SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Restricting use of eagle parts and feathers to members of federally recognized American Indian tribes for religious purposes does not violate the religious freedoms of non-Indians seeking the same right, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The Denver-based U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals found that such a prohibition, under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, does not violate the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

When Robin Shawanoo does memory tests for dementia in the Onedia Nation of the Thames, he asks people to name the similarities between corn and squash. His colleagues in neighbouring London, Ont., have people compare a watch and a ruler.

The subtle change is a small example of an emerging approach to Alzheimer's care — an approach focuses on treating the disease within a cultural context.

The practice of Chöd is an ancient ritual that helps people heal their unconscious fears. From the Tibetan word for "sever," Chöd can also be referred to as "cutting through the ego." Although practiced mostly by Tibetan Buddhists today, the ritual existed long before the birth of Buddhism.

On March 24, well-known Russian astrologists, shamans and parapsychologists gathered to discuss forecasts for near and distant future.

"The phenomenon that they call the world financial crisis, and which, as they believe, is now ending, was not the financial crisis per se. It was just an omen of the imminent crisis. The real financial crisis is going to take place in the future," astrologist Aleksei Kolov said in the beginning of the meeting.

NEW DELHI - A small tribe in India is pitted against a British giant like the proverbial David against Goliath. Some 8,000 members of the Dongria Kondh tribe are resisting a bid by $8 billion worth Vedanta Resources to start digging an open-pit mine to obtain bauxite, the ore from which most aluminium is extracted.