Muslims want anti-blasphemy clause in rights body
The president of the U.N. General Assembly took
over fractious negotiations to establish a new U.N. human rights
body, with Islamic nations wanting language against blasphemy
because of the dispute over cartoons in a Danish newspaper.
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All the king's men dominate Nepalese polls
ROYALIST candidates who totally dominated local
elections called by Nepal's king duly cleaned up in the
violence-plagued poll, according to official partial results
released Thursday.
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Danish paper refused 'offensive' Jesus cartoons
The Danish newspaper that first published
caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad, infuriating Muslims worldwide,
previously turned down cartoons of Jesus as too offensive, the
cartoonist said on Wednesday.
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