News Reports Focus on Religious Tone
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As foreign governments pondered their reactions to President Bush's inaugural speech Thursday, newspapers  around the world reported it with particular emphasis on the religious tone and Bush's 27 references to "freedom" in the United States and abroad.
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Cautious optimism greets church report that offers road to reconciliation after US wing approved a gay bishop. By Jane Lampman | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Carol services banned, religious references carefully excised from cards: to read Britain's press this year, you could be forgiven for thinking the politically correct brigade are set on taking the Christian out of Christmas.
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Current Media hopes to strike while the apathy is hot.
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Talk of God is popular this season, with timely plays on religious themes.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu called on the  media on Wednesday to be more careful in their choice of words  when reporting on religious conflict.
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An Italian magazine report which sought to prove that what some priests tell Catholics in the confessional is not always what the Church preaches in public has enraged the Vatican.
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A scientific-religious debate is shaping up over near-death experiences. A look at the dangers for both sides.
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Religion is taking a back seat to the  Iraq war and domestic issues in the 2008 White House race, but  most Americans still feel faith is an important attribute in  their president, according to a survey released on Thursday.
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Both sides of the political spectrum twist the truth in their media briefs, according to a website that's tracking the spin. The system of half truths make it hard for ordinary folks to become informed.
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Television entertainment programs mention God more often than they did in the mid-1990s but tend to depict organized religion negatively, a study released Thursday said.
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Firms and local authorities which &quot;ban&quot; Christmas, fearing that celebrations or references could offend other faiths, risk triggering an anti-Muslim backlash, religious leaders have warned.
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Violent Muslim, Christian and Jewish extremists invoke the same rhetoric of "good" and "evil" and the best way to fight them is to tackle the problems that drive people to extremism, according to a report obtained by Reuters.
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The latest British statistical report "Focus on Religion" states that Muslims are the most underprivileged religious group in the country.
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NORFOLK, Jan. 11 -- Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson is considering making an offer for the Virginian-Pilot, a daily newspaper he has criticized for its coverage of him.
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Religious freedom conditions have worsened in insurgency-wracked Iraq as well as Egypt, while communist China has embarked on a crackdown on foreign missionaries ahead of the Olympics, the US government warned in a report Friday.
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By Syed Nadzri  STORIES and statements about moral values and sinful acts seldom fail to fascinate us. Let's pick just a few that were reported in the newspapers over the last week. And let our thoughts be provoked a little.