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Utah state officials are blocking any further attempts by rival church leaders to seize control of Warren Jeffs' polygamous FLDS sect, which likely means a judge will decide who is in charge.

While in jail awaiting trial on sexual assault and bigamy charges Jeffs recently re-assumed control of the sect's presidency. Last week an ousted leader filed a challenge to Jeffs' leadership, leading to a tug-of-war with the cult leader's loyalists.

 

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"Why We're Fasting" is the title of columnist Mark Bittman's essay in Wednesday's New York Times, the "we" being himself and David Beckmann, here described as a "reverend," and "this year's World Food Prize laureate." The pastor heads "Bread for the World."

Yes, why fast?

 

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The chief of a militant Hindu extremist group sought to disguise his extortion and terror activities from behind bars by claiming he had repented of bombing a church in Nepal and showing interest in Christianity, according to investigators.

The revelation emerged when Nepal's premier investigation agency foiled a plot to explode a series of bombs devised by Ram Prasad Mainali, former chief of the Hindu militant outfit Nepal Defence Army (NDA), in the capital city of Kathmandu.

 

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