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Anti-gay app in Apple's App Store fuels passions

Apple's track record regarding its controversial App Store selection criteria just got muddier, after it approved an app called Manhattan Declaration, which is a call of Christian conscience against gay-marriage.
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Dubai ruler says will go ahead with all projects-CNN

Dubai's ruler said the emirate would go forward with all development projects within a year in an interview with CNN broadcast on Friday, after billions of dollars worth of projects were canceled in the wake of the global financial downturn.
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Pakistan blocks Facebook over caricatures

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority directed Internet service providers to block Facebook indefinitely on Wednesday because of an online competition to draw the Prophet Mohammad.
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The anti-swine flu holy water dispenser

An Italian inventor, Luciano Marabese has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive for the faithful without the fear of contracting swine flu -- an electronic holy water dispenser.
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Pope's shame and remorse over Irish child sex abuse

Pope Benedict apologized on Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by clergy in Ireland and ordered an official inquiry there to try to stem a scandal gripping the Catholic Church which has swept across Europe.
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Retaliation fears stalk Nigeria city after clashes

Sporadic shooting rang out overnight in the central Nigerian city of Jos and witnesses said at least one person was killed by soldiers enforcing a curfew days after attacks on three nearby Christian villages.
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Iran's Khamenei attacks Israel, seeks Muslim unity

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday Western powers were trying to widen differences between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims to divert attention from the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
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Islamic finance must harmonize practices to grow

SWEIMEH, Jordan, March 3 - Islamic banking must speed standardization to grow while monetary authorities should enact laws that allow expansion into new Sharia-based products in domestic markets, industry experts said on Wednesday.
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Defining Paradise: Why is it All About the Beaches?

I recently visited Roatan, a Caribbean island located off of the mainland of Honduras. Though Hurricane Ida had just moved through the area and the waves lapping up on the shore were more than a bit choppy, I stood on the beach in the light of the sun.
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Abstinence-only programs shown effective

A new study finds an abstinence-only intervention for pre-teens was more successful in delaying the onset of sexual activity than a health-promotion control intervention.
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France should ban Muslim face veils:panel

France's National Assembly should pass a resolution denouncing full Muslim face veils and then vote the strictest law possible to ban women from wearing them, a parliamentary commission proposed on Tuesday.
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Egypt's mufti says Koran ringtones inappropriate

Using Koranic verses and the call to prayer as mobile phone ringtones is inappropriate and violates the sanctity of the word of God, Egypt's highest religious legal authority, Mufti Ali Gomaa, said on Wednesday.

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