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• Egyptian cabinet to meet over violence that kills 24 (Reuters)
• Texas pastor stands ground on "cult" comment about Mormons (Reuters)
• Presbyterian Church ordains first gay minister (Reuters)
• Pope denounces "inhuman" mafia in southern Italy (AP)
• Syria warns against recognizing opposition council (Reuters)

Egyptian cabinet to meet over violence that kills 24 (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2011 04:35 PM PDT Reuters - Christians clashed with military police, leaving at least 24 people dead in Cairo, and the Egyptian cabinet called an emergency meeting for Monday, vowing the violence would not derail the country's first election since Hosni Mubarak was toppled.

Texas pastor stands ground on "cult" comment about Mormons (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2011 02:18 PM PDT Reuters - An unapologetic Pastor Robert Jeffress, who created a stir for calling Mormonism a "cult" at a political gathering, told hundreds of congregants at his Texas megachurch on Sunday that he welcomed the opportunity he's had to warn people about a "false religion."

Presbyterian Church ordains first gay minister (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2011 11:37 AM PDT Reuters - The Presbyterian Church (USA) ordained its first openly gay minister on Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin, three months after lifting its long-standing ban on homosexual clergy.

Pope denounces "inhuman" mafia in southern Italy (AP) Posted: 09 Oct 2011 04:48 AM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday denounced the "inhuman" mafia that plagues southern Italy and urged residents there to respond to the region's suffering by caring for one another and the common good.

Syria warns against recognizing opposition council (Reuters) Posted: 09 Oct 2011 03:36 AM PDT Reuters - Syria warned on Sunday it would retaliate against any country that formally recognizes the National Council set up by opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.

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