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RNS DIGEST JULY15

The Rev. Bob Edgar (pictured here in 2004), a Democratic congressman and United Methodist minister who went on to lead the National Council of Churches through a painful series of restructuring, died suddenly Tuesday at age 69. Photo by Jonah King
Sally Morrow

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(RNS1-JULY15) The Rev. Bob Edgar, general secretary of the National Council of Churches, was arrested Wednesday (July 14) at the Embassy of Sudan while protesting what some believe is an unfolding genocide in the African nation. Religious and human rights groups are mounting daily protests at the embassy. See RNS-DIGEST-JULY15, transmitted July 15, 2004. Photo by Jonah King.

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