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Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:00
NI council calls for quango to drop Christian bakery case
A local council in Northern Ireland is calling for a taxpayer-funded equality quango to drop its legal case against a Christian-run bakery.(Previously reported in Prayer Alert.) Members of Craigavon Borough Council voted 13 to 8 in…
Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:00
Doctors warn of patient misery as A&E crisis hits planned surgery
Thousands of patients whose operations have been cancelled because of the growing turmoil in the UK’s A&E departments are facing prolonged anxiety, discomfort and pain while they wait for a new date for their surgery. A…
Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:00
Nigeria: Boko Haram crisis - archbishop accuses West
The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, in central Nigeria, has accused the West of ignoring the threat of the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram. Ignatius Kaigama said the world had to show more determination to halt the…
Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:00
Cameroon: 143 Boko Haram assailants killed at Kolofata
The Catholic Archbishop of Jos, in central Nigeria, has accused the West of ignoring the threat of the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram. Ignatius Kaigama said the world had to show more determination to halt the…
Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:00
Libya: Christians targeted
Early on Saturday morning, masked militants kidnapped about 13 Egyptian Christians from a housing complex in Sirte, Libya, according to International Christian Concern (ICC). At 2:30 am, the militants went room to room checking ID cards…
Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:00
Libya: Christians targeted
Early on Saturday morning, masked militants kidnapped about 13 Egyptian Christians from a housing complex in Sirte, Libya, according to International Christian Concern (ICC). At 2:30 am, the militants went room to room checking ID cards…