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• Christians mourn Karachi victims (BBC)

Crime:

• Republicans 'confirm priest was IRA bomber' | Three car bombs exploded without warning in the town of Claudy, Co Londonderry, in July 1972, killing five Catholics and four Protestants aged between nine and 65. (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Pakistani man angered over children's relationships with Christians kills wife and six others | Former employee of Pakistan's Interior Ministry turned himself in to police in the capital after committing the crime (Associated Press)

Church and state:

• 'God' dropped from Honolulu Police Department oath | The department acts in response to a complaint that the language did not comply with the state Constitution (The Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  
  
• One nation under God? | Pledge case opens another front on separation of church and state issue. (Associated Press)
  
  
• School district drops religious-speech ban | A Texas school district has revised a policy that caused an employee to be censured for using her office e-mail to send President Bush's proclamation that designated May 2 as the National Day of Prayer 2002 (The Washington Times)

Other stories of interest:

• Board Games' higher calling | Instead of buying up Boardwalk in "Monopoly" or climbing Gumdrop Mountain in "Candyland," players are saving lost souls in "Redemption" and wading through gefilte fish in "Kosherland" (Fox News)
  
  
• Religion News in Brief | Anglican schism, praying Americans, Jim Bakker, Christians opposing Fred Phelps, and other stories (Associated Press)
  
  
• Eritrea's 'spiritual father' dies | Since the early hours of this morning, Eritreans have gathered at the main Orthodox church in Asmara to pay their final respects to Abuna Filipos (BBC)
  
  
• The unchurched | A new study puts Washington as the second most irreligious state. I'm not so sure. (David Klinghoffer, National Review Online)
  
  
• Investigating history | A Tampa police veteran digs into the department's past to compile stories of historic proportion (St. Petersburg Times)
  
  
• Pat Robertson praised in Quad Cities | Television host talks about prayer at breakfast meeting (Quad Cities Times, Davenport, Iowa)
  
  
• Eviction of loud Christians overturned | Two Christians accused of frightening neighbors by praying too loudly in their apartment have had their eviction notice overturned (Canadian Press)
  
  
• William Tyndale: A martyr's memory heals old wounds | Bible-translator brings Catholics, Protestants together (The Japan Times)

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