Prayers tempered by troubled times
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Each year during the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food, drink, and sensual pleasures from dawn to dusk as they focus on prayer for Godâs blessings and mercy.
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Threats against churches and prayer meetings in eastern states have risen in recent weeks.
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BURGESS HILL, England -- Every morning on his walk to work, high school teacher Graham Wright recited a favorite Anglican prayer and asked God for strength in the day ahead. Then two years ago, he just stopped.
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One Houston woman&#39;s HIV diagnosis led to a religious epiphany. For another, news of her infection created anxiety about her unborn child.
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Prayer has helped President Bush cope with the stresses of leading the nation, he said Thursday at a breakfast joined by Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Many houses of worship are under threat, crumbling from years of neglect, or becoming targets for acquisition by developers in neighborhoods where choice real estate is scarce.
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Kusol Wetchakul offers prayers for the soul of his sister Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at dawn along the beach near Khao Lak, Thailand.
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PONDICHERRY/MADRAS: Hundreds of Indians scattered flower petals at sea and sacrificed chickens yesterday to pray for the safe return of those carried away in a tsunami as aftershocks hit some areas.
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What can you do to lend a hand in the wake of tragedy?
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A series of special prayer services are being held across the UK on Sunday for the Asia earthquake victims.
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Members of Britain's Sri Lankan Muslim community mourn their losses as they gather to pray and raise aid for the country after the Asian quake.
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When Carol Lewis's father-in-law died, family members circled his hospital bed to pray, expecting to offer their final goodbyes peacefully. Then his body suddenly started to lurch.
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A frail Pope John Paul II joined other ailing pilgrims Saturday for a weekend of prayer at a cliffside shrine to the Virgin Mary, where Roman Catholics seek hope, inner peace and miraculous cures.
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At extraordinary meetings Wednesday, southern Afghan women prayed and told stories about how the war has torn their families apart.
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As the faithful marked Christmas Day, political and religious leaders called for peace and reconciliation amid flickers of hope in places long plagued by conflict.
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Two fathers who lost 10 relatives in a deadly house fire searched for strength in their Muslim faith as they prepared for the funerals Monday of their loved ones.
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Indonesian Christians in  tsunami-hit areas prayed in church on Sunday as life slowly  limped back to normal six days after the disaster that killed  nearly 700 people.