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• Muslim group seeks fed probe of face-covering ban (AP)
• Catholic Portugal set to legalise gay marriage (AFP)
• Louisiana prison offers ministry degree to inmates (AP)

Muslim group seeks fed probe of face-covering ban (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:16 PM PST AP - A Muslim rights group is asking the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate a Massachusetts college that is banning students from wearing head coverings that obscure the face.

Catholic Portugal set to legalise gay marriage (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:12 AM PST AFP - Catholic Portugal, traditionally one of Europe's most socially conservative countries, is expected to approve the legalisation of gay marriage on Friday with a minimum of fuss.

Louisiana prison offers ministry degree to inmates (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2010 08:38 AM PST AP - Jerome Derricks says he heard God's call early. He only wishes he'd answered sooner. By the time he did, he was serving a life sentence for murder in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola.

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