AP - Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada ? once described as Osama bin Laden's ambassador in Europe ? was ordered jailed Tuesday by a British judge because of fears he was preparing to abscond.
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AP - African drums boomed and pipe organ music swelled as the Cathedral of St. John the Divine opened for worship Sunday after years of cleanup from a fire that struck the world's largest Gothic cathedral in 2001.
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AP - An Egyptian-born writer who renounced Islam and was baptized by Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that he has formed a political party that would enter candidates in next year's EU elections.
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Reuters - Cuban President Raul Castro attended a ceremony for the country's first religious beatification on Saturday in another sign of warming relations between the Communist-ruled island and the Catholic Church.
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AP - Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife worked tirelessly after they landed in India to run a Jewish outreach center, serving homemade kosher meals to their many guests and strengthening their connection with God.
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Reuters - A Brooklyn-based rabbi and his wife who were killed in the siege on a Jewish center in Mumbai had gone to serve Jews living far from their roots, fearing only that he would not be able to help as many as possible.
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Reuters - Commandos stormed a Jewish center and a luxury hotel in Mumbai on Friday to retake them from Islamist militants on the third day of attacks on the Indian financial capital in which at least 130 people have died.
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AP - Pope Benedict XVI may visit the Holy Land next year, the Vatican spokesman said Thursday.
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AP - President-elect Barack Obama and his wife took their daughters to work at a food bank on the day before Thanksgiving, saying they wanted to show the girls the meaning of the holiday, especially when so many people are struggling.
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AP - Nearly two years ago, the quiet lives of Trappist monks in South Carolina were disrupted by accusations they were mistreating chickens in their egg business. The monks say they did nothing wrong but now, because of the glare of publicity, are turning to new ways to earn their daily bread.
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AP - Complaints have led to the removal of an atheist group's "Imagine No Religion" billboard in this San Bernardino County city.
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AP - A man accused of gunning down his estranged wife and a man in a New Jersey church told authorities Tuesday in a videotaped confession that he would've killed everyone in the building if he'd had a machine gun, a Georgia prosecutor said.
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