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All three Nubians are in their twenties. After going through the vetting process, they had to wait between one and three years to receive their National ID cards. Photo credit: http://nubiansinkenya.photoshelter.com/
All three Nubians are in their twenties. After going through the vetting process, they had to wait between one and three years to receive their National ID cards. Photo credit: http://nubiansinkenya.photoshelter.com/
All three Nubians are in their twenties. After going through the vetting process, they had to wait between one and three years to receive their National ID cards. Photo credit: http://nubiansinkenya.photoshelter.com/

Alliance calls for equal rights for Nubians in Kenya

Global Minorities Alliance, a human rights organization based in the UK has called for equal rights for the Nubian Community, an ethnic and religious group which settled during the British rule in Kibera.
 
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6 Christians convicted during presidential election in Iran

With so much attention focused on Iran's presidential election, there was “minimal” media coverage of the recent conviction of six Christian believers. According to Mohabat Iranian Christian News Agency, the Revolutionary Co...
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Thanks to Gospel for Asia, this widow went through a six-month tailoring class and received a sewing machine. She now earns a living through her tailoring work.
Thanks to Gospel for Asia, this widow went through a six-month tailoring class and received a sewing machine. She now earns a living through her tailoring work.
Thanks to Gospel for Asia, this widow went through a six-month tailoring class and received a sewing machine. She now earns a living through her tailoring work.

International Widows’ Day focuses attention on 1 of world’s most neglected, abused groups

Sunday is International Widows' Day. It will focus the world's attention on one of its most rejected and abused groups. In many cities and rural villages in multiple countries, cultural and ancient religious beliefs still ...
 
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Chen Guangcheng: China pressured university to make him leave

The blind Chinese activist who arrived in the United States last year has confirmed stories that China exerted political pressure on New York University to make him leave at the end of this month.
 
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Police in Kenya kill suspected Al-Shabab supporter

Kenyan police said on Monday they had shot dead a suspected supporter of the Somali militant group al-Shabab during a gunfight and said he had been plotting attacks in the country.

 
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Tayyip Erdoğan sent in the  riot police to quell protests against him.
Tayyip Erdoğan sent in the  riot police to quell protests against him.
Tayyip Erdoğan sent in the  riot police to quell protests against him.

Turkish PM sends riot police to Istanbul park to end protests against him

Turkish riot police stormed an Istanbul park at the heart of two weeks of protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday, firing tear gas and water cannons and sending hundreds scurrying into surrounding streets. ...
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Chinese labor camp letter reveals suffering imprisoned Christians face

One of the frustrations of my work at VOM is the seeming indifference of the secular media to the suffering of our Christian brothers and sisters around the world. Yes, there are times when a story of persecution breaks thro...

 
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mThe remains of the car used in the May 23 suicide attack in Agadez. Photo credit: World Watch Monitor
mThe remains of the car used in the May 23 suicide attack in Agadez. Photo credit: World Watch Monitor
mThe remains of the car used in the May 23 suicide attack in Agadez. Photo credit: World Watch Monitor

Increase in Islamist attacks in Niger show signs of growing threat

Four attacks within the last three weeks in Niger have raised the spectre of a growing Islamist threat in the country. In the latest attack on Tuesday (June 11), unidentified armed men attacked a para
 
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Iranian women flash the sign for victory as they hold portraits of moderate presidential candidate Hassan Rowhani during celebrations after he won the Islamic Republic's presidential elections in downtown Tehran on June 15, 2013.
Iranian women flash the sign for victory as they hold portraits of moderate presidential candidate Hassan Rowhani during celebrations after he won the Islamic Republic's presidential elections in downtown Tehran on June 15, 2013.
Iranian women flash the sign for victory as they hold portraits of moderate presidential candidate Hassan Rowhani during celebrations after he won the Islamic Republic's presidential elections in downtown Tehran on June 15, 2013.

Moderate cleric, Rowhani winner in Iran’s presidential race

Iran's interior minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar has declared moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani the winner of the nation's presidential election, in a surprise victory over the nation's ruling hardliners.
 
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Chen Guangcheng to leave NYU

Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist who arrived in the United States last year will be leaving New York University at the end of this month.