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Free speech turns costly in Toledo

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25

An administrator at the University of Toledo who was recently suspended for publicly expressing her viewpoint has now been fired. Crystal Dixon has filed suit against the school.

Bush, Cheney assets stable as economy slowed

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. economy slowed in 2007, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney saw their assets stay stable, according to financial disclosure reports released by the White House on Thursday.

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French teachers go on strike over job cuts

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of French teachers and other public sector workers went on strike on Thursday to protest against job cuts and reforms announced by conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.

Bush sees calls for Iran talks as "appeasement"

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday decried his critics' calls for negotiations with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as comparable to the "appeasement" of Adolf Hitler before World War Two.

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'Gay marriage' attempts more media infiltration

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25

Kristen Fyfe of the Culture and Media Institute claims ABC made some rather shady history in the season finale of the popular television series Brothers and Sisters.

Gas prices hurt but tax holiday no solution: poll

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sixty nine percent of Americans see gasoline prices as a serious problem for their families but only 41 percent favor a temporary repeal of the gasoline tax as proposed by presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton, a poll released on Thursday said.

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Several Nigerians killed in Lagos oil pipeline fire

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
LAGOS (Reuters) - Several people were burnt to death and scores injured when fuel from a pipeline ruptured by an earthmover building a road on the outskirts of Lagos caught fire, the Red Cross said on Thursday.

Steelworkers' union backs Obama for White House

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Steelworkers Union, a politically powerful U.S. labor group with 600,000 members, endorsed Barack Obama for president on Thursday as the Democratic Party began to rally around the Illinois senator.

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W.House says won't veto bill to halt oil storage

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday dropped its resistance to putting a halt on filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, saying that President George W. Bush will not veto a final bill from Congress that suspends oil deliveries while crude prices are very high.

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Questioning the hype about 'global warming'

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25

In a recent speech, GOP presidential candidate John McCain attempted to distance himself from President George Bush on the controversial subject of "manmade climate change."

Iraqi PM vows to impose order in al Qaeda haven

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed on Thursday to impose law and order in northern Iraq and said an offensive against al Qaeda militants would end the "dark days" of shootings and bomb attacks.

Ministry relief in earthquake area

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25

Relief supplies continue to flow into China's disaster area after this week's earthquake, and Christian organizations are among those helping out.

Senators reach deal on housing rescue: sources

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee have reached a deal on a broad housing rescue plan in which Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would provide funds to support a federal mortgage insurance fund, two industry sources said on Thursday.

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U.S. Sen Shelby-in touch with White House on housing

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Thursday said he was working with the White House as he negotiated with Democrats on a housing bill, adding that the two sides were close to a deal.

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Thousands flee north-south clashes in Sudan oil town

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
ABYEI, Sudan (Reuters) - Thousands of civilians fled clashes between Sudan's former north-south civil war foes in the oil-rich central town of Abyei on Thursday before a ceasefire was agreed, officials said.

Introducing newspaper evangelism

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25

The International Bible Society is reaching out to America to spread the gospel.

Turkish suspects all deny killing in Malatya murders

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25

ISTANBUL, May 14 (Compass Direct News) – All five culprits arrested last spring for the savage murder of three Christians in eastern Turkey have proclaimed their innocence, declaring they did not personally kill any of the victims.

Drug war shutters businesses on Mexico border

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - A decade ago, economists hailed Tijuana as a place where cheap Mexican labor and U.S. financing could meet, attracting Asian firms eager to set up manufacturing plants to export to the United States.

Modern Israel turns 60

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25

Christian and Jewish leaders are gathering at the United Nations this evening to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the creation of the modern state of Israel.

McCain urges UK-style sessions for U.S. president

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 02:25
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday that, if elected, he would like to take a page from the British government and appear in question-and-answer sessions with lawmakers.

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