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Should Wiccan veterans be able to get pentacles on headstones?

January 21, 2006 cpuangel Leave a comment

There are witches in foxholes. But unlike their peers in more mainstream religions, when Wiccan veterans die, they cannot get the symbol of their religion, the pentacle, inscribed on their government-funded headstones.Now, witches, including some on the North Shore, are trying to change that. Two separate groups have asked the federal government to approve their star-in-circle symbol for use on deceased veterans’ grave markers.

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January 20, 2006 cpuangel Leave a comment

EDMONTON, January 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It would seem there is truth to the warnings against the Harry Potter series if the opening of an honest-to-goodness witchcraft school in Canada is any indication of increased interest in the occult that has resulted from the books.

The new school, Northern Star College of Mystical Studies, is compared to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter books by a CanWest News Service report. The school offers diploma and two-year certificate programs, open to adults only. The school teaches potions, astrology, tarot, hypnotherapy, divination, magic and other occult practices, among other subjects.

Canada Opens First “Hogwarts” Witchcraft School

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Hindu samiti protests Hussain’s nude paintings of Gods

January 20, 2006 cpuangel Leave a comment

Thane: A protest march was taken out by a large number of people in this district last evening against noted painter M F Hussain’s nude paintings of Hindu Gods.

The march organised by the Hindu Janjagruti Samiti made its way through the main streets of the city with the protestors carrying placards and slogans against Hussain.

NewKerala – India’s Top Online Newspaper

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Intel loses market share in own backyard

January 20, 2006 cpuangel Leave a comment

Intel executives said Tuesday that they expected to lose about one point of market share to AMD during a disappointing fourth quarter. That figure refers to worldwide sales of microprocessors during the quarter, an Intel spokesman confirmed. Among U.S. retail PCs, however, the results were more striking.

CNET News.com

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Vampire seeks Minnesota governor’s job

January 20, 2006 cpuangel Leave a comment

There is just so much wrong with this…
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Minnesota voters, who eight years ago elected a former professional wrestler as their governor, may find a self-proclaimed vampire on the ballot for the office this year.

“Politics is a cut-throat business,” said Jonathan “The Impaler” Sharkey, who said he plans to announce his bid for governor on Friday on the ticket of the Vampyres, Witches and Pagans Party.

Like Jesse “The Body” Ventura, who was elected governor as an independent in 1998, the 41-year-old Sharkey once was a wrestler, although he spent his time “The Unholiest of Kings: Tarantula” on obscure professional circuits.

“I’m a Satanist who doesn’t hate Jesus,” Sharkey told Reuters. “I just hate God the Father.”

US News Article | Reuters.com

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Benin celebrates National Voodoo Day

January 19, 2006 cpuangel Leave a comment

OUIDAH, Benin, Jan. 10 (UPI) — The African country of Benin celebrated National Voodoo Day Tuesday with rites that included dancing, drumming and animal sacrifice.

The festival took place at “the point of no return,” a beach where slaves were loaded on ships for the voyage across the Atlantic, the BBC reported.

About 65 percent of Benin’s population practices Voodoo, a belief that natural forces and materials have spiritual force as well. National Voodoo Day has been a holiday in the country for 10 years.

“People have a negative image of voodoo because of some of the bad practices, a sort of witchcraft, where you can put a bad spell on someone when you are jealous of that person,” said Martine de Sousa, a former curator of the National Voodoo Museum. “That is totally different from voodoo.”

United Press International – NewsTrack

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Mother`s death inspired orphan Harry Potter

January 19, 2006 cpuangel Leave a comment

A TEARFUL J K Rowling revealed in an interview that her mother`s death as she created her hugely successful “Harry Potter” character led her to make the boy wizard an orphan.

Joanne Kathleen Rowling was 25 when her mother died aged 45 after a 10-year battle with multiple sclerosis — just as she was sketching out early versions of the “Harry Potter” novels which transformed her into one of Britain`s richest women.

Mother`s death inspired orphan Harry Potter: Rowling

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Campaign Against Witchcraft In Orissa

January 19, 2006 cpuangel Leave a comment

Sundergarh (Orissa): Witchcraft is still practiced in many parts of the world including the poor Indian state of Orissa. Now a rationalist is trying to educate people and tell them how this is practiced.
Campaign Against Witchcraft In Orissa

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Taiwan breeds green-glowing pigs

January 13, 2006 cpuangel Leave a comment

Scientists in Taiwan say they have bred three pigs that glow in the dark. The pigs are transgenic, created by adding genetic material from jellyfish into a normal pig embryo.

Microsoft Quietly Ditches WMP for Mac

January 12, 2006 cpuangel Leave a comment

Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows Media Player for Mac as part of a general pull back from Mac consumer software. All that will be left will be Mac Office and Messenger.