Protestants resist nomination deadline
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British government officials pleaded behind the scenes Thursday for Northern Ireland Protest leader Ian Paisley to accept a post as head of a coalition with Catholics.
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Episcopal clergymen in Central New Jersey yesterday weclomed further discussions about their faith but showed no sign of giving in to an Anglican Church commission that urged the US Episcopal Church not to elect any more gay bishops.
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Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain said on Monday there were &quot;no excuses&quot; for newly elected Protestant and Catholic deputies not to form a shared executive by a March 26 deadline.
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Some prominent evangelical Christians say they have not been invited to participate in or attend the Republican National Convention less than three weeks before the event is to begin.
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The archbishop of St. Louis, who has said he would deny Holy Communion to Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry because he supports abortion rights, now says Catholics can vote for such candidates under certain circumstances.
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The Northern Ireland Assembly missed another deadline for forming a government Friday, then politicians fled the building as one of the province's most infamous Protestant militants burst in, claiming to have a ...Comment
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Democrat leaders search for a mediator as race for party nomination threatens to drag on until August convention
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 27 -- Iraq's Shiite Muslim parties and the religious leadership headed by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on Saturday rejected a demand by other communities for a delay in nationwide elections scheduled for Jan. 30, in an escalating dispute that magnifies the country's ethnic and sectarian fault lines.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England - A high-stakes effort to revive a Catholic-Protestant government for Northern Ireland has ended in failure, but hope remains of an eventual breakthrough, the prime ministers of Britain and Ireland said Saturday.    Britain's Tony Blair and Ireland's Bertie Ahern had tried for three days to broker an agreement between Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army-linked party, and the Democratic Unionists, who represent most of the province's British Protestant majority...
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LONDON: Rival Protestant and Catholic parties fought for concessions on IRA disarmament and British troop withdrawals yesterday amid a flurry of efforts to seal a lasting political settlement in Northern ...
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Britain and Ireland are battling to break a deadlock between Northern Ireland's main Protestant and Catholic-backed parties on the eve of a crunch deadline to restore self-rule in the province.
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Episcopal delegates Tuesday snubbed Anglican leaders&#039; request to temporarily stop electing openly gay bishops, a vote that prompted the church&#039;s leader to call a special session in hopes of reaching a compromise to preserve fragile Anglican unity.
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Â·  Anglicans decide they are not breaching doctrineÂ·   Vote could worsen split in worldwide communion
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Roman Catholics should campaign hard for Protestant President Bush, "the candidate who shares the values Catholics hold dear," rather than for Catholic challenger John Kerry, Republican leaders told activists at a rally near the GOP convention on Thursday
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BELFAST -- Protestant cleric Ian Paisley's pro-British party strengthened its hold on Northern Ireland's assembly, according to final election results released yesterday, and Britain stepped up pressure on him and Catholic rivals to share power.
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The Service Employees International Union has postponed a decision on an endorsement until next month, a setback for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.
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John Robertson may have been given the most ringing of endorsements by Craig Levein, but Hearts&#39; new head coach is determined to stifle the recruitment plans of his predecessor.