Priest suspended for World Cup Orange Mass

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch priest has been suspended for dedicating a Mass to the Dutch national soccer team — while wearing an orange cloak — ahead of the World Cup final against Spain.

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Indonesian Muslims told to change prayer direction

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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s Muslims learned on Friday they have been praying in the wrong direction, after the country’s highest Islamic authority said its directive on the direction of Mecca actually had people facing Africa.

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Power company tells customer she is dead

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VIENNA (Reuters) – An Austrian woman has had to convince her electricity supplier that she is alive after the company wrote to her asking for information about her contract following her “passing away.”

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Eager male llama chases female onto highway

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BERLIN (Reuters) – A male llama chased his prospective mate onto a busy German motorway forcing police to rescue her, authorities said Wednesday.

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Film with Bin Laden lookalike banned

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani censors have banned an Indian comedy film featuring a lookalike of al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden, the film’s distributor said on Wednesday.

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