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• Pat Robertson apologizes for suggesting assassination | "I spoke in frustration," he said (The Virginian-Pilot, Hampton Roads, Va.)
• Robertson apologizes for calling for assassination | The Rev. Pat Robertson apologized yesterday for calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, saying he spoke "in frustration" over the U.S. government's inaction toward a man who has "found common cause with terrorists." (The Washington Post)
• Robertson apologizes for Chavez remarks | Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson apologized Wednesday for calling for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, only hours after he denied saying Chavez should be killed (Associated Press)
• Robertson assassinations remarks not new | The Rev. Pat Robertson's suggestion that the United States assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was the latest in a long line of incendiary remarks by the religious broadcaster, including at least one other call to "take out" oppressive world leaders (Associated Press)
• Broadcaster offers apology for calling for assassination | The conservative broadcaster Pat Robertson apologized for calling for the assassination of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela (The New York Times)
• Newsview: White House distances Robertson | An article that seems to suggest (wrongly) that Robertson was somehow responsible for Bush's election, or that he represents evangelicals in some way (Associated Press)

Ted Haggard tries to apologize to Chavez:

• Ted Haggard will offer apology to Chavez | Senior pastor for Colorado Springs' New Life Church and president of the National Association of Evangelicals plans to fly to Mexico City today to try to set up a meeting with the South American leader (The Gazette, Colorado Springs)
• Springs pastor reaches out after assassination remarks | A Colorado Springs-based evangelical leader will try to meet with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to apologize for broadcaster Pat Robertson's call for Chavez's assassination (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
• US evangelical seeks Chavez talks | Mr Haggard says he wants to meet Mr Chavez face to face and apologise for Mr Robertson's remarks (BBC)
• Also: Springs evangelist meets with Venezuelan advisor | Ted Haggard seeks meeting with Chavez (KOAA, Denver, video)

Editorials on Robertson:

• Judgment malfunction | Common decency, not to mention a rational sense of the national interest, demands condemnation of Pat Robertson's remarks calling for the assassination of Venezuela's president (Editorial, The New York Times)
• Pat Robertson's gift | It is curious how some of Mr. Robertson's fellow travelers have not been able to locate their tongues over this latest Robertson-inspired international disturbance (Editorial, The Washington Post)
• Religious right and wrong | It's not everyday you hear a Christian activist advocating murder (Editorial, USA Today)
• Extreme politics: American fatwa | Mark his broadcast XXX for its explicit depiction of extremist influence in American political life (Editorial, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• Observer: Round two | The worlds of evangelical Christianity and intercontinental Bolivarian revolution rarely collide, but this week the two poles of political extremism in the Americas put on a serious heavyweight bout (Editorial, Financial Times)
• Jerry, Pat and a slow news week | You know it's been a slow news week when either the Rev. Jerry Falwell, the Rev. Pat Robertson or the Rev. Jesse Jackson pop up on the national radar. In the past 10 days, we've had two out of three (Editorial, Lynchburg News & Advance, Va.)

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