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PM AGREES TO TABLE MISRA REPORT IN PARLIAMENT
New Delhi, Dec 10, 2009: In a positive
decision that might further the cause of Dalit
Christians, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has agreed to
table the Ranganath Misra Commission report in the
parliament. "We will place the report on the table of
the House in this session," Singh on Wednesday told the
Lok Sabha. "I take note of the sentiments of the members
who have raised the demand.”
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CABINET APPROVES COMMUNAL VIOLENCE BILL
New Delhi, December 5, 2009: A
highly-anticipated and significant legislation that
checks communal violence across the country was Thursday
approved in a Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh. The Communal violence
(prevention, control and rehabilitation of victims)
Bill, drafted in the year 2005, was passed in the
cabinet meeting. The revised Bill may be tabled in
Parliament’s ongoing session. It seeks to arm the Centre
with wide-ranging powers to intervene in states in cases
of communal violence.
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MASIHI MARRIAGE BUREAU WEBSITE LAUNCHED
 New Delhi : In order to meet the vast need
of matchmaking service a group of passionate people
under the leadership of C.L. Chaudhary has launched a
Christian matrimonial Website. The website was
officially launched by Pastor M.K. Babu for the glory of
God and the service of people in a solemn assembly held
at the Evangelical Christian Assembly church hall, at Rishal Garden, Nangloi on 11th December.
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ICPF STUDENTS' CAMP FROM 26 TO 31 DEC.
New Delhi: The Inter Collegiate Prayer
Fellowship has arranged the 16th Delhi regional
students' camp from 26th to 31st of December 2009, at
Mount Carmel Jr. School, Anand Niketan. The organisers
aim that the present generation will be well equipped to
enter the year 2010.
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 REAL CHALLENGE YOUTH CAMP CONCLUDES
Katihar, Bihar: The third annual Youth
Camp organised by Real Challenge was held from 23 to 25
November at the Town Hall, Katihar. Youths from Bihar, Jharkhand, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Haryana and
Delhi participated in this Camp. This Camp provides a
platform for the youth to meet with their Saviour and
grow as spiritually and morally strong characters.
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NATIONAL CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC CONVENTION 2009
Mumbai : St. Augustine's High School
Grounds, Vasai West, Maharashtra is getting ready for
the fourteenth National Catholic Charismatic Convention.
The dates for the convention are from 27 to 30,
December, 2009 from 9 am to 7.30 pm everyday. The theme
of the convention is "You shall be holy for I am holy"
(1 Pet. 1:16).
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WILLIAM CAREY REMEMBERED ON DECEMBER 4
Dec 4, 2009: The abolishing of Sati system
is one of the greatest contributions of Christian
missionaries in India. Dec. 4 marked that day in 1829
when Sati system - traditional Hindu practice of a widow
immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre - was
banned across the country.
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CHRISTIANS FORM ASSOCIATION TO AID KANDHAMAL VICTIMS
Dec 12, 2009: A crucial meeting of
ecumenical church leaders in Orissa has endorsed the
formation of a new association to ardently pursue
reconciliation and reconstruction in riot-afflicted
Kandhamal.
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BIBLE SUNDAY OBSERVED ACROSS COUNTRY
December 7, 2009: ‘Bible Sunday’ was
observed in churches across the country yesterday, Dec.
6. The day was marked with prayer, thanksgiving and
contributions from Christians for translation of Bible
into several indigenous languages.
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AUSTRALIAN MISSIONARY HELD IN AP
November 30, 2009: Two Christian advocacy
groups have condemned the arrest of an Australian
missionary in Andhra Pradesh last week. The Global
Council of Indian Christians and All India Christian
Council reported that Australian missionary Paul Jemison
was arrested on 24 Nov. in Adilabad "on false charges of
forceful conversion".
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MAIN ACCUSED IN NUN RAPE CASE ARRESTED
December 7, 2009: In a major breakthrough,
Orissa police on Sunday arrested the main accused in the
rape of a nun during last year's violence against
Christians in Kandhamal.
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GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE LAWS TO PREVENT FORCED
CONVERSION: KERALA HC
Kochi (Kerala), Dec 9: The Kerala High
Court Wednesday said the state government should
formulate laws to prevent forced religious conversions.
The observations were made by Justice K.T. Shankaran
after going through the report filed by Director General
of Police Jacob Punnoose on ‘love jihad’.
