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VIDEO UPDATE: Troy Anthony Davis Granted Temporary Reprieve

Less than 2 hours before Troy was to die by lethal injection, the U.S. Supreme Court , the highest court in the United States, granted a stay of execution. AP Video and updates about Terry Benedict’s film project.

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SHOCK! Popular UK Magazine Promotes Sterilization for Women in their 20s

“By the time I was 18, I knew I was never going to change. I couldn’t imagine letting something take over my body and then my whole life. I couldn’t even look at a baby without feeling uncomfortable.” Chloe, sterilized at age 20

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ECONOMY: Chinese government paper urges new world order for economy…

BEIJING (Reuters) – Threatened by a “financial tsunami,” the world must consider building a financial order no longer dependent on the United States, a leading Chinese state newspaper said on Wednesday.

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CANADA: Symposium to be held on Conscientious Objection

The Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada is sponsoring a Symposium on Conscientious Objection in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The Symposium is planned for November 6 ñ 9, 2008 in Oshawa, Ontario.

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THIS WEEK: Christian-Hindu Unrest leads to Violence in India

Thousands of Christians staged road blockades in several parts of the city on Sunday, after suspected Bajrang Dal activists carried out a series of attacks on prayer halls in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikmagalur districts, alleging conversion…

Police resorted to caning to disperse the protesters, including nuns and women, in the evening near Milagres Hall complex, while a few people threw stones at the police. In the melee, some were hurt and a few vehicles damaged.

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Banana Republics: The United States and Guatamala in the Propaganda Wars in the 1950s

The following clip is taken from the English documentary “The Century of Self” in which an extensive portion is dedicated to Sigmund Freud’s nephew, Edward Bernays, the founder of public relations. This clip discusses public relations attempts by Bernays of the American people at the request of the U.S. government and international corporations, and how […]

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Interview with Attorney and Pastor Mitch Tyner

“In my view, if we are not prepared to protect the rights of those with whom we disagree, we are not serious about religious freedom.”

Former associate general counsel of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Mitch Tyner, asks questions about the legal process, lawsuits between believers, separation of church and state, and addresses the controversy about gay marriage.

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VIDEO: Palin linked political success to prayer of Kenyan witch hunter

According to accounts of the witchhunt circulated on evangelical websites such as Prayer Links Ministries, after Pastor Muthee declared Mama Jane a witch, the townspeople became suspicious and began to turn on her, demanding that she be stoned. Public outrage eventually led the police to raid her home, where they fired gunshots, killing a pet python which they believed to be a demon.

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VIDEO: Michael Gerson on the Emerging Center of Evangelicalism

Michael Gerson, member of the Council on Foreign Relations and President Bush’s former speechwriter, discusses new trends in evangelicalism. He explains that the younger evangelicals are breaking from the religious right; while they are remaining morally conservative, they are becoming more socially liberal.

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