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** MEDIA ADVISORY ** MEDIA ADVISORY ** MEDIA ADVISORY **

This week’s edition of the PBS newsmagazine program RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY (distributed Friday, October 13 at 5 p.m., check local listings) will feature the following reports:

* Cover Story: "Darfur Activist" — Lucky Severson visits with Dr. Eric Reeves, a scholar-turned-activist crusading against violence and human rights violations in Darfur.

* Profile: “Muslim Congressional Candidate” — Fred de Sam Lazaro looks at how democratic candidate Keith Ellison is galvanizing — and winning — voters in Minnesota’s fifth district race to become the nation’s first black Muslim in the U.S. Congress.

* Feature: “Holy Land Artifacts” — Dr. Rusty Maisel, American curator of the exhibit “From Abraham to Jesus,” provides a behind-the-scenes look at the largest collection of ancient Holy Land artifacts to ever tour the U.S.

To request a transcript of these reports, send an e-mail to schultzm@religionethics.org or go to the program Web site at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics where the transcript and streaming video of each story will be available after 8:30 p.m. on Friday.

For information, contact:
Mary Schultz
Director of Communications
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
202-216-2394
schultzm@religionethics.org

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