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Blasphemy riots: 6 examples around the world
Many Muslims consider any depiction of the prophet to be forbidden, and Islamic teachings call for handling the Quran with respect. Incidents of both intentional and unintentional disrespect have occasionally prompted protests and violence around the world. Here are six examples:
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Fall books: 19 smart nonfiction picks
Here are 19 fall 2012 nonfiction titles worth checking out.
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Nora Ephron: Her 5 best movies
Here are 5 of the best movies written or directed by the filmmaker, who died June 26, 2012.
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Political misquotes: The 10 most famous things never actually said
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Election 101: Ten questions about Newt Gingrich as a presidential candidate
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Political misquotes: The 10 most famous things never actually said
Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty!" Ilsa Laszlow never said, "Play it again, Sam," and Sherlock Holmes never said, "Elementary, my dear Watson." But these misquotes remain firmly lodged in the public consciousness, even though they appear nowhere in the original works. The same is true for things "said" – that is, widely attributed to, but not actually said – by political figures. Sometimes a misquote is cooked up by opponents or parodists as a way of discrediting or mocking the figure. Sometimes a line is attributed to a widely admired person as a way of making it sound more authoritative, like when someone co-signs a loan. And sometimes it's just a mistake. Here are 10 of the most widely believed – but completely bogus – things ever "said" by political figures.
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Why does Pakistan have world's fastest-growing nuclear program?
Pakistan is stockpiling weapons-grade nuclear material, and accelerating construction of a nuclear plant that can produce plutonium. What's behind the nuclear surge?
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Why Obama rejected John Glenn's plea to save the space shuttle progam
In a 40-minute plea at the White House to save the US space shuttle, John Glenn said that relying on the Russians to get US astronauts into space was a mistake. Why did President Obama turn him down?
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Facebook caught starting smear campaign about Google
Facebook was caught red handed using a PR firm to try to spread negative news stories about Google through the mainstream press.
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Election 101: Ten questions about Newt Gingrich as a presidential candidate
Newt Gingrich, best known for engineering the 1994 Republican Revolution, is using the revolutionary social media platforms of Facebook and Twitter to promote his "run for President." The former speaker is a masterful strategist with a brilliant political mind. But a rocky marital record and a penchant for flame-throwing may jeopardize his candidacy.
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The top 5 militant leaders still hiding in Pakistan
Osama bin Laden was not the only Al Qaeda leader hiding in Pakistan. The US believes there are others, including people on its list of Most Wanted Terrorists.
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Syria violence puts Obama in diplomatic, political tough spot
For Obama, the situation in Syria comes as the war in Afghanistan slogs along, the US tries to disengage from Iraq while escalating its military action in Libya, and the American public is weary of foreign entanglements with no apparent connection to national security.
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Tea party: Libertarian revolt or religious right in disguise?
In Texas and some other states, the tea party has focused on abortion as much as the state deficit. Five months after its successes in Election 2010, the tea party faces a reckoning: What does it stand for?
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Hillary Clinton now most popular figure in Obama administration
As war rages on several fronts and much of the Middle East and northern Africa is in turmoil, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton enjoys a favorable rating higher than President Obama, Vice President Biden, or Secretary of Defense Gates.
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U.S. citizenship test: Why Americans can't name the original 17 colonies
U.S. citizenship test: Some 450 years after America's founding, is civic ignorance at an all-time high? A Newsweek poll of US citizens from all 57 states reveals how misinformed we really are.
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Rep. Jane Harman resigns, thinning ranks of Democrats' Blue Dogs
The Blue Dogs, conservative-leaning Democrats, were hit hard in Election 2010. The resignation of Rep. Jane Harman now deprives them of an influential member.
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Nine men charged with planning terrorist attack in the UK
Nine men were charged by the British authorities with planning a terrorist bombing, the latest in a spate of alleged European plots disrupted before they were carried out.
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'Twas the time to recover and all through the shops...
An ode to the economic recovery – and other news of 2010 – inspired by Clement Clarke Moore's classic Christmas poem.
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Best books of 2010: nonfiction
In 2010 Monitor reviewers critiqued hundreds of books. Here's a list of the 28 nonfiction titles they considered the most outstanding. To assist you with your holiday shopping, each title here has a link that allows you to purchase the book – even as you help to support The Christian Science Monitor
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A Complicated Man
More than 170 interviews with those who knew him present Bill Clinton – the politician and the man– in all his complicated splendor.
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Can Obama engage in 'self-critique and self-correction'?
After his party's 'shellacking' in the midterm elections, President Obama is getting lots of advice about changes he needs to make – including changes in his character as well as his style.
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Republicans' post-Election 2010 challenge: managing expectations
Republican strategists urge party supporters to show 'maturity, sobriety, and patience,' and not to push for too much, too fast from an anticipated GOP majority in the House.
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Young Mr. Obama
What we can learn about Obama from his Chicago years.
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Anita Hill vs. Virginia Thomas: Is an apology due 19 years later?
Anita Hill accused Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991. Virginia Thomas, the justice's wife, has now asked Anita Hill to apologize. She's also in the spotlight for her political activism.
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The Lost Peace
Historian Robert Dallek examines the beginnings of the cold war.
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Opinion: Is Obama trying to 'decolonize' space?
Observers were puzzled when President Obama apparently gave the space agency NASA a new mission to reach out to the world’s Muslims. But his action makes sense when you consider the influence of anticolonial ideology.
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Bishop Eddie Long: Will case force open talk in black church about sexuality?
Bishop Eddie Long says he will fight gay sex accusations. But black theologians say the bigger issue for black churches is whether they can have a frank discussion about sexuality at all.
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Amanda Knox sings the Beatles, attracts Hollywood's eye, preps for appeal
Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of murdering her roommate in Italy, is set to appeal her conviction. Meanwhile, Amanda Knox performed in a prison concert and is the subject of two movies.
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Where Iran and America meet: an interview with Hooman Majd
Iranian-American writer Hooman Majd talks about his new book "The Ayatollahs' Democracy."
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US hiker Sarah Shourd returns to America after more than a year in jail in Iran
US hiker Sarah Shourd's arrival in the US coincides with that of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who says the US should now release Iranians it has detained.
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