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Muslim and European leaders have denounced a Swiss referendum to block the construction of minarets--mosque towers from which Muslims are called to prayer--as discriminatory and xenophobic. More than 57% of voters supported the ban, put forward by the far-right Swiss People's Party. "It is a bad answer to a bad question," an official from the Organization of the Islamic Conference told reporters. "I fear that this kind of thing is simply a gift to extremism and intolerance...
...announces plans to slash 21,000 jobs, close dealerships and drop the Pontiac brand. Saturn, Saab and Hummer go on the block...
...January, joined six other state attorneys general in suing the Bush Administration to block the "conscience clause," which allows health care providers to refuse to take part in medical procedures they object to on moral or religious grounds. (The Obama Administration is expected to lift or revise the Bush policy.) (See TIME's White House photo blog...
...that his mother had sued him, Borja's lawyers wrote, the scion no longer finds any "moral impediment" to prevent him from doing the same. In which case one of the greatest collections of European art in the world could soon find itself on the auction block...
...Crimson completely reversed the momentum of the game. Junior forward Emma Markley led Harvard with 10 rebounds in the game, while Alemany and Wheeler cleaned the glass with six and five, respectively. Alemany pickpocketed the Terriers to the tune of five steals, and five Crimson players recorded a block...