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Dog-Clone Woman 'Abducted Mormon Sex Slave'

McKinney went on the lam after 'manacled Mormon' case

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Aug 8, 08 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The woman in the headlines this week for cloning her pit bull first caught media attention for kidnapping a Mormon missionary to be her sex slave, the Guardian reports. Bernann McKinney—then known as Joyce—tracked her ex-lover to Britain in 1977, abducted him with the help of a friend, and kept him chained to a bed in a cottage for days, repeatedly forcing him to have sex, according to authorities. More »

More about:  kidnapping • sexual abuse • Mormon • cloned pets • missionary

Deal Reached on Hostages

Taliban, Seoul agree on terms, including withdrawal of troops

CNN CNN Aug 28, 07 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Talks between the Taliban and the South Korean government have resulted in the outline of a deal to release the remaining 19 hostages held in Afghanistan for over a month. The agreement involves withdrawal of Korea's 200 noncombat troops and an end to missionary activity, CNN reports, but not payment of ransom. Their release may not be imminent. More »

More about:  Afghanistan • Taliban • kidnapping • South Korea • hostage • Korean hostages • missionary

Mission Church Does Some Seoul Searching

Hostage crisis has Korean Christians pondering direction

BBC BBC Aug 15, 07 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - As 19 South Korean aid workers wallow in a Taliban prison camp, many in the world community are openly wondering why they were in Afghanistan in the first place. Even as they pray for the release of their fellow parishioners, members of a suburban Seoul church are dodging critics who say their charity mission ignored official warnings about traveling to—let alone proselytizing in—the war zone. More »

More about:  South Korea • hostage • charity • church • Korean hostages • Christians • Seoul • missionary • Christian missionaries

Faith, Family, Tragedy Shaped Young Romney

A Mormon in the '60s, his was a world of privilege, not comfort

Boston Globe Boston Globe Jun 25, 07 8:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mitt Romney, once liberal Massachusetts governor and now conservative presidential candidate, grew up in a family of privilege. But it was a family always conscious that mainstream acceptance of the Mormon faith was fragile. The leave-it-to-beaver Romney was confused by sixties strife he saw at Stanford, the Boston Globe reports, before he transferred to Brigham Young. More »

More about:  Mitt Romney • Republican • presidential campaign • family • Mormon • missionary • Brigham Young

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