By Heather Donckels Religion News Service While millions of Americans are stocking their kitchens for a Thanksgiving feast, many groups are concerned about those who will go hungry on Thanksgiving and in the weeks and months to come. Inflation has made food more expensive, making it harder for families to put food on the table…

Associated Press Tokyo – The Dalai Lama says he may appoint a successor or rely on an election before his death in a break with tradition, a Japanese newspaper reported Tuesday, following recent orders that China must approve Tibet’s spiritual leaders. According to centuries of Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the search for the reincarnation of spiritual…

Associated Press – November 19, 2007 AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Conservationists seeking to save the chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis said Monday it is strong enough to withstand a storm, and urged the city to delay its order to fell the tree later this week. The massive 150-year-old tree…

Associated Press – November 17, 2007 LONDON – The Scottish scientist who created Dolly the sheep more than a decade ago said he is abandoning the cloning technique that he pioneered, according to an interview published Saturday. Ian Wilmut, who led the team that created Dolly in 1996, told The Daily Telegraph that he is…

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