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Facebook friends could have saved a 1-year-old\'s life, says devastated mother
Facebook friends could have saved a 1-year-old's life, says devastated mother

Facebook friends could have saved a 1-year-old's life

Obama faces new immigration challenge after 17 states file lawsuit

US President Barack Obama faces a federal lawsuit after 17 states filed a case in a federal court on Wednesday challenging the constitutionality of his executive actions on immigration.

Shell with lines etched half a million years ago is oldest art in the world
Shell with lines etched half a million years ago is oldest art in the world

New shell art discovery is dated to around half a million years old

Ukraine: Evangelical pastor killed in shelling on way to pray for wounded soldiers
Ukraine: Evangelical pastor killed in shelling on way to pray for wounded soldiers

Funds are needed urgently to support the wife and children of a pastor killed in a shell attack in Eastern Ukraine.

Iraqi churches used as Islamic State prisons
Iraqi churches used as Islamic State prisons

Churches in Mosul, Iraq have been used to house prisoners of the Islamic State

India parliamentarian stokes sectarian fears with attack on non-Hindus
India parliamentarian stokes sectarian fears with attack on non-Hindus

Minister levels "illegitimate" jibe at religious minorities.

Protests erupt in New York police chokehold death case
Protests erupt in New York police chokehold death case

In what are claimed to be echoes of Ferguson, a white police officer will not be charged for the death of an unarmed black man.

Same-sex marriages in Florida could take place as early as January after court ruling
Same-sex marriages in Florida could take place as early as January after court ruling

A stay on Florida's gay marriage ban is to be lifted by the end of January 5, the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals has decided.

Civil rights campaigner Rev Al Sharpton calls for Washington march after Eric Garner ruling
Civil rights campaigner Rev Al Sharpton calls for Washington march after Eric Garner ruling

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton on Wednesday called for a protest march in Washington following a New York grand jury decision not to indict a white policeman in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man.

Parents of toddler with cancer taking things \'one step at a time, one prayer at a time\'
Parents of toddler with cancer taking things 'one step at a time, one prayer at a time'

Parents of toddler with cancer taking things 'one step at a time, one prayer at a time'

Death row inmate called on Jesus, spared from execution
Death row inmate called on Jesus, spared from execution

Death row inmate called on Jesus, spared from execution

American Atheists are trying to put people off going to church this Christmas with new billboard campaign
American Atheists are trying to put people off going to church this Christmas with new billboard campaign

American Atheists are trying to put people off going to church this Christmas with new billboard campaign

Around 100 brains go missing from the University of Texas
Around 100 brains go missing from the University of Texas

Around 100 brains go missing from the University of Texas

Girl tries to thank God on Disney Channel website but says it got blocked as profanity
Girl tries to thank God on Disney Channel website but says it got blocked as profanity

Girl tries to thank God on Disney Channel website but says it got blocked as profanity

Humanist group takes school district to court over prayers
Humanist group takes school district to court over prayers

Humanist group takes school district to court over prayers

American couple acquitted of murder in Qatar free to return to US
American couple acquitted of murder in Qatar free to return to US

An American couple held in Qatar following the acquittal of charges against them for the death of their adopted daughter, are due to return home to the US today.