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		<title>Italian doctor condemns culture that fears children</title>
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According to an Italian neonatal doctor, “pedophobia”—the fear of children—is an obstacle to the realization of the full rights of children today. In an article published in L'Osservatore Romano to mark the 20th anniversary of a U.N. conventio...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10680.html</link>
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		<title>Son of Hamas joins end times scholar for prophecy conference</title>
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End times expert Phil Hotsenpiller will be hosting a three-day seminar in Southern California, reports Jeremy Reynalds, correspondent for ASSIST News Service.
 
 The event will run Sept. 3-5 to discuss current events and their connection to end times ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10679.html</link>
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		<title>Conservative minister Bev Oda reopens G8 abortion debate</title>
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In a shocking about-face, pro-abortion activist and Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda has said that the Canadian government is now open to funding abortion under its G8 maternal health plan. The announcement comes despite a previous vote i...]]></description>
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		<title>American Academy of Pediatrics Says Media Portrayal of Sex ‘Unhealthy&#8217; &#8211; CNS News</title>
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		<title>Former Crossroads Cathedral pastor dies at 80 &#8211; The Oklahoman</title>
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		<title>Team readies encouragement for Cuban believers</title>
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A team working with Vision Beyond Borders will be traveling to Cuba next month, reports MNN. 
 
 In a typical month in Cuba, a ration book will provide one person with 5 pounds of rice, 5 pounds of sugar, 1 pound of black beans, 1 pound of cooking oil...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10677.html</link>
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		<title>Team readies encouragement for Cuban believers</title>
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A team working with Vision Beyond Borders will be traveling to Cuba next month, reports MNN. 
 
 In a typical month in Cuba, a ration book will provide one person with 5 pounds of rice, 5 pounds of sugar, 1 pound of black beans, 1 pound of cooking oil...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10677.html</link>
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		<title>Terror threat from Islamists radicalised in UK prisons</title>
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A respected defence and security think tank has warned that the United Kingdom is facing a potential new wave of home grown terrorist attacks launched by Islamists radicalised whilst in prison, reports Christian Concern for our Nation.
  
 A study pub...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10676.html</link>
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		<title>Vietnam stepping up religious rights abuses, experts say</title>
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Government-perpetrated violence against a Catholic village in Vietnam has highlighted a series of human rights abuses in the communist nation, and three U.S. congressmen are calling on the United Nations to intervene, reports Baptist Press.
 
 "A few ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10674.html</link>
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		<title>USAID pushes social marketing of contraceptives in Philippines</title>
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The Philippine government is implementing a new marketing scheme developed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to push contraceptives on the largely Catholic population of the country, reports Thaddeus M. Baklinski, LifeSiteNews.com...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10675.html</link>
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		<title>Mira Sorvino takes Like Dandelion Dust to the big screen</title>
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Like Dandelion Dust, the Karen Kingsbury bestseller, makes its way to the big screen in a riveting story of love and sacrifice—staring Academy Award-winning actress Mira Sorvino. The nationwide release is Sept. 24, 2010, it is said in the press rele...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10673.html</link>
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		<title>Spain thanked Catholics for the role in release of Cuban prisoners</title>
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During a visit to Cuba, two officials from Spain’s Socialist Party expressed gratitude to the Catholic Church for its “important role” in securing the release of several political prisoners, reports Catholic News Agency.
 
 Leire Pajin and Elena...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10672.html</link>
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		<title>Muslim background Christian falsely accused in Bangladesh</title>
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A Christian convert from Islam was falsely arrested for cattle theft last weekend in a bid by influential Muslims to stop his Christian activities, area villagers said, reports MNN.
 
 According to a story by Compass Direct News, day laborer Abul Hoss...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10671.html</link>
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		<title>Stealing from the Church [&quot;Theft of offerings is there and one way to curb it is to ensure those who are appointed to handle church money are persons of integrity, persons whose backgrounds are known&quot;] &#8211; The Citizen</title>
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		<title>Over 8 in 10 Worldwide See Religion as Important &#8211; Christian Post</title>
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		<title>More human embryo experimentation likely under EU directive</title>
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An EU proposal to restrict the use of animals in medical research has alarmed pro-life observers and the Catholic bishops’ conference for the European Union, reports Hilary White, LifeSiteNews.com.
 
