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• The play's the thing, even on the abortion stage | Prolife group tries sting operation to show clinics are violating rape disclosure laws (Dennis Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Persecution:

• Reprieve for Nigerian adultery convict | Amina Lawal will be free to look after her child until January 2004, whatever the outcome of her appeal. (BBC)
  
  
• Redeeming values | Media says slave redemption is fiction. (Charles Jacobs, National Review Online)
  
  
• U.S. House members slam Bush's Sudan oil policy | Administration is blocking legislation aimed at cutting off oil revenues that Sudan is using to finance its war against rebels in the south (Reuters)
  
  
• Panel: U.S. should watch Kabul freedoms | U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says U.S. should assign an official in its embassy in Kabul to subject (Associated Press)

Freeing the Burnahams:

• Rumsfeld hesitant about Philippines | "You can improve the situation in one place by your presence, but unless you get the terrorists you have not improved the situation," says Defense Secretary (Associated Press)
  
  
• Rumsfeld needs information before Philippine campaign | Current and just-retired Pacific commanders have urged Mr. Rumsfeld to permit deeper involvement (The Washington Times)
  
  
• U.S. special forces moving closer to Sayyaf lairs | The Filipino soldiers stationed in Basilan said they are ready to go, hand in hand with their Green Beret advisers. (The Philippine Star)
  
  
• Philippine soldiers learning the ropes | In heart of rebel territory, U.S. forces train Philippine troops (The Dallas Morning News)

Crime:

• Andersen pays off Baptist Foundation | The foundation's 1999 bankruptcy is the largest by a nonprofit agency in U.S. history. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Penn. pastor sentenced to prison | W. Michael Altman bilked congregants out of hundreds of thousands of dollars through an investment scheme he masterminded at the church (Associated Press)

Missions & ministry:

• Crusade to test festival seating | Festival seating was all but banned in Cincinnati after the Who concert tragedy 23 years ago, but it has been used in recent years at religious events and high-school sporting events (The Cincinnati Post)
  
  
• Also: Choir members tune up for Billy Graham | Evangelist scheduled to hold mission June 27-30 (The Cincinnati Post)
  
  
• Promises to keep | Promise Keepers continues with conference in Tampa (The Tampa Tribune)
  
  
• Ministers of finance | More churches are teaching money management. But is the Rev. Jesse Jackson the right pitchman? (Time)
  
  
• Headteacher defends evangelist speech | Says traditional Christian values are being eroded by political correctness. (BBC)
  
  
• Man with a mission | Chaplain coordinating ministry at county jail (The Indiana [Penn.] Gazette)

Pop culture:

• Graham's movies with Christian view | While the success of a show like Touched by an Angel has proven that TV audiences will respond to spiritual themes, that's not the style of a typical Graham film. (The Hartford [Conn.] Courant)
  
  
• The two sides of John Woo | He makes violent action films. He's spiritual and a jazz lover. Contradictory, yes, but that's what makes the filmmaker thrive. (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Narnia's nymphs come out of the closet | Yesterday's classic is today's Satanic verse. (The Daily Telegraph, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia)
  
  
• Catholic guilt | CBS passes on Sly Stallone's priest drama. The Eye was looking for edgier fare, not trying to elude scandal. (Entertainment Weekly)
  
  
• Cash comes around this fall | Fourth recording with Rick Rubin due in September. (RollingStone.com)
  
  

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