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• Since '94 horror, Rwandans turn toward Islam | When 800,000 of their Tutsi countrymen were killed 10 years ago, many Rwandans lost faith not only in their government but in their religion as well (The New York Times)
  
  
• Rwanda: peace but no reconciliation | Tolerance between mistrustful neighbours reflects not a miracle of forgiveness but the will of an authoritarian regime (The Guardian, London)
  
  

Religious anti-violence:

• Detroit holds anti-violence prayer session | The city held a day of prayer Monday in response to a wave of violence that has killed more than 100 people this year, with the mayor asking "the greatest power we all know" to help end the bloodshed (Associated Press)
  
  
• Looking for strength | Faced with a deadly rash of violence, Detroit officers join in day of prayer (Detroit Free Press)
  
  

Crime:

• Minister injured church robbery in Japan | Three masked burglars broke into a Christian church in Osaka, Japan, this weekend, injured a minister with acid, but left empty-handed (UPI)
  
  
• Also: Devilish bandits attack Christian churches | Masked bandits raided and robbed two Christian churches in Osaka Prefecture on the weekend, leaving a reverend injured after they hurled acid onto his face, police said (Mainichi Daily News, Japan)
  
  
• Vandals damage churches and school in south St. Louis | Vandals broke altar candles, smashed computer monitors and set several small fires in a pre-dawn rampage Tuesday through a Catholic parish, a Lutheran church and school and a community center in far south St. Louis (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  
  
• Priest gets probation in drug scandal | Return to priesthood unlikely, lawyer says (Akron Beacon Journal, Oh.)
  
  
• Also: Ohio priest gets probation for growing pot | Richard Arko said it's unlikely he will be able to continue as a priest, but hopes he can "move on in my life and continue to serve others" (Associated Press)
  
  
• Calif. man held liable for killing unborn victim | A man who killed a pregnant woman is liable for the murder of an unborn victim even if he did not know she was pregnant, California's top court ruled on Monday (Reuters)
  
  
• Worshippers pray for Texas mother, family | At the church where Deanna Laney once ministered to youth, sang in the choir and spoke in tongues, worshippers Sunday prayed for her and her family a day after she was acquitted by reason of insanity of bludgeoning two of her young sons to death (Associated Press)
  
  
• Teen charged in church robberies identified | Linked to credit card taken in attack, police say (Houston Chronicle)
  
  
• Pair cleared of killing Australian missionary in Solomon Islands | Solomons High Court Justice John Brown said although the evidence established that West Australian Lance Gersbach was murdered, it did not successfully establish who was responsible (New Zealand Herald)
  
  
• Missionary killer Dara Singh to contest election | Prisoners in Indian jails can contest polls but cannot exercise their franchise (Indo-Asian News Service)
  
  
• Pope's security tight for Easter | Security around Pope John Paul II has been tightened in the run-up to Easter amid fears he could become a terrorists target (AFP)
  
  

Minister suicide:

• Minister lets teen go, then kills self | An associate minister apparently despondent over the breakup of his marriage held his teen-age stepdaughter hostage Sunday night, then later shot himself in the head after releasing the girl unharmed, police said (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Tex.)
  
  

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