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Religion News Roundup for Monday, February 14, 2011. Includes news that the British government is planning to allow same-sex couples to have civil partnership ceremonies in places of worship.

 

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Hong Kong feng shui master Ton Chan has lost what the court called a "thoroughly dishonest" appeal for the fortune of late tycoon Nina Wang.

 

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Indonesia's best-known radical cleric went on trial Monday on fresh terrorism charges as the predominantly Muslim nation grappled with a jump in religious tensions and violence, the Associated Press reports.

 

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Central and Eastern Europe's first online Christian news agency, BosNewsLife, was ordered Wednesday, February 9, to register with Hungarian authorities under a new controversial law that critics say is part of a crackdown on independent media.

Under the new law electronic media such as BosNewsLife could face fines of over $100,000 and broadcasters nearly $1 million if their news coverage is deemed unbalanced, immoral or violating human dignity.

 

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