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4. Nun with honorary aboriginal membership loses deportation fight | The Roman Catholic nun claimed refugee status, saying she would suffer religious persecution if she were sent back to Nigeria (Canadian Press)
   
   

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Life ethics:

1. Abortion-consent stall riles GOP, pro-lifers | Republicans and pro-life groups are outraged that Senate Democrats are, at least for now, blocking a newly approved bipartisan Senate bill aimed at protecting parents' right to be involved in an underage daughter's abortion decision (The Washington Times)
   
   
2. Cloning team's IVF deal for eggs | A UK fertility centre is being allowed to ask women undergoing IVF to donate eggs to therapeutic cloning research for cheap treatment for the first time (BBC)
   
   
3. Democrats seek gains in stem-cell issue | After Bush's veto last week, it could be a tipping point that favors Democrats in key races, experts say (The Christian Science Monitor)
   
   
4. Va. man executed for killing inmate | Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in which Lenz's attorney argued that the jury in his trial was not impartial because jurors consulted a Bible during sentencing deliberations (The Washington Post)
   
   
5. Also: Virginia executes man for slaying inmate | A man who stabbed a fellow inmate to death during a pagan religious ceremony was executed Thursday night (Associated Press)
   
   
6. Stem cell research is pro-life | If we are to believe Bush when he equates the use of these frozen embryos for research to murder, then his only moral course of action is to stop the destruction of frozen embryos and put them up for adoption by loving families.  (Kirk Florence, Austin American-Statesman, Tex.)
   
   
7. Fighting abortion with false 'facts' | The girls and women who show up at federally financed "pregnancy resource centers" seek compassion, but often get condemnation. They seek options, but are ostracized. Most harmful, they seek facts, but they get lies (Elisa Cramer, Palm Beach Post, Fla.)
   
   

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Media and entertainment:

1. Religious radio is reborn … as 'porn' | New FM format dumps spirituality, sermons for sensual sounds (Fresno Bee, Ca.)
   
   
2. Update: Porn Radio gets lots of attention | Format is off for now; Kingsburg official is not amused (Fresno Bee, Ca.)
   
   
3. Is the new Superman meant to be Jesus? | Is the Superman Returns movie meant to remind us of the Bible? And if so, is it blasphemy? (BBC)
   
   
4. Guidebooks help Christians find services | Hampton Roads has four Christian business directories plus at least two organizations bringing together Christian business owners (The Virginian Pilot)
   
   
5. New wave of country singers find religion can inspire, sell | While popular culture - from television to books - has seen a resurgence in all-things-spiritual since 9/11, country music's upsurge is more Christian-specific (The Paramus Post, N.J.)
   
   
6. Braves open doors to faith | Event is first such promotion in big leagues (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
   
   

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Missions & ministry:

1. Religion in the news: Putting church into Churchill Downs | Churchill Downs has donated land and the Kentucky chapter of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America helped raise $630,000, mostly in private donations, to build a chapel for workers (Associated Press)
   
   
2. School district seeks refuge for homeless | Brian Q. Newcomb, a pastor in Maplewood, is part of the faith community that has responded to the school's proposal and has met with other leaders recently to make the project a reality (Associated Press)
   
   

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