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Pagans Find a Sometimes Uneasy Home Among Quakers - April 28, 2008

By MATTHEW STREIB Religion News Service BALTIMORE -- When his partner died in 2004, Kevin-Douglas Olive reached a crossroads in his faith. Even though he had been a Quaker for almost two decades and put his trust in Jesus, he began to explore other ways of tapping into the divine.
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Dalai Lama Cautiously Welcomes China's Offer for Talks with His Emissary - April 28, 2008

Associated Press - April 26, 2008 DHARMSALA, India - The Dalai Lama welcomed China's offer to meet his envoy but said the two sides needed a meaningful discussion about how to resolve the problems that triggered riots in the Tibetan capital last month.
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Rev. Wright Again in Center of Dem. Contest - April 28, 2008

Associated Press WASHINGTON - As Democratic front-runner Barack Obama sought to diminish race as a "determining factor" in the 2008 presidential contest, his former pastor said on Monday that the heated controversy over some of his remarks from pulpit were an attack on the black church in America.
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