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• Obama seeks common cause with Muslim world (AP)
• US Muslims: Obama speech catalyst for fixing ties (AP)
• Gay bishop rejoices in NH's gay marriage vote (AP)
• Gun-loving pastor to his flock: Piece be with you (AP)
• Obama's message goes beyond Muslim world (AP)
• Obama seeks to change Muslim perceptions of U.S. (Reuters)
• Text of Obama's speech to Muslims (AP)
• White House uses Web during speech to Muslims (AP)
• Obama cites Quran, but message is interfaith (AP)
• Holbrooke asks European, Muslim nations to aid Pakistan (Reuters)
• Olana exhibit gives visitors Church's views (AP)
• For D-Day vets, an emotional return to Normandy (AP)
• Phoenix bishop sentenced for church bell noise (AP)
• Issues Obama outlined in speech to Muslim world (AP)
• Analysis: Obama's Islam success depends on Israel (AP)
• Obama defends religious freedoms in Cairo speech (AP)
• Obama says seeks new beginning with Muslims (AFP)
• Obama to address Egypt, Muslim world (AP)
• How far will Obama's words of respect carry US-Muslim relations? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Pastor: Kan. church begins healing after shooting (AP)

Obama seeks common cause with Muslim world (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 06:29 PM PDT AP - Invoking the Quran and his rarely used middle name, Barack Hussein Obama declared Thursday that America has a common cause with Islam and never will be at war with the faith — an overture intently watched by the Muslim world and welcomed in unlikely quarters. An Iranian cleric called the president's speech "an initial step for removing misconceptions."

US Muslims: Obama speech catalyst for fixing ties (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 04:03 PM PDT AP - Muslims across the country who woke to early alarms, stayed up well past their bedtimes and scoured the Internet for clips to hear President Barack Obama's address from Egypt on Thursday said his words could be a catalyst toward repairing strained U.S. relations with Muslims worldwide.

Gay bishop rejoices in NH's gay marriage vote (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 02:58 PM PDT AP - It was tough enough to get New Hampshire's lawmakers and governor to approve gay marriage, but Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson says there's an even tougher job ahead: getting churches to fully embrace gay marriage and gay people.

Gun-loving pastor to his flock: Piece be with you (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 02:50 PM PDT AP - A Kentucky pastor is inviting his flock to bring guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment.

Obama's message goes beyond Muslim world (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 02:37 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's speech in Egypt was aimed at the world's Muslims, but its messages also were carefully tailored to international audiences from Afghanistan to the Middle East and domestic factions in the United States.

Obama seeks to change Muslim perceptions of U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 02:27 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama sought to change Muslim perceptions of the United States on Thursday in a speech that urged Arabs and Israelis to declare in public the realities he said they accept in private.

Text of Obama's speech to Muslims (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 12:58 PM PDT AP - Text of President Barack Obama's speech at Cairo University, as provided by CQ Transcriptions.

White House uses Web during speech to Muslims (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 12:39 PM PDT AP - President Obama in Egypt told Muslims he wants to engage them and their countries. More than 5,000 miles away, U.S. administration officials sent notes to supporters — and critics — via Twitter, Facebook and text messages to reinforce the point.

Obama cites Quran, but message is interfaith (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 12:10 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama showed respect for Islam by quoting from the Quran in his speech Thursday but did so in a way meant to resonate with Christians and Jews as well.

Holbrooke asks European, Muslim nations to aid Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 10:48 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke urged European and Muslim nations Thursday to help families who have fled the conflict in Pakistan's Swat valley and avert a humanitarian crisis.

Olana exhibit gives visitors Church's views (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 10:14 AM PDT AP - Artist Frederic Edwin Church built Olana, his grandiose, Persian-inspired villa, atop a hill on 250 acres in the Hudson Valley so he could be close to the natural beauty that inspired him. When not traveling the world, he could look out the windows to see the lush landscapes of the Hudson River, the Catskill Mountains and trees stretching for miles — and paint them just as he saw them.

For D-Day vets, an emotional return to Normandy (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 09:10 AM PDT AP - Nathan Kline wrapped a white monogrammed scarf around his neck and placed a bulletproof prayer book in his left shirt pocket. He'd followed the same routine for all of his previous bombing runs over Europe, but the teenager from Allentown, Pa., knew there was nothing routine about this mission.

Phoenix bishop sentenced for church bell noise (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 08:23 AM PDT AP - A Phoenix church leader has received a suspended 10-day jail sentence because his tolling church bells violated a city noise ordinance.

Issues Obama outlined in speech to Muslim world (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 06:26 AM PDT AP - Quotes from President Barack Obama on issues he outlined Thursday in his speech to the Muslim world:

Analysis: Obama's Islam success depends on Israel (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 03:58 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's speech to Muslims also had a huge and attentive Jewish audience, attuned to any suggestion that he might soften U.S. support for Israel or make nice with Iran at the expense of the Jewish state. His careful words illustrate the constraints posed by Obama's political obligations as he tries to reinvigorate America's honest-broker status in the Islamic world.

Obama defends religious freedoms in Cairo speech (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 03:51 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says freedom of religion is central to peoples' ability to live together.

Obama says seeks new beginning with Muslims (AFP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 03:22 AM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he wants "a new beginning" with the world's 1.5 billion Muslims, and called for an end to a cycle of "suspicion and discord."

Obama to address Egypt, Muslim world (AP) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 02:05 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is reaching out to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims with a speech in Egypt.

How far will Obama's words of respect carry US-Muslim relations? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama's speech from Cairo University Thursday set a new tone of respect and common purpose in US-Muslim relations. Now comes the testing time for how far a change of tone can actually carry the US toward improved standing in the Muslim world or toward new avenues to addressing old problems.

Pastor: Kan. church begins healing after shooting (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 09:17 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.

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