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• Pope accepts Scranton bishop's resignation (AP)
• Ukraine splinter church seeks independence (AP)
• Arab TV looks to Ramadan to offset losses (AFP)

Pope accepts Scranton bishop's resignation (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 04:22 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the early retirement of a U.S. bishop who has denounced nuns for sponsoring lectures by gay-rights advocates and directed priests to deny communion to abortion backers, the Vatican said Monday.

Ukraine splinter church seeks independence (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2009 03:37 AM PDT AP - A breakaway Orthodox Christian church in Ukraine is pressing its call for recognition as a legitimate entity independent of the Moscow-based church that dominates the faith in the former Soviet Union, officials said Monday.

Arab TV looks to Ramadan to offset losses (AFP) Posted: 30 Aug 2009 09:38 PM PDT AFP - Arabic television is counting on an explosion of Ramadan serials to restore losses from the global recession, but some concerned Muslims are scrambling to pull the faithful back to prayer during the holy month.

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