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• Hatch urges Bush to back stem cell research | As the nation embarked on a week of tributes to former President Reagan, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch urged the Bush administration to allow more federally funded medical research using frozen stem cells, which advocates say may yield a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease from which Reagan suffered in his final years (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Abortion:

• Clinic director accused of abortion sham | A purported anti-abortion activist was accused in a lawsuit Monday of running a sham abortion clinic that dupes women into waiting too long to have abortions (Associated Press)
• Where voting has become a life and death issue | Feelings over legalising abortion and restricting hunting run high in Maltese electorate (The Guardian, London)

Satanic ritual blamed for murders:

• Italian murders 'the work of satanists' | A young Italian woman was allegedly murdered because satanists had become obsessed with the idea that she was the re-embodiment of the Virgin Mary (The Guardian, London)
• Satanic ritual blamed for death of Italian teens (Reuters)

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