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• Vietnam-born US lawmaker pleads for religious freedom (AFP)
• CatholicTV rolls out shows in 3-D to attract youth (AP)
• R&B star Akon falls foul of Buddhist monks in S.Lanka (AFP)

Vietnam-born US lawmaker pleads for religious freedom (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 06:21 AM PDT AFP - The sole Vietnamese American member of the US Congress deplored Tuesday what he called worsening repression in his native country and appealed for pressure on Hanoi to respect religious freedom.

CatholicTV rolls out shows in 3-D to attract youth (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 05:26 AM PDT AP - Avatars and Mad Hatters are already performing before American audiences in 3-D, and Shrek is coming soon. Now, a national Catholic television network is throwing priests into the mix.

R&B star Akon falls foul of Buddhist monks in S.Lanka (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 02:59 AM PDT AFP - US singer Akon will not be granted a visa to visit Sri Lanka for a sell-out concert after Buddhist monks and almost 12,000 people on social media site Facebook took offence at one of his videos.

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