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• Ukraine mayor accused of anti-Semitism (AP)
• Nepal's 'living goddess' adjusts to modern life (AFP)
• Former NC congressman Hefner dead at 79 (AP)

Ukraine mayor accused of anti-Semitism (AP) Posted: 03 Sep 2009 07:46 AM PDT AP - Jewish leaders in Ukraine and Russia on Thursday condemned the mayor of a Ukrainian city who called a presidential hopeful "an impudent little Jew," and Russia's chief rabbi said he would travel there in a show of support for the local Jewish community.

Nepal's 'living goddess' adjusts to modern life (AFP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 09:59 PM PDT AFP - As a child, she was worshipped as a "living goddess" in Nepal after she proved her bravery in an ancient ritual by not crying at the sight of a sacrificed buffalo.

Former NC congressman Hefner dead at 79 (AP) Posted: 02 Sep 2009 08:28 PM PDT AP - Bill Hefner, a former 12-term Democratic congressman from North Carolina, Southern Baptist gospel singer and radio station owner, died of a brain aneurysm Wednesday. He was 79.

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