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• High court won't hear appeal by Christian groups
• US report criticizes Turkey on religious rights
• Ex NASA expert attacks bosses in religious row
• Tensions rise in Cuba ahead of Pope visit
• Egypt declares day of mourning for Coptic Pope burial
• Supreme Court refuses church-state case involving child sex abuse by clergy
• High court rejects Christian campus groups' appeal
• Ex-Crystal Cathedral pastor launches new church
• French PM: Secure all schools, religious buildings
• French prime minister: Secure all schools and religious buildings after shootings
• Cuba detains 70 Ladies in White ahead of pope visit
• Readers Write: Religion isn't exempt; A racist, 'civil' past; Guns and domestic abuse

High court won't hear appeal by Christian groups Posted: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a request by Christian groups on a college campus to allow them to limit membership based on religious beliefs.

US report criticizes Turkey on religious rights Posted: An annual U.S. government report is adding U.S. ally Turkey as well as Tajikistan to a list of the worst violators of religious rights.

Ex NASA expert attacks bosses in religious row Posted: A former expert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) claimed Monday he was falsely accused of harassing co-workers about religion, as he took the stand at an unfair dismissal trial.

Tensions rise in Cuba ahead of Pope visit Posted: Tensions in Cuba between dissidents and the Communist leaders are rising ahead of next week's visit by Pope Benedict XVI, with the arrests of more than 50 activists and a showdown at a Havana church.

Egypt declares day of mourning for Coptic Pope burial Posted: Egypt's military rulers have declared a national day of mourning for the funeral on Tuesday of Coptic Pope Shenuda III, the spiritual leader of the Middle East's largest Christian community.

Supreme Court refuses church-state case involving child sex abuse by clergy Posted: The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to take up a case challenging the use of the First Amendment's separation of church and state as a shield to block a negligence lawsuit against a Roman Catholic archdiocese that hired and supervised a priest accused of being a pedophile.

High court rejects Christian campus groups' appeal Posted: The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from Christian groups that challenged a discrimination policy at California state universities.

Ex-Crystal Cathedral pastor launches new church Posted: A Crystal Cathedral splinter church launched Sunday in a rented movie theater in Orange County, with the breakaway pastor urging the congregation not to speak ill of its former house of worship.Sheila ...

French PM: Secure all schools, religious buildings Posted: France's prime minister says he has asked for all schools and religious buildings to be secured in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Jewish school in the southwest.

French prime minister: Secure all schools and religious buildings after shootings Posted: French prime minister: Secure all schools and religious buildings after shootings.

Cuba detains 70 Ladies in White ahead of pope visit Posted: HAVANA, March 18 - Cuban authorities detained about 70 members of the dissident group Ladies in White over the weekend, including 18 who staged its weekly Sunday march in the Cuban capital. The 18 women, dressed in their customary white clothing, were rounded up and taken away in buses after they left their permitted route through Havana's Miramar neighborhood, said a Reuters cameraman on the scene. ...

Readers Write: Religion isn't exempt; A racist, 'civil' past; Guns and domestic abuse Posted: Religion isn't exempt

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