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• 17 killed in Nigerian church stampede: official
• Del Potro robbed of rosary blessed by Pope
• Congregation celebrates assembly - without religion

17 killed in Nigerian church stampede: official Posted: 02 Nov 2013 03:39 PM PDT Seventeen people were killed and dozens of others injured on Saturday in a stampede following the end of an overnight church vigil in eastern Nigeria, a government spokesman said. "We have visited the hospital in Nkpor and found 17 corpses that were brought in from the scene of the disaster," spokesman Mike Udah told AFP.

Del Potro robbed of rosary blessed by Pope Posted: 02 Nov 2013 03:34 PM PDT Argentine tennis player Juan Martin Del Potro has revealed that he was robbed at a Paris railway station with thieves making off with a cherished rosary blessed by Pope Francis. Del Potro was checking in at Gare de Nord in the French capital when he stopped to sign an autograph. I turned around to sign it and within 20 seconds (my bag) had been stolen," Del Potro said through his press service. His rosary "which I take everywhere" was blessed by Pope Francis when Del Potro played at the Rome Masters earlier this year.

Congregation celebrates assembly - without religion Posted: 02 Nov 2013 02:19 PM PDT By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - British comedian Sanderson Jones left a Christmas concert six years ago feeling uncomfortable - he no longer believed in God, but he sure liked singing carols. Jones also missed other things about being in a church - the sense of community and time spent thinking about being a better person - just not the religion part. "I wanted to celebrate being alive," said Jones, 32. "Being alive is one of the most magical, mystical things we've been given." So Jones and his friend, actress Pippa Evans, got together in January in London for a first "Sunday Assembly," a service they say is not just for atheists, but for anyone who wants to "live better, help often and wonder more." The London congregation now has 600 people, and Jones and Evans are taking the idea on a "road show" in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the U.S., Canada and Australia to help start new assemblies.

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