By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor
Reuters
Wednesday, March 26, 2008; 11:07 AM

PARIS (Reuters) - The World Council of Churches, which groups the main
non-Catholic Christian churches, urged its members on Wednesday to open
a dialogue of unity with Muslim scholars seeking inter-faith cooperation
to promote justice and peace.

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The Associated Press
Wednesday, March 26, 2008; 3:41 AM

BAGHDAD -- An Iraqi military spokesman says 40 people have been killed
and 200 wounded in two days of fighting between Shiite militias and
government forces in the southern city of Basra.

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    * Story Highlights
    * U.S. radar picks up the Russian planes about 500 miles off the
Alaska coast
    * The Russians entered an air exclusion zone
    * They are escorted out of the area without incident
    * Russian planes last came near the U.S. coastline in February

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two U.S. Air Force F-15s escorted two Russian Bear
long-range bombers out of an air exclusion zone off the coast of Alaska,
U.S. military officials said Wednesday.

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JERUSALEM -- Ancient kings, armies, prophets and pilgrims have made
their mark on the ancient hills of Jerusalem and have left behind some
of the world's most important archaeological finds. But with every stone
overturned, puzzling questions about the history of modern Western
civilization come to light.

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