Yahoo! News: Religion News

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• 'Jewish Indiana Jones' admits to NY Torah fraud (AP)
• Jewish leaders offended by Ga. preacher's ceremony (AP)
• NATO ministers consider speeded-up Afghan drawdown (AP)
• Boehner: Feds should back off birth control order (AP)
• Obama says draws from Christian faith to craft policy (Reuters)
• Obama says his policies are extension of his faith (AP)
• Mormon voters a key in Nevada — they're for Romney (AP)
• Iraq court agrees execution of Baghdad church attackers (Reuters)
• Obama to attend National Prayer Breakfast (AP)
• Labor talks in Greece as debt deals near (AP)

'Jewish Indiana Jones' admits to NY Torah fraud (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:25 PM PST AP - A Jewish charity co-founder who claimed he traveled the world as a "Jewish Indiana Jones" to rescue Torahs pleaded guilty to fraud charges Thursday, saying he lied when he claimed he had personally obtained vintage Torah scrolls in Europe and Israel for six years.

Jewish leaders offended by Ga. preacher's ceremony (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 04:14 PM PST AP - Jewish leaders are criticizing a ceremony that involved a controversial megachurch leader being wrapped in a religious scroll and exalted as a "king" to the applause of his parishioners.

NATO ministers consider speeded-up Afghan drawdown (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:48 PM PST AP - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that NATO allies have agreed broadly to step back from the lead combat role in Afghanistan and let local forces take their place as early as next year, a shortened timetable that startled officials and members of Congress.

Boehner: Feds should back off birth control order (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 01:16 PM PST AP - The Obama administration scrambled Thursday to contain a growing election-year outcry over its decision that church-affiliated employers must cover birth control regardless of their religious principles.

Obama says draws from Christian faith to craft policy (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 12:36 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama sought to emphasize his Christian faith on Thursday, telling a key election-year voting bloc that he prays every morning and has crafted elements of his economic policies in line with Jesus' teachings.

Obama says his policies are extension of his faith (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 12:22 PM PST AP - Blending politics and religion, President Barack Obama said his Christian faith is a driving force behind his economic policies, from Wall Street reform to his calls for the wealthy to pay higher taxes.

Mormon voters a key in Nevada — they're for Romney (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:59 PM PST AP - If Mitt Romney wins the Nevada caucus Saturday, he might well feel special gratitude for the state's Mormon voters.

Iraq court agrees execution of Baghdad church attackers (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:39 AM PST Reuters - Iraq's highest court ratified death sentences on Thursday for three men convicted of a 2010 attack on a Syrian Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, the bloodiest attack on Iraqi Christians after the 2003 invasion.

Obama to attend National Prayer Breakfast (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:30 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama attends the National Prayer Breakfast this morning in Washington, along with the first lady and Vice President Joe Biden.

Labor talks in Greece as debt deals near (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2012 02:28 AM PST AP - Unions and employers are to resume talks in Greece as the country scrambles to push through more cost-cutting reforms and conclude massive debt deals with private and rescue creditors.

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