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Darwin debate rages on 150 years after "Origin"
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Even 150 years after it first appeared in print, Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" still fuels clashes between scientists convinced of its truth and critics who reject its view of life without a creator. Full Article
France will oppose but not ban burqas
PARIS (Reuters) - France will issue recommendations against full face veils but not pass a law barring Muslim women from wearing them, a leading backer of a legal ban said on Friday. Full Article
Kohl's dream of united Europe remains incomplete
PARIS (Reuters) - Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Helmut Kohl's dream of a united Germany leading to a politically united Europe remains unfinished business. Full Article
WITNESS: Reuters and the many drafts of history
Tom Heneghan was Reuters chief correspondent in Germany in 1989 and directed coverage of the Wall's fall from East Berlin. He is the author of "Unchained Eagle: Germany after the Wall" and is now Religion Editor, based in Paris. Full Article
Developing nation Anglicans decline pope's offer
PARIS (Reuters) - Conservative bishops who say they represent almost half the world's Anglicans urged fellow believers on Sunday to reform the Anglican Communion rather than take up Pope Benedict's invitation to join the Roman Catholic Church. Full Article
Brain science starting to impact varied fields
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters Life!) - It used to be that only doctors were interested in brain scans, searching the images for tumors, concussions or other health problems hiding inside a patient's skull. Full Article
Vatican to insist rebels respect Jews, other faiths
PARIS (Reuters) - The Vatican will tell a rebel traditionalist group it must respect Judaism, other Christian churches and other world faiths to be fully reintegrated into the Roman Catholic Church, a leading cardinal has said. Full Article
Faith rites boost brains, even for atheists - book
By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PHILADELPHIA, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Buddhist monks and Catholic nuns boost their brain power through meditation and prayer, but even atheists can enjoy the mental benefits that believers derive from faith, according to a ... Full Article
Faith rites boost brains, even for atheists: book
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Buddhist monks and Catholic nuns boost their brain power through meditation and prayer, but even atheists can enjoy the mental benefits that believers derive from faith, according to a popular neuroscience author. Full Article
Faith rites boost brains, even for atheists: book
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Buddhist monks and Catholic nuns boost their brain power through meditation and prayer, but even atheists can enjoy the mental benefits that believers derive from faith, according to a popular neuroscience author. Full Article
