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American foreign policy is handicapped by a narrow, ill-informed and "uncompromising Western secularism" that feeds religious extremism, threatens traditional cultures and fails to encourage religious groups that promote peace and human rights, according to a two-year study by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Walmart, with headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, is the major force in global retail. Net sales for their last fiscal year topped $405 billion, with international net sales exceeding $100 billion.

Research suggests that religious belief can help protect against symptoms of depression, but a study at Rush University Medical Center goes one step further.

Spain approved a sweeping new law that eases restrictions on abortion, declaring the practice a woman's right and doing away with the threat of imprisonment, in part of a drive toward liberal policies that has angered conservatives and the Catholic Church.

India and Saudi Arabia signed a joint declaration on Monday stressing the need to strengthen their strategic partnership in areas like ship covering security, economic, defense and political areas.

The purple eggplant that Indian shopper Tanuja Krishnan picks out at a Mumbai market stall every week is an unlikely protagonist in a raging debate about whether genetically modified foods should be introduced into India.

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has unveiled detailed proposals on how whaling could be regulated in a way that countries still engaged in the hunt and those opposed to it could both live with.

So far, God and religion haven't come up in the media coverage of the Vancouver Olympics, unless you count jokes about praying for snow.

In the theater of American public apologies, it’s common for celebrities to invoke their faith.

Saying that body scanners violate Islamic law, Muslim-American groups are supporting a “fatwa” – a religious ruling – that forbids Muslims from going through the scanners at airports.

The Christian season of fasting and prayer began on February 17th.

Sunday service prompts government to demand the equivalent of nearly 1,000 US dollars.

The world's largest and oldest annual grassroots diet education campaign is looking to get people involved.

Some Hindu groups are upset by what they see as trivialization of their beliefs.

Scientists studying dolphin behavior have suggested they could be the most intelligent creatures on Earth after humans.

People living near gardens, parks and other green spaces have lower rates of anxiety, depression and poor physical health than those living in urban areas, Dutch researchers found.

The elderly Ghai was denied a permit in 2006.

A mountain sacred to the Dongria Kondh is threatened by a British mining company.

The leader gets a daily devotional e-mail from one of his staff members.

The two countries identified several areas of collaboration over seven days of meetings.