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World's oldest complete Torah believed found in Italy
ROME -- An Italian academic has discovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest complete Torah -- the holy book of Judaism -- dating back as far as the 12th century. The scroll of fine lambskin, which measures 118 feet by 25 inches when...
Tags: Italy, Judaism, Religion and Belief, Education, Torah
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Women's prayer at Western Wall sparks protest
JERUSALEM -- Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooded into the Old City’s Western Wall Plaza early Friday in a boisterous and sometimes violent protest against a group of female activists exercising a newly court-affirmed right to pray at the holy...
Tags: U.S. Embassy, Judaism, Torah, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Christianity
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An artisanal Bible: A handwritten copy, four years in the making
A man in upstate New York has just about finished a task that was common enough until the invention of the printing press: Over the past four years, he has copied the King James Bible by hand, the Associated Press reports. Phillip Patterson, a 63-year-...
Tags: Religion and Belief, AIDS, Bible
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North Caucasus to Boston: Rise and fall of the Tsarnaev brothers
Anzor Tsarnaev was tough, a championship boxer back home, and he wanted his oldest boy to be tough too. Rain or shine, like a scene from "Rocky," the wiry Chechen immigrant would ride his bicycle as his son Tamerlan jogged to a Boston-area boxing gym,...
Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Martin Luther King Jr., Unrest, Conflicts and War, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Mark Burnett and Roma Downey put faith in 'The Bible' for History
Mark Burnett, one of the most prolific reality-show producers on television, is going from scorched earth to burning bush. The former military paratrooper who made his name in Hollywood with back-biting, take-no-prisoners programs such as "Survivor,"...
Tags: Mel Gibson, Belief and Faith, Mark Burnett, YouTube, GSN (tv network)
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Scott Sassa out at Hearst Entertainment
Scott Sassa has resigned as president of entertainment and syndication of Hearst Corp. Sassa's resignation was confirmed Thursday after the New York Post published a story saying Sassa had been cavorting with strippers and one -- in partnership with her...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), Religion and Belief, Mark Burnett, Bible, History (tv network)
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High court delays decision in California gay marriage
L.A. NOWThe U.S. Supreme Court has pushed back by 10 days the date on which it will consider whether to review the issue of gay marriage in California, according to lawyers in the case.... -
Pakistani judge grants bail to Christian girl charged with blasphemy
World NowA Pakistani judge ordered the release on bail of a young Christian girl jailed for allegedly desecrating the Koran, a decision that ends her three-week stay in jail and comes after the arrest of a Muslim cleric on charges of trying to fabricate the case... -
Pakistan president orders probe into Christian girl's blasphemy case
World NowPresident Asif Ali Zardari has ordered his Interior Ministry to check whether local authorities misused Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law in the recent arrest of a young Christian girl accused of desecrating pages from the Koran.... -
Afghan leader rips film tied to Libya attack, raising fears of violence
World NowPresident Hamid Karzai condemned an American-made film that crudely mocks Islam, galvanizing fears among Westerners that the Afghan leader's denunciation could be read as a go-ahead to stage violent protests.... -
Blasphemy case: Muslim cleric accused of framing Christian girl
World NowA Muslim cleric who had accused a young Christian girl of desecrating the Koran has been arrested on suspicion of fabricating the case against her, a development that her lawyer said could lead to the girl’s release.... -
Two Christian boys detained over accusations of defiling Koran
World NowTwo Christian boys have been arrested for allegedly urinating on the Koran, agitating tensions across Egypt amid rising accusations of blasphemy following the furor last month over a film made in California that ridiculed the prophet Muhammad....
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