Associated Press – November 30, 2007 MOUNT AIRY, Md. – President Bush urged Congress on Friday to approve an additional $30 billion for the fight against AIDS worldwide over the next five years, and announced he would visit Africa early next year to further highlight the need and his administration’s efforts. “We dedicate ourselves to…

Associated Press – November 29, 2007 SEATTLE – A few hours after a judge ruled that a 14-year-old Jehovah’s Witness sick with leukemia had the right to refuse a blood transfusion that might have helped him, the boy died, a newspaper reported. Dennis Lindberg died Wednesday night at Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, his…

Associated Press – November 30, 2007 VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI strongly criticized modern-day atheism in a major document released Friday, saying it had led to some of the “greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice” ever known to mankind. But Benedict also critically questioned modern Christianity in his second encyclical, saying its…

Associated Press Khartoum, Sudan – British teacher Gillian Gibbons has been convicted of inciting religious hatred for letting her pupils name a teddy bear Muhammad and sentenced to 15 days in prison and deportation from Sudan, one of her defense lawyers said Thursday. “The judge found Gillian Gibbons guilty and sentenced her to 15 days…

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