http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Religious_ConceptsFind stories, videos, and photos about Religious Concepts from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:44 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Religious_Concepts14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Religious Concepts from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/23/meyer.intelligent.design/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/23/meyer.intelligent.design/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhile we officially celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" on November 24, celebrations of Darwin's legacy have actually been building in intensity for several years. Darwin is not just an important 19th century scientific thinker. Increasingly, he is a cultural icon.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/malaysia.bibles.seized/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/29/malaysia.bibles.seized/index.html#cnnSTCTextAuthorities in Malaysia have seized more than 20,000 Bibles in recent months because they refer to God as "Allah," Christian leaders said Thursday.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/malaysia.caning/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/20/malaysia.caning/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Malaysian model, who is set to become the first woman in the Southeast Asian country to be caned for drinking alcohol in public, wants her punishment carried out in public.Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/11/health.care.religious.groups/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/11/health.care.religious.groups/index.html#cnnSTCTextReligious groups in favor of health care reform have launched a national campaign to offset the loud opposition to President Obama's plan to overhaul the nation's health care system, organizers announced.Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/generation.islam.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/generation.islam.violence/index.html#cnnSTCTextAt first, no one seemed to notice the young man who walked into the hotel lobby at around 7:45 that Friday morning.Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/08/03/o.sticky.situations.at.work/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/08/03/o.sticky.situations.at.work/index.html#cnnSTCTextHere's a tricky one for you: Imagine that one day, you start to suspect that a woman you work with, the one with the new baby and the newly unemployed husband, is padding her expense account. What would you do? Report her to HR? Admonish her yourself?Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:52:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/pakistan.musharraf/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/14/pakistan.musharraf/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, who took control in a bloodless coup and left office under threat of impeachment, is not ruling out the possibility that he'll run for office once the law allows.Fri, 15 May 2009 05:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/01/religious.freedom/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/01/religious.freedom/index.html#cnnSTCTextA U.S. government panel listed 13 countries Friday as "egregious" violators of religious freedom.Fri, 01 May 2009 15:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/pakistan.taliban.control.gilani/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/pakistan.taliban.control.gilani/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe United States is keeping a close eye on Pakistan after this week's Taliban surge into the Buner district brought them just 60 miles from the capital, Islamabad.Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/27/texas.education.evolution/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/27/texas.education.evolution/index.html#cnnSTCTextDueling theories of how the universe was created got a split decision Friday night from the Texas Board of Education, which required examination of "all sides of scientific evidence" in new science standards, but rejected language requiring teachers to teach the "strengths and weaknesses" of scientific theories.Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/25/texas.evolution.teaching/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/25/texas.evolution.teaching/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Texas Board of Education this week will vote on science standards that critics say seek to cast doubt on the theory of evolution.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/opinion.gao/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/10/opinion.gao/index.html#cnnSTCTextFor most people in the world, freedom of religion is of such paramount importance and warrants all the legal and constitutional respect and protection. It is fair to say that this concept has been imbedded in numerous people's mind such that any accusation of its violation almost automatically triggers waves of condemnation.Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:04:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.women/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.women/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour thousand women are running for office in Iraq's provincial elections Saturday, and many of them will be guaranteed seats under an electoral quota system.Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/bergen.war.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/07/bergen.war.terror/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident-elect Barack Obama and his foreign policy advisers and speechwriters are wrestling with one of the most important speeches of his presidency, his inaugural address.Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/30/hamas.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/30/hamas.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTextHamas is an Islamic fundamentalist organization whose military wing has admitted responsibility for terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/24/iraq.christians/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/24/iraq.christians/index.html#cnnSTCTextIt's a bittersweet Christmas season for Joseph Kassab, who grew up in Iraq under Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime and now lives in Detroit, Michigan. Tempering the season's joy is his concern for fellow Iraqi Christians, who have endured killings, displacement and daily intimidation.Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/16/iraq.religious.freedom/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/16/iraq.religious.freedom/index.html#cnnSTCTextIraq's smaller religious groups have been facing "ongoing severe abuses," and the situation requires a response from the United States, a religious freedom watchdog said Tuesday.Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1851194,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1851194,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe first mosque with a minaret and a dome in Germany's formerly communist east opened on Thursday as police corralled protesters behind a roadblock three blocks awayThu, 16 Oct 2008 19:55:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1845109,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1845109,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn atheist soldier says in a federal lawsuit that his superiors required him to be present for Christian prayersSat, 27 Sep 2008 02:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/china.religion.