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Thursday, 27 June 2013 14:52
New EU guidelines on religious freedom welcomed
The European Evangelical Alliance (EEA) has welcomed the European Union's adoption of guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion. The guidelines were adopted by the foreign ministers of all 27 EU member states…
Thursday, 27 June 2013 14:50
France: Police swoop on Islamist terror suspects
French police are holding nine suspected Islamists as part of an anti-terrorism investigation. Three were arrested last Tuesday in southern France. The other six detained last Monday in the Paris area have been described by the…
Thursday, 27 June 2013 14:50
France: Police swoop on Islamist terror suspects
French police are holding nine suspected Islamists as part of an anti-terrorism investigation. Three were arrested last Tuesday in southern France. The other six detained last Monday in the Paris area have been described by the…
Thursday, 27 June 2013 14:48
NIGERIA: Militants force thousands to flee
Refugees say Islamic extremists threatening a bloodbath are forcing thousands of people from villages in northern Nigeria where the fighters have regrouped following a month-long military crackdown. People who escaped through the bush to the Borno…
Thursday, 27 June 2013 14:46
India: Floods
Every summer hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus make the Char Dham Yatra pilgrimage to four temple towns in Uttarakhand, returning before monsoon rains begin in July. This year early monsoon rains,the heaviest in 80 years,…
Thursday, 27 June 2013 14:43
Congo: Women and children at risk
Tearfund says mothers and children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are in need of vital help. Fighting has worsened in the last year and 2.7 million people were forced to leave their homes. ‘Again and…