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Ukraine bans government officials from publicly criticizing the work of state institutions and their colleagues, after damaging disclosures last month that highlighted slow progress in fighting corruption.

The United Kingdom is to send troops to Tunisia to help the Tunisian Army prevent ISIL militants from moving into the country from Libya. See also:

United States Air Force warplanes carry out airstrikes on ISIL in western Libya, near theTunisian border, reportedly killing at least 38 people.

Heavy rains continued to hit Peru on Thursday, causing severe flooding and landslides. Since December, thousands have been affected by strong rains across the country, according to local media.

By David DeKok HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - Hundreds of children in western Pennsylvania were sexually assaulted by about 50 Roman Catholic priests over four decades while bishops covered up their actions, according to a state grand jury report released on Tuesday. The report found that former Altoona-Johnstown Diocese Bishop James Hogan, who died in 2005, and his successor, Joseph Adamec, who retired in 2011, worked to cover pedophile priests' tracks and that some local law enforcement agencies also avoided investigating abuse allegations, said state Attorney General Kathleen Kane. "The heinous crimes these children endured are absolutely unconscionable," K…

The United States Department of State releases the final batch of emails recovered from the private server of former Secretary of State and Democratic Party front runner in the race for the nomination for the 2016 presidential election.

The United States will present a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council expanding sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program. The U.S. worked very closely with the Chinese government (both are permanent veto power-holding members of the Security Council) and its Foreign Ministry, to gain its support, on the resolution for new, expanded sanctions.

At least 18 people are killed and 16 others injured in a multi-vehicle accident involving a bus near Nahdah in northwestern Oman. Six of the dead were from Oman, four from Saudi Arabia, two from Pakistan, and one from Yemen. Five others are unidentified.

China says it expects to lay off 1.8 million state workers in the coal and steel sectors, or about 15 percent of the industries' workforce, as part of efforts to reduce industrial overcapacity https://anchor.fm/w/9B8B31

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1. Are employers required to accommodate the religious beliefs and practices of applicants and employees? Yes. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination based on religion. This includes refusing to accommodate an employee's sincerely held religious beliefs or practices unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship (more than a minimal burden on operation of the business). A religious practice may be sincerely held by an individual even if newly adopted, not consistently observed, or different from the commonly followed tenets of the individual's religion. 2. What does Title VII mean by "religion"? Title VII defi…

In the light of bible verse Acts 15:19: "Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles", is it scripturally correct to use unnecessary and unscriptural strict rules inside the congregation? for example to press the brothers in the congregation to remove all facial hair (beard) except the moustache? In my area we have very much pressure from elders to abide to any given personal rule (given verbally and never written). This behavior reminds me the Amish community. They tend shunning technology and they suffer because of that, because technology is cheap and makes life easier. Maybe are we becoming also religious ex…

Why is there not a female version of an Oscar statue for actresses? Are the Oscar awards made of solid gold? everything is now read by script and they constantly misread the text.....can we have them learn to speak naturally? no one likes prescripted speeches in reality just a couple questions as I watch the ceremony.

Richard Branson unveils his $250,000-per-ride spaceship.... // February 22, 2016 / 3:57pm HIS GALACTIC SPACESHIP 2.... A CROWD OF SPACE TOURISM - FREAKS ! Wreckage lies near the site where a Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket, SpaceShipTwo, crashed in the desert near Mojave, Calif. // SPACESHIP 1... More than a year after a fatal accident during a test flight of a sister ship, Richard Branson unveiled his shiny new $250,000-a ticket Virgin Galactic spacecraft — the VSS Unity. “Together, we can make space accessible in a way that has only been dreamt of before now,” the Virgin billionaire said at the unveiling a…

RELIGIOUS STUDIES SCHOLARS GO ON THE OFFENSIVE Academics do not want to be instruments of persecution of believers by Roman Lunkin The situation involving the use of religious studies expert analysis as an instrument of persecution in Russia has become critical. In 2009, the academic community and thousands of believers were outraged by the appointment of the radical sect-fighter Alexander Dvorkin as the head of the Expert Council in the Russian Ministry of Justice. After that, expert analysis began to be used ever more often in order to liquidate various church movements or to recognize them as extremist and believers as extremists. Other dang…

WARNING ISSUED TO KALUGA JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES by Nikolai Akimov Late last year the prosecutor's office of the city of Kaluga conducted a verification of compliance with legislation on combating extremist activity of temporary structures—the stands with literature in the center of the city which have references to an extremist website on the Internet. During the verification on one of these stands, literature of several titles that have been ruled to be extremist and included in the appropriate federal list was discovered. In addition, in one of the books there was a reference to the website of the religious organization of Jehovah's Witne…

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A video published online by a Syrian rebel group shows what appears to be a direct hit by a US-made BGM-71 TOW on the turret of a Russia-supplied T-90 tank of the Syrian Army The video is one of a multitude of instances of the use of TOW missiles by rebels in Syria, but it may be the first time the anti-tank weapon was used against the advanced T-90 main battle tank. The results of the attack are significantly less spectacular than in many videos showing direct hits on older armor like the T-72 used by the Syrian Army. A TOW usually devastates its target after a direct hit, causing ammo to explode and killing the crew.

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A demonstration on Saturday in Liverpool saw the far-right Neo-Nazi group fight running battles with police and anti-fascist protesters. Demonstrators from both sides threw bottles and bricks, as well as clashing with police officers.