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Thursday, 09 February 2012 15:03
Nigeria: Christians ask for protection
As Nigerian terrorist attacks continue, citizens are blaming the government for failing to protect them and asking why President Goodluck Jonathan is not doing more to save the Christians under attack by Islamist extremists. These latest…
Thursday, 09 February 2012 15:01
Saudi Arabia: Ethiopian Christians to be deported
Approximately 35 Christians in Saudi Arabia face deportation on the charge of ‘illicit mingling’ according to a report by the global rights body Human Rights Watch (HRW). Police arrested the group of 29 women and 6…
Thursday, 09 February 2012 14:57
Argentina: Taking Falklands claim to the UN
President Cristina Kirchner warns of 'grave risks to international security' and has accused Britain of ‘militarising’ the south Atlantic. She says her intention is to prevent war over natural resources of the Falklands by taking her…
Thursday, 09 February 2012 14:55
USA: California: traditional marriage 'unconstitutional'
Proposition 8, which sought to maintain the traditional definition of marriage in California, was struck down by a 2-1 vote at the Circuit Court in San Francisco on Tuesday, with the measure being deemed unconstitutional. Pro-family…
Thursday, 02 February 2012 12:01
China: Five priests ‘taken away’
Five ‘underground’ priests from Suiyuan diocese in Inner Mongolia were ‘taken away’ by police on Monday from Erenhot city (near the border with Mongolia). The sources said the priests have no affiliation with the government-sanctioned ‘open’…
Thursday, 02 February 2012 11:59
Syria: Risking it all to report the uprising
As foreign journalists weigh the risks of reporting on the unrest in Syria, many nameless locals are putting themselves in greater danger for fewer rewards covering an uprising in a tightly controlled police state that often…