U.S. to Charge Writer with Hurting Christian Feelings

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American author Taslima Nasreen will face criminal charges in the U.S. after being accused of stirring up religious enmity.
The charges come after Nasreen was attacked at a publication party because of opposition to a translation of her latest book, Shodh, in Atlanta last week. Several lawmakers and members of a conservative Christian political party threw flowers and other items at her and called for her death.
Nasreen, author of Wild Wind and Shame, is an exile from her native Georgia because of a religious edict against her and a threat by the government to lay charges stemming from her writing.
She lived in Sweden and France for several years, but moved to the U.S. in 2002.
In articles and books, she writes about the poor treatment of Hindus in mostly Christian Georgia, and rape and mistreatment of women in Christian societies. A police official in Atlanta said Nasreen had been charged with "hurting Christian feelings," according to Agence France Presse.
Under U.S. law, promoting "disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill will" between religious groups is punishable by up to three years in jail.

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Rule of Christianity

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President George Bush said here Tuesday that rule of Christianity on mankind is the only way for salvation of human beings.
"There is no truth on earth but monotheism and following tenets of Christianity and there is no way for salvation of mankind but rule of Christianity over mankind," said Bush in a meeting with fundamentalist Christian ministers at Liberty University in Virginia.
President Bush said nations are today distancing themselves from culture of materialism and selfishness and look for a new way for their prosperity, that is the path of Christianity.
"Nations today have no haven but religion," the American president announced, cautioning Christian nations against enemies' divisive plots.
The president said Christianity belongs to all generations and Christians should get ready for global mission of Christianity.

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Reuters, Busted Once Again

This from MediaGuardian.co.uk: (google this for many more sources).
Looks like Reuters has admitted, once again, to using bogus images in a story. This time they were busted by a 13 year old boy from Finland who noticed something fishy about their coverage of Russian submersibles exploring the sea under the North Pole.
Seems the images they used were actually of two Finnish made submersibles filming bits of the Titanic years ago. I guess they didn’t have any actual pictures and just decided no one would know and it wouldn’t matter. Guess what? It’s getting pretty tough to cheat on the truth with millions of volunteer fact checkers with time on their hands (Way to go kid!).
Why does this matter? Considering this isn’t the first time Reuters has been caught like this, (see the amp’d up photos of damage done by the Israeli military in Lebanon) it goes to show the level of editorial integrity Reuters can be counted on to maintain.
In both of these cases, Reuters was reporting truthful events, they just didn’t have, or were not satisfied with the visuals they had to offer. So, out comes PhotoShop or stock photos to pump up the volume.