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CSW backs PMs call to ease Burma sanctions

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Christian Solidarity Worldwide has expressed its support for David Camerons call to suspend sanctions on Burma following his historic visit to the country

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Religious freedom still restricted in Turkey

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Compass Direct News CDN is reporting that sentiment against Christians in Turkey has persisted long enough for a US religious rights monitor to recommend it as a Country of Particular Concern and pastor Orhan Picaklar knows such antiChristian hostility firsthand

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12 Christians brought before court in Iran

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The 12 believers are being charged with crimes against the order for activities like drinking alcohol while taking communion and holding illegal meetings

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Church training continues in Syria despite turmoil

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Christians in Syria continue to prepare for a future of stability and growth in spite of the present turmoil

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Group puts Christian spin on Titanic disaster, anniversary

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Capitalizing on the 15 April centenary of the RMS Titanic's sinking are a spate of books, films, educational and TV programs, and commemorative events around the world. Center-stage is the much-hyped 3-D version of James Cameron's 1997 epic movie "Titanic."

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Holy Week draws pilgrims to St. Thomas shrine in India

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Last Palm Sunday, James Chevalloor began his annual 200-km (120-mile) pilgrimage on foot with his friends under a blazing sun to the Malayattoor shrine in India's southwestern Kerala state, where St. Thomas the Apostle is said to have prayed.

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Youth in Peru less likely to consider themselves religious

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Less than a third of Catholic youth in Peru consider themselves to be religious, according to a study carried out in March by the market research firm GFK Company and the national newspaper The Republic.

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Filmmaker looks at religion, human rights through eyes of Flemish painter

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As he travels around the world presenting his film "The Mill and the Cross," Polish director Lech Majewski finds himself discussing the many religious themes in the work.

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Mormonism will become a bigger issue for Romney - CNN

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A top evangelical leader who is close to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign says the candidate’s Mormon faith will be even more of an issue in the general election than it has been in the primary, predicting that the focus on Romney’s faith will present a challenge to Romney.

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Pell’s performance was a revelation - The Australian

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THERE were times in Monday night's great debate on the ABC's Q&A between Catholic Cardinal George Pell and militant atheist Richard Dawkins when you felt the boxing authorities would step in and call a halt to the bout.

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Delusions of despots go to Dawkins’ head in God debate - Daily Telegraph

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RICHARD Dawkins is the world's most famous professional atheist, so it's strange he's so wrong about Hitler.

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Faith in the infallibility of the mind is the atheist’s delusion - Sydney Morning Herald

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Melbourne is gearing up to host the Global Atheist Convention, where for three days a coterie of the faithless will urge each other on in their collective scepticism. The most famous proponents of a godless universe will be there - Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett - but this time, sadly, the most engaging and entertaining of them, Christopher Hitchens, won't.

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