Religion_Belief

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Ernesto Cuevas, a volunteer with the Colombia exhibit at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, plays a guitar while resting on a hammock during the festival's opening day Thursday, June 30, 2011.(Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Protesters shout slogans as riot police stand in Athens' Syntagma square, Tuesday, June 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Greek protesters protect themselves with masks and hoods Tuesday as riot police fire volleys of tear gas and stun grenades. (Associated Press)

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Prince Albert II of Monaco and his fiancee, Charlene Wittstock, attend the St. Jean religious parade on Thursday in Monaco. The couple will be married in a civil ceremony on Friday. (Associated Press)

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A tractor removes a section of the Israeli-built barrier between the outskirts of the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah, and the Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Anti-government protesters demand the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a demonstration in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday, June 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

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Ronald Moten is co-founder of Peaceoholics, a home for troubled youth where Sanquan Carter was to stay. (The Washington Times)

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"We need to be smarter in how we go about doing things. We need to use more common sense." - John Pistole, administrator of the TSA. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: Under God by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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Magician and Miss USA judge Penn Jillette wrote on Twitter that Miss Tennessee Ashley Durham "negated the whole First Amendment" while answering a question about burning Qurans and that he was "glad to help her lose" the competition. Miss Durham placed second to Miss California Alyssa Campanella.

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Vietnamese protesters carry a banner with a slogan saying, "Paracel Islands and Spratly Islands belong to Vietnam," in Hanoi earlier this month. Protesters tell China to stay out of their waters after Beijing's increased activities around disputed areas. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Eva Cardenas, a community organizer who works for Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, marches in front of the Federal Court with other protesters in Atlanta on June 20, 2011. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** A supporter of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami shouts during a rally against drone attacks on June 4, 2011, in Karachi, Pakistan. (Associated Press)

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"Monterey Pop," a film about the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival, will be among the 108 documentaries from 52 countries to be screened at the ninth annual Silverdocs festival in Silver Spring. The July 20-26 festival showcases the work of some of the world's most prominent documentary filmmakers.

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** FILE ** Young people hold a banner that translates as "For equal rights without compromise" during an equality march in downtown Moscow on Sunday, May 22, 2011. The demonstrators protested against discrimination based on sex or gender orientation and called for equal rights for women and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

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Boeing Tool Service employee's Kelly Gates and Christian Moraga from Everett WA. are preparing locations in the Final Assembly Building to set up tools on June 16, 2011 in Charleston, SC. In July 2011 construction is to be completed on Boeing's Final Assembly Building which will be home to the second 787 Dreamliner final assembly and delivery facility. The building is the size of 10.5 football fields and can house two 787 Dreamliners wingtip to wingtip. Boeing will be able to deliver three airplanes per month. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)

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Boeing Assembly Mechanic Thomas Rooks work in the 787 Dreamliners Aft Body Assembly building on June 16, 2011 in Charleston, SC. The new Final Assembly Building will be home to the second 787 Dreamliner final assembly and delivery facility. (Jeremy Lock/Special to The Washington Times)