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		<title>Zimbabwe&#8217;s Tsvangirai says Mugabe&#8217;s party is dead</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday declared President Robert Mugabe’s party “dead.”  Tsvangirai said the African country’s next elections will be a “formality” and predicted a landslide victory.   ]]></description>
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		<title>Religious groups that claim they were IRS targets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(RNS) The Internal Revenue Service, in the limelight this week after a watchdog panel said it used “inappropriate criteria” when considering applications for tax-exempt status by Tea Party groups, is also under fire from religious organizations.
Here’s a list of faith-related groups that have reported what they consider to be inappropriate or unusual action by the IRS:
Biblical Recorder, the North Carolina Baptist news journal that published a 2012 interview with Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy in which he said he was “guilty as charged” when asked about his support of the “traditional family.” The paper also supported the North Carolina marriage amendment. The IRS completed an audit of the news journal on May 9.
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which ran 2012 ads (paid for with designated funds from donors) supporting a North Carolina amendment that banned same-sex marriage and urging voters to consider candidates based on “biblical principles and support of Israel.” It was audited in October 2012.
Catholic League, conservative advocacy group, which says it was targeted shortly after the 2008 election of President Obama. Bill Donohue, the group’s president, said the IRS determined it “intervened in a political campaign,&#8221; but the group kept its tax-exempt status.
Catholics United Education Fund, an affiliate of the progressive Catholics United, which had an application that “languished for years” before its registration was approved.
Christian Voices for Life, a group based in Fort Bend County, Texas, which suffered delays in its application for tax-exempt status in 2011, the Thomas More Society said.
Coalition for Life of Iowa, which says it promotes “respect for human life … through prayer, education and raising awareness,” faced delays before getting its tax-exempt status in 2009, said the Thomas More Society.
Family Talk Action, the advocacy arm of James Dobson’s Family Talk, said its application for 501(c)(4) status was delayed and questioned between 2011 and 2013.
Samaritan’s Purse, which was audited in October 2012. Its president, Franklin Graham, wrote a letter to President Obama calling the audit, and that of the BGEA, “un-American.”
Z Street, a conservative Jewish organization, which has a July 2 hearing in U.S. district court after it sued the IRS for viewpoint discrimination.
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		<title>Catholic rocker Matt Maher finds cross-over appeal among Evangelicals</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up Roman Catholic in Newfoundland, Matt Maher never imagined that his childhood interest in music would lead to a career as a Grammy-nominated, chart-topping Christian rocker — let alone a crossover artist featured on Christian radio and in evangelical worship.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese man gets 300 lashes, 6 years for helping woman convert to Christianity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 01:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Lebanese man was sentenced to 300 lashes with a whip and six years in prison for his role in helping a Saudi woman convert to Christianity and flee the Saudi kingdom.]]></description>
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		<title>UK Christians urged to pray outside Houses of Parliament during marriage debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Campaign group Christian Concern is calling on UK Christians to attend prayer gatherings outside Parliament during the Third Reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill next week. ]]></description>
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		<title>Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill Christian leader in Borno State, Nigeria</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gunmen believed to be members of the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group yesterday killed the Rev. Faye Pama Musa, secretary of the Borno state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). He was 47.]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians turning away from organized religion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new national study shows that while Canada remains overwhelmingly Christian, Canadians are turning their backs on organized religion in ever greater numbers.]]></description>
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		<title>Franklin Graham calls IRS probe of ministry finances ‘un-American’</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evangelist Franklin Graham blasted the Internal Revenue Service probe of conservative nonprofit groups as “un-American,” saying both the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the relief group Samaritan’s Purse were audited by the IRS.]]></description>
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		<title>Cardinal Keith O’Brien leaves Scotland under Vatican pressure</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vatican on Wednesday (May 15) said that Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien will do penance in an undisclosed location outside of his country following his resignation in February amid reports that he had made sexual advances to a number of priests.]]></description>
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		<title>Human cloning breakthrough prompts religious objections</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News that scientists had for the first time recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos prompted dire warnings from religious leaders who say the research crosses a moral red line and could lead to designer babies.]]></description>
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