Death of nun shows peril of Amazon activism
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Dorothy Stang was one of almost 1,400 people killed in the Brazilian jungle over the past 20 years.
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Ewire -- A cooperative of eco luxury furniture makers in Vermont has teamed up with forest management experts at LaChonta of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to help save the Amazon rainforest through the manufacture and sales of high end outdoor eco furniture.
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The family of 73-year-old Manuela Gomez Ruiz, who died at Santa Maria hospital, is suing the hospital and the Marian Medical Center for allegedly inflicting emotional distress and other harm on them. Ruiz had suffered a massive heart attack early that ...
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Attorneys for the parents of a woman at the center of a right-to-die case argued Thursday she would have been profoundly affected by new Catholic teachings on end-of-life issues.
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Environmentalists in Peru criticise plans to auction off large swathes of the Amazon to oil and gas firms.
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The 19th-century mystic nun who inspired some of the more controversial scenes of Mel Gibson&#39;s hit movie, &quot;The Passion of the Christ,&quot; was beatified yesterday by Pope John Paul II.
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A symbol of abundance to the rest of the world, the Amazon is experiencing a crisis of overfishing.
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Sania Mirzaâs immense popularity has brought with it intense and often hostile scrutiny both from fringe religious groups and from Indiaâs newly aggressive television and print media.
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A war widow who wants the government to put a Wiccan religious symbol on her husband&#039;s memorial plaque held an alternative service Monday as a protest, hours before an official Memorial Day ceremony nearby.
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Amazonâs S3 online storage service was down for several hours, taking startups and other customers out with it.
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Thousands of Amazon peasants flocked to the funeral of a U.S. nun Tuesday and vented anger that Brazil's government only acted to stem rising violence in the rain forest after the murder of the renowned foreign activist.
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CHICAGO _ Sister Julie Vieira took a vow of poverty, chastity and obedience but not a vow against celebrity, which is fortunate, given the popularity of her blog, A Nun's Life (nuns2day.wordpress.com).
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A bereaved widow's story about her husband being devoured by a boa constrictor made headlines in Paraguay on Thursday, but it turned out to be a tall tale by a woman who felt abandoned.
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BELEM, Brazil  - A 74-year-old American nun was  shot to death early on Saturday in Brazil's Amazon rain forest,  where she worked for decades to defend human rights and the  environment despite constant death threats.
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A woman who claims she was abused in a Catholic children's home loses a bid to sue the religious order which ran it.
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A Catholic aid agency  voices deep concern after a priest working on land  rights in Brazil gets death threats.
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Outraged order of nuns calls for silencing of erotic verses of Juan RamÃ³n JimÃ©nez.