The Police Service of Northern Ireland is awarded the Freedom of North Down in a ceremony in Bangor on Saturday.

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CUMMING, Ga. — The cavernous sanctuary at First Redeemer Church was packed on a recent Sunday when presidential hopeful Rick Santorum took the stage to declare religious freedom in jeopardy. A week later, church members stood to applaud again when Newt Gingrich paid a visit, speaking of an assault by the “secular left” on people of faith. Read full article > >

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As Super Tuesday approaches, GOP candidates focus on evangelical voters

Living alone means freedom to come and go and space and solitude to recharge. It can also unleash eccentricities.

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China blocked U.S. religious freedom envoy.

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Biden Lectures Chinese VP

On a bridge outside Berlin one gloomy morning 50 years ago Friday stood Francis Gary Powers, the pilot of a CIA spy plane that was shot down over the Russian Ural mountains. He had waited 21 months for this moment. He had survived a plane crash, weeks of harsh interrogation and the brutal conditions of a Soviet prison. He was on the threshold of freedom, and his heart was thumping heavily. Read full article > >

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A spy swap’s legacy persists, 50 years on

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Rubio Challenges Contraceptive Rule

Any parliamentary move to regulate newspapers would “open a Pandora’s box” which could stifle freedom of speech, the chairman of the Press Complaints Commission says.

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Press body keen for ‘fresh start’

BOCA RATON, Fla. — GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum , campaigning under the banner “faith, family and freedom,” has made his life story central to his political identity. He often mentions his seven kids — one of whom is gravely ill — a son who died hours after birth, and his wife of two decades as proof that he not only preaches conservative values but lives by them in his daily life. Read full article > >

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Daughter’s illness is quandary for Santorum

The National Park Service said Friday that it will begin enforcing its long-standing regulation prohibiting camping on federal parkland at the Occupy sites at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza at noon Monday. Read full article > >

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BAGHDAD — Iraq “cracked down harshly” on freedom of expression and assembly in 2011 by intimidating, beating and detaining activists and journalists, Human Rights Watch said Sunday in its World Report 2012 . Read full article > >

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New human rights report details crackdowns in Iraq

It is an achievement of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements to have raised large issues of economic freedom and economic inequality. It is a paradox that their arguments have generally been vague, ideological and unhelpful. Read full article > >

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CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood’s powerful political wing has backed down from demands that Egypt’s new parliament should have the right to quickly replace the military-appointed government. The secretary general of the Freedom and Justice Party, which is poised to win by far the most seats of any party in the lower house of the next parliament, said that the party wants to avoid conflict when the legislature is seated Jan. 23 and get through the transitional phase without angering the country’s military rulers. Read full article > >

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Travel offered freedom and meant never having to commit to just one thing, or to one person.

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Modern Love: A Place to Lay My Heart – Modern Love

Travel offered freedom and meant never having to commit to just one thing, or to one person.

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Modern Love: A Place to Lay My Heart – Modern Love

Travel offered freedom and meant never having to commit to just one thing, or to one person.

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Modern Love: A Place to Lay My Heart – Modern Love