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• Also: Birth-control benefits law upheld in appellate court (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Also: Catholic Charities must cover prescription contraceptives, rules California court (Associated Press)
• U.S. clinic selects babies' sex to order | Sperm "sex-sorting" machine increases the likelihood of conceiving the desired sex to 92 per cent for girls and 72 per cent for boys (The Times, London)
• Female feticide law strikes first time in 5 years | Long after law passed criminalizing murder of baby girls, two doctors will face charges (The Indian Express)

Religion and politics:

• When liberals get religion | Conservatives can only look with bewildered amusement at the contortions liberals are going through over Joe Lieberman's public religiosity. (Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post)
• Religious scholars: Conserve energy | Theologians point to Scripture for environmental concerns, but others question "trendiness" (Associated Press)

Church and State:

• The Bible without religion | Educators learn to keep faith out of the mix as they prepare to teach the centuries-old books. (St. Petersburg Times)
• Court case seeks to define a Catholic priest's family | A lawsuit by the relatives of an Illinois priest against Iran has brought up the legal question of who can be determined as the "family" of Catholic clergy. (The New York Times)

Persecution:

• Battling oppression of Christians | Braving perils from shootings to land mines, contagious diseases and arrest, Christian Freedom International's relief workers conduct missions in territory more befitting paramilitary groups than nonprofit organizations. (The Washington Times)
• Churches targeted by vandals | Thieves are stealing chairs, tables, and even the corrugated iron roofs. (The Sowetan, Johannesburg)
• Hundreds have died in Nigeria over Sharia law | Dozens of mosques were burned, several churches attacked and dozens of homes razed to the ground (AFP)
• Frenzied mob hacks 300 'witches' to death | Ugandan troops reportedly bringing area around Aru, Democratic Republic of Congo, under control (The Times, London)
• Also: Congo witch death reaches 392 (New Vision, Kampala, Uganda)
• 18 Muslims massacred in Indonesia | Christian gang hacked and stabbed victims (Associated Press)

Evangelism:

• U.S. missionaries leave Palawan due to Sayyaf threat | New Tribes Mission tipped off that Muslim rebels were planning to stage another attack in the area (The Philippine Star)
• Also: Report: Philippine hostages sighted | Missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham and their captors seen by villagers in Basilan's mountainous heartland (Associated Press)
• Also: Kidnappers attack to divert rescuers | Abu Sayyaf launches grenades around Isabela (AFP)
• Whiz-bang revival adds 2 days | Organizers hope fireworks, new events and other attractions extend reach of Harvest Crusade. (Los Angeles Times)
• Muslims visiting malls to explain their faith | Frustrated by media coverage they believe portrays Muslims as extremists, New Jersey Muslims are taking their faith directly to the people. (The Record, Bergen, New Jersey)
• Christians target online porn users | Love Lines, other sites masquerade as pornography to offer help (AAP)

Denominational life:

• Baptists lead from the right | With huge mission networks and budgets, the denomination is called, with bare exaggeration, "the established church of the South," and the Southern Baptist Convention plays a major role in the call, training and doctrinal leanings of future clergy. (The Washington Times)

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