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• Ex-French budget minister probed on award-job swap (AP)
• GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy (AP)
• Sarkozy advises against military strike on Iran (AP)
• CoE takes step towards allowing women bishops (Reuters)
• Army officer wants humanism officially recognized (AP)
• Religion news in brief (AP)
• Obama birth-control rule stokes election-year fight (Reuters)
• Romney says GOP rivals acted like Dems (AP)

Ex-French budget minister probed on award-job swap (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:44 PM PST AP - Three investigating judges have filed preliminary charges against former Labor Minister Eric Woerth for "passive influence peddling" after becaming ensnared in a scandal involving the fortunes of the L'Oreal heiress.

GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 04:10 PM PST AP - Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the rule that religious schools and hospitals must provide contraceptive coverage for their employees as an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country."

Sarkozy advises against military strike on Iran (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 03:34 PM PST AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy put his reputation as a stalwart friend of Israel on the line Wednesday, warning that military action was no way to deal with nuclear-minded Iran at a dinner hosted by France's main Jewish group — and his likely presidential election rival in the audience.

CoE takes step towards allowing women bishops (Reuters) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 12:41 PM PST Reuters - The Church of England moved closer to the consecration of women bishops Wednesday when it voted against giving strengthened legal protection to traditionalists who favor an all-male clergy, a decision that could lead more to switch to Rome.

Army officer wants humanism officially recognized (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:40 AM PST AP - Soldiers who don't believe in God can go to war with "Atheist" stamped on their dog tags, but humanists and others with various secular beliefs are still officially invisible in the Army.

Religion news in brief (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:38 AM PST AP - Drug gang banners appear in central Mexico city Pope will visit

Obama birth-control rule stokes election-year fight (Reuters) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 03:38 PM PST Reuters - The top Republican in the Congress on Wednesday denounced President Barack Obama's new rule on contraceptives as an assault on "religious freedom" and vowed to overturn it, as the White House sought to prevent the issue from becoming an election-year liability.

Romney says GOP rivals acted like Dems (AP) Posted: 08 Feb 2012 01:22 PM PST AP - Mitt Romney says he's a better tea party candidate than his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination.

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