Religion_Belief

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Somali protesters set fires outside the Medina hotel which accommodates Somali MPs in southern Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 10, 2011, where protesters took to the streets for the second day in support of current Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. (Associated Press)

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The 6-foot-tall Capitoline Venus, installed in the Rotunda of the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, will be on display until Sept. 5. The statue was excavated from the buried ruins of an ancient building in Rome in the 1670s and given to the Capitoline Museum by Pope Benedict XIV in 1752. (Photograph by Rob Shelley)

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Syrian protesters carry national flags as they shout slogans against President Bashar Assad in front of the Syrian Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Syria's army has carried out days of deadly assaults to crush protesters calling for the end of Mr. Assad's rule. (AP Photo)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Indian police officers remove a supporter of yoga guru Baba Ramdev's hunger strike Sunday. Mr. Ramdev, who has millions of followers across India on a daily television show, is demanding an end to endemic corruption.

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A supporter of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami shouts during a rally against drone attacks on Saturday, June 4, 2011 in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

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Pope Benedict XVI, aboard his popemobile, waves to the faithful at the Zagreb Hippodrome before celebrating a Mass on the National Day of Croatian Family during the last day of his two-day visit to Croatia on Sunday, June 5, 2011, in Zagreb, Croatia. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

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Pope Benedict XVI answers reporters' questions aboard the airplane heading to Zagreb, Croatia, Saturday, June 4, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI will be visiting the Croatian capital from June 4 to 5 for the first time. At right is father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesperson and cardinal Tarciso Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, second from right. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)

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RUNNING: Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney announces his candidacy for president on Thursday at Bittersweet Farm in Stratham, N.H. Analysts say his Mormon faith remains a stumbling block, as it was in his 2008 campaign, especially among evangelical Christians influential in the GOP. (Associated Press)

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Rabbi Saul Kassin, 89, arrives for sentencing Tuesday in Trenton, N.J. He was among the rabbis and 46 total defendants arrested in 2009 in a massive federal probe into money laundering and corruption in New Jersey. (Associated Press)

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KYODO NEWS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS China has responded to more than a week of surprising protests in Inner Mongolia with its well-honed strategy: deploy overwhelming force, keep potential protesters from gathering and pledge to address at least some grievances.

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Burning tires left by anti-government protesters block the road during clashes between the protesters and Yemeni security forces in Taiz, Yemen, on May 31, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Rabbi Eliezer Berland leaves after praying at Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus early on Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Hafiz Saeed (center), the leader of banned Islamic group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, sits among religious leaders during a rally against India and the United States in Lahore, Pakistan. Accounts gathered by the Associated Press add to suspicion that Pakistan is accepting U.S. aid to fight militants while tolerating and in some cases encouraging extremism.

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Theresa Herbert (center) cheers from the stands with athletes Michael North (left) and Curtis Merrick (right) during the 2011 Special Olympics D.C. Summer Games being held at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Medals are presented following the Unified 4x100 meter relay during the 2011 Special Olympics D.C. Summer Games being held at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Air Force Col. Tony Thomas (left) helps tie the shoes of runner Javon McCray (right) prior to his running in the Unified 4x100 meter relay during the 2011 Special Olympics D.C. Summer Games being held at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Daishaun Howell (center) races to get the baton to Army SSG. Tanner Welch in the Unified 4x100 meter relay during the 2011 Special Olympics D.C. Summer Games being held at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Javon McCray (left) gets his Air Force tee shirt put on by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Steven Mandell (right) prior to the running of the Unified 4x100 meter relay, during the 2011 Special Olympics D.C. Summer Games being held at Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 25, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Catholic friars from the Dominican order sing hymns and say prayers as they walk along the National Mall in Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, on their pilgrimage from the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast Washington to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. This is the first time the friars have held the pilgrimage, which commemorated the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Catholic friars from the Dominican order walk through Lafayette Park in Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, on their pilgrimage from the Dominican House of Studies in Northeast Washington to St. Dominic's Parish in Southwest. This is the first time the friars have held the pilgrimage, which commemorated the date that St. Dominic's body was moved from its original grave to its current resting place in Bologna, Italy. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)