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US names religious freedom violators (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 03:42 PM PDT AP - On its final working day in office, the Bush administration re-designated eight countries as severe violators of religious freedom but waived possible sanctions against Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan, officials said Monday.

100,000 secular Britons seek 'de-baptism' (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 02:10 AM PDT AFP - More than 100,000 Britons have recently downloaded "certificates of de-baptism" from the Internet to renounce their Christian faith.

Winter storm latest test for Fargo's levees (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - A blizzard battered North Dakota on Monday, threatening to create wind-whipped waves that could lash the patchwork levee system that has shielded much of Fargo from the swollen Red River. Engineers scrambled to shore up the dikes in hopes of averting the latest potential disaster nature has inflicted on this beleaguered city.

Fargo hotel becomes church for flood-weary (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 10:57 AM PDT AP - A hotel in Fargo has become a church for many people whose own houses of worship have closed because of the threat of flooding from the swollen Red River.

Ex-megachurch head Paulk dies in Atlanta hospital (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 04:45 AM PDT AP - An evangelical pastor whose leadership of an Atlanta-area megachurch ended in a sex scandal has died.

Obama Notre Dame invite stirs Catholic debate (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 10:41 AM PDT AP - In American Catholicism, it doesn't get much bigger than Notre Dame. So when the university known for its golden dome, "Touchdown Jesus" mural and rigorous academics invited President Barack Obama to speak at its commencement and receive an honorary degree in May, it stoked both pride and anger on campus and nationwide.

Turkey says Muslims oppose Dane's NATO candidacy (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 09:41 AM PDT AP - Turkey's prime minister has said there is strong opposition from Muslim nations to Denmark's prime minister becoming the next NATO chief and indicated the candidacy threatened to harm the alliance.

California politician wants to censor online maps (AFP) Posted: 27 Mar 2009 07:28 PM PDT AFP - An elected California official wants the state known for Internet technology to blur images of schools, hospitals, government buildings and houses of worship in online maps.

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