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3. Religion in the news: A Nigerian preacher in Ukraine  | Pastor Sunday Adelaja laughs at critics who suspect black magic, hypnotism, brainwashing and even hallucinogenic drugs explain the hundreds of bopping, clapping white worshippers who fill his converted sports hall every Sunday. (Associated Press)
   
   
4. Pastor jailed over 'slave wages' | A church leader who illegally shipped South African workers to the Isle of Man and paid them "slave wages" has been jailed for three months. (BBC)
   
   
5. African Bible | A new 1,600-page book has been released that provides explanations of verses from all 66 books of the Bible, using local proverbs and idioms to make the teachings relevant to most Africans while remaining true to the scriptures. (The Voice, Botswana)
   
   
6. Also: Catholic Church rejects African Bible Commentary | Opposition to book's entries on homosexuality. (Catholic Information Service for Africa)
   
   

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Other articles of interest:

1. Braves bench Focus on the Family | Team removes anti-gay group from its 'Faith Days' events (Southern Voice, gay newspaper)
   
   
2. Forgive me, Lord, he just wasn't the one | Adding a church, synagogue or other place of worship to your dating territory can be fraught with spiritual and moral dangers never contemplated by Match.com or Dr. Phil. (The Los Angeles Times)
   
   
3. Lawsuit filed in drowning of 5 children | The mother of one of the five children who drowned on July 9 church outing to Castlewood State Park sued the church and Joyce Meyer Ministries on Tuesday, claiming they failed to adequately supervise the youths. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
   
   
4. Watching Jesus rise, twice an hour | At Tierra Santa, billed as ''Jerusalem in Buenos Aires,'' Jesus is quite literally everywhere. And the faithful come in droves, with 10,000 visitors on Easter weekend alone and more than 2.5 million since the park opened in 1999 (Associated Press)
   
   
5. God takes an almighty battering from Gen-Y | Fewer than half of young Australians believe in God, but a growing number are turning towards tarot readers and psychics for answers (Herald Sun, Melbourne, Australia)
   
   
6. Is my air conditioner evil, or blessed grace? | Air conditioning hurts the environment, quaffs energy, and hastens global warming. But is my air conditioner evil? (Cathleen Falsani, Chicago Sun-Times)
   
   
7. Religion news in brief | Robert Duncan on the future of Anglicanism; Ohio's state employees told to take religious references out of e-mails; Outspoken gay priest says he was barred from overseas AIDS mission, and other stories. (Associated Press)
   
   

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