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Tornado survivors had minutes to seek refuge (AP)
Shi'ite worshippers condemn Bahrain death sentences (Reuters)
Jews praise John Paul II on eve of beatification (AP)
William, Kate write prayer for royal wedding (AP)

Tornado survivors had minutes to seek refuge (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:16 PM PDT

AP - A Georgia salon owner and her two daughters — Sky and Stormy — climbed inside a tanning bed while a tornado ripped the roof off their business. A Virginia couple scrambled under their garage's wooden steps after a twister ripped off their home's roof. Mississippi mobile home park residents found shelter in a Baptist church, clinging to one another as the building disintegrated.

Shi'ite worshippers condemn Bahrain death sentences (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 03:04 PM PDT

Reuters - Thousands of Bahraini Shi'ites gathered before a revered cleric on Friday denounced death sentences given to protesters over anti-government rallies crushed last month in the U.S.-allied Gulf kingdom.

Jews praise John Paul II on eve of beatification (AP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2011 12:45 PM PDT

AP - A visit to Rome's main synagogue. Diplomatic relations with Israel. A handwritten plea asking forgiveness for Christian persecution left at Judaism's holiest site in Jerusalem.