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WASHINGTON -- Millions of people were forced from their homes because of their religious beliefs last year, the U.S. government said Monday, citing the devastating impact of conflicts in Syria, Iraq and the Central African Republic.Secretary of State John Kerry called the displacement of families and devastation of communities from sectarian violence a troubling trend in the world, as he launched the State Department 2013 report on religious freedom. Freedom of religion is at the core of who we are as Americans, Kerry said, calling the report a clear-eyed, objective look at religious f stanley cup becher reedoms in a way that can make even American allies uncomfortable. The report said that in much of the Middle East, the Christian presence is becoming a shadow of its former self. Hundreds of thousands of minority Christians have fled Syria after three years of stanley website civil war.It also highlighted more than one million people displaced in the Central African Republic during 2013, amid an upsurge in Christian-Muslim violence. In Southeast Asia, the spread of anti-Muslim violence spread from Myanmar s volatile west to central Meikhtila, with up to 100 deaths and 12,000 displaced. Kerry further cited the savagery and stanley cup becher incredible brutality by the al-Qaida-inspired militant group active in Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS, saying it had slaughtered Shiite Muslims and forcibly converted Christians under threat of death. Gwvy California death penalty ban qualifies to be voter initiative placed on November ballot
Sen. Byron Dorgan D-N.D. said today that he wants $10 billion of U.S. funds that have been so far unpsent on Iraqi reconstruction rescinded, citing Iraq s ballooning budget surplus. Dorgan wants to use the money for domestic renewable energy production instead. Dorgan said he plans to introduce the Iraq Self-Sufficiency and American Energy Independence Act when Congress returns. The bill would transfer the unspent reconstruction funds t botella stanley o the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the Department of Energy. Today, Americans are paying sky high prices for oil and gas, and at the same time the Bush Admi stanley website nistratio stanley us n is continuing to spend billions of dollars a year for Iraq reconstruction even though that country has huge budget surpluses. That is a bankrupt strategy, said Dorgan. Dorgan s move ups a bid made yesterday by Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken, who called for $7.1 billion in unspent funds to be rescinded and for Iraq to pay for its reconstruction from here on out. His bid had upped the ante on his Republican opponent, Sen. Norm Colemen R-Minn. , who had called for $1.1 billion to be taken back. Do we hear $15 billion Going once, going twice... ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8894ac4-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c8894ac4-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-r
WASHINGTON -- Millions of people were forced from their homes because of their religious beliefs last year, the U.S. government said Monday, citing the devastating impact of conflicts in Syria, Iraq and the Central African Republic.Secretary of State John Kerry called the displacement of families and devastation of communities from sectarian violence a troubling trend in the world, as he launched the State Department 2013 report on religious freedom. Freedom of religion is at the core of who we are as Americans, Kerry said, calling the report a clear-eyed, objective look at religious f stanley cup becher reedoms in a way that can make even American allies uncomfortable. The report said that in much of the Middle East, the Christian presence is becoming a shadow of its former self. Hundreds of thousands of minority Christians have fled Syria after three years of stanley website civil war.It also highlighted more than one million people displaced in the Central African Republic during 2013, amid an upsurge in Christian-Muslim violence. In Southeast Asia, the spread of anti-Muslim violence spread from Myanmar s volatile west to central Meikhtila, with up to 100 deaths and 12,000 displaced. Kerry further cited the savagery and stanley cup becher incredible brutality by the al-Qaida-inspired militant group active in Iraq and Syria, known as ISIS, saying it had slaughtered Shiite Muslims and forcibly converted Christians under threat of death. Gwvy California death penalty ban qualifies to be voter initiative placed on November ballot
Sen. Byron Dorgan D-N.D. said today that he wants $10 billion of U.S. funds that have been so far unpsent on Iraqi reconstruction rescinded, citing Iraq s ballooning budget surplus. Dorgan wants to use the money for domestic renewable energy production instead. Dorgan said he plans to introduce the Iraq Self-Sufficiency and American Energy Independence Act when Congress returns. The bill would transfer the unspent reconstruction funds t botella stanley o the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the Department of Energy. Today, Americans are paying sky high prices for oil and gas, and at the same time the Bush Admi stanley website nistratio stanley us n is continuing to spend billions of dollars a year for Iraq reconstruction even though that country has huge budget surpluses. That is a bankrupt strategy, said Dorgan. Dorgan s move ups a bid made yesterday by Minnesota Senate candidate Al Franken, who called for $7.1 billion in unspent funds to be rescinded and for Iraq to pay for its reconstruction from here on out. His bid had upped the ante on his Republican opponent, Sen. Norm Colemen R-Minn. , who had called for $1.1 billion to be taken back. Do we hear $15 billion Going once, going twice... ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-c8894ac4-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-c8894ac4-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d display: none; inline-r
