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Muslim leader says 150 workers fired at Neb. plant (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 07:00 PM CDT AP - A Grand Island meatpacking plant fired at least 86 workers Friday after they walked off the job amid a dispute over prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, company officials said.

Religious freedom worsens in Jordan, Algeria: US (AFP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 05:48 PM CDT AFP - Religious freedom took a turn for the worse in the last year in China, Egypt and Iran, but also in normally more tolerant countries like Jordan and Algeria, the State Department said Friday.

Woman who killed husband gets custody of daughters (AP) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 04:54 PM CDT AP - A woman convicted of killing her minister husband two years ago was granted permanent custody of their three young daughters Friday and said she has resumed a cordial relationship with the grandparents who fought to take the children away from her.

Abortion Study Fuels Criticism of Obama (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 19 Sep 2008 03:53 PM CDT U.S. News & World Report - A new survey commissioned by a prominent conservative evangelical group found that abortion rates dropped an average of 13.6 percent in states that passed laws requiring that minor girls either notify their parents or get their consent before medically terminating a pregnancy.

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