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US panel: Religious freedoms ebbing in Russia (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 05:56 PM PDT AP - A congressionally backed panel said Friday that religious freedoms were deteriorating in Russia, Turkey and four other nations that were added to a watch list of countries where people's rights to worship as they please or not to worship at all are at risk.

Worship sites seek to keep the faithful flu-free (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 02:06 PM PDT AP - When worshippers clasp hands to "pass the peace" or share the communion cup and offering plates, religious leaders around the country want to be sure they don't also pass on swine flu.

Despite new law, no church 'I do' for Swedish gays (AFP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 09:10 AM PDT AFP - Sweden's homosexuals are allowed to wed in religious or civil ceremonies under a new law that takes effect Friday, but those who want a church wedding will have to wait until later this year.

Jewish death camp boxer dead at 86 (AP) Posted: 30 Apr 2009 07:11 AM PDT AP - Salamo Arouch, a Jewish boxer who survived the Auschwitz death camp by fighting exhibition bouts for Nazi officers and inspired a Hollywood movie about his life, has died in Israel, the Haaretz newspaper reported Thursday. He was 86.

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