the Shiite rebels it is battling in the north, following international concern over a deadly airstrike against civilians displaced from the war zones.

Within hours, however, both sides released statements accusing the other of breaking the cease fire. According to the statements, clashes resumed in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tribal leader: 87 killed in Yemen airstrike on camp for those fleeing government-rebel war</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmad Al-haj</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN&#8217;A, Yemen — Nearly 87 civilians were killed in a strike by government warplanes that hit a camp of people fleeing fighting in northern Yemen, a tribal leader said Thursday. It was a sign of increasing bloodiness in a remote war against Shiite rebels in this turmoil-ridden Arab nation.

The Yemeni government has said it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shiite rebellion piles one more conflict on Yemen as US presses for action against al-Qaida</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Abu-nasr</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN&#8217;A, Yemen — While the U.S. is pressing Yemen hard to take action against an increasingly powerful al-Qaida, this turmoil-ridden nation is too busy fighting an escalating war with Shiite rebels. The chaos may only help the terror network flourish.

Every day, warplanes screech over the capital San&#8217;a heading for the front in the northern region [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back-to-back bombs at Shiite Shrine in central Baghdad kill 4 worshippers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Rising</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Two bombs exploded back to back near a Shiite shrine in central Baghdad where worshippers had gathered in prayer Saturday, killing four people and injuring 24, police and hospital officials said.

The first bomb went off next to the tomb of a revered ninth century religious figure, Sheik Othman al-Omari. Then a car bomb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Violent anti-Islam protests and counterprotests in Britain troubles UK government</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael G. Satter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Violent clashes between anti-Islam demonstrators and Muslim counter-protesters in English cities are worrying the government, with one British minister comparing the disturbances to 1930s-era fascist incitement.

The violence that has hit Luton, Birmingham and London in the last few months has involved a loose collection of far-right groups — such as the previously unknown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Violent anti-Islam protests in English cities troubles British government</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raphael G. Satter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Violent clashes between anti-Islam demonstrators and Muslim counter-protesters in English cities are worrying the government, with one British minister comparing the disturbances to 1930s-era fascist incitement.

The violence that has hit Luton, Birmingham and London in the last few months has involved a loose collection of far-right groups — such as the previously unknown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British government troubled by series of violent anti-Islam protests in English cities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — A British minister is sounding the alarm over a spate of anti-Islam demonstrations that have descended into violence in the past month.

Communities minister John Denham says recent clashes between white protesters and Muslim counter-demonstrators in Birmingham and London have parallels to the violence provoked by 1930s-era fascists.
Denham told The Guardian newspaper in an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bombs kill 3 near tomb of revered Shiite cleric in central Baghdad</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamid Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Two bombs exploded moments apart near the tomb of a revered Shiite religious figure in central Baghdad on Saturday, killing three people and wounding 22, police and hospital officials said.

The first bomb went off next to the tomb of the ninth-century sheik, Othman al-Omari, where a number of people were praying. A few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 years later, 9/11 still no ordinary day for US Muslims who fear anniversary backlash</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Zoll</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — There is the dread of leaving the house that morning. People might stare, or worse, yell insults.

Prayers are more intense, visits with family longer. Mosques become a refuge.
Eight years after 9/11, many U.S. Muslims still struggle through the anniversary of the attacks. Yes, the sting has lessened. For the younger generation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurds demand improved security in northern Iraq after suicide truck bomber kills 19</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Rising</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Kurdish lawmakers demanded the government step up security in northern Iraq after a suicide truck bomb flattened a neighborhood in a small village Thursday, killing 19 people and injuring 30 others in the most recent in a spate of attacks.

Two suicide truck bombers targeted the Shiite Kurdish village of Wardek, about 35 miles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials say truck bomb kills at least 19, injures 30 in northern Iraqi village</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-say-truck-bomb-kills-at-least-19-injures-30-in-northern-iraqi-village-164366/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sinan Salaheddin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — A suicide truck bomber hit a Kurdish village in northern Iraq before dawn Thursday, killing at least 19 people and injuring 30 others, officials said, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of attacks targeting Kurds and other ethnic and religious groups in the region.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s security minister blames Muslim separatists for syringe attacks; 5 killed in protests</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chinas-security-minister-blames-muslim-separatists-for-syringe-attacks-5-killed-in-protests-160010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[URUMQI, China — China&#8217;s security chief blamed Muslim separatists Friday for a string of bizarre needle attacks that drew thousands of angry protesters into the streets as officials disclosed five people were killed and 14 injured during demonstrations in this restive city.

