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Hunger In Southern Africa: Our People Are Forced To Eat Roots And Leaves

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BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE INFORMATION SERVICE Wendy Ryan, Director, Communications Division Denton Lotz, General Secretary November 15, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Our people are forced to eat roots and leaves (by Paul Montacute) WASHINGTON, D.C. (BWA) — Baptist World Aid has reissued its appeal to assist those suffering from the drought in Southern Africa.  · Our […]

Religion Today Summaries For Friday, November 15, 2002

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Religion Today Summaries a glimpse at news articles from around the world http://www.crosswalk.com/news/ Friday, November 15, 2002 In Today’s Edition: Christians Not Tolerated in India: Extreme Persecution Continues D.C. Fights to Limit First Amend. Free Speech in Ten Commandments Case Nine Churches Planted in Burundi Despite Seemingly Insurmountable Odds Iranian Christians Finally Granted Asylum in […]

Persecution

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From an informed netfriend: In fairness to Islam, it’s not just Muslims that are persecuting and discriminating against Christians: In Sri Lanka, Buddhists are persecuting Christians. In India, Tamil Nadu State has recently pased an ordinance banning religious conversion, due to Hindu pressure. In Mexico, evangelicals are being persecuted by syncretists. In Belarus, evangelicals face […]

Weekly News Review – Nov 14, 2002

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WORLDWIDE PHOTOS LTD The Religious Media Agency WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW November 14, 2002 INDEX AUSTRALIA: 1. GIFT APPEAL LAUNCHED IN MELBOURNE (UnitingCare) 2. CHRISTMAS BOWL VISITORS AROUND AUSTRALIA (NCCA) 3. SALVOS LISTEN IN DROUGHT AREAS (The Slvtn Army News) 4. ARMENIANS CELEBRATE 1700 YEARS (NCCA) 5. DROUGHT WILL HIT CHRISTMAS DINNERS (Anglicare NSW) 6. HIGH […]

11 November 2002 Update From H C J B World Radio

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A ministry of HCJB World Radio Today’s News Headlines: CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN C ”TE D’IVOIRE TO REMAIN CLOSED FOR A YEAR GOVERNMENT MINISTER THREATENS TRIBAL CHRISTIANS INTER-RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE CLAIMS SCORES OF LIVES IN NIGERIA AZERBAIJAN OFFICIALS THREATEN TO DESTROY LOCAL BAPTIST CHURCH NEARLY 5,000 TURN TO CHRIST IN PHILIPPINES DURING EVANGELISTIC THRUST TWR LAUNCHES PROGRAM TO […]

12 November 2002 Update From H C J B

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A ministry of HCJB World Radio Today’s News Headlines: NEW PARTNERSHIP COULD SPEED UP BIBLE TRANSLATION BY 100 YEARS 11 MEXICAN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS JAILED FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP KAZAKHSTAN POLICE RAID HOME BIBLE STUDY, INTERROGATE PARTICIPANTS CUBAN CHURCH LEADERS WARN OF ACUTE BIBLE SHORTAGE MINISTRY SETS VISION TO CUT AVOIDABLE BLINDNESS IN HALF BY 2020 * […]

Human Rights And Asylum Seekers

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Report: Breaches of Human Rights of Six Asylum Seekers Transferred from Immigration Detention Centres to State Prisons The Attorney General has tabled in Federal Parliament a report prepared by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission concerning breaches of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the Department of Immigration Multicultural & Indigenous […]

News Briefs November 13 2002

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2002-259 News Briefs Terror and death at Moscow theatre leaves Orthodox leaders angry (ENI) During the Moscow theatre crisis in which Chechen separatists terrorized about 800 hostages, Christians and Muslims prayed together for their release. But the siege that resulted in the death of 119 hostages has left Christianity and Islam in Russia deeply divided […]

Religion Today Summaries For Tuesday, November 12, 2002

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Religion Today Summaries a glimpse at news articles from around the world http://www.crosswalk.com/news/ Tuesday, November 12, 2002 In Today’s Edition: In the Face of Disaster, Church Steps Forward to be Hands of God Kazakstan Baptist Bible Study Ends in Police Raid Pastors Pessimistic Over Faith’s Future Utah Supreme Court Considers Atheist Prayer Case, However Damage […]

Kazakhstan: Home Bible Study Ends In Police Raid

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SOURCE: KESTON INSTITUTE KESTON INSTITUTE, OXFORD, UK ______________________________________ KESTON NEWS SERVICE, 11.00, 11 November 2002. Reporting on violations of religious liberty and on religion in communist and post-communist lands. ______________________________________ KAZAKHSTAN: HOME BIBLE STUDY ENDS IN POLICE RAID. On 8 September police and officers of the National Security Committee (KNB, former KGB) raided the apartment […]

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