AFP - Muslims across the world are preparing for the holy month of Ramadan, which will this year take place amid sharp hikes in food prices and in many countries an ever present fear of violence.
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AFP - In a country where three babies are born each minute and the Catholic Church exerts heavy influence, the long battle for a family planning programme could finally be reaching its climax.
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AP - Muhammad Ali and Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan were among those paying respects Saturday to Ali's former manager and the son of a former minister of the Nation of Islam.
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AP - Attorneys for a polygamous church sued a court-appointed accountant on Friday, seeking to reverse an $8.8 million judgment against its $110 million property trust.
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AP - Hundreds of mourners filed into a church Friday to pay their respects to the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress.
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Reuters - Thousands of people, most of
them Christians, have sought shelter in makeshift government
camps in eastern India, driven from their homes by religious
violence which has killed at least 13 people this week.
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AP - An art museum in northern Italy said Thursday it will continue displaying a sculpture portraying a green frog nailed to a cross that has angered Pope Benedict XVI and local officials.
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