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• Usher: Suspect visited slain abortion doc's church (AP)
• Pope decries 'aversion' to Christians (AP)
• Rights group: Russian religious freedom in danger (AP)
• Cemetery project among Jewish award winners (AP)

Usher: Suspect visited slain abortion doc's church (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 04:47 PM PST AP - Jurors hearing the case of a man charged with killing prominent abortion provider Dr. George Tiller heard the word abortion for the first time Monday, when an usher testified about seeing protesters at the church the doctor had attended.

Pope decries 'aversion' to Christians (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 11:17 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI decried Monday what he called "growing aversion" to the Christian faith in the world.

Rights group: Russian religious freedom in danger (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 08:35 AM PST AP - Religious freedoms are being rapidly curtailed throughout Russia as the Orthodox Church seeks to boost its dominance, human rights activists warned Monday.

Cemetery project among Jewish award winners (AP) Posted: 25 Jan 2010 07:17 AM PST AP - A woman who launched a Web site to document her town's run-down Jewish cemetery and help finance its restoration was among Germans honored Monday for their efforts to preserve the country's Jewish cultural past.

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