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To paraphrase Karl Marx, a specter is haunting the world — the specter of universal jihad. From New Delhi to New York, Moscow to Madrid, Bali to Baghdad, cosmopolitan cities the world over have experienced terror, mass murders and destruction by universal jihadists.

Universal jihadists demand theological, racial, political and cultural supremacy — Islamic imperialism — over the rest of the world. This conflict is between the divine law of Islam and secular, man-made Western jurisprudence. In Islam, religion and politics are inseparable. The Quran is not only the holy book of Muslims; it is also a political doctrine that clearly spells out how Muslims must deal with non-believers.

THE hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has published a teaching document instructing the faithful that some parts of the Bible are not actually true.

The Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland are warning their five million worshippers, as well as any others drawn to the study of scripture, that they should not expect “total accuracy” from the Bible.

“We should not expect to find in Scripture full scientific accuracy or complete historical precision,” they say in The Gift of Scripture.

The document is timely, coming as it does amid the rise of the religious Right, in particular in the US.

July 20 (Bloomberg) -- A U.K. children's charity has brought
in extra staff to man its phone lines in expectation of a deluge
of calls from distraught youngsters if Harry Potter dies.

``Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,'' the seventh and
final book in J.K. Rowling's series of adventures about the boy
wizard and his friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry, goes on sale tomorrow.

``For many children, Harry Potter and his friends have
become a major part of their childhood,'' said Kate Trench, a
spokeswoman for ChildLine, based in London, which provides
telephone support services for children. ``Excitement could give
way to sadness for those caught up in the huge build-up to the
seventh and final book.''

Speculation about the book's ending has been rife after
Rowling admitted two characters perish, with many predicting that
Harry himself will die. The New York Times, which said it bought
a copy of the book this week in New York, described the ending as
``a big screen, bone-chilling confrontation,'' providing ``an
epilogue that clearly lays out people's fates.''

The charity deals with reactions to the fate of fictional
and real people alike, according to Trench. ``When boy band Take
That split up, hundreds of distraught children contacted
ChildLine,'' Trench said in a statement today. ``Last year we
spoke to more than 6,000 children about bereavement, and many
more may call this year in relation to death of characters in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.''

TORONTO<!-- /dateline --> — A team of Canadian scientists has made a discovery about how human embryonic stem cells develop that could change the direction of research into what has been dubbed the Holy Grail of regenerative medicine.

Embryonic stem (ES) cells give rise to every tissue in the body — from the liver and heart to the bones and brain. Scientists around the world are working to understand how they might be harnessed to cure a wide variety of diseases, from growing a whole new organ to replacing brain cells damaged by Parkinson's or Alzheimer's.

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The floodgates have opened. People do not have to be ignorant, but potentially valuable contributors. Wikipedia showed the way in the user generated content space, followed by a slew of question-answer sites (see our article weekend with wikis), bookmarking sites and now it’s a live reference site called Helium (based in Andover, Massachusetts) thats stirring things up.