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• The return of James Carney | Twenty years after his disappearance and death, Honduran officials said last week that Carney's remains may have been located in a common grave in a jungle region of their country near the Nicaraguan border (Associated Press)
  
  
• Man tries to improve religious relations | Besides informing people about the ethnic makeup of the Middle East, Hisham Shihab said being a catalyst in bringing warring factions to peace fulfills him (The Herald-Zeitung, New Braunfels, Tex.)
  
  
• Clergy accused of evading custom duty | Members of the general public trading across the borders of Malawi have observed that NGOs and some church leaders deny government millions of kwacha in revenue through false declaration of personal goods, saying they belong to their NGOs, churches, and religious organizations (Malawi Standard)

Clergy sex abuse:

• Apology sought for backing priest | S.F. police enrage victims' group (San Francisco Chronicle, link via Holy Weblog)
  
  
• Despite scandal, Catholics give more | Many dioceses report rise in parish donations; Boston Archdiocese an exception (The Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Senate bill would make clergy turn in peers | Angered by sexual abuse of children in the Catholic church, senators want to scrap some of the church's immunity from criminal prosecution and lawsuits -- creating potential headaches for Lexington taxpayers (Lexington [Ky.] Herald-Leader)
  
  
• Church board dismissed accusations by females | Records made public yesterday detailing alleged sexual misconduct by six priests suggest that women who complained that they had been assaulted as girls often received dismissive treatment by a church review board (The Boston Globe)

Media:

• Seven faiths | Exploring religion in breaking news stories (Kelly McBride, Poynter Institute)
  
  
• Christian Index editor Neal retires | Battle over Baptist newspaper's content is key issue (Ledger-Enquirer, Columbus, Ga.)
  
  
• Also: Georgia Baptist newspaper cuts staff, changes focus (Savannah Morning News)
  
  
• Earlier: 'Georgia-centric' Baptist paper signaled by board of directors (Baptist Press)
  
  
• Earlier: Georgia newspaper names interim, announces 'soul-winning' focus (Associated Baptist Press)
  
  
• Even earlier: Georgia editor pushed into early retirement (Associated Baptist Press)
  
  
• Even earlier: Editor William Neal retires from Georgia's Christian Index (Baptist Press)

Film:

• Rebuilding the body of Christ is not so elementary | Actors, writers and filmmakers face many dilemmas when it comes to fleshing out Jesus (The Sunday Herald, Glasgow, Scotland)
  
  
• Battle intensifies over film-sanitizing software | Video store, filmmakers will face off in federal court this month over software that allows users to edit objectionable content from movies (Associated Press)

Other stories of interest:

• Religion news in brief | Methodist lesbian pastor won't face church trial, hundreds demonstrate against decision to forcibly evict rebel monks, pope says nations should make clear, ethical laws about human procreation, Ken Kemper succeeds father as Grace Bible president (Associated Press)
  
  
• Priest who aided Germans after WWII dies | Werenfried van Straaten founded charity that is now Aid to the Church in Need (Associated Press)
  
  
• German priest brews beer in washing machine | Says he was inspired by the tradition of monks who brewed beer in a cauldron over a fire (Ananova)
  
  
• Man 'raised from dead' plans to tell town what it was like | More than 200 people turned up to watch a man apparently being resurrected from the dead two days after his family had been given his death certificate (Leatherhead Advertiser)
  
  
• No more number of the beast | The sign of the beast may become a sign of times past as lawmakers, government officials and Christian educators work to remove the configuration 666 from telephone prefixes and highway signs (The Washington Times)

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