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Unhcr Fails To Protect North Korean Refugees

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PRESS RELEASE FROM JUBILEE CAMPAIGN U.K DECEMBER 9TH 2002 UNHCR FAILS TO PROTECT NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES Jubilee Campaign U.K is lobbying British Parliamentarians to take action on behalf of North Korean refugees in China, calling on them to raise urgent concerns with the Chinese and British governments. Jubilee’s U.S branch, Jubilee Campaign U.S.A, held a […]

Human Rights Activist Rearrested In Cuba

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CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY WORLDWIDE For immediate release December 9 2002 HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST REARRESTED IN CUBA AFTER PEACEFUL PROTEST A human rights activist who was released from prison in Cuba on October 31 after serving a three year sentence has been rearrested. Dr Oscar Elias Biscet was detained by police on December 6 at a home […]

Ivory Coast: Serious Situation

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Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 198 – Wed 04 Dec 2002 —————————— IVORY COAST: SERIOUS SITUATION —————————— The fragile peace in Ivory Coast is under great stress. Whilst the conflict is essentially political, it divides the nation along ethnic and religious lines, with Christians generally supporting the government (with a Christian President) and Muslims […]

A Great Awakening In China?

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Terry Eastland (publisher of The Weekly Standard) December ? 2002 David Aikman is back from three months in China, where he took more than 800 pages of notes. He reports a religious awakening that could have enormous political implications. For 23 years the senior foreign correspondent for Time, Mr. Aikman has reported all the big […]

North Korea – Christians Suffer As Political Prisoners

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Subj: North Korea: Christians suffer as political prisoners. North Korea: Christians suffer as political prisoners. Hwang Jang-yop was once a spokesman for late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and his son and successor, Kim Jong Il. He has lived under the protection of South Korean intelligence since becoming the most senior defector from the […]

Mission Network News – Dec 11, 2002

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News headlines for December 11th 2002 (Guam)–Topping the news, the Pacific island of Guam is still reeling after being hit head-on by a devastating supertyphoon this weekend. With sustained winds of up to 150 miles an hour, Trans World Radio’s[1] equipment collapsed under the storm’s battering. TWR’s Rich Greene. “Three of our five antennae curtains, […]

Mission Network News – Dec 4, 2002

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News headlines for December 4th 2002 (Ivory Coast)–We begin today in the Ivory Coast where more rebel violence has claimed another evangelistic outreach opportunity there. Michael Cassidy of African Enterprise[1] says they were hoping to hold a citywide mission this week in Abidjan, but it just wasn’t possible. “Both the local churches and the various […]

11 December 2002 Update From H C J B World Radio

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A ministry of HCJB World Radio Today’s News Headlines: TYPHOON DAMAGES TRANS WORLD RADIO’S FACILITIES IN GUAM IMPRISONED CHINESE PASTOR FACES TORTURE, APPALLING CONDITIONS GEORGIAN COURT GIVES PARTIAL VICTORY TO PROTESTANT CHURCHES AUTHENTICITY OF INSCRIPTION ON ANCIENT BURIAL BOX DEBATED PHILIPPINE PEOPLE GROUP GETS FIRST BIBLE PORTION IN LOCAL DIALECT NEW BOOK TO HELP TRAIN […]

Advent News From Bethlehem

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Dear Friends Salaam from Bethlehem. For the past two weeks, we have been living under a strict 24-hours curfew imposed by the Israeli army that has reentered Bethlehem. Yet, many of our staff members have been trying to come to the office to do all that they can to keep hope alive, living up to […]

5 December 2002 Update From H C J B World Radio

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A ministry of HCJB World Radio Today’s News Headlines: PILOTS EVACUATE 14 MISSIONARIES FROM CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHRISTIAN CUBAN PRISONER CONTINUES 3-MONTH LONG HUNGER STRIKE 100,000 CHRISTIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS BELIEVED TO BE IN NORTH KOREA OUTREACH GROWS IN COLOMBIA DESPITE ONGOING FIGHTING CHRISTIAN ARABIC SATELLITE TV NETWORK LAUNCHES WEBSITE FEEDING THE POOR OPENS EVANGELISTIC OPPORTUNITIES […]

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