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• Koran-burning pastor says not responsible for UN deaths (AFP)
• Florida pastor is focus of Muslim outrage - again (Reuters)
• 6 Israeli lawmakers to study US Jewish community (AP)
• Army group says there ARE atheists in foxholes (AP)
• Pope mourns India cardinal (AP)
• NY boy, 12, charged with hate crime on Muslim (AP)

Koran-burning pastor says not responsible for UN deaths (AFP) Posted: 01 Apr 2011 04:13 PM PDT AFP - An evangelical pastor whose church burned a Koran last month said he was "devastated" but did not feel responsible for the killings Friday of seven UN workers in a violent protest in Afghanistan.

Florida pastor is focus of Muslim outrage - again (Reuters) Posted: 01 Apr 2011 03:58 PM PDT Reuters - An American Christian preacher who caused an international uproar last year by threatening to burn the Koran has put himself back in the spotlight after incinerating Islam's holy book -- again with deadly consequences.

6 Israeli lawmakers to study US Jewish community (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2011 03:05 PM PDT AP - Six Israeli lawmakers are headed to the United States this weekend for an intense study of American Jewish life amid concerns about a growing gap between American and Israeli Jews.

Army group says there ARE atheists in foxholes (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2011 01:40 PM PDT AP - The cliche notwithstanding, there are atheists in foxholes. In fact, atheists, agnostics, humanists and other assorted skeptics from the Army's Fort Bragg have formed an organization in a pioneering effort to win recognition and ensure fair treatment for nonbelievers in the overwhelmingly Christian U.S. military.

Pope mourns India cardinal (AP) Posted: 01 Apr 2011 06:29 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI is mourning the death of Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, a leader of the church in India who battled for the rights of Christian minorities.

NY boy, 12, charged with hate crime on Muslim (AP) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:36 PM PDT AP - A 12-year-old boy accused of trying to rip the head scarf off a Muslim classmate during recess has been charged in New York City with a hate crime.

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