Here are the first two:
1. Taliban takes Korean short-term mission team hostage, killing two
Afghanistan’s resurgent Taliban used the team of 23 short-term workers from Saemmul Presbyterian Church as a bargaining chip, pressuring the South Korean government into a reported ransom payment and a promise to withdraw its 200 troops in the country. Bae Hyeong-gyu and Shim Seongmin were killed before the negotiation was completed.
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2. Atheism tops the bestseller charts
Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens may be unhappy about the continuing “God delusion,” but they can’t be too displeased with their royalty checks.
I really liked the wording of this:
[b]Ruth Graham promoted to glory[/b]
What a neat way to phrase it!