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4. Christian Peacemaker Teams leaving Iraq
The pacifist group tells the London Times it has too high a profile after four of its members were kidnapped, and its continued presence in the country may be putting its Iraqi partners in danger. "The kidnapping caused us to reflect on what we are doing," an unnamed spokesperson tells the paper. "Sometimes the presence of internationals will draw more attention to local individuals or organisations and perhaps put them in danger."

5. McCain goes to Falwell's university
Is the Arizona senator a sellout? Has he always been a fan of religious conservative values? The real question, says The Wall Street Journal's Naomi Schaefer Riley, is why McCain went to Liberty if he wanted to court religious conservatives: "Why doesn't Mr. McCain just go to Wheaton? Or Willow Creek Community Church near Chicago, whose 7,000 members more closely mirror mainstream evangelicals? Or Saddleback, the Southern California church led by Rick Warren, whose The Purpose Driven Life has sold more than 20 million copies? Or how about a meeting of World Vision, a Christian relief organization operating in 99 countries? … McCain may feel he has to go to Liberty because he has criticized Mr. Falwell in the past, but it's hard not to wonder whether the senator is just digging himself in deeper." The reason may be that Wheaton, Willow Creek, Saddleback, and World Vision didn't invite McCain. Falwell did.

Quote of the day
"I no longer study Kabbalah, my baby is my religion."

—Britney Spears, in a message on her official website. Spears was raised as a Southern Baptist.

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3. Da Vinci Code misses the mark for critics | The Da Vinci Code drew lukewarm praise, shrugs of indifference, some jeering laughter and a few derisive jabs Tuesday from arguably the world's toughest movie crowd: critics at the Cannes Film Festival (Associated Press)
   
   

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