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  • Italy government to appeal ruling on classroom crucifixes 8 Nov 2009 08:57 GMT
    ... A crucifix towers over Corleone, Sicily, Italy, Monday, April ... a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights last week determining that the hanging of ... her children's classrooms. Lautsi, who is of Finnish origin, filed her case with the European Court ...

  • Court of cockamamie 8 Nov 2009 06:17 GMT
    ... When ever-fractious Italy's conservative government and its political opposition ... in correctly decrying a European Court of Human Rights ruling as absurd, shameful, offensive and lacking ... shameful, offensive and lacking common sense. A Finnish woman who holds Italian citizenship -- yet apparently ...

  • The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that crosses are not allowed in Italian schools. 4 Nov 2009 04:36 GMT
    ... Human rights court: no crosses in classrooms The European ... of non-Christians. The case was brought by Finnish-born Italian citizen Soile Lautsi, who asked the ...

  • Russian activist to receive German human rights award 3 Nov 2009 14:10 GMT
    ... MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - The head of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Russia's oldest human rights organization, is to be honored by Germany, the German embassy in Moscow said on ...

  • Human rights court: no crosses in classrooms 3 Nov 2009 19:58 GMT
    ... Human rights court: no crosses in classrooms The European ... of non-Christians. The case was brought by Finnish-born Italian citizen Soile Lautsi, who asked the ...

  • Finnish-born woman wins ECHR verdict over State of Italy in crucifix dispute 4 Nov 2009 12:54 GMT
    ... “This is a day of celebration for us, ... a magnificent historic moment in Italy”, declares Finnish-born in the small town of Abano Terme ... her case in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). In the case “Lautsi v. Italy”, ...

  • General Assembly: Support Goldstone Recommendations on Gaza 3 Nov 2009 05:10 GMT
    ... (Washington D.C.) - A global coalition of civil ... every corner of the world, ranging from Human Rights Now in Japan to the South African ... Human Rights Watch, Democracy Coalition Project, Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Cairo Institute for Human ...

  • Global Civil Society Coalition Urges UN General Assembly to Support Goldstone Recommendations on Gaz 3 Nov 2009 15:15 GMT
    ... A global coalition of civil society organizations from every ... every corner of the world, ranging from Human Rights Now in Japan to the South African ... Human Rights Watch, Democracy Coalition Project, Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union, Cairo Institute for Human ...

  • Spain and Finland stress need for new political culture at EU 3 Nov 2009 16:12 GMT
    ... nuclear safety authorities in France, Britain and Finland over the reliability of its new European Pressurized ... believe in God, the European Court of Human Rights rul... Kiev- Ukrainian traffic police halted a ...

  • Strikes loom, threaten Finnish World Cup event 4 Nov 2009 11:30 GMT
    ... Kiev - Ukraine's deadly flu outbreak widened on Wednesday, as ... the FIA Formul... Jerusalem - An Israeli human rights group on Wednesday urged the government to ...

  • Crucifix dispute stirs defenders of tradition 5 Nov 2009 13:37 GMT
    ... The Finnish decision-makers’ message to schoolchildren is: “Sing hymns, ... where different religions are everyday reality. “We Finns are fairly liberal. When a nativity play ... crucifix dispute could not even spread to Finland. Throughout the centuries the Lutheran Church has ...

  • Presidential Forum on climate change 4 Nov 2009 11:59 GMT
    ... of the President of the Republic of Finland Press release 4 November 2009 President of ... Taalas, who is Director General of the Finnish Meteorological Institute; Mr Velipekka Nummikoski, State Secretary at ... in the face of change, fundamental and human rights, and most recently - in September - ...

  • Quake shakes southern Iranian port; scores injured - Summary 4 Nov 2009 10:54 GMT
    ... Helsinki - A wage conflict has put the ... upcoming World Cup ski event in the Finnish resort of Levi in question, reports said ... said Wednesday. Workers at five resorts in Finland, including Levi, were scheduled to begin a ...

  • British unions hail GM decision but government cautious 4 Nov 2009 10:54 GMT
    ... Helsinki - A wage conflict has put the ... upcoming World Cup ski event in the Finnish resort of Levi in question, reports said ... said Wednesday. Workers at five resorts in Finland, including Levi, were scheduled to begin a ...

  • Thai shares up 2.68 per cent on regional rebound 4 Nov 2009 10:54 GMT
    ... Helsinki - A wage conflict has put the ... upcoming World Cup ski event in the Finnish resort of Levi in question, reports said ... said Wednesday. Workers at five resorts in Finland, including Levi, were scheduled to begin a ...


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