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2. Science's tiny, big unknown | Nanotechnology may revolutionize our lives. The first generation of engineered products has reached consumers, and with them come hard questions about safety (Los Angeles Times)
   
   
3. Religion news in brief | Nebraska's United Methodist bishop blesses help for same-sex couples seeking unions; Watchdog group criticizes Maryland's grant for big Baptist conference; Greek government seeks end of Orthodox influence on other faiths' places of worship; and other stories (Associated Press)
   
   
4. Godless Europeans turn to cultural Christianity | Fear of Islam is prompting a search for a common identity in the West (Michael Burleigh, The Australian)
   
   
5. The great fundamentalist hoax | Christianity as it exists among fundamentalists isn't about behaving like Jesus. It's all about faith--about believing the story. The underlying message seems to be: you can behave any way you want as long as you believe the story and say you're sorry before you die. Following the teachings of Jesus is much too demanding, whereas with the Christianity of fundamentalists all you have to do is shut your mind off (Philip Slater, Huffington Post)
   
   
6. Send in the mercenaries | Darfur needs someone to stop the bloodshed, not more empty U.N. promises (Max Boot, The Weekly Standard)
   
   

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