 The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of th...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10670.html</link>
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		<title>Gay clergy leads to membership drop &#8211; OneNewsNow</title>
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		<title>Knesset speaker gives Christian tourists Zionism lesson &#8211; Jerusalem Post</title>
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		<title>Canadian Preacher is Asking Her Flock to Bring in Cell Phones to Be Blessed &#8211; News Blaze</title>
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		<title>Sex-Assault Case Offers Glimpse of an Amish Community &#8211; New York Times</title>
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		<title>More Canadians believe in heaven than in hell: survey &#8211; Postmedia News</title>
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		<title>German Catholic bishops release new sex abuse guidelines</title>
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Officials and employees of Germany's Roman Catholic Church will be required to immediately report suspicions of child abuse to the police under new guidelines that went into effect on 1 September, the German Bishops Conference announced, reports Ecume...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10669.html</link>
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		<title>Kids get green light to surf sexual sites &#8211; WorldNetDaily</title>
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		<title>Principal threatens to fire teachers who help Christian club &#8211; WorldNetDaily</title>
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		<title>Somali militants chase Christians who&#8217;ve fled, beat them</title>
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After months of evading his pursuers, they finally caught up with him.
 
 Voice of the Martyrs Canada confirms that on August 21, Islamic militants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia found Mohamed Ali Garas, a prominent Somali church leader and convert from Isl...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10668.html</link>
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		<title>Italian cardinal: Marriage is proof of God&#8217;s love, hope for future</title>
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Through the sacrament of marriage, Italy can counteract "a true race towards death," said the head of Italian bishops on Sunday. He explained that a family founded on marriage is proof from God "that the future exists," reports Catholic News Agency.
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		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10667.html</link>
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		<title>Report: illegal immigration in the United States declining</title>
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The number of illegal immigrants who enter the United States each year fell in the last decade, helping the total population of illegal immigrants level off and possibly decline, according to new estimates by the Pew Hispanic Center, reports Baptist P...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10666.html</link>
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		<title>Speak Gently of NYC Mosque, Lest Christians Come to Harm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The sad fact is that our response, as a nation and as Christians, could well jeopardize the lives of millions of Christians living under Islam. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/11637428/</link>
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		<title>Beck Wants to Lead, But Will Evangelicals Follow?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the conservative commentator's rally on the National Mall last weekend (Aug. 28), some evangelical leaders say he sounded all the right religious notes. But others say Beck's Mormon faith clouds the message.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crosswalk.com/news/commentary/11637461/</link>
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		<title>Millennials in the Air</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Pew Research Center teens and twenty-somethings are “less religiously affiliated” than previous generations.  To be specific, one in four Americans age 18-29 do not affiliate with any particular religious group. ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/11637462/</link>
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		<title>Religion Today Summaries &#8211; Sept. 3, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[God Didn't Create Universe, Stephen Hawking ArguesMethodist Survey Aims to Stop Membership DeclineTurkmenistan: Pastor Faces Five Years ImprisonmentArmy Chaplain First to Die in Combat Since Vietnam]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/11637447/</link>
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		<title>Virtually all El Salvadorans oppose legalization of abortion</title>
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Ninety-three percent of El Salvadorans are opposed to the legalization of abortion in their country, according to a new poll, reports Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent, LifeSiteNews.com.
 
