Associated Press Khartoum, Sudan – The Sudanese army shot at a “clearly marked” U.N. convoy in war-torn Darfur, critically wounding a driver, in the first attack against the peacekeepers since their mission began this month, the United Nations said Tuesday. The U.N. condemned the attack, which occurred late Monday, and said it had protested to…

Associated Press Paris – On some days her world was awash in light, on others dark shadows enveloped her, and all of Paris. The secret diary of a young Jewish woman recounting two years under the German occupation – published for the first time this month – portrays the slow shattering of her life under…

By G Jeffrey MacDonald Religion News Service Stephen Dear has spent the past 10 years waging an uphill battle to abolish the death penalty in the American South. He’s had virtually no help from the region’s powerful evangelical clergy. But unlike in years past, Dear has new confidence that within six months, he can round…

Associated Press – January 7, 2008 WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices indicated Monday they are deeply divided over a challenge to the way most states execute prisoners by lethal injection, which critics say creates an avoidable risk of excruciating pain. With executions in the United States halted since late September, the court heard arguments in…

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