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5 people rescued in South Pacific after months at sea, 4 still missing

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Five people, including two children, were rescued this week in the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati after three months drifting at sea in a 20-foot skiff, authorities said. Another four remained missing.

Villagers rescued the group Sunday off Fanning Island in Kiribati, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported , after they had drifted an estimated 3,355 miles east from the Federated States of Micronesia.

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Christian voters in Washington state divided by common religion: ‘I don’t think the US is God’s kingdom on Earth’

Christians in the south of the state seek to vote their values – but a common faith does not mean a common politics A few days before the Fourth of July, Ron Peterson, the 38-year-old pastor of Longview United Pentecostal church, stood beneath a large white tent in a parking lot in Longview, Washington. Surrounded by church members selling fireworks for a fundraiser, Peterson remembered watching area residents rally after an industrial accident at the local paper mill killed 11 people in May. “We can all come together,” he said. “There’s not going to be…

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