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• Babylon A.D.’ is a confusing mishmash
In Kassovitz’s defense, the plot appears to have been pared down from an ambitious exploration of religion and technology in a future society to a dopey rip-off of “Children of Men,” with Vin Diesel as tough-guy mercenary Toorop, who’s been ...
• Italy museum defies pope over crucified frog
In a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Thursday, Pahl said he was outraged by the museum's decision to keep the work, which he claims "pokes fun at the Catholic population and offends religion and the pope.
• Abramoff lobbies for early release
Abramoff turns to religion, teaching In prison, Abramoff has focused on studying Judaism and helping fellow inmates, friends said. He has taught classes entitled "Parenting from a Distance," "Modern Marvels," "Cinema Studies," and "The Holocaust in ...
• Wish-list author's death fuels Web 'bucket lists'
Remarking on the irony of Freeman's death, bloggers suggested what should appear on their own wish-lists, ranging from travel to religion. "If this isn't a reminder of how short life is, I don't know what else could drive that point home," wrote Sarah ...
• 2 Chinese police killed, 7 wounded in Xinjiang
The Uighurs suffered greatly in the 1960s and 1970s when the government — caught up in Marxist revolutionary fervor — viewed religion as well as minority languages and culture as divisive remnants of feudalism that should be abolished.