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TOP STORY: VIRTUAL PORN: CyberNOT! A real-world guide to porn-proofing kids
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Rodolpho Carrasco is associate director of Harambee Christian Family Center in Pasadena, Calif. He consults with churches and organizations nationwide on urban youth outreach and the Internet. Contact him at genxlatino(AT)aol.com)
UNDATED _ In their...
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COMMENTARY: Conflicting visions of humankind keep Ireland divided
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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NEWS FEATURE: DAUNTED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS: In a dark time, peacemakers in Israel try to stay focused
c. 1996 Religion News Service
JERUSALEM _ As gun battles raged between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers around a tiny Jewish enclave in the West Bank Arab city of Nablus Sept. 26, Sameh Kenaan, a Palestinian security official, evacuated a wounded Jewish soldier, and then helped sto...
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TOP STORY: Rabbi’s push to liberalize Israeli gun laws has critics on edge
c. 1996 Religion News Service
JERUSALEM _ As the United States and Great Britain move to restrict or even ban handgun ownership, Israel is moving in the opposite direction and critics here fear the new trend could lead to more violence in a society already deeply divided by social,...
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TOP STORY: NO ROOM AT THE INN: As millennium looms, no room at the inn or anywhere else
c. 1996 Religion News Service
BETHLEHEM _ For centuries this town has resided in the hearts and minds of millions of Christians as a distant dream and symbol of the mysteries of Jesus' birth, as a quaint Middle Eastern village sleeping under a starlit night.
But as the year 2000 a...
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COMMENTARY: Soccer moms to candidates: We will not be wooed
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is publisher of RNS and author of"Turn Toward the Wind".)
(UNDATED) Seems like just the other day, everyone was intrigued with the angry white male. He was the one toppling politicians and determining the future of America.
Now t...
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COMMENTARY: Too spoiled to be grateful, too comfortable to help
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is the author of"Turn Toward the Wind"and publisher of Religion News Service.)
(UNDATED) By the standards of most of the world, Americans are extraordinarily fortunate.
No wars threaten our borders, no famines claim the lives of...
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COMMENTARY: What people say behind closed doors
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) The more things change, the more they remain the same.
Certainly this has proven true in the current Texaco scandal, where three of the oil company's executives were caught on audiotape deriding minority employees and plotting to destroy evi...
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COMMENTARY: What people say behind closed doors
c. 1996 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) The more things change, the more they remain the same.
Certainly this has proven true in the current Texaco scandal, where three of the oil company's executives were caught on audiotape deriding minority employees and plotting to destroy evi...
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BURUNDI - A SPECIAL REPORT: As ranks of refugees grow, aged missionaries face the crisis of their li
c. 1996 Religion News Service
BUJUMBURA, Burundi _ During nearly a half-century as missionaries in Africa, Carl and Eleanor Johnson have dealt with many crises, but never one as dreadful as what they face now.
More than 7,000 refugees are crammed inside the 20-acre mission compoun...
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