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  Finland: move to reinstate national service for JWs

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  move to reinstate national service for jehovahs witnessesdefence committee chair jussi niinisto says the preferential treatment granted to jehovahs witnesses is difficult to rationalise to other conscientious objectors.

  a kingdom hall is a place of worship used by jehovah's witnesses.

  image: yle jussi niinisto, who chairs parliaments defence committee, is demanding that the military service exemption granted to the jehovahs witnesses be abolished.

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  Move to reinstate national service for Jehovah’s Witnesses

  Defence Committee chair Jussi Niinistö says the preferential treatment granted to Jehovah’s Witnesses is difficult to rationalise to other conscientious objectors.

  A Kingdom Hall is a place of worship used by Jehovah's Witnesses. Image: YLE

  Jussi Niinistö, who chairs Parliament’s Defence Committee, is demanding that the military service exemption granted to the Jehovah’s Witnesses be abolished. Members of the Christian denomination were exempted from the compulsory national service in 1987.

  “A special exemption from military service granted to one religious group is unfair towards others,” Niinistö stated in a formal query submitted to the cabinet on Monday.

  Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse military service as a matter of religious conviction, but Niinistö points out that a number of countries do not allow Jehovah's Witnesses to skip military duty for this reason.

  Last year, former Defence Minister Stefan Wallin called for Jehovah's Witnesses to take part in non-military national service.

  Jehovah’s Witnesses and residents of the autonomous Åland Islands are the only groups exempted from carrying out military service.

  Some 20,000 people are members of Jehovah’s Witness congregations in Finland.

  source: http://yle.fi/uutiset/move_to_reinstate_national_service_for_jehovahs_witnesses/6263512
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  Serena Williams wants a man of her faith

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  http://www.s2smagazine.com/stories/2012/03/serena-williams-wants-man-her-faith.

  serena williams wants a man of her faith start node-story.tpl.php serena: 'i think it's important when you marry to be evenly yoked'posted wed, 2012-03-28 17:32 by tracy scottlike most women, serena williams wants a man wholl adore her, respect her and be faithful, but she also has another requirement for any future love interest.

  he must be a jehovahs witness.. i think its important when you marry to be evenly yoked, said serena, who is currently working toward becoming a member of that faith.. ive been studying to be a jehovahs witness, so i go to kingdom hall, she told s2s publisher jamie foster brown.

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  ... didn't notice it was already posted by dozy ... sorry for double posting!

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  Serena Williams wants a man of her faith

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  http://www.s2smagazine.com/stories/2012/03/serena-williams-wants-man-her-faith.

  serena williams wants a man of her faith start node-story.tpl.php serena: 'i think it's important when you marry to be evenly yoked'posted wed, 2012-03-28 17:32 by tracy scottlike most women, serena williams wants a man wholl adore her, respect her and be faithful, but she also has another requirement for any future love interest.

  he must be a jehovahs witness.. i think its important when you marry to be evenly yoked, said serena, who is currently working toward becoming a member of that faith.. ive been studying to be a jehovahs witness, so i go to kingdom hall, she told s2s publisher jamie foster brown.

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  http://www.s2smagazine.com/stories/2012/03/serena-williams-wants-man-her-faith

  Serena Williams wants a man of her faith

  Serena: 'I think it's important when you marry to be evenly yoked' Posted Wed, 2012-03-28 17:32 by Tracy Scott

  Like most women, Serena Williams wants a man who’ll adore her, respect her and be faithful, but she also has another requirement for any future love interest. He must be a Jehovah’s Witness.

  “I think it’s important when you marry to be evenly yoked,” said Serena, who is currently working toward becoming a member of that faith.

  “I’ve been studying to be a Jehovah’s Witness, so I go to Kingdom Hall,” she told S2S Publisher Jamie Foster Brown. “I grew up a Witness and it’s what I know and we teach things that come from the Bible.”

