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Religious groups' radio ads back health overhaul (AP)
Building starts on Warsaw's Jewish history museum (AP)
Czech Jewish cemetery desecrated (AP)
Muslim mayor flies flag for gays in Dutch suburb (AFP)

Religious groups' radio ads back health overhaul (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 09:59 AM PDT

AP - Liberal-leaning religious groups are launching radio ads in five states this week in which local pastors urge senators to back efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system.

Building starts on Warsaw's Jewish history museum (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 06:44 AM PDT

AP - For the second time in two years, Polish officials began building a new museum of Jewish history in Warsaw on Tuesday that they hope will become a major cultural landmark.

Czech Jewish cemetery desecrated (AP)

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 03:19 AM PDT

AP - A Jewish cemetery has been desecrated in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, members of the community there said Tuesday.

Muslim mayor flies flag for gays in Dutch suburb (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jun 2009 11:43 PM PDT

AFP - A harassed gay minority in a conservative suburb in otherwise tolerant Amsterdam has found a guardian angel in the local Muslim mayor.