 To the question: "Do you agree with modif...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10664.html</link>
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		<title>Palin-backed pro-life candidate wins upset victory</title>
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GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who had a mixed record on abortion-related measures, finally conceded defeat in the primary race to Joe Miller, a pro-life attorney backed heavily by former Gov. Sarah Palin, reports Peter J. Smith, LifeSiteNews.com....]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10665.html</link>
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		<title>The Predicament: Francis Collins, Human Embryos, Evolution, and the Sanctity of Human Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Francis Collins stands at the very summit of the scientific community -- and he is headed into a public controversy over the use of human embryos in medical research.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/11637469/</link>
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		<title>Study: Teen Pot Smoking Won&#8217;t Lead to Other Drugs as Adults</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New research finds little support for the hypothesis that marijuana is a "gateway" drug leading teens to the use of harder drugs in adulthood.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/11637458/</link>
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		<title>Woman walks for first time in 22 years during Alabama revival</title>
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A music minister long known for belting out powerful worship choruses from her wheelchair stood up and walked Friday for the first time in 22 years during a revival service led by former Brownsville Revival leader John Kilpatrick, reports Charisma New...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10663.html</link>
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		<title>Pakistan disaster overshadows floods in Gambia</title>
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Overshadowed by the millions affected by flooding in Pakistan and the huge relief efforts taking place there, few people know about the flood waters wreaking havoc in Gambia, reports MNN.
 
 The Gambia River cuts through the middle of Gambia, a tiny c...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10661.html</link>
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		<title>Italian Cardinal: Italian society being “seriously mutilated”</title>
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The head of the Italian Catholic bishops’ conference said this week that Italian society is being “seriously mutilated” by its negative growth birth rate. Angelo Bagnasco, cardinal archbishop of Genoa, said at a Mass in Liguria this weekend that...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10662.html</link>
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		<title>S. Africa’s bishops voice ‘grave misgivings’ about media restrictions</title>
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Media restrictions proposed with the stated intention of protecting the public good are causes for “serious concerns,” the Southern African Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) has commented. Warning that the proposed law is so broad that it threatens th...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10660.html</link>
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		<title>Christian сonvert in Bangladesh falsely accused of theft</title>
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A Christian convert from Islam was falsely arrested for cattle theft last weekend in a bid by influential Muslims to stop his Christian activities, area villagers said, reports Jeremy Reynalds, correspondent for ASSIST News Service.
 
 According to a ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10658.html</link>
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		<title>Leaders from 70 nations meet for Pentecostal World Conference</title>
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A cross-section of Pentecostal-charismatic leaders from more than 70 nations met last week in Stockholm for the 22nd Pentecostal World Conference, reports Charisma News Online.
 
 Hosted in Sweden for the first time in 55 years, the triennial event wa...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10659.html</link>
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		<title>Methodist survey aims to stop membership decline &#8211; AP</title>
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		<title>Pakistan Militants Attack Religious Procession, Killing Dozens Despite Floods &#8211; AP</title>
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		<title>Major Media Spike Discovery Channel Gunman&#8217;s Darwinian Motivations &#8211; Evolution News &amp; Views</title>
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		<link>http://www.evolutionnews.org/2010/09/major_media_spike_discovery_ch037851.html</link>
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		<title>Westerners Urged to Earmark Aid for Pakistan’s Marginalized Christians &#8211; CNS News</title>
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		<title>German Church Sets Rules on Reporting Abuse &#8211; Wall Street Journal</title>
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		<title>Churches&#8217; leader condemns Hebron killings of Israelis</title>
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The head of the World Council of Churches who is on a visit to the Middle East has condemned the killings of four Israelis near Hebron in the West Bank, reports Ecumenical News International.
 
 "At a time when Palestinian and Israeli leaders are begi...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10657.html</link>
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		<title>Italian government refuses tax revenue to fund mosques</title>
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The Italian government has refused to grant official recognition to Islam in the tax code, citing polygamy that is sanctioned by Muslims and the religion’s failure to uphold women’s rights. The decision has to do with a bill that would allocate an...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10656.html</link>
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		<title>Peace Talk Reruns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another round of so-called peace talks between Israel and Palestine begin today in Washington. This scenario is more familiar than a TV summer rerun.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crosswalk.com/news/11637343/</link>
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		<title>Churches nationwide surprised at impact of Grief Ministry</title>
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Churches nationwide are using the ministry program GriefShare to help people who are grieving the death of a friend or loved one.
 
 According to a news release from GriefShare’s parent ministry, Church Initiative, those offering this weekly, lay-dr...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue10654.html</link>
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