Posts Tagged ‘security’
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Sudan intensifies arrests, deportations of Christians
A Sudan Pentecostal Church building the government bulldozed earlier this year. (Morning Star News photo) JUBA, South Sudan, April 30, 2013 (Morning Star News) – Sudan has stepped up its targeting of Christians for deportation,...
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More arrests in Libya after detention of foreign Christians
Courthouse square in Benghazi, April 2011; since the fall of the Muammar Gaddafi regime, penalties for proselytism are unclear.
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US presses for sanctions against North Korea
A senior U.S. diplomat says Washington is pushing hard for tough international sanctions against North Korea following its successful long-range rocket launch last month.
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Family Research Council shooter charged with terrorism
A federal grand jury added terrorism to the list of charges faced by the Virginia man who was indicted in the shooting of a security guard at the conservative Family Research Council's Washington offices.
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Nigerian Christian group concerned about lack of security
The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says his group is not satisfied with the level of security in some parts of the country, where Christian churches have been attacked by armed groups.
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Somali president-elect vows to reset security
Incoming Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the target of an assassination attempt earlier this week, says restoring security will be his first order of business once he officially assumes office Sunday.
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Study finds hungriest countries among fastest-growing
Some of the world’s hungriest countries are also the among the fastest-growing, according to a new measure of global food security.
Several sub-Saharan African countries at the bottom of the new Global Food Security Index, inc...
Status of Five Christian Converts in Iran’s Shiraz Unknown
It is now more than four months since five Christian converts were arrested by plain clothes security officers in Shiraz.
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In Egypt, Thousands Protest After Mubarak Sentencing
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's life prison sentence for complicity in the killings of anti-government protesters has failed to appease some Egyptians who have taken to the streets in protest. Thousands of demonstrat...
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World Vision launches campaign urging leaders to end world hunger
World Vision launched a global campaign today to urge G8 leaders to support policies tackling issues of hunger and food security in anticipation of the upcoming G8 Summit in May.