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4. Fury as Karzai plans return of Taliban's religious police | The Afghan government has alarmed human rights groups by approving a plan to reintroduce a Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the body which the Taliban used to enforce its extreme religious doctrine (The Independent, London)
   
   

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Other stories of interest:

1. Methodist church can't giveaway "free" house | The house had been empty for some time before the church bought it and initially the church hoped it could find someone who would be willing to move the house to another location, instead of razing it (Clay Center Dispatch, Kan.)
   
   
2. Report: Vatican Museums to buy modern art | "I would like very much to have a Picasso," the director, Francesco Buranelli told the La Stampa newspaper. He said the Vatican Museums intend to obtain new works "above all in sectors like contemporary art" (Associated Press)
   
   

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