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UK to let gays have church civil ceremonies (AP)
US spy chiefs grilled over Muslim Brotherhood (AFP)
Group fights homelessness in Disney's backyard (AP)
Religion News in Brief (AP)
US suspects Hezbollah presence in Chile: cables (AFP)
German minister rejects plagiarism allegations (AP)

UK to let gays have church civil ceremonies (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:02 PM PST

AP - Gay couples are to be allowed civil partnership ceremonies in churches, Britain's government said Thursday — erasing some of the last remaining distinctions between gay partnerships and traditional marriages.

US spy chiefs grilled over Muslim Brotherhood (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:53 PM PST

AFP - Top US intelligence officials faced tough questions from lawmakers Wednesday over Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, acknowledging the spy agencies lack certainty on the opposition group's views.

Group fights homelessness in Disney's backyard (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:42 PM PST

AP - Diana Gonzalez lives in an encampment of grimy tents and overstuffed shopping carts in an alley less than three miles from Disneyland. Her life is a world apart from the fairy tales of the Happiest Place on Earth.

Religion News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 01:24 PM PST

AP - The Greek Orthodox church in the U.S. has sued the public agency that owned the World Trade Center, saying the agency reneged on a deal to rebuild a church that was destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

US suspects Hezbollah presence in Chile: cables (AFP)

Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:55 AM PST

AFP - Leaked US embassy cables made public here report US suspicions that Hezbollah raised funds and maintained contacts among the Chile's small community of Islamic fundamentalists.