United Press International – February 29, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 29, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) — A research team in Sweden said Charles Darwin was wrong about the genetic basis for the yellow skin of some chickens. Greger Larson, a research fellow at Uppsala University in Sweden and at Durham University in Britain, said yellow-skinned…

Associated Press – March 3, 2008 SEDONA, Ariz. – Endorsed by an influential Texas televangelist, Republican John McCain endeared himself to one group of voters but risked alienating another with the pastor’s anti-Catholic views. The controversy has been mild so far, but still, every vote counts in a presidential election that is expected to be…

Associated Press – February 29, 2008 BAGHDAD – Gunmen kidnapped a Chaldean Catholic archbishop Friday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police and the church said, in another attack targeting Iraq’s small Christian community. The gunmen killed three people who were with Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho after he ended a Mass at…

By Achal Narayanan Religion News Service CHENNAI, India (RNS) An influential group of Muslim theologians at a prominent Islamic seminary in northern India have denounced terrorism, saying it is goes against the teachings of Islam. The denouncement came during the All India Anti-Terrorism Conference in the state of Uttar Pradesh, home to the 150-year-old Darul…

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