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Officials delay announcing Egypt election winner
Officials postponed declaring a winner in Egypt's disputed election on Wednesday, sending political tensions soaring as the country awaited its first new president in three decades. Read more »
Southern Baptists: Gay rights not civil rights
A day after electing their first African-American president, Southern Baptists passed a resolution opposing the idea that same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue. Read more »
Reprisals, church attacks in north Nigeria kill 98
A curfew in a religious flashpoint state in Nigeria's north has failed to stop days of ongoing violence and almost 100 deaths, an official said Wednesday, as residents of another besieged city said... Read more »
Egypt president announcement may be delayed
Authorities may delay the announcement of the winner of Egypt's presidential election, which had been expected on Thursday, hiking tension as allegations of fraud swirled and each candidate... Read more »
Jury hung on most charges in Pa. priest abuse case
A jury deliberating a sex abuse trial involving a high-ranking official in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia has been ordered to deliberate further to overcome a stalemate on four of... Read more »
Court extends jail time for anti-Putin rockers
A court ruled Wednesday that three members of a punk band who stormed the pulpit of Moscow's main Orthodox church and asked for Russia to be freed from Vladimir Putin will remain in jail until late... Read more »
Egypt's Mubarak reported in coma, off life support
Hosni Mubarak was in a coma on Wednesday but off life support and his heart and other vital organs were functioning, according to security officials. Read more »
Church abuse victim faces trial for beating priest
Opening statements are scheduled to begin in the trial of a man accused of beating an aging Jesuit priest who he says molested him and his younger brother more than 35 years ago. Read more »
Southern Baptists elect 1st black president
At the end of the day Wednesday, the presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention will pass to an African American pastor for the first time. Read more »
Mubarak health crisis report hikes Egypt turmoil
CAIRO — Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was moved out of prison to a military hospital Tuesday after the 84-year-old ousted leader suffered a stroke and his condition rapidly deteriorated, officials... Read more »
Southern Baptists elect 1st black president
The Southern Baptist Convention has elected its first African-American leader. Read more »
Southern Baptists' historic presidential vote near
The nation's largest Protestant denomination is set to take its biggest step yet toward resolving its troubled racial past. Read more »
Southern Baptists' historic presidential vote near
The nation's largest Protestant denomination is set to take its biggest step yet toward resolving its troubled racial past. Read more »
Southern Baptists meet during challenging times
The Southern Baptist Convention plans to begin its annual meeting Tuesday to elect a new leader and consider how to attract more believers in a country that's more diverse than ever. Read more »
Egyptian military moves to retain power after vote
Islamist candidate Mohammed Morsi claimed a hollow victory Monday in Egypt's presidential vote just hours after the country's military rulers stripped the office of its most important powers. Read more »
Southern Baptists meet during challenging times
More than the image of the Southern Baptist Convention is at stake when it holds its annual meeting this week to elect a new leader who could be its first African-American president. Read more »
Nuns start tour protesting Republican budget plan
A group of Roman Catholic nuns began a nine-state bus tour protesting proposed federal budget cuts Monday, saying they weren't trying to flout recent Vatican criticisms of socially active nuns but... Read more »
Nuns start tour protesting Republican positions
Roman Catholic nuns on a nine-state bus tour protesting Republican federal budget proposals say they're not trying to flout recent Vatican criticisms of socially active nuns. Read more »
Cult springs up around Hungary's WWII leader
They came in droves — war veterans and far-right politicians, Hussars on horseback and guardsmen in camouflage. About 1,000 people gathered in this village over the weekend to unveil a bronze... Read more »
Nuns' leader decries church environment of fear
The leader of the group representing most American nuns challenged the Vatican's reasons for disciplining her organization, insisting that raising questions about church doctrine should not be seen as rebellion. Read more »
Non-Orthodox Jews start making inroads in Israel
With the holy city of Jerusalem visible in the background, a man and woman standing side-by-side lead prayers for about 50 congregants who have come to welcome the Sabbath in this suburb's Reform... Read more »
Islamist claims victory in Egypt president vote
The Muslim Brotherhood declared early Monday that its candidate, Mohammed Morsi, won Egypt's presidential election, which would be the first victory of an Islamist as head of state in the stunning... Read more »
As Egypt votes on president, military shows power
As vote counting began in Egypt's election for the successor to Hosni Mubarak, the ruling military issued an interim constitution Sunday that handed themselves the lion's share of power over the... Read more »
21 killed in attacks on churches in Nigeria
Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on three churches in Nigeria during Sunday services, exacerbating religious tensions in a West African nation that is almost evenly divided between... Read more »
Nigeria: 21 killed, 100 wounded in church blasts
Three suicide bomb attacks on churches rocked a northern Nigerian state Sunday, killing at least 21 people and wounding about 100, officials said, prompting protests in a state that has previously... Read more »
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