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Poison mystery widens after a suicide note | Police had said that a congregant's suicide note tied him to the arsenic poisonings at a Maine church, but now they are wondering if someone else was involved (The New York Times)
Also: Suspect's cousin saw no troubling signs | Daniel Bondeson was in good spirits and scheduling social engagements in the days before he shot himself and became a suspect in a fatal arsenic poisoning at his church, he says (Portland Press Herald)
Staines murder accused acquitted | This is the third time Dara Singh has been acquitted in a criminal case, but he's still on trial for murder (Indo-Asian News Service)
'Garden of Eden' devastated under Saddam | In the purported Garden of Eden, lifeless trees stand amid trash, patches of dry grass and salt-encrusted mud—the remnants of once-lush marshlands (Associated Press)
Williams: no thanks for Iraq victory | The Archbishop of Canterbury has expressed his unwillingness to conduct a thanksgiving service for the end of the war in Iraq, fearing that it could appear triumphalist (The Daily Telegraph, London)
Christians in despair over Shiite gains | In Iraq, a hope for true religious freedom is eclipsed by worries about newly assertive Muslim groups (Los Angeles Times)
Religious freedom in Iraq | Few places on earth draw upon a richer religious heritage, and a sense of this mosaic underscores the enormity of America's task (Associated Press)
Social justice:
Accommodation or abolition? | Solutions to the problem of sexual trafficking and slavery (Donna M. Hughes, National Review Online)
Texas heads to daily moment of silence in schools | Texas' more than 4 million public school students could soon start their day with a pledge of allegiance to the U.S. and state flags and a minute of silence where they can exercise their 'Constitutional right to pray.' (Reuters)
Studies:
University of Arizona to test power of prayer to help heal | Patients undergoing open-heart surgery will be the target of special prayers, to see if they will ease their pain and speed their healing. But they won't know if anyone is praying for them (Arizona Daily Star)
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