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Episcopal Church dissidents aim for new church (Reuters) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 02:17 PM CST Reuters - Conservatives who have abandoned the U.S. Episcopal Church by the thousands in recent years are trying to form a separate-but-equal church, a move that could leave two branches of Anglicanism on American soil.

Conservatives call on Bush to free Muslim Uighurs (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 08:22 AM CST AP - A group of conservatives is chastising the Bush administration for refusing to free 17 Turkic Muslims being held without charges at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying their continued detention defies legal principles and "undermines our standing in the world."

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 07:05 AM CST AP - The World Council of Churches will help deliver Christmas messages and prayers of peace to the biblical birthplace of Jesus.

Religion today (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2008 07:04 AM CST AP - One of Lebanon's sole remaining synagogues was set to get a restoration that has the rare blessing of all the factions in this divided country — even that of the anti-Israeli Hezbollah. But the global financial crisis has scuttled the effort for now, leaving the Magen Abraham chained, padlocked, badly damaged and rife with weeds.

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