APNewsBreak: Army probes claim that soldiers were punished for skipping a Christian concert

Troops: Skipping Christian concert got us punished

Cuba Church says it was right to broker prisoner release, in answer to dissidents’ complaints

Cuba Church defends brokering prisoner release

NYC imam makes U.S.-sponsored goodwill tour of Mideast as furor rages over mosque back home

NYC imam’s goodwill tour comes amid mosque furor

Interfaith leaders in Calif. issue letter supporting NYC mosque

President Barack Obama

New English-language missal for US Catholics to debut on first Sunday of Advent in 2011

New US Catholic missal to debut in November 2011

Ground zero Muslim group says it never planned to meet with governor to discuss moving mosque

Mosque group: Never planned to meet with governor

NYC mosque leader says organizers are sticking with plan for Islamic center near ground zero

NYC mosque leader: We won’t change the course

Election pressure mounts in oil-rich Nigeria for still-quiet President Goodluck Jonathan

Nigeria: Election pressure mounts for quiet leader

NY mosque imam: Extremism common threat to West and Muslim world

U.S. President Barack Obama
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Never united, Sept. 11 family members split over planned Islamic center near ground zero

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Never united, Sept. 11 family members divided over planned Islamic center near ground zero

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama

Celebrate Varamahalakshmi Festival 2010: Varamahalakshmi SMS

Varamahalakshmi
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Malaysian court declines Hindu widow’s appeal

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court Friday rejected the appeal of a Hindu widow to determine the religious status of her husband who was buried as a Muslim five years ago.

Obama is a Christian, says White House

WASHINGTON - A day after a poll found that one in five Americans think US President Barack Obama is a Muslim, the White House has asserted he is a Christian, who prays every day.