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Muslims outraged by new cartoon of Prophet in Hell By Malcolm Moore in Rome (Filed: 17/04/2006) An Italian magazine has infuriated Muslims by publishing a cartoon showing the Prophet Mohammed cut in half and burning in Hell. The drawing appears in Studi Cattolici, a monthly magazine with links to the ultra-conservative Roman Catholic group, Opus Dei. It shows the poets Virgil and Dante on the edge of a circle of flame looking down on Mohammed. "Isn't that man there, split in two from head to navel, Mohammed?" Dante asks Virgil. "Yes and he is cut in two because he has...

The debate over the government's right to take private property prompted by a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling hovers at the very doorstep of Jody Carey and Dennis Wood, who live in a 1,000-square-foot house at the edge of a canyon in City Heights. No sooner did they buy the property for $260,000 last year and spend $200,000 rebuilding it – complete with a built-in beer keg tap in the kitchen, two limestone-trimmed spa bathtubs and maple floors throughout – than they received a notice from a little-known agency that their home and 187 others nearby might be demolished. "It...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A judge's bid to be reinstated after he was convicted of groping five women while drunk at a conference on domestic and sexual violence is sparking outrage among his victims. Joan Sergio, one of the women groped by District Court Judge Franklin Jones, said reinstating him would send a message to victims that the state doesn't take sexual assault seriously and would imply alcohol abuse can excuse a crime. "If he's reinstated, it's a crime in and of itself," Sergio said in a telephone interview Friday. "People are going to look at it and think the...

Spanish outraged over royal visit to Gibraltar By Isambard Wilkinson in Madrid (Filed: 17/12/2003) Britain enraged Spain yesterday by announcing that the Princess Royal will travel to Gibraltar next year to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the colony's conquest. The announcement that the Princess will visit the Rock added to Madrid's anger after the failure earlier this year to strike a deal on Anglo-Spanish co-sovereignty over Gibraltar. "Although this is of symbolic rather than political importance it is clearly not going to be something that helps to resolve the dispute," said a Spanish government spokesman. "In fact it is far...

Hillary Clinton 'outraged' by Chinese censor By David Rennie in Washington and Richard Spencer in Beijing (Filed: 25/09/2003) Senator Hillary Clinton said yesterday she was "amazed and outraged" to learn that the official Chinese edition of her best-selling memoirs has been extensively censored. The former First Lady has demanded that the Chinese state-run publishers entrusted with translating Living History into Mandarin recall the bowdlerised version, and replace it with one faithful to the original. "Unbelievable! I was amazed and outraged that they would censor me again," Mrs Clinton said, adding that her American publishes, Simon & Schuster, was setting up...

Dr. Abdullah Al Turki, secretary general of the Muslim World League, said Islamic communities around the world strongly condemned the Fox News program 'Hannity and Colmes' on Sept. 18 in which televangelist Pat Robertson was given free hand to abuse Islam and the prophet Mohammad.About the prophet, Robertson said: 'This man was an absolute wild eyed fanatic. He was a robber and a brigand. And to say that these terrorists distort Islam, they are carrying out Islam.'Instead of challenging these hate filled remarks, program host Sean Hannity said: 'Reverand, how widespread do you think that fanatical interpretation is? Do you...