China seizes Christians in Easter raid
Security forces clashed with followers of a growing underground Protestant movement that was blocked from moving into a new meeting hall near Beijing, leading to three weeks of confrontation with the communist authorities. Worshippers from the Shouwang, or "watch tower", church were taken away in buses, some defiantly singing hymns. Church leaders had issued a "fire and brimstone" cry for the congregation to worship outside the building even if it meant arrest and prosecution. "The devil Satan has taken advantage of the authority...
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Mayor Bloomberg to Donald Trump, birthers: U.S. can't afford to waste more time on conspiracy theory
Mayor Bloomberg scolded Donald Trump Sunday, saying the "New York icon" and his fellow Republicans need to let the "birther" issue die and "focus on the main issues." "Look, anyone can run for president if you're 35 and you're an American citizen and born here," Bloomberg said. "The President was born here." Trump has become a Tea Party darling for touting "birther" conspiracy theories that question whether President Obama was born in the U.S., and therefore entitled to lead the free world. Trump has even sent investigators to...
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Strong quake hits Indonesia's Sulawesi
/No Hell?: A mega-church ‘heretic’ takes on evangelical orthodoxy
This is a peculiar place for a former water-skiing instructor and rock band member to find himself. Rob Bell, 40-year-old father of three, author, mega-church pastor who sports skinny jeans and designer glasses, is in the midst of shaking the world of American Protestant orthodoxy to its core — even as he insists he is not sure why. He is asking tough questions about salvation, upending traditional takes on heaven, hell and...
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Holy Fire appears in Jerusalem
The Holy Fire appeared at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem while thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers were waiting for the miracle to come. A divine flame that is lit every year at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on the day preceding Orthodox Easter is believed by Orthodox Christians to be a miracle. A special flight is expected to land at...
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New concerns over swine flu jab after children given it 'hit by sudden sleep syndrome'
A swine flu vaccine which has been given to thousands of children in Britain may cause the sleep disorder narcolepsy. Symptoms include excessive daytime sleepiness and nodding off suddenly without warning. All packets of the vaccine Pandemrix will have to carry a warning about the risk following a ruling by the EU regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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Dollar's Decline Speeds Up // China planning to cut U.S. reserves by two-thirds // Gold and silver continue to surge
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Lightning striking at White House on Easter night...
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Oil near $113
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Military patrols start in downtown Columbus, GA - The soldiers will be wearing arm bands that read, "Courtesy Patrol."
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