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• US hits out at bid to bar religious defamation (AP)
• U.S. sees "mixed picture" on world religious liberty (Reuters)
• Vatican: Talks with traditionalists will continue (AP)

US hits out at bid to bar religious defamation (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 02:01 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration on Monday came out strongly against efforts by Islamic nations to bar the defamation of religions, saying the moves would restrict free speech.

U.S. sees "mixed picture" on world religious liberty (Reuters) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 01:36 PM PDT Reuters - The United States sees a mixed picture on world religious freedom, with progress in interfaith dialogue weighed against government repression and sectarian strife in many countries.

Vatican: Talks with traditionalists will continue (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2009 12:29 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI's efforts to unify the Catholic Church and reach out to Christian traditionalists took a new step Monday with the start of talks between the Vatican and a group of breakaway Catholics that includes a Holocaust denier.

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