VERKHNY ZARAMAG, Russia, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) Russian military trucks trickled back into Russia from Georgia on Wednesday but no armored vehicles or artillery passed and there was no sign of the large-scale rapid pullout demanded by the West. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) Iraqi security forces raided the office of a provincial governor and arrested the son of a leading Sunni Arab politician in separate incidents on Tuesday that could stoke sectarian and political tension. ... > full story
LAKE FOREST, California, Aug. 16, 2008 (Reuters) Barack Obama cited his youthful experimentation with drugs and John McCain noted his failed first marriage as their greatest moral failings on Saturday at a forum on faith that both U.S. presidential candidates used to appeal to religious voters. ... > full story
DALLAS, Aug. 14, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain target religious voters on Saturday when as guests of one of America's foremost evangelists they discuss faith in public life, AIDS, the environment and other issues. ... > full story
BEIJING, Aug. 8, 2008 (Reuters) President George W. Bush wasted no time on Friday raising the touchy issues of religious freedom and free speech in China, hours before he was to attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics. ... > full story
DUBAI, Aug. 7, 2008 (Reuters) A little known Islamist group has threatened attacks against the Olympic Games in China and urged Muslims to keep away from any activities linked to its events, a U.S. based terrorism monitoring firm said on Thursday. ... > full story
OTTAWA, Aug. 6, 2008 (Reuters) There seems little chance that all Canadian Anglican clergy will honor the moratorium on blessing same-sex unions requested by the worldwide Anglican communion. ... > full story
MOSCOW, Aug. 6, 2008 (Reuters) Russia buried Soviet-era dissident and author Alexander Solzhenitsyn at a 16th-century monastery on Wednesday after a religious ceremony attended by President Dmitry Medvedev which bore all the hallmarks of a state funeral. ... > full story
KASHGAR, China, Aug. 5, 2008 (Reuters) The city in China's restive Xinjiang region where a bomb attack killed 16 police was calm under sweeping security measures on Tuesday, three days before the Beijing Olympics. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5, 2008 (Reuters) President George W. Bush offered a mixed assessment of China's role in the world but said in an interview published on Tuesday it is "important to engage" the Chinese. ... > full story
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