MASSACHUSETTS
Prosecutor says couple plotted to ignite 'racial holy war'
The Associated Press
BOSTON - A couple on trial on charges they conspired to ignite a ``racial holy war'' by blowing up black or Jewish landmarks hoped to cleanse society of non-white people, a prosecutor said Monday.

NORTH CAROLINA
Catholic student no longer welcome in Christian school
The Associated Press
LEXINGTON -- A 15-year-old student won't be praying in a classroom at Sheets Memorial Christian School this year -- because he prays the rosary. Ben Holmes attended the school until June, but school officials say they're no longer comfortable having him as a student.

UTAH
LDS Couple's Book Takes on Polygamy Shame
The Salt Lake Tribune
Just a few months ago, during a certain high-profile international winter sports festival in Salt Lake City, there was an attitude that the less said about Utah's peculiar and controversial institution of polygamy, the better.

WASHINGTON
Appeals panel upholds dismissal of suit against State Patrol
The Associated Press
A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a federal judge's decision to dismiss a lawsuit by a Jehovah's Witness who quit the Washington State Patrol academy because he believed he would have to take an oath of allegiance and salute the flag.

WASHINGTON, D.C.
'Godless Americans' Plan March on Nation's Capital
CNSNews.com
Washington -- Atheists, secularists and humanists from across the United States are planning a "Godless Americans March on Washington" this fall to protest what they see as the growth of religion in U.S. culture and government, especially since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

ARGENTINA
Muslim graves attacked in Argentina
BBC News
Ninety graves have been desecrated at a Muslim cemetery in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, authorities say. Police say they have no clues as to who might have carried out the attack, which has been described by Muslim community leaders as a barbaric act.

CANADA
Sick teen bolstered by transfusion case victory
Jehovah's Witness battling leukemia now at home and feeling better
The Canadian Press
CALGARY -- A Calgary teen with leukemia who has won the right to refuse transfusions for religious reasons says winning control of her medical destiny has strengthened her will to fight the disease.

ENGLAND
Lords Rule Out Farrakhan Appeal
Sky News
Black separatist leader Louis Farrakhan has been refused leave to appeal by the House of Lords against the ban on his entry into the UK.

Now God can be a woman again
The Guardian
On the far side of the River Dee, facing the old city of Chester, is a rock carving from the Roman period. Weather has rendered it featureless, but if you know what you are looking for, you can still make out a human figure.

LEBANON
Clerics look at religion from the left, attack sectarianism
Lecture offers nontraditional views
Daily Star
Fusing Marxist ideals of social justice with “leftist” Koranic and Biblical verses, Sayyed Mohammed Amin and Bishop Gregoire Haddad leveled an attack against sectarianism and other social ills during a lecture in Beirut.

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