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North Korea-reporters freed. “North Korea pardoned and released two detained American journalists after former president Bill Clinton met in Pyongyang on Tuesday with the country's ailing dictator."

Faith. “As soldiers return home from Iraq and Afghanistan, congregations are discovering how spirituality can help veterans afflicted with postwar stress. But many pastors remain unsure how to help when veterans contend with chronic nightmares, outbursts and panic attacks.”

Palestine. “Palestinians have a legitimate right to engage in 'resistance' against Israel, but 'we must not stain our legitimate struggle with terror,' Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said at the opening of his Fatah movement's sixth convention yesterday.”

Quote of the day. "In the USAID budget, every dollar has three purposes: help build an Air Force base, support the University of Mississippi, get some country to vote our way." Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, describing the confusion and political goals around U.S. foreign assistance programs. (Washington Post)

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