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• Earlier: Debate continues over authenticity | UT professor says Israeli study flawed (The Toledo Blade, Oh.)
  
  

Christians and Muslims:

• Christian seminar did not vilify Muslims: lawyer | David Perkins said the seminar was exempt under Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001, and the case should be dismissed (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
  
  
• Islam illegal under law, court told | Islam was an illegal religion because the Koran preached violence against Christians and Jews, a Christian group told a judge yesterday (The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
  
  
• Revival of Christianity, Islam in Ivory Coast becomes sensitive issue | The lingering state of civil war in Ivory Coast is pushing many Christians and Muslims in the country to strengthen their faith (Voice of America)
  
  

John Kelley, pastor killed in Iraq:

• Service planned for slain pastor | John Kelley, the pastor of the Curtis Corner Baptist Church, in South Kingstown, died in an ambush near Baghdad (The Providence Journal)
  
  
• Missionary wounded in Iraq will return home on Friday (Associated Press)
  
  
• American missionary pays ultimate price as foreigners become the target in Iraq | The death of an American missionary on the dusty road south of the town has unnerved foreigners and the Iraqis who deal with them (The Independent, London)
  
  
• Missionary killed | mission to help an Iraqi Christian pastor establish a church in Baghdad ended in tragedy for four Baptist pastors from the Northeast when they were attacked by gunmen Saturday (The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.)
  
  

Gambling:

• Not a chance | In a classic David-and-Goliath matchup, grass-roots groups push back against the gambling industry. (The Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Slots offer can't sway black preachers | Black religious leaders remain opposed to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s plan to bring slot machines to Maryland, despite his promise that black entrepreneurs would be at least part owners of gambling emporiums (The Washington Times)
  
  

Alcohol:

• A taste for trouble | A history of alcohol and temperance (The Scotsman)
  
  
• Earlier: Amassed Media: The Drink Debate | What Christian leaders past and present have said about social drinking—and where to find them online (Apr. 7, 2000)
  
  

Ten Commandments:

• Bill may aid display of Ten Commandments | House Republicans think they have found a way to allow the display of the Ten Commandments in courthouses and other public buildings without running afoul of the courts (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
  
  
• Ten Commandments monument supporters defy park ordinance | The Ten Commandments monument in Julia Davis Park lists what Jews and Christians believe are God's laws. Nearby, a sign displays another law - a city ordinance saying the park closes at night (KBCI, Boise, Id.)
  
  
• Court upholds Neb. commandments ruling | A federal appeals court upheld a ruling Wednesday that a Ten Commandments monument must be removed from a city park in Plattsmouth (Associated Press)
  
  
• Court finds fault in Plattsmouth's 10 Commandments (KETV, Omaha)
  
  

Benny Hinn in India:

• Thousands flock to Benny Hinn meetings in Mumbai | Despite the disapproval of the Catholic church, thousands of Christians here are flocking to hear charismatic evangelist Benny Hinn (IANS, India)
  
  

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