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• Church votes to secede | Cathedral of Hope overwhelmingly OKs leaving denomination (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• Also: Cathedral's embattled dean gives resignation | Piazza takes sabbatical; church will hold letter, see if conflict subsides (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  

Iraq:

• Troops given another cross to bear | A row has broken out in Spain after the country sent its first troops to patrol Iraq wearing on their shoulders the Cross of St James of Compostela—popularly known in Spain as the Moor Killer (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Message of hope | One of Iraq's most senior archbishops used a recent visit to Croydon to pass on letters and messages to worried relatives, who have been unable to contact their loved ones in Iraq (Croydon Guardian, England)
  
  
• Bishop tells of looting at Iraq church | Baghdad's only Anglican church is trying to re-establish itself in the wake of the Iraq conflict with the help of the Diocese of Exeter (Express & Echo, Exeter, England)
  
  

Crime:

• Fresnan leaves Kenya hospital after assault | Man and son were mugged during an evangelical mission (The Fresno Bee, Calif.)
  
  
• Theft of a church's prized window stumps police | A stained-glass window belonging to the Zion Episcopal Church in Rome, N.Y., and dating from 1857, was stolen last weekend, along with the van it was in (The New York Times)
  
  
• Bible sways MPs' views on crime bill | MPs want to wipe out criminals' convictions after seven years—a show of forgiveness linked to the Old Testament of the Bible (The New Zealand Herald)
  
  
• Man who killed L.I. priest is sentenced to life in prison | The priest's brother told the judge, "We hold no animosity." (The New York Times)
  
  
• Two teens charged with burning cross near mosque | No motive made public (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Teenagers traded for slave labor and sex | Today, a new international study reveals that Britain has become an easy target for child trafficking gangs. In a special report, Audrey Gillan exposes the plight of the victims of this hidden trade in human misery. (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Also: Thousands 'victims of child trafficking' (Press Association)
  
  

Israel and Palestine:

• Calgarian's arrest violates world rules | Canada demands Lebanese explanation (The Ottawa Citizen)
  
  
• Also: Canadian tree-planting missionary already convicted of Israeli collaboration | Canadian authorities will not comment on the case until they know just what Bruce Balfour is accused of doing to help Israel (Canadian Press)
  
  
• Also: Man jailed in Lebanon to meet with lawyer (CBC)
  
  
• Christian Right waves flag for Israel | As its political influence has waxed since the Republican takeover, its agenda has broadened from traditional domestic concerns such as abortion to foreign policy issues like the Middle East (Newsday)
  
  
• DeLay veers off 'road map' in Israel speech | No concessions yet, he tells lawmakers (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Also: House's DeLay bonds with Israeli hawks | The visiting lawmaker assures Jewish state of continued U.S. support. His conservative audience, however, still sees cause for concern (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Also: DeLay's foreign meddling | The House leader, speaking in his official capacity, did nothing to separate his personal beliefs from this nation's foreign policy, whether or not those beliefs are explicitly religious (Editorial, Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Evangelical Christians plan fall solidarity mission | A group made up largely of evangelical Christians from various denominations across Canada is planning a mission to Israel this fall to show solidarity with the Jewish state and to build better relations and understanding between Christians and Jews (The Canadian Jewish News)
  
  

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