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Nearly 1000 to Convene for Tribute to Mother Teresa of Calcutta on 10th Anniversary of Her Death Oct. 5-7 (Popularity:  )
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Nearly 1000 persons from all over the world will converge on Saint Vincent College this weekend for the first-ever gathering of Mother Teresa of Calcutta's family and close friends and an international conference that celebrates her life's work. The highlight of the three-day Conference will be addresses by Sister M. Nirmala Joshi, M.C., successor to Mother Teresa and Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity, who traveled from Calcutta with ...
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CAIR Supports VA Muslim Leader Smeared by 'Islamophobes' (Popularity: )
http://www.cair.com
The Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered moral support to a Virginia physician who is under attack from "Islamophobes who seek to demonize and marginalize the mainstream Muslim community and its leaders." Dr. Esam Omeish, national leader of the Muslim American Society (MAS), was forced to resign from a Virginia immigration commission yesterday after being subjected to what he called a "smear campaign" by anti-Islam bloggers and Muslim-bashers ...
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China's Top Human Rights Attorney, U.S. Lawmaker, VP of EU Parliament, and Former Canadian Cabinet Member Discuss Beijing Olympics (Popularity: )
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Once again defying his captors, human rights attorney Gao Zhisheng sent a 16-page letter from Beijing to the U.S. Congress in which he calls attention to the anomaly of a genocidal regime hosting the Olympic Games. Today, at a press conference on Capital hill, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, praised Gao's voice for the "dislocated, the abandoned, and the oppressed." The 10th term Representative ...
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'Tainted Blood?': Author Reveals Unimaginable Hardship of World War II in New Memoir (Popularity: )
http://www.authorhouse.com/
Contemporary thinkers still puzzle over the philosophy of the Third Reich and their concept of purity of blood. In her new memoir, "Tainted Blood?: Memoirs of a Part-Jewish Girl in the Third Reich 1933-1945" (published by AuthorHouse - http://www.authorhouse.com), Margaret Baacke recollects the trying times she, Gretel, and her twin brother, Hans, endured during the turbulent years between the German hyper-inflation in 1923 and the end of World War II ...
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Sikh Coalition Opposes New TSA Turban Profiling Policy (Popularity: )
http://www.sikhcoalition.org
The Sikh Coalition, the nation's largest Sikh civil rights organization, strongly opposes new headwear screening procedures put in place by the Transportation Security Administration on August 4, 2007. TSA officials told the Sikh Coalition that the new Standard Operating Procedure includes a guidance recommending that America's 43,000 airport screeners pull aside turban-wearing travelers for secondary screening, based solely on their headwear. The turban is the only form of religious garb ...
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Catholic Health Association Welcomes Senate Passage of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (Popularity: )
http://www.chausa.org
Sister Carol Keehan, DC, president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), issued the following statement: Yesterday's vote in the Senate to approve the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act was a great victory for those who have worked so hard to extend health coverage to millions of our nation's low-income children. More importantly, it is a great victory for the children themselves. ...
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Lionsgate Sees The Light On Larry Charles/Bill Maher Documentary About World Religion (Popularity: )
http://www.lionsgate.com
Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, announced today that it has acquired distribution rights to an untitled documentary about world religion, directed by Larry Charles (BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN, "Curb Your Enthusiasm") and starring political humorist and author Bill Maher ("Real Time With Bill Maher," "Politically Incorrect"). Jonah Smith and Palmer West of Thousand Words (A SCANNER DARKLY, REQUIEM ...
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Authorities Asked to End Md/Va Muslim Citizenship Delays Cair-Md/Va: (Popularity: )
http://www.cair-net.org
The Maryland and Virginia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MD/VA) today called on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expedite the cases of local Muslims who have been waiting for up to seven years to take their citizenship oaths. CAIR-MD/VA says the individuals experiencing the delays are legal residents who have fulfilled all requirements necessary to become American citizens. In ...
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USCCB Official Criticizes Rescinding of Mexico City Policy, AIDS Prevention Funding (Popularity: )
http://www.usccb.org
Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives defeated an amendment to the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill authored by Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Bart Stupak (D-MI) to preserve the Mexico City Policy. This policy specifies that federal funds for family planning are not available to non-governmental organizations that perform and promote abortion as a method of family planning in other countries. Deirdre A. McQuade, Director of Planning and Information for the ...
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Knights of Columbus Sets New Records for Charitable Giving, Volunteer Service (Popularity: )
The Knights of Columbus announced today that it set new records for charitable giving and volunteer service hours in 2006. The results of the Order's Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity for the year ending December 31, 2006 show that total contributions to charity at all levels reached $143,816,004 -- exceeding the previous year's total by more than $4 million. The figure includes $35,133,393 donated by the Supreme Council, and $108,682,611 ...
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