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• Cross burning at black church may prompt hate crime charges (Reuters)
• Southern Baptist leader: Would accept DREAM Act (AP)
• Temporary crypt for Venezuelan ex-president (AP)
• US, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in contact: Clinton (AFP)
• US: 'Limited' engagement with Muslim Brotherhood (AP)
• U.S. shifts to closer contact with Egypt Islamists (Reuters)
• China detains Vatican-backed Catholic priest (AFP)

Cross burning at black church may prompt hate crime charges (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:07 PM PDT Reuters - Authorities recommended on Thursday that felony hate crime and arson charges be pursued against an 18-year-old man and two juvenile boys who admitted burning a cross outside a predominantly black church in Sepulpa, Oklahoma.

Southern Baptist leader: Would accept DREAM Act (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:26 PM PDT AP - A Southern Baptist Convention leader says the group's policy arm supports a version of the DREAM Act — the proposed law that would allow illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children to earn legal status, either by going to college or serving in the military.

Temporary crypt for Venezuelan ex-president (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 02:05 PM PDT AP - Family members sang the Venezuelan national anthem and joined in prayer as the remains of former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez were temporarily entombed Thursday in a U.S. crypt, while a fight continues over his permanent resting place.

US, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood in contact: Clinton (AFP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 08:12 AM PDT AFP - The United States reached out to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday in a move welcomed by the once-banned Islamist group, reflecting the new political landscape in post-revolution Egypt.

US: 'Limited' engagement with Muslim Brotherhood (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:03 AM PDT AP - The Obama administration is reaching out to the Muslim Brotherhood in a "limited" effort to build ties and promote democratic principles ahead of Egypt's upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.

U.S. shifts to closer contact with Egypt Islamists (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:46 AM PDT Reuters - The United States will resume limited contacts with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed on Thursday, saying it was in Washington's interests to deal with parties committed to non-violent politics.

China detains Vatican-backed Catholic priest (AFP) Posted: 30 Jun 2011 12:55 AM PDT AFP - Chinese police detained a Vatican-backed Catholic priest and blocked his ordination as a bishop, a parishioner said Thursday, in a move likely to raise tensions with the Holy See.

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