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03/18/2013Six Men Arrested for Gang-Rape of Swiss Tourist in India
Three days after a 39-year-old Swiss woman was gang-raped, assaulted and robbed at gunpoint while cycling with her husband in Central India, six accused appeared in court Monday. The attack came three months after a woman died after being brutally gang-raped in a moving bus in New Delhi.
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03/18/2013Pope Francis in First Public Blessing: Be Merciful Like Jesus
Pope Francis delivered his first Angelus blessing to a crowd of about 300,000 people at the Vatican on Sunday, calling for mercy as Jesus demonstrated in the biblical account of the woman caught in adultery. However, back in his native country, Argentina, accusers continued to raise questions about his past.
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03/18/2013Boehner, Ryan Say Debt Crisis Not 'Immediate' But Coming
House Speaker John Boehner and House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan agree with President Obama that the nation does not have an immediate debt crisis, but they see it coming and want lawmakers to deal with it before it's too late.
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03/18/2013Pastor Saeed's Wife: 'No Heart to Tell Kids Daddy Might Never Survive'
Naghmeh, the wife of U.S. Pastor Saeed Abedini, who is serving eight years in a deadly prison in Iran for his faith, broke down as she testified on Capitol Hill, saying she has no heart to tell their kids that daddy might never survive if the government fails to protect him.
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03/17/2013Pope Francis: Jesus, Not Pope at the Center of the Church
The newly elected pope addressed the media for the first time on Saturday, reminding Catholics that Jesus, not the pope, is at the center of the Church, which he said should be "poor, and for the poor." The pontiff also explained his choice of the name Francis.
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03/17/2013Obama Proposes $2 Billion Clean-Energy Fund; Calls it 'Bipartisan'
President Obama has called for Congress to create a clean-energy research fund, pulling $2 billion in royalties from oil and gas leases over 10 years. While he touted the idea as "bipartisan," approval from Republicans appears doubtful.
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03/16/2013Jesus Portrait Moved From Ohio School After Lawsuit
A Christian student club, which installed a portrait of Jesus at a southern Ohio school more than six and a half decades ago, decided to move the painting to another school after two secular groups filed a lawsuit claiming it violates the Constitution.
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Arizona Bills Seek to Expand Tax Exemptions for Churches
The Arizona Legislature is considering two bills that would expand tax exemptions for churches and religious organizations. The measures, being backed by a Christian group, have passed the state House, and are now under consideration by the state Senate.
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03/16/2013Luis Palau: New Pope Francis a Friend of Evangelicals
Evangelist Luis Palau, who knows and has prayed together with Pope Francis on several occasions, called the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics a friend of evangelicals who is respectful of all sides of Christianity.
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03/11/2013Rioters Arrested After 150 Christian Homes in Pakistan Were Burned Over 'Blasphemy'
Police in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore arrested numerous rioters Monday, as Christians hit the street and missionary schools remained closed to protest the burning of more than 150 houses of Christians over alleged blasphemy of the Prophet Muhammad.
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03/11/2013British Queen Signs New Commonwealth Charter as Debate Rages Over Exclusion of 'Gay Rights'
Queen Elizabeth II will mark Commonwealth Day on Monday by signing the new Charter of the Commonwealth at an evening reception - a document that has already sparked debate, with some commentators attempting to portray the contents as pro-gay despite the fact that the document itself contains no explicit reference to homosexuals or homosexuality.
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03/11/2013John Brennan Chooses Not to Use Bible for Swearing In as CIA Director
When Vice President Joe Biden performed the swearing in ceremony of John Brennan in the White House's Roosevelt Room on Friday, the new CIA director chose to put his hand on a copy of the Constitution – before it included the Bill of Rights – and not a Bible.
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03/11/2013Jeb Bush Says He's 'In Sync' With GOP on Immigration Reform
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who is promoting his new book on immigration and was accused of opposing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, said Sunday he is in sync with Senate Republicans on the issue. He also spoke about a possible 2016 presidential run and Obama's re-election campaign.
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Ex-Feng Shui Master Accepts Christ; Calls Chinese Geomancy Devilish
Hong Kong's Tony Chan Chun-chuen, a famed feng shui master, has renounced the Chinese system of geomancy as devilish, and became a Christian after reading the Bible. As he was baptized this week, he changed his name to Peter Chan.
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03/10/2013New Pope Expected by Friday With Conclave Beginning Tuesday
With the Vatican's announcement that the Roman Catholic Church will begin voting for the new leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics Tuesday, it is expected that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's successor will be elected by Friday.
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