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...PRAY FOR IRAQ...
...During the Taliban's reign, the religious police would beat women who were seen on the street without a male relative - an impossible demand to meet for the millions of women widowed by the civil war - and would thrash men who did not pray five times a day or keep their beard at the proper length. Afghan officials have said the new department - which was approved by the cabinet last month and is pending approval by parliament - would be a kinder, softer version of its Taliban predecessor and would not enforce such harsh penalties for moral transgressions. Instead, the organization...
...cards that are then laminated. Forgers can churn out scores a day. And that's just one survival technique for those in the line of fire. Websites like the Iraqi League (www.iraqirabita.org) offer detailed tips on how Sunnis can pass themselves off as Shi'ites - like how to pray in public places (there are small differences between the Shi'ite and Sunni postures), or how to acquire a southern Iraqi accent (the majority of southerners are Shi'ite). The site advises Sunnis to memorize the names of the 12 Shi'ite imams - a handy list is provided - in preparation...
...process rekindled historic antagonisms between Japan and its neighbors throughout the region. The chief agitator is none other than Japan's Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, who has made an annual pilgrimmage to the site for the past five years. Koizumi defends the visits as a chance to pray and show respect for Japan's war dead. But Koizumi's appearances at the shrine have infuriated the Chinese and South Koreans, who view it as a symbol of Japan's militarist past. "It may seem like such a trivial thing, but Yasukuni has ballooned into a larger than life issue," says...
...different populations, hybrids may be more adaptable, Reich says.Hybridization, he adds, “might be fundamental to the creative process of evolution.”UNANSWERED PRAYERSA seminal 1988 article in the Southern Medical Journal found that heart patients performed better when Christian groups outside the hospital prayed for their well-being.But HMS researchers Jeffrey A. Dusek and Herbert Benson were unwilling to take those findings on faith.In a study published in the Apr. 4 issue of the American Heart Journal, Dusek and Benson found that patients who had undergone Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting surgery did not recover faster when...