SAMARITAN NEWS, CONTINUED: Tom Heneghan has another article on the Samaritans, this one in the Independent. Seems to cover pretty much the same material as in the Reuters piece.

The Good (but endangered) Samaritans

Famous for helping others, the Israelite sect has so few members that they are embracing internet dating and marrying out to survive

By Tom Heneghan

Sunday, 7 June 2009

Whatever happened to the original Samaritans? At the time of the late Roman Empire, there were more than a million of them, but, by the last century, they were down to just 146 members. And so now, these guardians of an ancient faith with a famous cameo role in the Bible are using surprisingly modern methods to keep their tiny community alive.

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