By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Aid groups working in Pakistan's hardest hit areas of flooding are saying that large landowners and other wealthy citizens have deliberately directed the flow of floodwaters into the villages of poor Hindu and Christian minorities to save their own farmlands.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Police in Silver Springs, Maryland shot and killed a man who stormed into the headquarters of the Discovery Channel brandishing a gun and bombs and demanding that the channel do more to discourage overpopulation and the "human filth" of new children.
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Those of you who are wondering whether the new Julia Roberts movie,
Eat Pray Love, has anything positive to say about Christianity may want to learn from her lessons - she became Hindu after filming the movie.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi has turned a cordial visit to Rome into an international incident by calling for Europe to convert to Islam, offering to find Libyan husbands for Italian women, and trying to extort $1 billion a year from the Italian government for his help in preventing Italy from "turning black" due to increased African immigration.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A British sociologist and health expert has determined that sterilization of the mentally and morally "unfit" is the best way to prevent child abuse.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of their own research showing that 70 percent of parents and 60 percent of teens believe sexual relations belong inside marriage, Congress is set to cancel funding for 176 abstinence programs effective September 30.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The excellent academic track record of home-schooled students has motivated an anonymous donor to give a $5 million gift to a Texas Christian university to establish what is believed to be the largest endowment for home-school student scholarships ever received.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
In spite of the President's triumphant speech about the formal end to U.S. combat operations in Iraq, made only days after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that the 2009 stimulus package cost more than the entire Iraq war, now the Iraqis are saying the pullout is poorly timed and is leaving them with no government, and no security.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Hollywood has once again proven its desire to advance the culture of death by awarding an Emmy to actor Al Pacino for his portrayal of assisted suicide guru and convicted murderer Jack Kevorkian in an HBO film.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, said that societies without children have not only a bleak future, but also experience a "lack of balance between generations" and an "educational poverty."
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