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| Moscow Ruling for Jehovah's Witnesses Strengthens Religious Freedom |
| A Moscow judge Friday refused to liquidate the Jehovah's
Witnesses' Moscow community, giving the sect the victory in a two-year-long
court battle. The case has attracted international attention as a test of
Russia's controversial 1997 law that forced relatively recent denominations,
including the LDS Church, to undergo a complicated registration process. |
| Hatch's Napster Plans |
| In the wake of the appeals court ruling against the
Internet company Napster, Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, has stated
that Napster's loss may be a loss for general music audiences as
well. |
| North Carolina Claims Census Lawsuit without Merit |
| The state of North Carolina filed a motion for
summary judgement Thursday in US District Court, claiming that Utah has
failed to make the case that the US Census Bureau should include its 11,000
LDS overseas missionaries in the census count. The state of Utah filed the
lawsuit challenging the census results January 10th, after the Census Bureau
released results giving North Carolina an additional seat in the US House of
Representatives. The results showed that Utah missed getting that seat by
just 857 people. |
| Seattle Zoning Battle Shifts to Washington State Legislature |
| Opponents of a King County, Washington plan that
would limit the size of churches and public schools in the county's rural
areas have launched a new effort to stop the plan. Last week the county
council put a 10-month moratorium on the building of new churches and
schools in the county's rural areas, as a temporary compromise so that the
county executive's plan to limit building size could be studied. Now, a
state legislator has introduced a bill that would block the county from
limiting building size. |
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