ATTLEBORO SECT TRIAL - "THE BODY" MASSACHUSETTS Former Sect Member Testifies In Robidoux Trial Man Charged With Starving Young Son TheBostonChannel TAUNTON -- It has been a morning of disturbing testimony in the murder trial of Jacques Robidoux, who is accused of killing his 1-year-old son. NewsCenter 5's Rhondella Richardson said that child's uncle, David Horton, who left the group testified about the months before the child's death." (Includes news video) Get Real Player

NEW YORK
Sect demands biblical proof
The Guardian
"Elders of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the US have been given instructions to deal with paedophiles after a series of damaging revelations. But its critics say that the sect's decision to accept accusations only if the abuse has two independent witnesses is unlikely to solve the problem."

Sikh Eyes NYPD Suit
Newsday.com
"A former Sikh traffic agent who was fired from the NYPD because he refused to remove his turban or cut his beard plans to file papers today as a first step to suing the police department to get his job back."

NORTH CAROLINA
Paranormal research center expected to draw attention to field
The Herald Sun
"DURHAM -- A center promoted as the most advanced parapsychology research center ever built will be instrumental in pursuing research in the fields of health and dreams, officials of the center said Saturday."

OHIO
Decision on Ordinance Affecting LDS Proselytizing Expected Soon
The Associated Press
"STRATTON -- Some peddlers came to town selling raw meat from their pickup trucks. Others hawked cheap perfume in tiny bottles. And there were the sweeper salesmen who knocked on doors after nightfall."

OREGON
Arson suspected in Mormon fire
The Oregonian
"OREGON CITY -- State and federal investigators think a fire that caused nearly $1 million in damage to a Mormon church last week might have been the work of an arsonist, although they found little evidence in the days after the fire."

WASHINGTON
East meets Northwest through Buddhism
The Seattle Times
"It was 1990, and George Draffan of Seattle needed help. In the span of a year, Draffan's father, two grandparents, an aunt and two close friends all died from unrelated circumstances. "Things just kind of got overwhelming," Draffan says."

WYOMING
Hansen might link Thomas bill, Martin's Cove proposal
The Associated Press
"CASPER -- Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., said Rep. Jim Hansen, R-Utah, would hold one of Thomas' bills "hostage" by pairing it with a bill to sell Martin's Cove to the Mormon church."

EGYPT
Egypt Paper Resumes Publishing
The Associated Press
"CAIRO -- An Egyptian weekly returned to circulation Sunday, almost one year after it was closed for running a story alleging a monk ran a sex-and-blackmail ring in a monastery."

LEBANON
Fadlallah explains religious basis for suicide attacks
Senior cleric sanctions ‘self-sacrifice’ operations
The Daily Star
"Suicide attacks in occupied Palestine are not the craven acts of the morally depraved as they are portrayed by Western media, but a form of legitimate resistance amid escalating dangers. This is the view of senior Islamic scholar and marjaa (highest level of Islamic religious authority) Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah."

NIGERIA
Cultists Raid Iruekpen, Burn Bunglow, Vandalise Others
News
"LAGOS -- A gang of suspected cultists from the Edo state government - owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma have burnt down a 12-room bungalow and vandalised three other buildings at Iruekpen community in Esan West local government area."

PHILIPPINES
PBMA members insist group no cult
Third of three parts
The Manila Times
"CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — They may call their founder the “Divine Master” and be willing to die to protect his son. But members of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA) insist Ruben Ecleo Sr. did not found a cult."
Part One: Ecleo cult a mix of great faiths, the occult
Part Two: PBMA founder a ‘Christ-like’ figure
Also:
Cult head followers turn heat on media, The Philippine Inquirer
Ultimatum On Ecleo Lapses, Sun Star

Woman accused of being a witch, slain
The Philippine Star
"Thinking that she was a witch bent on harming him, a 26-year-old welder stabbed an old woman while she was sleeping early in Pandacan, Manila yesterday morning."

SINGAPORE
Singapore girl in headscarf row goes back to school
Reuters
"SINGAPORE -- One of the four Singaporean Muslim schoolgirls at the centre of a dispute with the government for wearing headscarves with their uniforms has returned to classes without a tudung, the Sunday Times newspaper said."

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