Police fired tear gas to break up continuing protests by thousands of Han Chinese, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bomb outside restaurant kills policeman, wounds 12 in southern Thailand</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PATTANI, Thailand — A bomb believed to have been planted by Islamic insurgents exploded Friday outside a restaurant in southern Thailand where security forces were eating breakfast, killing a policeman and wounding 12 other people.

Army spokesman Col. Parinya Chaidilok said the bomb was hidden in a pickup truck parked outside the restaurant in Yala city.
Two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army says 11 killed, more than 20 wounded in 2 days of violence in restive southern Thailand</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/army-says-11-killed-more-than-20-wounded-in-2-days-of-violence-in-restive-southern-thailand-158670/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sumeth Panpetch</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PATTANI, Thailand — A spate of shootings, bombings and military raids left 11 people dead and more than 20 wounded over the past two days in Thailand&#8217;s insurgency-plagued south, officials said Thursday.

The violence was the latest to hit Thailand&#8217;s three southernmost provinces, where more than 3,700 people have been killed since a Muslim insurgency flared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kennedy&#8217;s Catholicism source of comfort, conflict as he defied church on abortion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Lindsay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Sen. Edward Kennedy was raised from birth to cherish his Catholicism, and it became both a source of comfort and conflict throughout his life.

The son of the country&#8217;s most famous Roman Catholic family divorced his first wife, which the church considers immoral, then was granted an annulment only after he admitted he wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fears in Lebanon that indictment in former PM assassination will spark sectarian violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — No one knows when an international court will issue its first indictments in the assassination of Lebanon&#8217;s former prime minister, but Lebanese are already afraid it could spark a wave of violence between its Shiite and Sunni communities.

The Netherlands-based tribunal has kept silent on who it might charge in the 2005 slaying of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bosnia&#8217;s ethnically divided schools seen as one of Europe&#8217;s worst examples of segregation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aida Cerkez-robinson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[STOLAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — It&#8217;s shortly after noon, and teenagers who were taught their capital is Zagreb, in neighboring Croatia, are streaming out of Stolac High School. In an hour, their classrooms will be filled with children who have learned that their capital is Sarajevo, Bosnia.

Fourteen years after Bosnia&#8217;s 1992-95 war, youngsters from Muslim Bosniak and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German Islam charged with plotting terror attack tells judge he regrets plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUESSELDORF, Germany — The youngest member of an alleged radical Islamic terrorist cell whose plot to attack U.S. targets in Germany was foiled by authorities testified Wednesday he would not repeat his actions.

Daniel Schneider, a 23-year-old German convert to Islam, told the court he was relieved to have been arrested along with three other alleged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religion in the ranks: New breed of military rabbis too gung-ho for some Israelis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matti Friedman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[JERUSALEM — Most Israelis expect their military rabbis to confine themselves to such tasks as making sure the army provides kosher food and respects the Sabbath. But lately, some of them are asserting their own idea of Jewish virtue at the risk of stepping into the country&#8217;s culture wars.

Some critics worry that the rabbinate and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US military: 3 Iraqi civilians killed after wandering into mortar training exercise</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-military-3-iraqi-civilians-killed-after-wandering-into-mortar-training-exercise-140755/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Three Iraqi men herding cattle were killed Saturday after wandering into the middle of a U.S.-Iraqi mortar training exercise north of the Iraqi capital, the U.S. military said Saturday.

American forces were conducting a live-fire training exercise with Iraqis near Taji, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Baghdad, when the men walked onto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iraq&#8217;s prime minister says attacks likely to continue ahead of elections</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iraqs-prime-minister-says-attacks-likely-to-continue-ahead-of-elections-140493/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamid Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Iraq&#8217;s prime minister said Saturday that insurgents will likely intensify their attacks in the run-up to January national elections in an attempt to destroy national unity and political stability.

A flurry of recent bombings has sparked fears that insurgents could re-ignite the sectarian fighting that nearly tore the country apart two years ago, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US panel accuses India of failing to protect religious minorities, places it on watch list</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-panel-accuses-india-of-failing-to-protect-religious-minorities-places-it-on-watch-list-138519/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Muneeza Naqvi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI — A U.S. panel on religious freedoms has placed India on its watch list of countries where such freedoms are at risk, noting that there has been a &#8220;disturbing increase&#8221; in violence against minorities in the South Asian country.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an independent congressionally mandated panel that provides recommendations [...]]]></description>
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