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Lebanese throngs want leaders to resign

By Scheherezade Faramarzi for Associated Press
Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese heeded Hezbollah’s call on December 1, flooding downtown Beirut to pressure the U.S.-supported government to resign.
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Dutch government proposes ban on veils

By Mike Corder for Associated Press
The Dutch government announced plans November 17 for legislation banning full-length veils in public places and other clothing that covers the face — putting the Netherlands at the forefront of a general European hardening toward Muslim minorities.
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Americans bombed Pakistani Madrasa says: US journalist

By ANI
Christina Lamb, a leading American journalist and writer, has said that the US had carried out the October’s Bajaur madarassa attack in Pakistan that killed 82 persons, mostly students.
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Pope prays with cleric at Turkey mosque

By Brian Murphy for Associated Press
Pope Benedict XVI prayed alongside an Islamic cleric in Turkey’s most famous mosque on November 30 in a dramatic gesture of outreach to Muslims after outrage from the pontiff’s remarks linking violence and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Uzbeks accuse US of double standards

By Associated Press
Uzbekistan accused the United States of practicing double standards on human rights issues on November 24 after Washington listed the former Soviet republic as one of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom.
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