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/china.religion.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Chinese government increased its harassment of religious minorities before the Olympic Games, according to a U.S. State Department report released Friday.Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/china.bibles/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/18/china.bibles/index.html#cnnSTCTextFour members of a Christian group from the United States are refusing to leave an airport in China after authorities confiscated their 300 Bibles, the group's director said Monday.Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:56:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/06/bush.china.olympics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/06/bush.china.olympics/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. President George W. Bush expressed "deep concerns" over religious freedom and human rights in China on the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics in a wide-ranging Asian policy speech delivered Thursday in Bangkok, Thailand.Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/08/atheist.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/08/atheist.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCTextArmy Spc. Jeremy Hall was raised Baptist.Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/pakistan.abductions/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/pakistan.abductions/index.html#cnnSTCTextMilitants in northwestern Pakistan attacked a police checkpoint Tuesday and abducted up to 30 police officers, a police official said.Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/07/sclicense.plates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/07/sclicense.plates/index.html#cnnSTCTextUnless a federal court intervenes, South Carolina drivers may soon be able to profess their Christian faith with a state-issued license plate.Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/26/paksitan.ski/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/26/paksitan.ski/index.html#cnnSTCTextMilitants set fire to a hotel at Pakistan's only ski resort Thursday, as security in the Swat Valley continued to deteriorate despite a month-old peace deal.Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/16/iran.bahais/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/16/iran.bahais/index.html#cnnSTCTextSix Baha'i leaders in Iran were seized and imprisoned this week, the religious group said. The act prompted condemnation and concern from the movement and a top American religious freedom panel.Sat, 17 May 2008 13:16:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807103,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1807103,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA twentysomething may one day become the chief representative of the aspirations of Tibetan Buddhists. And he may be spending more time in AmericaFri, 16 May 2008 03:45:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738359,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1738359,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPressure from Islamic activists may prompt the government to ban the Ahmadiyah sect, despite constitutional protection of religious freedom Thu, 08 May 2008 09:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/02/religious.freedom/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/02/religious.freedom/index.html#cnnSTCTextChina, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are among 11 countries that practice religious oppression, a federal commission says.Fri, 02 May 2008 21:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/26/iran.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/26/iran.elections/index.html#cnnSTCTextIranian conservatives have said they captured most of the 82 parliamentary seats up for grabs in Friday's runoff election.Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:29:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1734715,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1734715,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAfter a brief lull, the troubled African nation is seeing a rise in radical Islamic terror -- and the threat of another droughtThu, 24 Apr 2008 14:45:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1699642,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1699642,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBenazir Bhutto's assassination has plunged the Muslim nuclear power into chaos. Now the Bush Administration must help undo decades of flawed U.S. policy to save Pakistan Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/bhutto.extremists/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/bhutto.extremists/index.html#cnnSTCTextSuspicion swirled around Islamic extremists Thursday as news spread that former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had been assassinated.Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:16:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/07/scientology.response/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/07/scientology.response/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhile failing to pursue the Hamburg Minister of Interior's motion, the Minister of Interior Conference has demonstrated that they are completely out of step with the rest of the world. Their statement and recommendation are a blatant attempt at justifying the ongoing and never-ending discrimination against the Church of Scientology and its members in Germany.Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:02:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1689464,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1689464,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation meeting in Delhi hopes to ditch its reputation as a sleepy diplomatic gabfest with a summit of the region's hottest musical acts Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1686573,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1686573,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAs China steps up its efforts to quash Tibet's autonomy movement, the spiritual leader says he may reconsider the centuries-old rules for choosing his successorWed, 21 Nov 2007 14:00:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1659939,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1659939,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsImpaneling a jury to hear the highly publicized rape case against a polygamous sect leader could prove difficult, some observers and legal experts sayFri, 07 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/04/arabic.school/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/04/arabic.school/index.html#cnnSTCTextA public school in New York that will teach Arabic language and culture opened Tuesday amid accusations that it will impose a radical Islamist agenda in its classrooms.Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/17/albright.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/17/albright.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs U.S. secretary of state under former President Clinton, Madeleine Albright invested long hours in the Middle East peace process. She wrote about the relationship between politics and religion in her 2006 book, "The Mighty and the Almighty."Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:07:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1639679,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1639679,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIn an attempt to reunify Chinese Catholics, Benedict XVI sends a conciliatory letter to believers in the People's RepublicWed, 04 Jul 2007 16:20:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1624621,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1624621,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe fighting in both places, says Robert Baer, may be a troubling sign that al-Qaeda is making new inroadsThu, 24 May 2007 20:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/lebanon.sidebar/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/21/lebanon.sidebar/index.htmlSqualid living conditions in Lebanon's refugee camps are partly to blame for the rise of the Islamic extremist group Fatah al-Islam, says Lebanon's former ambassador to the United Nations.Mon, 21 May 2007 18:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/falwell.legacy/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/falwell.legacy/index.html"When I have children one day," Samantha Krieger of Dallas, Texas, wrote to CNN.com, "they will know of the legacy that Dr. Jerry Falwell left."Tue, 15 May 2007 22:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/08/Dobbs.May9/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/08/Dobbs.May9/index.htmlThe separation of church and state in this country is narrowing. And it is the church, not the state that is encroaching. Our Constitution protects religion from the intrusion or coercion of the state. But we have precious little protection against the political adventurism of all manner of churches and religious organizations.Tue, 08 May 2007 20:03:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/22/obama.madrassa/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/22/obama.madrassa/index.htmlAllegations that Sen. Barack Obama was educated in a radical Muslim school known as a "madrassa" are not accurate, according to CNN reporting.Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/17/warwithin.amanpour/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/17/warwithin.amanpour/index.htmlWhen we reported the unprecedented suicide bombings of the London underground trains and buses in 2005, we were shocked beyond words that young British Muslims, born and bred here, would go to that extreme.Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:01:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/10/05/handler.snicket/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/10/05/handler.snicket/index.htmlHe is finished with his voluminous fantastic drama.Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/26/Dobbs.Sept27/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/26/Dobbs.Sept27/index.htmlWe're about 40 days away from November's critically important midterm elections, and the campaign volume is rising.Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/01/mideast.blair/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/01/mideast.blair/index.htmlThe conflict in the Middle East, as well as others involving Muslim extremists, revolve around "modernization within Islam" and whether the Western system of values can "beat theirs," British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in a speech Tuesday.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/07/20/saudi.textbooks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/07/20/saudi.textbooks/index.htmlSaudi Arabia has promised a comprehensive review of all of its educational textbooks and to remove all language promoting intolerance, the State Department's ambassador for religious freedom said Wednesday.Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/25/schuster.column/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/25/schuster.column/index.html#cnnSTCTextI am out west in Utah, Nevada and Arizona looking for the other fundamentalist polygamist on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. The one whose name isn't Osama bin Laden. It's Warren Jeffs.Thu, 25 May 2006 15:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/03/religious.freedom/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/03/religious.freedom/index.htmlA U.S. government report warned on Wednesday that threats to religious freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan are mounting, and included Washington allies Saudi Arabia and Pakistan among countries "of particular concern" for religious intolerance.Wed, 03 May 2006 15:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/20/intelligent.design/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/20/intelligent.design/index.htmlA Pennsylvania school district cannot teach in science classes a concept that says some aspects of science were created by a supernatural being, a federal judge has ruled.Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:32:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/09/Autos/funonwheels/motion_camaro/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/11/09/Autos/funonwheels/motion_camaro/index.htmIf you missed your opportunity to buy a brand-new Chevrolet Camaro before General Motors stopped making them in 2002, here's your chance.Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/14/dutch.arrests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/14/dutch.arrests/index.htmlDutch authorities detained seven terrorist suspects believed to be plotting attacks on politicians and the bombing of a government building, officials said.Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/14/vote.repercussions/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/14/vote.repercussions/index.htmlAs Iraqis vote Saturday on a new constitution, much more than a permanent government could be at stake, including peace between Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish factions and the future of the insurgency.Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/24/london.bombings/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/24/london.bombings/index.htmlBritain has unveiled a list of "unacceptable behaviors" that could rid the country of extremist clerics who could inspire terrorists.Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/11/lebanon.cleric.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/11/lebanon.cleric.arrest/index.htmlA British-based radical Muslim cleric who praised the July 7 terror attacks on London's transport system has been detained by Lebanese security forces, according to a Lebanese army general.Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/09/london.probe.rome/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/09/london.probe.rome/index.htmlOne of the suspects in the July 21 failed bomb attacks in London told British investigators Tuesday in Rome the blasts were meant to "make noise" but not harm anyone, according to his lawyer.Tue, 09 Aug 2005 12:02:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/talkasia.zen.script/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/talkasia.zen.script/index.htmlAirdate: July 30th, 2005Wed, 03 Aug 2005 07:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/04/syria.clash/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/04/syria.clash/index.htmlSyrian security forces battled suspected terrorists early Monday outside of Damascus, resulting in the arrest of two members of a militant group, but leaving one member of the security force dead, Syria's official news agency (SANA) reported.Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/06/09/burdett.bangkok/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/06/09/burdett.bangkok/index.htmlIn his monologue "Swimming to Cambodia," the late Spalding Gray described an American expatriate gone native in "Thailand, the Pure Land."Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/china.humanrights/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/china.humanrights/index.htmlCiting "important and significant steps" by China to improve its human rights record, the State Department has said it will not introduce a resolution condemning Beijing this year at the U.N. Human Rights Commission.Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:14:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/06/mideast/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/03/06/mideast/index.htmlIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Sunday he plans to meet soon with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and will urge him to take action quickly against extremist Islamic organizations.Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:57:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/25/schuster.excerpt.03/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/25/schuster.excerpt.03/index.htmlFROM PAGE 341:Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:58:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/19/scotus.inauguration.prayer/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/19/scotus.inauguration.prayer/index.htmlThe Supreme Court Wednesday rejected an emergency appeal from a California atheist who wanted to block recitation of prayers at President Bush's inaugural ceremonies.Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/27/schoolreligion/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/27/schoolreligion/index.htmlThanks to a last-minute court ruling, Jonathan Morgan was able to share the religious origin of the candy cane with his elementary-school classmates at this year's winter-break party at Thomas Elementary School in Plano, Texas.Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/03/netherlands.filmmaker/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/03/netherlands.filmmaker/index.htmlA suspected Muslim extremist with alleged terrorist ties was under arrest Wednesday in the death of a Dutch filmmaker who criticized the treatment of women under Islam.Wed, 03 Nov 2004 11:04:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/25/mideast/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/25/mideast/index.htmlAn Israeli missile killed one Palestinian and wounded several others in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in southern Gaza early Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources said.Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/18/madrid.honors/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/18/madrid.honors/index.htmlInvestigative reporter Seymour Hersh and Mariane Pearl, widow of slain reporter Daniel Pearl, were receiving journalism awards from the Spanish newspaper El Mundo on Monday.Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.cleric/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/pakistan.cleric/index.htmlA bombing at a Shiite Muslim mosque Monday evening killed at least 18 worshippers in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, and police killed three people during a violent demonstration that followed, hospital sources and police said.Mon, 31 May 2004 07:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/03/catholic.campaign/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/03/catholic.campaign/index.htmlOn the eve of the 1984 presidential campaign -- during which the support of legalized abortion by Catholic politicians would stir a major controversy -- Cardinal Joseph Bernadine of Chicago, an opponent of abortion, cautioned Catholics against turning abortion into a single voting issue: "Our moral, political and economic responsibilities do not stop at the moment of birth.Mon, 03 May 2004 21:49:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/23/vatican.kerry/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/04/23/vatican.kerry/index.htmlJust hours before Sen. John Kerry was scheduled to discuss his support for legalized abortion at a large women's rights rally Friday in Washington, a top Vatican cardinal called on priests to deny communion to Catholic politicians like Kerry who take that stance.Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/14/jodan.attack/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/14/jodan.attack/index.htmlJordan's King Abdullah has praised his nation's security services for thwarting a terrorist plot he said would have killed thousands of civilians.Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:59:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/01/hearn/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/01/hearn/index.html(CNN) -- The U.S. Justice Department this week backed a Muslim girl's legal battle against an Oklahoma school district over the right to wear a head scarf in a public school.Thu, 01 Apr 2004 15:29:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/22/malaysia.abdullah/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/22/malaysia.abdullah/index.htmlThe stunning electoral victory by Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi last Sunday has given this unassuming politician a resounding mandate to steer his nation on a course of his own charting.Tue, 23 Mar 2004 03:19:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/malaysia.vote/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/03/20/malaysia.vote/index.htmlMalaysia's ruling moderates have won an unexpected landslide victory over the fundamentalist Islamic opposition in Sunday's elections.Sun, 21 Mar 2004 04:40:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/16/spain.invest0700/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/16/spain.invest0700/index.htmlA document published months before national elections reveals al Qaeda planned to separate Spain from its allies by carrying out terror attacks.Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/16/spain.invest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/16/spain.invest/index.htmlSpanish authorities believe they have identified at least six Moroccans who carried bombs onto Spanish commuter trains last Thursday, killing 201 people.Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:42:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/12/10/314724/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/12/10/314724/index.htmI am kneeling, awkwardly, in front of a sheikh. We are at an encampment in the desert near Riyadh, where a member of the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is receiving petitioners--Saudi ...Mon, 10 Dec 2001 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/03/01/256231/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/03/01/256231/index.htmON MONEY.COM Mon, 01 Mar 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/09/70522/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/09/70522/index.htmKarma: ''Action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation.'' So says the new edition of The Random House Dictionary. Hmmm. Maybe an e...Mon, 09 May 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1987/09/01/84019/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1987/09/01/84019/index.htmThe public knew her first as the perky young star of the 1960s movie hits Irma La Douce and Sweet Charity and later as a member of the Hollywood Rat Pack and a champion of liberal causes. In recent...Tue, 01 Sep 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/10/27/68216/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/10/27/68216/index.htmTHOUGH he has not yet become a household name, Kenneth Harry Olsen is arguably the most successful entrepreneur in the history of American business. In 29 years he has taken Digital Equipment Corp....Mon, 27 Oct 1986 05:01:00 EST