By Daniel Burke 2008 Religion News Service (RNS) A top panel of U.S. scientists has published a new book asserting that belief in the theory of evolution and religious faith “can be fully compatible,” and that creationism has no place in science classes. The 88-page “Science, Evolution, and Creationism,” produced by the National Academy of…

Associated Press Khartoum, Sudan – The Sudanese army shot at a “clearly marked” U.N. convoy in war-torn Darfur, critically wounding a driver, in the first attack against the peacekeepers since their mission began this month, the United Nations said Tuesday. The U.N. condemned the attack, which occurred late Monday, and said it had protested to…

Associated Press Paris – On some days her world was awash in light, on others dark shadows enveloped her, and all of Paris. The secret diary of a young Jewish woman recounting two years under the German occupation – published for the first time this month – portrays the slow shattering of her life under…

By G Jeffrey MacDonald Religion News Service Stephen Dear has spent the past 10 years waging an uphill battle to abolish the death penalty in the American South. He’s had virtually no help from the region’s powerful evangelical clergy. But unlike in years past, Dear has new confidence that within six months, he can round…

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