Category: freedoms
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Freedom Not
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AFGHAN_CHRISTIAN_CONVERT?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=INTERNATIONAL&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Afghan convert may be unfit for trial</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>An Afghan man facing a possible death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity may be mentally unfit to stand trial, a state prosecutor said Wednesday amid growing international condemnation of the case.<br />n<br />nAbdul Rahman, 41, has been charged with rejecting Islam, a crime under…
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Why The US is in Trouble
<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FREEDOM_POLL?SITE=MTBIL&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">Study: One in 1,000 know First Amendment</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote> Americans apparently know more about "The Simpsons" than they do about the First Amendment.<br />n<br />nOnly one in four Americans can name more than one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment (freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of…