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• Ohio Catholic bishops seek to end death penalty (AP)
• Pope challenges China with HK bishop ordination (AP)
• Conspiracy charges filed against Muslim students (AP)

Ohio Catholic bishops seek to end death penalty (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 02:48 PM PST AP - Archbishop Dennis Schnurr of Cincinnati and Bishop Frederick Campbell of Columbus are among 10 Catholic church leaders in Ohio who have signed a statement urging the state to stop using the death penalty, weeks after an Ohio Supreme Court justice issued the same call.

Pope challenges China with HK bishop ordination (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 06:43 AM PST AP - Pope Benedict XVI insisted Saturday on his right to ordain bishops as he consecrated a Chinese prelate in an implicit challenge to attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval.

Conspiracy charges filed against Muslim students (AP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:29 PM PST AP - A group of Muslim students accused of disrupting a speech by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine, were charged Friday with misdemeanor conspiracy counts, ending speculation about what would come from their actions nearly a year ago.

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