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• World Likud head seeks evangelical funding | World Likud chairman Danny Dannon is going to the United States next week to take part in an evangelical Christian fund-raising campaign to bolster his campaign for party leadership (The Jerusalem Post)
  
  
• 'Not one inch' still alive and well | Message from Hagee's Evangelical group runs counter to Israeli government it purports to back (The Jewish Week, New York)
  
  

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Sudan:

• Sudan to mark north-south border by end 2008-Kiir | Sudan may begin to mark the boundary between north and south by the end of the year to overcome a key point of dispute between former foes, Sudanese First Vice President Salva Kiir said on Thursday (Reuters)
  
  
• An American reacts to Darfur | In The Devil Came on Horseback, Brian Steidle, who served as an observer for the African Union, chronicles his experiences (Los Angeles Times)
  
  

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India:

• Do Christians also practise caste system, asks SC | The campaign of Dalit Christians for Scheduled Caste status took an interesting turn on Wednesday with a sceptical Supreme Court responding to their demand by asking whether Christians also practised caste system (The Times of India)
  
  
• Court seeks Centre's view on SC status to Dalit Christians | The Supreme Court today sought Centre's view on the issue of granting Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians for extending benefits of reservation to them (PTI, India)
  
  
• Spell out stand on quota for Dalit Christians: court | The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to spell out its stand on granting Scheduled Caste status to Dalit Christians for extending reservation benefits (The Hindu, India)
  
  

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Zimbabwe:

• Region's bishops express solidarity with Archbishop Ncube | Adultery allegations made against Archbishop Pius Ncube should not divert attention from the terrible political and economic crisis facing the country, Southern African bishops said (Catholic Information Service for Africa)
  
  
• Also: Don't pre-judge Zim's Pius Ncube | Allegations of adultery against Zimbabwe's Catholic Bishop Pius Ncube were aimed at casting doubt on his credibility, the Southern African Catholic Bishop Conference (SACBC) said on Friday (SAPA, South Africa)
  
  
• Ncube case a state security job—analysts | The alleged adultery case involving Archbishop Pius Ncube, a fierce critic of President Robert Mugabe, which has been sensationally playing out in the media, has a new twist to it after it emerged that the saga is a state security hatchet job to discredit the vocal cleric. (Zimbabwe Independent)
  
  

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Church and state:

• Malaysia bans mainstream media from reporting on Islamic state debate | "We want to stop this issue being aggravated into becoming a public debate as this will create tension," an Internal Security Ministry official told The Associated Press. "This is a very sensitive issue … As far as possible, we want to prevent (any racial) tension." (Associated Press)
  
  
• Development feud: Religious enclave or community bridge? | Critics concerned project will be religious enclave (Rocky Mountain News, Denver)
  
  
• Religious groups should be in parade | Banning religious groups from Sheboygan's Fourth of July parade is about as asinine as banning them from the Christmas parade. (Editorial, Sheboygan Press, Wis.)
  
  

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