Associated Press – November 26, 2007 VATICAN CITY – There are no plans for a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the Dalai Lama next month when the Tibetan spiritual leader comes to Italy, the Vatican said Monday. Italian news agencies, without identifying their sources, had reported on Oct. 31 that Benedict planned to meet…

Associated Press – November 25, 2007 LADSON, S.C. – White House hopeful Fred Thompson called his trip down an aisle of rifles, shotguns and pistols at a gun show Saturday “a day in paradise,” and criticized his leading Republican opponents for past positions on gun control and abortion. Talking to reporters after the gun show…

Associated Press – November 26, 2007 WASHINGTON – Hours before the opening of a high-stakes international conference on the Middle East, President George W. Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed hope Monday that peace between Israel and the Palestinians finally could be achieved. A senior member of the Palestinian…

By Christopher Dela Cruz c. 2007 Religion News Service EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — As David Magid studied for his bar mitzvah, his instructor directed him to an important blessing the 12-year-old would have to recite at the ceremony. “Barchu et Adonai ha-m’vorach” (Bless the Lord, who is to be blessed), David said, speaking into the…

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