S.C. monks deny cruelty allegations
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Trappist monks who operate a chicken farm in South Carolina are disputing accusations from a national animal-welfare group that their birds have been mistreated.
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A local chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been ordered to close because it did not prosecute former NBA star Jayson Williams over accusations he shot and killed his dog in anger over losing a bet.
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THE Pentagon denied today that detainees have been tortured or mistreated at a US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba despite a report that the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) found abuse amounting to &quot;a form of torture&quot; at the facility
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Buddhist monks, who are bound by faith to nonviolence, are grappling with how to rid a temple of a severe ant infestation without killing the insects.
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A powerful New Jersey politician accused of being paid for a job that required no work at a scandal-ridden state university denied the report from a federal monitor who had investigated the school's finances.
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In a videotaped statement, Michael Jackson denied the accusations against him.
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Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman Jonathan Babineaux denied responsibility on Tuesday for the death of his girlfriend's dog, which led to felony animal abuse charges against the player.
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The president of a Roman Catholic college denied allegations he sexually abused six men when they were minors, including four when he was their church basketball coach.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  - The lawyer for defrocked  priest Paul Shanley derided his accuser's memory on Tuesday as  arguments began in a child rape case at the heart of the U.S.  Catholic Church abuse scandal.
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A bogus letter circulating in South Carolina, purporting to be from the NAACP, threatens the arrest of voters who have outstanding parking tickets or failed to pay child support. The NAACP said Friday the letter is a scare tactic and called for an investigation.
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Monks on an island monastery are accused of unfair dismissal by their former handyman and cook.
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New Jersey allows cruelty  to farm animals by failing to ban practices such as castration  without anesthetic, animal rights activists said on Wednesday  in a lawsuit that might help set national standards for the  treatment of livestock.
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Colin Riley has gone obediently to Mass since boyhood, but he was mumbling apologies for raw words the other day to a statue of Jesus in the quiet sanctuary of St. Albert the Great. He was seething over efforts to close his church and others around Boston.
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Colombo: Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka today called off their agitation against a concert featuring Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan here after organisers gave a written apology for holding the event on the death anniversary of a popular priest.
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A court on Monday quashed a decision to slaughter a sacred bull which tested positive for bovine tuberculosis, after protests by Hindu monks and nuns.
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LONDON -- The United States has not upheld obligations to reject torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading behavior in the war on terror launched after Sept. 11, 2001, Amnesty International said today.
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THE GAZETTE. The Episcopal Church was scolded but not punished in a document released Monday by the churchâs parent organization.