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Persecution:

• Nigeria Muslims demand stricter Shari'ah enforcement | The National Council of Ulamas said Zamfara was the only one out the six states that have adopted sharia that had adequately applied the law. (Reuters)
• Christians told to leave faith or leave Bhutan | Christians in Bhutan, who make up only 0.33 percent of the population, are facing some of the strongest opposition and persecution they have ever experienced, Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports (EWTN)
• Vatican OKs Armenian martyr | Also 26 Ukrainians killed by Communists after World War II (Associated Press)

Kaiser report:

• FBI: U.S. Priest in Kenya Committed Suicide (The Washington Post)
• FBI report on priest's death sparks row | Kenya's Catholic bishops will meet to discuss controversial conclusion of suicide. (Panafrican News Agency)
• Tying loose ends in Kaiser report | Any open-minded person who reads the report on Father John Kaiser's death - released in Nairobi on Thursday - will accept it, but rather grudgingly. (The Nation, Nairobi)
• Earlier: A Death in Kenya: Father John Kaiser (Special report, St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press)

Family:

• Till God us do part | Last week Jane Fonda and Ted Turner filed for divorce. Fonda has become a devout Baptist and Turner resented being number three in the marriage. They are not alone. (The Sunday Times, London)
• Illinois may require premarital education (Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times)

Homosexuality:

• Mrs. Cheney backs gay appointment | "A person who is gay should have every opportunity." (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• Gays irked by Swift no on marriage | Not yet 24 hours into her tenure as acting governor of Massachusetts, Jane M. Swift slammed the door shut on same-sex marriages. And hard. (The Boston Globe)

Other articles of interest:

• Archbishop George Carey 'has learned' from the New Age movement (The Daily Telegraph, London)
• The new creationists | Seattle's Discovery Institute leads a national movement challenging Darwinism. (Seattle Weekly)
• All the Jonestown questions answered—except 'Why?' | But survivors of 1978 massacre provide crucial insight (The National Post, Canada)
• Man sentenced to life imprisonment for killing church volunteer | Tevarus Daniels was the second of two men to be sentenced for the 1999 murder of Donel Holmes. (WPLG, Miami)
• India's history goes more Hindu | Critics warn this month's decision to replace texts will push majority culture at the expense of others (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The enduring history of America [Er, shouldn't that be Armenia? -ed.] | This year Armenia will pass an extraordinary historical benchmark. In 301 AD, after 13 years in a narrow, dirt pit, St. Gregory the Iluminator was called, like Joseph and the Egyptian pharaohs, to tend to a king. (Linda J. Melconian, The Boston Globe)

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