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By The Associated Press
Zimbabwe's opposition claims early election lead amid tension
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's main opposition party claimed an early lead Sunday in elections amid an ominous silence from the Electoral Commission and the deployment of security forces. As frustrations grew more than 24 hours after polls closed, security forces were patrolling the capital's densely populated suburbs. In previous elections, partial results have been announced within hours of voting ending. "Why are we not getting the results? It's very clear to me Mugabe wants to steal this election," said Hapisson Mate, a first-time voter. Islam surpasses Catholicism as the world's largest religion VATICAN CITY - Islam has surpassed Roman Catholicism as the world's largest religion, the Vatican newspaper said Sunday. "For the first time in history, we are no longer at the top: Muslims have overtaken us," Monsignor Vittorio Formenti said in an interview with the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. He said that Catholics accounted for 17.4 percent of the world population, while Muslims were at 19.2 percent. When considering all Christians and not just Catholics, Christians make up 33 percent, Formenti said. The Texan strives to present all information fairly, accurately and completely.
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Oh Tham Eng
posted 3/31/08 @ 5:39 AM CST
Hi Students!
None of you will understand fully what the issues surrounding the War in Iraq and the greater War on Terror are all about unless you people read what your Mr Peter Hoekstra has to say in his WSJ article of 26 March, '08. (Continued…)
Oh Tham Eng
posted 4/03/08 @ 1:31 AM CST
NO EVIDENCE THAT GEERT WILDERS LINKS ISLAM TO VIOLENCE---MUSLIMS CULPRITS THEMSELVES DID SO---PART 1
At first I was strongly against Geert Wilders' film "Fitna", because it was reported in the media that it showed a Quran being burned and Geert's actors spouting anti-Islam vitriolics. (Continued…)
Oh Tham Eng
posted 4/03/08 @ 1:56 AM CST
NO EVIDENCE THAT GEERT WILDERS LINKS ISLAM TO VIOLENCE---MUSLIMS CULPRITS THEMSELVES DID SO---PART 2
"The Fitna Firestorm---by Robert Spencer, Director of Jihad Watch"
http://pajamasmedia. (Continued…)
Oh Tham Eng
posted 4/03/08 @ 2:16 AM CST
NO EVIDENCE THAT GEERT WILDERS LINKS ISLAM TO VIOLENCE---MUSLIMS CULPRITS THEMSELVES DID SO---PART 3
Mohammed Bouyeri, the murderer of van Gogh, clutched a Qur'an as he told a Dutch court in 2005: "What moved me to do what I did was purely my faith. (Continued…)
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