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		<title>And on the seventh day Tony Blair created&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may prove an uphill struggle in this secular day and age, but the Prime Minister is aiming to put religion right at the centre of government. Kamal Ahmed reports on a major break with British tradition 
The Guardian (England), Aug. 3, 2003
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
Tony Blair knows it is one of the most delicate of subjects. When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A large-scale battle over a small cross</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2003 23:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Court case tests whether a cross in the Mojave National Preserve breaches the church-state wall
Christian Science Monitor, May 6, 2003
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0506/p02s02-usju.html
By Daniel B. Wood, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
LOS ANGELES – Perched on a wind-swept rock jutting 30 feet above the Mojave National Preserve, the monument looks like a headless man in an ugly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court declines to review San Diego church-state case</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2003 01:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AP, Apr. 21, 2003
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2003/apr/21/042110583.html
By GINA HOLLAND, ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) - The city of San Diego lost a government religion case Monday when the Supreme Court refused to consider whether city leaders wrongly sold a cross in a park to a memorial association.
An appeals court said San Diego violated the California Constitution in 1998 when it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers shrink Bush faith initiative</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2003 12:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Associated Press, Mar. 28, 2003
http://www.boston.com/
WASHINGTON - Unable to pass even a watered-down version of the president&#8217;s faith-based initiative, congressional sponsors said yesterday they would remove all efforts to open government programs to churches and other religious groups from the bill.
  Their legislation instead will just provide tax breaks for donations to charities, including religious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Europe debates role of God in constitution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2003 16:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religion News Service, Mar. 22, 2003
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/
By Elizabeth Bryant, Religion News Service
PARIS — After sparring over Iraq, farming subsidies, fishing quotas and budget deficit caps, European countries have stumbled on another roadblock toward forging a larger, more integrated union: God.
Or, more precisely, God, religion and spirituality, three words that may, or may not, be included in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church and state connected in most European countries</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/2665/church-and-state-connected-in-most-european-countries</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kristeligt Dagblad (Denmark), via EUObserver.com, Mar. 12, 2003
http://www.euobserver.com/
Written by Luise Hemmer Pihl; Edited by Honor Mahony
Religion and politics are far from being so strictly separated in the European states as the political debate might lead one to believe, writes Danish paper Kristeligt Dagblad on presenting the findings of an extended research into the constitutions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faith-Based: Nonprofits want to hear details of Bush initiative.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State, groups discuss aid
FAITH-BASED: Nonprofits want to hear details of Bush initiative.
Anchorage Daily News, Feb. 21, 1003
http://www.adn.com/
By Lisa Demer, Anchorage Daily News
The state on Thursday explored how church organizations and other charities can do more for people in turmoil, including those who are poor, addicted to drugs or in prison.
Less bureaucracy, so church groups and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Faith&#8217; initiative revived</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bush orders regulatory changes after legislative version fails
Washington Post, via San Francisco Chronicle, Dec. 13, 2002
http://www.sfgate.com/
Dana Milbank, Washington Post 
Philadelphia &#8212; President Bush, seeking to revive his &#8220;faith-based initiative&#8221; after its legislative version failed in Congress, on Thursday announced a series of regulatory changes to allow religious social-service organizations to receive more government grants and [...]]]></description>
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