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• Plus: Vision quest: Evangelical movement is taking root in New England through outreach programs | A pulsing evangelical Christian movement has taken hold in Massachusetts and across New England (Boston Herald)

Forcing Christian servicewomen to dress like Muslims:

• Saudis want U.S. servicewomen veiled | Officials say servicewomen must wear abayas despite military's easing of rules (Associated Press)
• Dress code blues | Women are not second-class citizens in America, and they should not be treated as second-class "inferiors" in the American military — particularly the American military, an all-volunteer force where the women in uniform have stepped-up to serve their country and defend its ideals (Editorial, The Washington Times)
• U.S. servicewomen still in robes | Despite new Pentagon orders, some commanders will still tell servicewomen to wear Muslim garb (BBC)
• Also: Some servicewomen told to wear robes (Associated Press)
• Saudis angry at U.S. military rule on women's dress | No immediate Saudi government reaction (Reuters)

Sexual ethics:

• AT&T dropping 900 phone services | "This could be the final death knell" for psychics, sex lines, and other companies (Associated Press)
• Reparative therapy doesn't work | In their quest to prove that gay people are somehow deficient and deformed, ex-gays only highlight what is unrelentingly miserable and sick within themselves. (Liz Winfeld, The Denver Post)

Life ethics:

• Some for abortion rights lean right in cloning fight | As the Senate prepares for hearings on whether to restrict cloning, the fight against the research is creating unlikely alliances on Capitol Hill (The New York Times)
• Abortion foes create 'no exception' alliance | National Congress for the Protection of Human Life says other pro-life groups, such as the National Right to Life Committee, are not firm enough in their opposition to abortion (The Washington Times)

If you think Harry Potter is bad, wait 'til you read The Dark Materials, nominated for a huge British literary award:

• Children's tale works magic on Whitbread | Dark materials wins major award (The Times)
• Dark demons | A prizewinning way to escape the world and measure it (Editorial, The Times)
• Pullman does for atheism what C S Lewis did for God (Editorial, The Daily Telegraph)
• Courageous and dangerous: a writer for all ages (The Times)
• 'Look up,' said the bear. 'They are the witches' | Philip Pullman is the first 'children's author' to win the Whitbread Prize with his book The Amber Spyglass. Reviewers place him in a literary pantheon alongside Chekhov and Tolkien. Does he deserve their praise? (The Daily Telegraph)

Nigeria:

• Nigeria's 'adulteress' set free | Raped woman faced death penalty, though rapist went free (BBC)
• One dead as armed robbers attack Anglican bishop, others | Henry C. Ndukuba says one attacker pulled trigger, but gun malfunctioned (Vanguard, Lagos, Nigeria)
• Nigeria destined for world leadership, says Bonnke | "The many problems facing Nigeria would soon be solved," says German evangelist (The Guardian, Lagos)

Catholicism:

• Searchin' for the surfer's saint | A group of Vatican elders is angling to give the Internet a patron saint (Wired News)
• The wait is over: Jews' messiah now kosher | Vatican affirms Jewish position; scholars scramble to decipher new doctrine.(Jewish Week)

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