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• Kentucky gov. candidates spar over Hindu ceremony (AP)
• Wisconsin bishops seek to keep guns out of church (Reuters)
• New Libyan PM was Alabama professor for 20 years (AP)
• Anglican Church head backs protesters on financial reform (Reuters)
• Texas gun instructor draws heat for anti-Muslim ad (AP)
• Wisconsin bishops ask parishioners not to bring guns to church (Reuters)
• Iran's parliament votes to keep Ahmadinejad's minister (Reuters)
• Furore over Hindu epic essay points to India's cultural divide (Reuters)
• Cash flows, but can Afghan training legacy last? (Reuters)

Kentucky gov. candidates spar over Hindu ceremony (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:08 PM PDT AP - In a Bible Belt state that is home to the Creation Museum and a Noah's Ark-themed park in the works, the sight of Kentucky's Democratic governor taking part in a Hindu-style groundbreaking ceremony was easy pickings for his Republican challenger. Even if the event marked the construction of a $180 million manufacturing plant promising 250 jobs.

Wisconsin bishops seek to keep guns out of church (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 04:06 PM PDT Reuters - MILWAUKEE (Reuters)- Wisconsin Catholic bishops are asking parishioners to avoid carrying guns into church, now that a new law permitting residents of the state to carry concealed weapons has gone into effect.

New Libyan PM was Alabama professor for 20 years (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:35 PM PDT AP - For 20 years, Abdurrahim el-Keib taught electrical engineering at the University of Alabama, helped lead the area's Muslim community and talked little about his home country of Libya. With Moammar Gadhafi's regime deposed, the professor now has a new role as prime minister of his homeland.

Anglican Church head backs protesters on financial reform (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:18 PM PDT Reuters - St Paul's Cathedral, in the heart of London's financial district, has for centuries occupied a delicate position between God and Mammon, benefiting from the generosity of rich financiers while supporting the more numerous poor.

Texas gun instructor draws heat for anti-Muslim ad (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:42 PM PDT AP - On a YouTube clip that has gone viral, brash Texas handgun instructor Crockett Keller defiantly tells Muslims and non-Christian Arabs he won't teach them how to handle a firearm.

Wisconsin bishops ask parishioners not to bring guns to church (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:04 PM PDT Reuters - MILWAUKEE (Reuters)- Now that a new law permitting Wisconsin residents to carry concealed weapons has gone into effect, Wisconsin Catholic bishops are asking that parishioners not carry guns into church.

Iran's parliament votes to keep Ahmadinejad's minister (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 08:10 AM PDT Reuters - Iran's parliament voted on Tuesday against removing the economy minister of hardline President Mahoud Ahmadinejad from office over the country's biggest financial scandal.

Furore over Hindu epic essay points to India's cultural divide (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 06:35 AM PDT Reuters - Under pressure from Hindu hardliners, a prestigious university has dropped a scholarly text on the Ramayana epic from its history syllabus, in the latest sign of conservatives' deep influence over a globalizing India's cultural battles.

Cash flows, but can Afghan training legacy last? (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:28 AM PDT Reuters - As over a thousand Afghan army graduates raise both palms to their faces in prayer standing under blazing sunshine, one of the country's most experienced generals surveys them with a mixture of pride and trepidation.

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