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• Jewish bikers cruise for German unity (AFP)
• Pope meets new US envoy, praises Obama (AP)
• Samoans abroad pray for family back home (AP)
• Hundreds leave pioneering Fla. megachurch (AP)

Jewish bikers cruise for German unity (AFP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:06 AM PDT AFP - A new club of German Jewish motorcyclists calling themselves the Hillel's Angels launched a cross-country tour with other bikers Friday in honour of the national unification day, organisers said.

Pope meets new US envoy, praises Obama (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 06:02 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI pledged on Friday that the U.S. Catholic church will keep working to shape American consciences on ethical questions such as abortion as he praised the United States for its "vibrant" democracy.

Samoans abroad pray for family back home (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 09:07 PM PDT AP - Scores from California's Samoan community — many with traditional white flowers in their hair and clutching woven fans — gathered in church Thursday to pray for family members in tsunami-ravaged Samoa — some still waiting to hear from them.

Hundreds leave pioneering Fla. megachurch (AP) Posted: 01 Oct 2009 08:54 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of congregants have left a pioneering megachurch in Florida to form their own congregation because they were unhappy with leadership at the church that's seen as a bedrock of the religious right.

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