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Supreme Court Upholds Religious Exemption Rule On Contraceptives
Justices upheld a Trump administration rule exempting employers with religious or moral objections from providing free birth control.
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Death Toll Climbs In Ongoing Protests In New Delhi
Hundreds have been injured and at least 20 killed in northeastern New Delhi amid ongoing protests over India's citizenship law.
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Report on religious freedom criticises China and Sudan
1. Wide of news conference
2. Cutaway reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Elliott Abrams, Chairman, US Commission on International Religious Freedom: "The situation in China has grown worse over the past year, as the government has...
Sky News
General Election 2015 - Ed Miliband Foreign Policy Speech At Chatham House
General Election 2015 - Ed Miliband Foreign Policy Speech At Chatham House
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Texas Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Strike Down California's Travel Ban
Texas is challenging California's ban on taxpayer-funded travel to states it believes discriminate against LGBTQ people.
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Supreme Court Sides With Coach Who Sought To Pray After Game
The court ruled 6-3 for the coach with the court's conservative justices in the majority and its liberals in dissent.
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The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women. (June 30)
The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.
The justices' 5-4 decision Monday is the first time that the high...
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USA: CALL FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN CHINA
Los Angeles, USA - March 16, 20001. Wide shot conference chamber2. Shot of Falun Gong manifesto3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rabbi David Saperstein, Chair U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom4. Wei Jingsheng with friends5....
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Sec of State Rice introduces annual report on religious freedom
1. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice walking up to podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State:
"By continuing the American tradition of worshipping freely and respectfully, American Jews and American...
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US justices rule for baker in same-sex wedding case
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn't make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. But the court is not deciding the big issue in the case, whether a business can invoke religious objections to...
Bloomberg
China Is Pushing Taiwan Around, Foreign Minister Wu Says
Aug.23 -- Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu discusses China's growing influence on the global stage and the state of Taiwan's relations with the U.S. He speaks with Bloomberg's Rishaad Salamat and Haidi Stroud-Watts on...
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Asian edit of US State department human rights report
1. Secretary of State Powell enters press room
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Colin Powell, United States Secretary of State:
"The United States welcomes the help of any country or party that is genuinely prepared to work with us to eradicate...
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GERMANY: SCIENTOLOGISTS DEMONSTRATE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
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Hollywood star Anne Archer and 1970s soul legend Isaac Hayes have joined hundreds of people demonstrating for religious freedom in Germany.
Scientologists took to the streets of Frankfurt on Monday claiming they were...
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13 Killed In Ongoing Protests In New Delhi
Hundreds have been injured and more than a dozen killed in northeastern New Delhi amid ongoing protests against India's citizenship law.
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Tibetan spiritual leader comments on China's hosting of Olympics
1. Dalai Lama arriving at news conference
2. Wide of Dalai Lama at news conference
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual leader:
"My envoy returned, and their first expression is disappointment so that's the achievement."...
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LIBERIA: 1ST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN 12 YEARS END PEACEFULLY
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International observers on Monday acknowledged minor problems in Liberia's first presidential election in 12 years.
But they said the small irregularities wouldn't affect the outcome, which showed former warlord Charles...
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US VP Pence on significance of religious freedom
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has hailed the role that religious freedom has played in the history of America.
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Pence speaks on significance of religious freedom
Vice President Mike Pence, on Thursday speaking at an international religious freedom conference hosted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, spoke about the significance religious freedom played in the history of America.
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Trump Orders States to Let Churches and Houses of Worship Reopen
May.22 -- President Donald Trump ordered states to allow churches and houses of worship to re-open "right now." Churches would be declared “essential” services under CDC guidelines, he said. They had been closed to stem the spread of the...
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CLEAN : CAIR: Trump immigration action an incredibly disturbing attack
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) says Donald Trump's executive order on immigration is an incredibly disturbing attack on Americas tradition of religious freedom and equality which is going to divide families
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GERMANY: BERLIN: THOUSANDS MARCH FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
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Several thousand people marched in Berlin on Monday in a demonstration for religious freedom in Germany, organised by the Church of Scientology.
The protest was in retaliation to the German government which views Scientology...
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USA: WASHINGTON: RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE LISTS REPORT
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The U-S State Department has designated seven nations for possible sanctions over "severe" violations of religious freedom.
An annual State Department report on religious tolerance lists China, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar,...
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USA: STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS
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The US State Department's first report on the world-wide persecution of Christians accuses China of sharply restricting religious freedom.
The report states that China regularly violates its constitutional guarantees of...
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ITALY/CHINA: DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CHINA
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China's human rights abuses against political dissidents are well documented, as is the country's suppression of religion in Tibet.
However, many religious groups within China itself are also discriminated against, including...