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NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
Objections Raised to Iranian's Talk
The public affairs arm of the Washington area's Jewish community called yesterday on Washington National Cathedral to withdraw its invitation to former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, who is scheduled to speak Thursday at the Episcopal church.
In a letter to the Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III, dean of the cathedral, the Jewish Community Relations Council said Khatami has "a long documented record of intolerance, anti-Semitism and human rights abuses."
The cathedral should not provide him a platform, the council wrote. "Quite the opposite; the Cathedral's reputation is one of compassion and coexistence with other faith communities."
Khatami would be the most senior Iranian official to visit Washington since Islamic fundamentalists seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. A comment from the cathedral was not immediately available.
-- Michelle Boorstein
CRIME
Two Men Killed in Homicides
Two District residents were killed in homicides, police reported yesterday.
Sean Andre Stevens, 34, was found dead in an apartment in the 3800 block of Second Street SE about 6:25 p.m. Thursday. He had been shot in the head and stabbed. Stevens lived in that block, police said.
Police also said Michael Fye, 18, of the 4900 block of North Capitol Street NE, was found shot at 1:30 p.m. yesterday in the 5000 block of Rock Creek Church Road NW. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
