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Luck of the Irish to parade across country (The Japan Times)

Celebrations for Ireland's most famous holiday are gaining in popularity worldwide, and Japan is no exception. St. Patrick, who helped spread Christianity to Ireland in the 5th century, is the country's patron saint. Legend has it that he died on March 17, so the Irish celebrate the day by wearing green, symbolizing the shamrock.

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The Secret of Kells (New York Times)

A scene from “The Secret of Kells.” There is a lot to look at in “The Secret of Kells.” Nearly every frame of this 75-minute animated feature is dense with curlicued and cross-hatched patterns and figures.

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Texas Conservatives Want to Emphasize the Role of Christianity in the State’s Public School Curriculum. What Do You … (ABC News)

ABC News' 'World News With Diane Sawyer' and its Question of the Day: Texas conservatives want to emphasize the role of Christianity in the state's public school curriculum and the accormplishments of conservatives. What do you think?

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5 Major New Trends in Church Giving, Budgeting, and Generosity Identified in Latest Research (Church Central)

A “new normal” is emerging in the church world when it comes to giving, budgets, and generosity initiatives, according to ongoing research surveys conducted by Church Central blogger, Brian Kluth of MAXIMUMgenerosity.org and Christianity Today International’s Church Finance Today and Leadership Journal.

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Morocco warns of tough line after missionaries expelled (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The Moroccan government warned Thursday it would take a tough line against proselytisers two days after 20 foreign Christian missionaries were expelled.

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Morocco takes tough line after missionaries expelled (AFP via Yahoo! News)

The Moroccan government said Thursday it would take a tough line against proselytisers, in a warning issued two days after 20 foreign Christian missionaries were expelled.

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Goran Lennmarker: Sweden wants to see Armenia as a part of the EU (PanARMENIAN.Net)

"Armenia, which adopted Christianity in 301 is a European country and we want to see Armenia as the part of the European Union", OSCE PA special representative said.

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Morocco Expels at Least 20 Christian Aid Workers (Voice of America)

Interior Ministry says they were using orphanage in Fez to convert Moroccan children to Christianity under guise of charity

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Police shoot dead seven suspected Kenya sect members (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Seven suspected members of Kenya's Mungiki sect, notorious for its beheadings, were shot and killed in a police operation in Nairobi overnight, police said Thursday.

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Pakistan militants attack U.S. Christian aid group, killing six (Los Angeles Times)

All of the dead were Pakistanis employed by World Vision, which has been helping victims of a devastating 2005 earthquake in the country's north. Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan, and Peshawar, Pakistan -- Militants stormed the northern Pakistan offices of a U.S. Christian aid group Wednesday, killing six workers and injuring five, police said.

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