  Serena talks about relationships, faith, family, career and more in the April 2012 issue of Sister 2 Sister.
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  St. Petersburg (Russia): court rules blood to be given to child

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  court overturns jehovah's witnesses blood ban16:11 28/03/2012st.

  petersburg, march 28 (ria novosti)doctors at a st. petersburg hospital had to ask a court to sanction a blood transfusion for a child whose parents, members of the jehovahs witnesses religion, had refused to give permission on religious grounds, city child rights commissioner svetlana agapitova said on wednesday.

  on monday a car ran down three pedestrians in central st. petersburg, including a woman with a baby in a stroller.. .

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  Court Overturns Jehovah's Witnesses Blood Ban

  16:11 28/03/2012

  ST. PETERSBURG, March 28 (RIA Novosti)

  Doctors at a St. Petersburg hospital had to ask a court to sanction a blood transfusion for a child whose parents, members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religion, had refused to give permission on religious grounds, city child rights commissioner Svetlana Agapitova said on Wednesday.

  On Monday a car ran down three pedestrians in central St. Petersburg, including a woman with a baby in a stroller.

  The girl was in a serious condition and needed an urgent blood transfusion and an operation but her father forbade the doctors to administer the procedure.

  “It turned out that he is a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses whose religion forbids blood transfusion even when a person’s life is in danger,” Agapitova said in a press release posted on her website.

  The father's lawyer told the doctors they had no right to perform any medical intervention without parental permission, even in a life or death situation.

  Only a court ruling could reverse their decision.

  The hospital chief went to a court which issued an order within hours that a blood transfusion and operation be carried out as soon as possible.

  The operation went ahead but the girl’s injuries are very serious and she remains in a near-critical condition.

  source: http://en.ria.ru/society/20120328/172442580.html
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  JW suicide in Brooklyn

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  brooklyn man leaps 15 stories to his deathtext messages to his son indicated suicidal thoughts: copsby kerry burke & sarah armaghan.

  new york daily news.

  wednesday, december 28 2011, 4:56 pm.

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  sorry

  didn't notice coffee_black already posted this piece of news.

  I apologize for double posting.

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  JW suicide in Brooklyn

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  brooklyn man leaps 15 stories to his deathtext messages to his son indicated suicidal thoughts: copsby kerry burke & sarah armaghan.

  new york daily news.

  wednesday, december 28 2011, 4:56 pm.

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  Brooklyn man leaps 15 stories to his death

  Text messages to his son indicated suicidal thoughts: cops

  BY Kerry Burke & Sarah Armaghan
  NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

  Wednesday, December 28 2011, 4:56 PM

  Wednesday, December 28 2011, 4:56 PM

  Todd Maisel/New York Daily News A man jumped to his death Wednesday from 15th floor of 245 Wortman Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn.

  A troubled man jumped to his death from a Brooklyn rooftop Wednesday in front of horrified bystanders below, police and witnesses said.

  Neighbors identified the man as Dwayne Fagan, 48, a devout Jehovah’s Witness, who plunged 15 stories to his death.

  Before his death, the suicidal man warned of hurting himself in a series of disturbing texts messages between him and a family member, a police source said.

  Fagan left his seventh-floor apartment in the Linden Houses in East New York and headed toward the roof around 12:45 p.m., sources said.

  A ledge above the the building’s entrance broke Fagan’s fall, before he tumbled to the ground, cops and witnesses said.

  “I saw him land — it was so loud,” said eyewitness Antoinette George, 25, who lives in the same building on Wortman Ave. near Van Siclen Ave. “I thought someone had thrown an air conditioner off the roof. I screamed and screamed for a minute straight.”

  “All his limbs were broken” the startled woman said. “He was lifeless.”

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  Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-man-leaps-15-stories-death-article-1.998012#ixzz1hvJrl3hz
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  A new Rosa Parks challenges fundamentalists in Israel

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  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,l-4163399,00.html.

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  http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4163399,00.html
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  Amnesty International Report over Catholic Church children abuse in Ireland

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  Amnesty International Report over Catholic Church children abuse in Ireland

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  Amnesty International Report over Catholic Church children abuse in Ireland

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