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TRAGEDY AGAIN STRIKES HAITI AS FLOODING KILLS MORE THAN 700 THIEVES SUSPECTED IN MURDER OF KOREAN MISSIONARY IN KAZAKHSTAN SAUDI ARABIA, VIETNAM, ERITREA CITED FOR VIOLATING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM BELARUS COURTS SEIZE PROPERTY OF 2 BAPTISTS FOR EASTER HOSPITAL VISIT WORLD VISION TO SEND FOOD AID TO DROUGHT-RAVAGED KENYA TORNADO WARNINGS FORCE CRUSADE IN PENNSYLVANIA TO MOVE INDOORS

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TRAGEDY AGAIN STRIKES HAITI AS FLOODING KILLS MORE THAN 700 Tragedy has again hit Haiti, this time as Tropical Storm Jeanne flooded major portions of the country, leaving more than 700 dead and another 1,050 missing. The storm swept north of Haiti during the weekend, drenching the impoverished Caribbean nation of 8 million, inundating cities and sending deadly mudslides through towns and villages. Most of the dead were in the swamped coastal city of Gonaives, and the toll is expected to rise as relief workers reach areas isolated by the floods. Flooding last May killed 2,000 while a rebel uprising in February led to violence and political uncertainty. Joel St. Amour, Christian World Outreach’s Haiti director, describes the situation. “Gonaives has been almost completely covered with water. There are no roads, many houses have been destroyed, and many lives have been lost. They don’t have water to drink. They don’t have clothes to put on because they have been carried away. They don’t have food. And we can expect some contamination [from dead bodies].” Christian World Outreach is raising money to help provide food, water and other aid, St. Amour says. “We have Christian churches in all of those areas to distribute the food and channel the funds and the help that will be coming.” (Mission Network News/Reuters)

* Staff members from the HCJB World Radio Engineering Center in Elkhart, Ind., are working with OMS International to establish a satellite radio network based at 4VEH outside the city of Cap-Haitien that will deliver programs to FM stations nationwide. Downlinks have been installed in Tortue Island, Pignon and Beaumont, and at least two more are planned. HCJB World Radio also helped partner World Gospel Mission with a small station in Port-au-Prince.

THIEVES SUSPECTED IN MURDER OF KOREAN MISSIONARY IN KAZAKHSTAN A South Korean missionary was found dead on Monday, Sept. 13, in Kazakhstan, the Yonhap news agency reported. Kim Jin-hee, 34, who worked as a missionary in Karaganda in central Kazakhstan, was struck with a blunt instrument. There are two murder suspects. It is the first time that a Korean national has been killed in the central Asian country since South Korea established diplomatic ties in January 1992. Karaganda police immediately began an investigation into the case in which the two suspects reportedly stole $1,000 in cash, a VCR, a camera and other items from her house. The police believe the murder occurred during an attempt to steal Jin-hee’s belongings rather than as the result of any personal grudge, said officials at South Korean Embassy in Kazakhstan. They denied speculation that the murder may be related to terrorism aimed at Koreans. The Korean couple went to Kazakhstan in 1997 to serve as missionaries. (WorldWide Religious News/Korea Times)

SAUDI ARABIA, VIETNAM, ERITREA CITED FOR VIOLATING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Eritrea were classified as “countries of particular concern” for the first time in the U.S. annual report on international religious freedom. The 2004 report, released by the State Department, maintained China, Myanmar, Iran, North Korea and Sudan in the category among alleged violators of religious freedom. Iraq, which was included in the category together with the five countries in 2003, was removed from the list this year in keeping with the department’s precedent not to report on “our own governance.” The reporting period ended on June 30, 2004, which roughly coincided with the date of the transfer of power from the Coalition Provision Authority to the Iraqi interim government. The department said freedom of religion did not exist in Saudi Arabia and is not protected under the country’s laws. Islam is the official religion in Saudi Arabia, and all citizens must be Muslims. The report also kept Myanmar, China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam on the list of “totalitarian regimes,” restricting religious freedom in their societies. (WorldWide Religious News/AFP)

BELARUS COURTS SEIZE PROPERTY OF 2 BAPTISTS FOR EASTER HOSPITAL VISIT Local courts in Belarus have ruled to confiscate the personal property of two Baptists and to dock the pay of another after the three sang hymns and distributed New Testaments during an Easter visit to a hospital in the southeastern town of Mozyr April 17. Regional religious affairs official Vladimir Klevtsov maintained on Sept. 1 that the three had violated the country’s religion law. Police were ordered to confiscate a car from Vasili Bilas, and an accountant at the workplace of Leonid Martynovich was ordered to dock his pay by one fifth every month. Court bailiffs threatened to remove valuables from the home of Nikolai Krynts. These measures follow the trio’s refusal to pay fines of 20 times the minimum wage for staging “religious, sports, mass cultural or other spectator events.” (Forum 18 News Service)

WORLD VISION TO SEND FOOD AID TO DROUGHT-RAVAGED KENYA Severe drought and widespread crop failure have resulted in food shortages for 3.3 million people in Kenya, many of them children. Earlier this year Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki declared a national disaster in the drought-affected regions, calling for nearly $100 million in emergency assistance from abroad. Kibaki said his country would need some $76 million in outside food aid to get through the latest crisis. “My government is appealing to all our friends to come forward with assistance to support our national efforts,” Kibaki said. “If the short rains expected in October-December fail, the country will experience a more severe food shortage, and up to 4.3 million Kenyans — including 1.5 million school children — will require food assistance.” World Vision is partnering with the World Food Program to provide food aid to suffering children and families over the next six months. (Agape Press)

* HCJB World Radio has worked with local partners to install radio ministries in Nairobi (two stations), Mombasa and Tinderet.

TORNADO WARNINGS FORCE CRUSADE IN PENNSYLVANIA TO MOVE INDOORS Plans at a Steve Wingfield Crusade were altered in south-central Pennsylvania Friday, Sept. 17, when tornadoes were spotted in area surrounding the crusade tent. Crusade organizers were about to start the program when emergency management officials insisted that the crowd of more than 4,000 move indoors due to high winds and heavy rains. An orderly evacuation of the facility took place, and the crowd was relocated to a church adjacent to the crusade tent. More than 200 churches representing a variety of denominations were involved in preparations for the event. (Assist News Service)

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