Federal judge dismisses wage claims portion of lawsuit against Scientology’s elite Sea Org

Judge dimisses wage claims in Scientology lawsuit

Pastor: Nigeria’s long unseen president ‘able to grunt out an amen’ with Christian leaders

Ill Nigerian president meets Christian leaders

Saudi cleric announces on-air plans to visit Jerusalem

Saudi cleric announces visit to Jerusalem

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi cleric announced Monday on his television show that he will visit Jerusalem next week to bolster Muslim claims to the city.

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Assam governor helps break taboo against women

BARPETA - Bhabani Pathak and Kamala Bharali are excited and yet haunted with a sense of guilt. They were among the few women who broke a more than 500-year-old tradition by entering the sanctum sanctorum of a revered Xatra or Hindu monastery in Assam.

Pope greets pilgrims from papal retreat near Rome, no mention of abuse scandal

Pope greets pilgrims at retreat near Rome

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI has greeted pilgrims and delivered a prayer from his retreat near Rome, making no mention of the sex abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church.

Bangladesh Islamist leaders denied bail, told to surrender

DHAKA - The Dhaka High Court has rejected the bail pleas of five Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) leaders, including its chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, in two cases filed against them for hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims. They were also directed to surrender before the trial court within nine weeks.

Malaysian academy to train Hindu priests

IPOH - Malaysia’s first academy to train Hindu priests will conduct a five-year course developed in consultation with similar institutions in India, a minister said.