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Thursday October 22, 2009
Hoaxes • Islam • Superstition:
A “miracle” baby has brought a kind of mystical hope to people in Russia’s mostly Muslim southern fringe who are increasingly desperate in the face of Islamist violence.
From hunchbacked grandmas to schoolboys, hundreds of pilgrims lined up this week in blazing sunshine to get a glimpse of 9-month-old baby Ali Yakubov, on whose body they say verses from the Koran appear and fade every few days. [video]
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Monday May 18, 2009
Superstition • Witchcraft:
In many African countries, as in other parts of the world, children are blamed for causing illness, death and destruction, prompting some communities to put them through harrowing punishments to “cleanse” them of their supposed magical powers. Pastors have been accused of worsening the problem by claiming to have powers to recognize and exorcise “child witches,” sometimes for a fee, aid workers said.
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Monday December 22, 2008
Occultism • Quackery • Superstition:
So far, 130 healers, including Fadkin, have passed the service’s voluntary testing program, which promoters in the government say can determine whether someone has the inherent ability to cure. The program is limited to Moscow, but a Russian lawmaker is pushing to extend it nationwide and make it mandatory.
Skeptics scoff at the notion that such testing is meaningful and criticize the government for lending credibility to people who claim paranormal powers.
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Tuesday May 13, 2008
Superstition:
A new terror is stalking the survivors of Burma’s cyclone, as villagers in the deeply superstitious country tell of being haunted by the ghosts of those who perished in the disaster.
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Friday March 14, 2008
Catholic Church • Mariology • Superstition:
At least 50 people have lost their sight after staring at the sun hoping to see an image of the Virgin Mary, according to reports.
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Friday January 4, 2008
Superstition • Witchcraft:
Chikumbutso Mponda of Ntchisi is behind bars after he fell down from a magic plane on his way to his home village.
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Thursday December 20, 2007
Superstition • Witchcraft:
As this story illustrates, in many African countries the believe in flying witches is well entrenched.
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Saturday December 15, 2007
Islam • Superstition:
Millions of Muslims making the annual pilgrimage to their holiest site, Mecca, flock to get a share of spring water they believe originates in heaven and is endowed with healing power.
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Saturday October 20, 2007
Superstition:
Women in several countries have begun sending their panties to Myanmar embassies in a culturally insulting gesture of protest against the recent brutal crackdown there, a campaign supporter said Friday.
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Sunday September 23, 2007
Catholic Church • Mariology • Superstition:
A silhouette on a tapestry at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Westchester is drawing throngs of people who believe it is an apparition of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus.
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Tuesday August 28, 2007
Superstition:
That water bodies are believed to be the gateways to the underneath spirit world, is not altogether uncommon belief but never has a man boasted to descend to the “gates of hell” by jumping into a river under the full glare of chanting and dancing onlookers.
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Monday December 18, 2006
Mariology • Superstition:
Holy figures have been perceived in bricks, wooden logs, trees, sandwiches, eggs, a tortilla and so on. The phenomenon is so common that scientists have given it a name: pareidolia, the perception of patterns where none are intended.
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Monday October 30, 2006
Superstition • Vampirism:
Horror stories may be the place for vampires, ghosts and zombies. Just remember, they are not real, warns physicist Costas Efthimiou.
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Tuesday September 12, 2006
Superstition:
Statistical revelation: Religion going strong
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Monday July 31, 2006
Superstition:
Churchgoers in Britain are still highly superstitious and centuries of preaching the Gospel have failed to banish belief in omens and portents of good and bad luck.
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Monday July 24, 2006
Superstition:
Taipei , Taiwan -- Chin Wei considers a blockbuster American ghost movie and scoffs.
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Tuesday May 30, 2006
Superstition:
As 06/06/06 approaches, some feed off the devilish connotations, or laugh it off
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Monday May 15, 2006
Superstition:
JUNE 6, 2006 06/06/06 is just weeks away and a date that is generating frenzied discussion and debate around the globe, not seen since the eve of the new millenium.
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Tuesday May 2, 2006
Superstition:
While some say June 6, 2006, is a day to fear for its biblical significance, officials see little to dread.
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Superstition:
For one group of expectant mothers, their due date holds an extra dimension of dread. The prospect of giving birth on June 6, 6/6/06, has prompted talk of spawning devil children on Armageddon day.
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Monday November 21, 2005
Superstition:
Miraculous Encounters ; An Exhibition in Oxford Features Religious Images From North-West Italy That Are Said to Possess Supernatural Powers. Tom Lubbock Can't Believe His Eyes
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Friday June 10, 2005
Superstition:
China's obsession with online computer games has led to its first murder after one player killed another over a weapon that existed only in cyberspace.
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Wednesday February 23, 2005
Superstition:
Cairo - A South African woman and owner of a piece of jewellery believed stolen from the tomb of King Tutankhamen has asked the government in Cairo for help in breaking King Tut's curse after two members of her family suffered untimely deaths.
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Saturday January 15, 2005
Superstition:
A new terror is washing over southern Thailand in the wake of the tsunami: ghosts.
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Tuesday October 26, 2004
Superstition:
Extract from A Pocket Guide to Superstitions of the British Isles by Steve Roud (Penguin). Copyright Steve Roud, 2004.
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- Vampires, ghosts aren't real, says physicist
- Mothers expect Damien on 6/6/06
- A date with the devil for some
- In Taiwan, those who believe in ghosts (just about everyone) brace for long spirit month
- Tsunami sparks ghost sightings
- "Miracle" baby gives hope in Russian Muslim south
- Is seeing Mary cast in cocoa a miracle or just a coincidence?
- Religious Images Are Said to Possess Supernatural Powers
- Virgin Mary? Holy apparition in eyes of beholders
- Man gets 5 yrs for magical transportation
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