Prisons to Restore Purged Religious Books
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Republican lawmakers, liberal Christians and evangelical talk shows all criticized the government for creating a list of acceptable religious books.
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A new sanctuary movement, which puts undocumented immigrants in protective custody,  may revive the religious left
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"God on Trial: Dispatches From America's Religious Battlefields" (Viking, 362 pages, $26.95) &#151; Peter Irons: Combining legal analysis with good storytelling, a lawyer-professor explores church-state disputes.
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Normally a sanctuary of scholarly meditation, the Vatican Library has been the scene of unusually hectic activity lately, as word has spread that it will close in July for a three-year renovation.
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The town where Jesus was born is being turned into a &quot;big prison&quot; by the separation fence, the heads of churches in the Holy Land said in a pre-Christmas message yesterday.
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Experts at the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, Germany, are racing to restore the thousands books damaged in a fire in September.
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Parting with treasured books can be hard enough, but then there is the problem of what to do with them.
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Ministry reveals releases under government scheme to cut jail overcrowding
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A 6-foot flower arrangement. Children's letters. A harp made of matchsticks. From inmates at prisons he has visited to diplomats from one of the few countries he hasn't, an ailing Pope John Paul II is being flooded with get-well gifts.
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Officials are distancing themselves from a state-sponsored CD of children&#039;s songs recorded by prison inmates after it was revealed a child sex offender helped put it together.
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The day after the sentencing of one of the most notorious figures in this region's three-year-old clergy abuse crisis, lawmakers and victims advocates said Wednesday they are building momentum to repeal statutes of limitations on sex crimes that have prevented other abusers from facing lawsuits and prosecution.
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They were priceless artifacts, and the Kabul Museum curators wrapped them carefully, some of them in pink toilet paper, others in newspaper, and put them in metal boxes. Then government people, eight to 10 of them, signed pieces of paper that were glued to the locks. No box would be opened unless all the signers were there.
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Convicted sex offenders in Sweden are free to read pornography in their cells following a court ruling that has angered the prison service.
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Â· Lawyer says thousands of prison documents 'lost'Â· Legal notices demand release of key information
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A fire that ripped through one of Germany's most precious historical libraries destroyed or damaged tens of thousands of irreplaceable books, although some 6,000 works, including a 1543 Martin Luther Bible, ...
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Arkansas correction officials are dedicating a Bible-based program for female prisoners, but a national group said it's a risky move while a similar system is being challenged in federal court.
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The two worn leather-bound volumes that catalog art looted by the Nazis in France join similar albums at the National Archives.