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• Influential Harvard minister Gomes dies at 68 (AP)
• German minister quits amid plagiarism scandal (AP)
• Clinton: Mideast religious minorities under threat (AP)
• Pope: LA changing of guard official with Gomez (AP)

Influential Harvard minister Gomes dies at 68 (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:29 PM PST AP - The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, a nationally influential Baptist minister and advocate for tolerance who oversaw Harvard University's Memorial Church for more than 30 years, has died. He was 68.

German minister quits amid plagiarism scandal (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:20 PM PST AP - Germany's popular defense minister resigned Tuesday amid a deepening scandal over plagiarism allegations that threatened to become a liability for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives in upcoming regional elections.

Clinton: Mideast religious minorities under threat (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:54 AM PST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is warning that Christians and other religious minorities are being targeted across the Middle East and need protection as many flee their homes to escape repression.

Pope: LA changing of guard official with Gomez (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:44 AM PST AP - The pope has made the changing of the Catholic guard in Los Angeles official.

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