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• Pastor: Kan. church begins healing after shooting (AP)
• Church, Omaha, Neb woman settle bias lawsuit (AP)
• Obama Seeks to Win Muslim Hearts and Minds (Time.com)
• German court: Jewish forced workers due pensions (AP)
• Obama visits Saudi king before high-stakes speech (AP)
• Religion news in brief (AP)
• Church's cash handout part of `faith stimulus' (AP)
• Obama to address tough issues in speech to Muslims (Reuters)

Pastor: Kan. church begins healing after shooting (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:51 PM PDT AP - The church where late-term abortion provider George Tiller was killed is bringing in counselors to help members and has received supportive messages from around the world, the senior pastor said.

Church, Omaha, Neb woman settle bias lawsuit (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 11:54 AM PDT AP - A church in Nebraska and a former employee who alleged she was fired for getting pregnant out of wedlock have apparently resolved their differences.

Obama Seeks to Win Muslim Hearts and Minds (Time.com) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 10:45 AM PDT Time.com - The President heads to Cairo with remarkably high personal approval ratings in the region, but as the steward of policies that remain widely resented.

German court: Jewish forced workers due pensions (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 08:59 AM PDT AP - A German federal court ruled Wednesday that two Jews who were forced by the Nazis to work in ghettos have a right to a pension for their labor, setting the stage for thousands of others to receive payments.

Obama visits Saudi king before high-stakes speech (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - Opening a mission to write a new chapter on Islam and the West, President Barack Obama consulted Wednesday with the Saudi king "in the place where Islam began," prelude to a high-stakes speech in Egypt meant to ease long-held Muslim grievances against the United States.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 08:24 AM PDT AP - A Vatican official is lamenting that many faithful don't confess their sins, and says some confuse a psychologist's couch for a confessional booth.

Church's cash handout part of `faith stimulus' (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 08:20 AM PDT AP - On a recent Sunday, members of Bay Community Church each were given envelopes stuffed with cash. Inside was $20, $40 or $100, depending on luck of the draw.

Obama to address tough issues in speech to Muslims (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:21 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama headed for the Middle East on Tuesday hoping to start mending U.S. ties to the Islamic world in a speech that aides say will reach out to Muslims but deal with tough issues like the peace process and violent extremism.

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