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• U.S. sues company over miner's religious objection to handscan
• Christian Zionists: 'God bless Israeli settlers – and the Palestinians'
• Nigeria church attack kills pastor, two children
• Jihadists torch statues, crosses in Syria churches
• Consol faces religious discrimination lawsuit
• 'Elders' urge Myanmar to address religious strife
• Attackers kill pastor, torch church in Nigeria

U.S. sues company over miner's religious objection to handscan Posted: 26 Sep 2013 02:26 PM PDT By Elizabeth Daley PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania mining company sued by the federal government on behalf of a worker who refused a biometric handscan because he believes in the Bible's mark of the beast prophecy, said on Thursday that it supports religious freedom. The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission filed a lawsuit against Consul Energy Inc, stating that Beverly Butcher Jr. had worked at the company's coal mine in Mannington, West Virginia, for more than 35 years, until he was required to use a biometric hand scanner to track his hours. ...

Christian Zionists: 'God bless Israeli settlers – and the Palestinians' Posted: 26 Sep 2013 12:12 PM PDT As our tour bus full of Christian pilgrims rolls out of Jerusalem, the Jewish guide reads a poetic description of the Israeli settlement Itamar, a place where, we are told, the fields are carpeted in scarlet poppies and blue pansies and the deer "run free … and skip from hill to dale."

Nigeria church attack kills pastor, two children Posted: 26 Sep 2013 11:34 AM PDT Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Suspected Boko Haram Islamists on Thursday opened fire in a church in Nigeria's restive northeast, killing the pastor and his two children before setting fire to the building and fleeing, the military said.

Jihadists torch statues, crosses in Syria churches Posted: 26 Sep 2013 10:36 AM PDT Beirut (AFP) - Jihadist fighters linked to Al-Qaeda set fire to statues and crosses inside churches in northern Syria on Thursday and destroyed a cross on a church clock tower, a watchdog said.

Consol faces religious discrimination lawsuit Posted: 26 Sep 2013 07:16 AM PDT The federal government has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against Consol Energy Inc. over a worker who believed biometric hand scans violated his Christain beliefs. The Equal Employment Opportunity ...

'Elders' urge Myanmar to address religious strife Posted: 26 Sep 2013 05:51 AM PDT YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Jimmy Carter and two other former world leaders who are part of a group known as "The Elders" wrapped up a visit to Myanmar on Thursday with calls to address Buddhist-led violence against minority Muslims and end impunity for the perpetrators.

Attackers kill pastor, torch church in Nigeria Posted: 26 Sep 2013 02:43 AM PDT POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — Police say suspected Islamic militants armed with automatic rifles and explosives killed a pastor and his son and torched a church in northeast Nigeria before dawn Thursday.

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