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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may want to see Israel wiped off the map and its Jews sent to Europe or Alaska, but an archaeological discovery announced this week marks an event recorded in the Bible when his country – Persia, at the time – literally helped put the Jewish people back on the map in their capital city of Jerusalem

One thing that comes to mind in these contemporary times regarding the United States is its magnetic attraction to peoples around the world.

UN report calls for action to prevent human rights crisis Unless the world bans human cloning it may be just a matter of time until we share the Earth with exact copies.

A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy.

ParentalRights.org brings together everyone who agrees that the vital role of parents in the lives of children should not be undermined by government action or policy.

Believe it or not! A parish Church turns into a mosque every Friday, for the Muslims brothers and to offer their customary prayers. This isn't a sequence from any Bollywood film, but a reality in the parish of Our Lady of Assumption of Ponzano near Venice, the romantic city of Italy. The pastor of the parish, Don Aldo Danieli, 69, affirms, "It's useless to speak of religious dialogue and then bang the door on their face. Pope John Paul II addressed them as, 'dear Muslim brothers'. How can we close our church doors to them?"

The controversial group which assists its clients to commit suicide has launched a service which has been nicknamed "death on wheels". Dignitas has formed mobile teams which meet those who want to kill themselves at the location of their choice.

A Palestinian-American Evangelical Christian pastor has fled the de facto Palestinian capital of Ramallah for the safety of nearby Jerusalem following increasingly hostile threats by officials within Mahmoud ...

A Christian family was attacked by Hindu radicals during its family devotional time. The incident occurred in Chhattisgarh, India, on Nov. 10 at about 9 p.m. According to a report on www.persecution.in, the victims were Pritam Arse, 53, his wife Priyadarshini, 45, his son Ravi Arse, 24, another son Prakash 22, who is blind, and daughter Mamta, 18

Whatever criticisms may be leveled against the Christian Civic League, we cannot be faulted for ignoring the issue of morality in our public schools.

"I am pleased to report that the Plant City Living Center's recent newsletter regarding holiday decoration policies has been rescinded," said a statement issued by a spokesman concerning the issue at the ...

A Washington, D.C., imam states explicitly on the website for his organization that he is part of a movement working toward replacement of the U.S. government with "the Islamic State of North America" by 2050. With branches in Oakland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and Philadelphia, the group As-Sabiqun – or the Vanguard – is under the leadership of Abdul Alim Musa in the nation's capital

In early 2005, Korn guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch’s conversion to Christianity was treated as a significant, newsworthy event. More than 13,000 people showed up when he shared his testimony at a church in Bakersfield, California. The next day, an MTV camera crew followed him to Israel, where he was baptized in the Jordan River

Last month California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a legislative package effectively banning the phrases 'mom and dad' and 'husband and wife' from the state's government schools as discriminatory ...

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue will host a prayer service on Tuesday to ask God to provide relief from extreme drought. Perdue, a devout Baptist, has tried lots of policy options, but his spokesman, Bert Brantley, said the governor believes the prayer meeting will yield results. In fact, an earlier prayer meeting brought the clouds.

Pressures in the Anglican Communion continue to build as conservative leaders around the globe now call for a postponement of the communion's next great gathering -- the Lambeth Conference scheduled for London ...

In a new twist to the outsourcing for which India has become renowned, poor Indian women are renting out their wombs to foreigners.

The House of Representatives comfortably approved workplace protections based on "sexual orientation" Nov. 7, handing the homosexual activist movement a groundbreaking victory

A spokesman with Voice of the Martyrs is encouraging Christians throughout the nation and the world to set aside a special time this Sunday to remember those persecuted for their faith in Christ.

Alarms about the political subversion of the academic curriculum were first sounded more than a quarter of a century ago with such books as The Closing of the American Mind, Illiberal Education and Tenured Radicals. Lesser known but more specifically documented texts followed, including Zealotry and Academic Freedom by Neil Hamilton (1995) and Professing Feminism: Education and Indoctrination in Women’s Studies, by Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge (2003).