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• GOP Jewish group sponsors Barbour trip to Israel (AP)
• US Senate condemns Egypt church attack (AFP)
• Muslim dignitaries pay their respects at Auschwitz (AP)
• Religious leaders pay tribute at Auschwitz (AFP)
• Gay activist conference in Minn. has faith focus (AP)

GOP Jewish group sponsors Barbour trip to Israel (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 12:50 PM PST AP - The Republican Jewish Coalition is sending Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, to Israel for five days.

US Senate condemns Egypt church attack (AFP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 11:51 AM PST AFP - The US Senate has condemned a deadly attack on a Coptic Christian church on New Year's Day in Alexandria, Egypt, at a time when the world's eyes are on political unrest roiling the staunch US ally.

Muslim dignitaries pay their respects at Auschwitz (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:57 AM PST AP - In a bid to fight anti-Semitism and bridge cultural rifts, a large delegation of Muslim dignitaries visited Auschwitz on Tuesday to pay tribute to the millions of Jews and others who were systematically killed in the Holocaust.

Religious leaders pay tribute at Auschwitz (AFP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 10:22 AM PST AFP - A hundred Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders from the Middle East, Africa and Europe Tuesday paid tribute to Holocaust victims at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Gay activist conference in Minn. has faith focus (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2011 12:29 AM PST AP - Whenever Nicole Garcia visited gay-friendly churches with large numbers of Hispanic people in the congregation, she would check the brochures and other materials geared toward gay churchgoers and their families and usually find a common theme.

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