Hare Krishna soliciting at airport barred; court upholds ban

WASHINGTON - The California Supreme Court has upheld a Los Angeles International Airport ordinance barring Hare Krishnas from soliciting donations inside airport terminals.

NYC’s St. Vincent’s Hospital fights for life _ like other ‘charity’ hospitals across America

NYC’s St. Vincent’s Hospital fights for life

Qatar forces out moderates from IslamOnline, plans more conservative approach

Moderates forced out of top Islam Web site

End of an Irish Catholic era: Limerick pubs to open Good Friday, defy nation’s ‘dry’ holy day

Irish pubs to open on Good Friday for first time

Gujarat’s Parsi woman seeks court help to worship

GANDHINAGAR - A Parsi woman married to a non-Parsi has sought the Gujarat High Court’s intervention to avail the fundamental right to worship and to access the religious places of Parsis she was denied by her community after her marriage.

Wis. man says abuse by priest, cover-up caused nightmares, ruined his faith in Catholic church

Wis. man: Abuse by priest ruined faith in church

Iraqi minister walks out of meeting in Libya to protest Gadhafi’s support for Saddam loyalists

Iraqi foreign minister walks out of Libya meeting

Andhra Pradesh Muslim quota gets apex court nod

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Thursday temporarily allowed job quota for backward Muslims in Andhra Pradesh, but left a final decision on the matter to a constitution bench.

RAW officer to depose in Babri case Friday

LUCKNOW - Anju Gupta, a police officer who had told investigators that senior BJP leaders, including L.K. Advani, were euphoric after the 1992 Babri Masjid razing, will depose Friday before a special court hearing the 18-year-old demolition case.

Bangladeshis widening communal divide in Assam: experts

NEW DELHI - In the otherwise communally harmonious Assam, there is a growing divide between communities because Indian Muslims are often clubbed with the migrants from Bangladesh and are eyed with suspicion by others, experts said at a seminar in the capital Thursday.

Pope accepts bishop’s resignation over sex scandal

Vatican City, March 25 (IANS/AKI) Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of an Irish bishop who was found to have not handled properly allegations of clerical sex abuse in his diocese.

Indian-origin economist hailed as messiah

LONDON - A British economist of Indian origin has been left perplexed after being hailed by a cult as its “chosen one” who it believes was hiding in the Himalayas for 2,000 years.