27 November 2013
Trivializing Peace
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Robert C. Koehler
What goes around comes around . . . and around, and around.

Last month, the day after I left Santa Rosa, Calif., a 13-year-old boy carrying a toy replica of an AK-47 was shot and killed on the outskirts of that town by a...
13 November 2013
World Council of Churches supports gays & intersex
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A ten-day meeting of the World Council of Churches (WCC) ended in South Korea after expressing support for the world's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community, reunification of the war-torn Korean...
31 October 2013
Turkey's first online sex shop for devout Muslims
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Turkey's first sex shop for devout Muslims has opened for business online, prompting a debate among Turks, Islamists and local media about the role their religion should play in the sale of such items.

The...
09 October 2013
India's Hindu temples possess gold worth half of Fort Knox
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- India's Hindu temples possess donated gold which may equal half of America's Fort Knox bullion, but some are rejecting demands by the government to reveal the value of their sacred stockpiles.

"India's...
24 September 2013
Rouhani and the United States: A sign of hope?
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Nicholas Hills
As President Hassan Rouhani of Iran makes his debut appearance before the United Nations in New York this week, the world is exercised with anticipation about his remarks. Granted Mr. Rouhani’s words will surely not resemble the theatrics...
14 September 2013
Communists & Catholics clash in Vietnam
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Communist Vietnam's police clashed with hundreds of Catholics who were demanding two parishioners be released from prison, resulting in what was described as "one of the bloodiest religious crackdowns in recent years...

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