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27/04/2012 - Report: Nigeria

Nigerian school attacks - Boko Haram to blame?

So far this year 14 schools have been burnt down in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno state, forcing over 7,000 children out of formal education and pushing down enrolment rates in an ...

Does religion matter in modern France?
31/10/2011 - On-the-spot France

Does religion matter in modern France?

Last Wednesday world religious leaders gathered in the historic Italian town of Assisi for a show of solidarity for world peace, at the invitation fo the Pope.

10/10/2011 - Africa

African Press Review

Problems within the Anglican church in Zimbabwe, the Rugby World Cup and Barack Obama's relationship with the Kenyan diaspora in the United States all feature in today's African newspapers.

25/09/2011 - Indonesia

Suicide bomber attacks Indonesian church

A suicide bomber on Sunday attacked a church in Indonesia, killing four people including himself according to witnesses.

18/08/2011 - Spain

Mexican to appear in Madrid court for plotting anti-Pope protester gas attack

Mexican chemistry student Jose Alvano Perez Bautista, appears in court Thursday, accused of plotting a gas attack on protesters against Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Spain.

25/06/2011 - France

UN calls for wind turbine pause at France's Mont Saint Michel

The UN's cultural agency has asked France to suspend all plans to build wind farms that could mar the view of the island abbey of Mont Saint Michel

03/06/2011

African press review 3 June 2011

Godfathers try to claw their way into Nigeria's cabinet. Will Goodluck Jonathan wipe away the tears of a long-suffering people?

20/05/2011 - France

Jehovah's Witnesses may win chaplains in French jails

Jehovah’s Witnesses may have chaplains in French prisons if a Paris court rules in their favour at the end of this month.

24/04/2011 - Iraq

Easter Sunday church attack injures four in Baghdad

A bomb attack near a church in central Baghdad on Sunday wounded four people, according to medical and security officials.

23/04/2011 - United States

Koran-burning Pastor Terry Jones jailed in Michigan

The US pastor Terry Jones, whose burning of a Koran sparked deadly violence in Afghanistan, was briefly jailed in the US state of Michigan on Friday.

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