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5 Iranian Christians on trial for practicing faith
Quran Gate in Shiraz, Iran. (Amir Hussain Zolfaghary, Wikipedia) ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – Five Christian converts arrested last year in Iran went on trial on Sunday (March 10) for leaving Islam and were handed enormous ba...
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Iranian-American Pastor Abedini writes of torture, pressure to renounce faith
Saeed Abedini and wife Nagmeh. (ACLJ photo) ISTANBUL (Morning Star News) – An Iranian-American pastor imprisoned for planting house churches in Iran years ago writes that he is undergoing torture, death threats, and pressure to...
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#SaveSaeed: An international push to free an American pastor in Iran
(ANS) -- In addition to legal and diplomatic efforts by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) to free to free American Pastor Saeed Abedini, the group is spearheading an international social media effort to raise aware...
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Iran says American tried to turn children against Islam
Iran on Monday accused an Idaho man of trying to entice young people to Christianity and away from the country’s official religion, Islam, the man’s American-based legal team says.
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Algeria ends military operation; ‘several hostages killed’
Algeria’s state-run news agency says the military operation at the natural gas complex where Islamic militants seized 41 foreign hostages has ended. But verifiabe information on the fate of all the captives is hard to con...
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Panetta vows ‘proper’ response to Algeria hostage-taking
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has condemned the taking of as many as 41 foreign hostages at a natural gas facility in Algeria, a move apparently linked to the French military operation in neighboring Mali. Secretary Pa...
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Iranian-American detained in Iran, facing death penalty
An Iranian-American who will go on trial in Iran on Monday (Jan. 21) for apostasy, or leaving Islam, has been beaten and threatened with the death penalty during interrogation, sources said.
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CIA, Pentagon defend handling of Benghazi attack
The Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon are defending their handling of the September 11 attack on American facilities in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador.
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Al-Qaida calls for more violence against US embassies
Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen is calling for more violence against American embassies after days of deadly protests against a U.S.-made anti-Muslim film.
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American pastor and two other hostages, kidnapped in Egypt released
Kidnappers in Egypt have released two Americans, one of them a pastor, and their Egyptian tour guide, after holding them hostage for three days, news source stated Monday.