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• True Religion Apparel agrees to $826M buyout offer
• Gap, True Religion, Priceline.com are big movers
• Amnesty calls for release of Egyptian Christian
• Pennsylvania student charged in nude pope-parody
• Muslim, Christian groups clash in NY libel suit
• In Israel, Women of the Wall hit raw nerve over religious clout in state life
• Three popes in Vatican as Egypt's Coptic leader visits Francis
• TowerBrook buying True Religion for about $826M
• 2 popes praying: Egyptian Copt and Pope Francis
• 2 popes meet: Egyptian Copt and Pope Francis

True Religion Apparel agrees to $826M buyout offer Posted: 10 May 2013 03:47 PM PDT True Religion Apparel, best known for its high priced denim, has agreed to a buyout offer of about $826 million from the investment management firm TowerBrook Capital Partners LP. The announcement Friday ...

Gap, True Religion, Priceline.com are big movers Posted: 10 May 2013 01:38 PM PDT Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE The Gap Inc., up $2.18 at $40.99 Thanks to strong sales at its Old Navy and Gap ...

Amnesty calls for release of Egyptian Christian Posted: 10 May 2013 01:31 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to release a Coptic Christian schoolteacher held for contempt of Islam.

Pennsylvania student charged in nude pope-parody Posted: 10 May 2013 12:56 PM PDT PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Carnegie Mellon University student was charged Friday with indecent exposure by campus police after a Catholic bishop complained about her parading nude from the waist down while dressed as the pope.

Muslim, Christian groups clash in NY libel suit Posted: 10 May 2013 10:47 AM PDT A Muslim group is accusing a Christian organization of defamation for publishing a book that accuses the Muslim collective of holding terrorist training in its enclaves. The Christian Action Network refuses ...

In Israel, Women of the Wall hit raw nerve over religious clout in state life Posted: 10 May 2013 10:11 AM PDT Women seeking the right to worship as men do at Jerusalem's Western Wall are hitting a raw nerve: the dynamic between religion and state.

Three popes in Vatican as Egypt's Coptic leader visits Francis Posted: 10 May 2013 07:57 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - At the Vatican on Friday not one, not two, but three popes were inside the tiny city-state's walls at the same time. Coptic Pope Tawadros II and Catholic Pope Francis, each addressing the other as "Your Holiness", prayed together for reconciliation among communities and nations without mention of events in Egypt. Tawadros has previously denounced a wave of anti-Christian attacks there. A short walk from where they met in the Apostolic Palace, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is living out his retirement in a convent in the Vatican gardens. ...

TowerBrook buying True Religion for about $826M Posted: 10 May 2013 07:08 AM PDT VERNON, Calif. (AP) — True Religion Apparel has agreed to a buyout offer of about $826 million from the investment management firm TowerBrook Capital Partners LP.

2 popes praying: Egyptian Copt and Pope Francis Posted: 10 May 2013 05:56 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two popes prayed together Friday at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox, in a sign of improving ties following the election of new leaders for both churches.

2 popes meet: Egyptian Copt and Pope Francis Posted: 10 May 2013 03:11 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two popes are praying together at the Vatican, one Catholic and one Orthodox.

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