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Religion factor in picking Tall Ferns team (Stuff)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:32:34 GMT Religion will be among the factors in the selection of the Tall Ferns women's basketball team this weekend in Christchurch for the Olympics.

Religion today (AP via Yahoo! News)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:01:20 GMT It's a wonder vacation Bible school made it out of the 1960s.

Religion and violence (The Manila Times)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:06:42 GMT Can faith and religion combat violence in a world where religion has been ill-used as the banner for armed conflict? If yes, how? When governments are embroiled in war, what can civil society and faith based organizations do for peace?

Six-month suspended terms for Algerian Christians: church (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:39:16 GMT Two Algerian Christian converts accused of trying to sway Muslims away from their religion were given reduced six-month suspended sentences Thursday, a Protestant leader said.

Keep religion out of presidential politics (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:03:23 GMT Since last summer, when I volunteered for a Barack Obama event, I have received many nonsensical e-mails and heard many nonsensical arguments -- from friends and family as well as on TV -- about Sen. Obama's lack of allegiance to the United States of America.

Religion today (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:01:00 GMT It's a wonder vacation Bible school made it out of the 1960s. Back in the days of black-and-white TV, churches offered kids lemonade, cookies and flannel-board stories about Jesus, all set to a clanging piano. Children sat in short wooden chairs and listened to the tales for what seemed like an eternity. Things are different in 2008. DVDs and video screens are everywhere, along ...

Erdogan Party Asks Court to Dismiss Closure Charges (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:43:06 GMT July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan 's party told the nation's highest court that an indictment charging it with illegally mixing religion and politics is ``fictional'' and should be thrown out.

RELIGION WEEK (York Daily Record)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:32:22 GMT FRIDAY Fourth of July First Presbyterian Church of York, 225 E. Market St., York, Col.

Carroll religion briefs for Saturday, June 28, 2008 (Carroll County Online)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:58:33 GMT St. Paul's Church, 16457 Old Frederick Road, Mount Airy, is hosting St. Paul's Day. All parishioners past and present are invited to a brunch in the parish hall Sunday following the 8 a.m. service.

On Religion: Surveys Explore Beliefs About Sex (The Morning News)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:33:34 GMT It's becoming more and more dangerous for preachers to use the words "sex" and "sin" in the same sentence.

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