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• Trial starts in alleged Obama-inspired church fire (AP)
• Corrected:Trial of white man accused of black church fire begins (Reuters)
• Anti-Muslim current in Australia: study (AFP)
• 5 Turkish officers jailed in killing of Christians (AP)
• Growing evangelical clout shaping debate (AP)
• Koran burnt in Florida church (AFP)

Trial starts in alleged Obama-inspired church fire (AP) Posted: 21 Mar 2011 01:57 PM PDT AP - A federal prosecutor told a jury Monday that a man and two friends were racists who were so upset when Barack Obama was elected president that they burned down a predominantly African-American church just hours after the voting ended.

Corrected:Trial of white man accused of black church fire begins (Reuters) Posted: 21 Mar 2011 01:43 PM PDT Reuters - A pastor testified on Monday in the federal trial of a white man accused of torching his mostly black church to protest Barack Obama's election as the nation's first black president.

Anti-Muslim current in Australia: study (AFP) Posted: 21 Mar 2011 07:17 AM PDT AFP - A year-long study of religious freedom in Australia has revealed widespread distrust of Muslims and discrimination against pagans and homosexuals.

5 Turkish officers jailed in killing of Christians (AP) Posted: 21 Mar 2011 02:07 AM PDT AP - A Turkish court ordered five military officers and two civilians jailed Monday in a probe into the 2007 killing of three Christians, including a German national, over allegations that the attack was part of an alleged plot to topple the government.

Growing evangelical clout shaping debate (AP) Posted: 21 Mar 2011 01:36 AM PDT AP - Republican presidential candidates take note: the clout of social and religious conservatives is growing in politically crucial Iowa. And these activists are driving the debate here toward cultural issues — and away from the economy — just as the GOP sets out to find an opponent for President Barack Obama.

Koran burnt in Florida church (AFP) Posted: 20 Mar 2011 09:59 PM PDT AFP - A controversial US evangelical preacher oversaw the burning of a copy of the Koran in a small Florida church after finding the Muslim holy book "guilty" of crimes.

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