Religious-right leaders are slamming a green evangelical group for casting support for Environmental Protection Agency rules to cut power plant mercury emissions as a...
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Religious right bashes green evangelicals supporting EPA rules under banner of "pro-life"
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EU asks India to pressure Iran over nuclear program: report
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