Posts Tagged ‘British’
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How Idi Amin, the ‘Butcher of Uganda’ changed my life — for good
It’s hard to believe, but it is true, that Idi Amin Dada, who became known as the “Butcher of Uganda” for his brutal, despotic rule while president of Uganda in the 1970s, and was possibly the most notorious of all Africa's pos...
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Rick Warren forgives illegal gun dealer for youngest son’s suicide
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries LAKE FOREST, CA (ANS) – Pastor Rick Warren, the author of the best-selling book, “The Purpose Driven Life,” and senior pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Fores...
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ChinaAid, 7 others urge Kerry to raise human rights issue in China visit
WASHINGTON, DC (ANS) – In advance of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s first trip to China, ChinaAid and seven other human rights groups, have advised him his visit is a “unique opportunity” for the United States t...
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Case against Rimsha Masih to be reopened
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (ANS) – Following the recent savage violence against Christians in a poverty-stricken Lahore ghetto on Saturday, March 9 during which a frenzied Muslim mob ...
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Pentecostal pastor beheaded in Tanzania
Mathayo Kachili, pastor of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God church in Buseresere, Tanzania, which is affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada was beheaded when a group of religious extremists attacked Christians at...
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2 Africans among candidates for next pope
African reaction to Pope Benedict's resignation announcement is partly focused on whether his successor could come from the continent. Two West African cardinals, Peter Turkson of Ghana, and Francis Arinze of Nigeria, are cons...
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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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Militants seize foreign hostages in Algeria
Islamist militants in Algeria say they have taken up to 41 foreigners hostage, including seven Americans, in an attack on a natural gas field.
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European court says U.K. equality laws trump personal religious beliefs
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday (Jan. 15) ruled that equality laws trump personal religious beliefs, rejecting three of four appeals filed by British Christians who were fired or disciplined for expressing religio...