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CHURCH CALLS FOR CONCERTED EFFORT TO FIGHT AIDS
December 2, 2009: On the occasion of World
Aids Day, the Catholic Church has called for a concerted
effort to combat HIV/AIDS in India. Archbishop Bernard
Moras, the chairman of the Catholic Bishops Conference
Commission for Health, stressed the need for NGOs,
charitable trusts and government bodies to unite for
greater care of HIV-infected victims.
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21-DAY FASTING PRAYER AND REVIVAL MEETINGS CONCLUDE
 Amritsar : The 21-day Fasting Prayer and
revival meetings organised by Bible Church of God (BCG),
Amritsar, concluded on December 6. The morning and
evening prayer meetings held from November 16 to
December 6 at the church premises were well attended by
the local people and members of the church. Such annual
21-day fasting prayer meetings are held since 2000.
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SUSPECTED BLAST DAMAGES CHURCH IN TAMIL NADU
Police in Tamil Nadu are investigating if explosives
were used to damage a CSI church in Nagercoil on Sunday.
Officials found explosive chemicals near the church at
Gnanam Nagar in Thammaththukonam after it suffered a
minor damage in a suspected blast.
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COLD WAVE IN ORISSA A CONCERN FOR DISPLACED
CHRISTIANS
Bhubaneswar, December 3, 2009: Christians
displaced by last year's violence in Orissa now faces
extreme cold due to sudden dip in temperatures.
According to an official of the Bhubaneswar
meteorological centre, an unexpected cold wave has hit
several western and interior regions of Orissa,
paralysing normal life.
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ALIGARH YOUTH CAMP
A three day Aligarh Youth Camp is scheduled to be held
at Louisa Soules Educational Institute, near Numaish
Ground, Aligarh from 28 to 30th December 2009. The Camp
is organised by Faith Assembly of God Church. The camp
with the theme "Rebuilding David's Tabernacle" will be
led by Pastor Henry Samson and team from Lucknow.
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CHURCH BURNED DOWN AMID TELANGANA PROTEST IN AP
Dec 12, 2009: Hindutva radicals burned
down a Church on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at Metpally in Andhra
Pradesh. The incident even cropped up in the media but
was reported as the result of mob fury after government
decided to carve a separate Telangana state.
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INDIAN LUTHERAN YOUTH OPTING FOR CHARISMATIC CHURCHES
Dec 10, 2009: The enthusiasm and modern
worship styles of charismatic churches are swaying away
young Lutherans from parent churches. “Youth are
drifting away from their parent churches to charismatic
churches,” as the latter offer worship styles that fit
the young generation, said Ms Sofia M. Samuel from the
India Evangelical Lutheran Church, at the Asia
Pre-Assembly Consultation of the Lutheran World
Federation.
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TWO SISTERS WHO LIVE WITHOUT STOMACHS
Leeds, December 10 -- Two sisters of
Indian origin, Ravindra Singh, 29, and Meeta Singh, 25,
can eat only small amounts of food at a time, for they
have no stomach. The sisters have had their stomachs
removed because they had the risk of dying from gastric
[related to the stomach] cancer [abnormal cells that
divide without control, which can invade nearby tissues
or spread through the bloodstream and lymphatic system
to other parts of the body. But they don’t regret it,
and say it’s a small price to pay for freedom from
cancer.
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CRICKET CHRISTIAN OUTREACH IN PAKISTAN
Cricket is the most popular sport in Pakistan. Prominent
cricketer evangelist, Victor Lal established the
Pakistan OM Sports Ministry in order to lead a group of
Christian cricket lovers to share his love of Jesus in
1998.
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EUROPEAN CHURCHES CAMPAIGN FOR RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS
December 8, 2009: Churches in Europe are
to campaign throughout 2010 for the right of migrants to
obtain long-term resident permits. The Year of European
Churches Responding to Migration 2010 will see churches
come together to advocate the right to long-term
residence status for migrants who have stayed legally in
a country for five years.
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'CHRISTIANS MUST PRESENT GOD AS A GOOD GOD': EDWARDS
London, December 5, 2009: The most
important role for Christians today is not to
rehabilitate the church, but rather to help people
realise again that the God Christians serve is a good
God, says the former head of the UK Evangelical
Alliance.
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UNITED NATIONS TO PROBE CLIMATE E-MAIL LEAK
LONDON, 5 Dec 2009 (AP): The United Nations will
conduct its own investigation into e-mails leaked from a
leading British climate science center in addition to
the probe by the University of East Anglia, a senior
U.N. climate official said in comments broadcast Friday.
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ARCHBISHOP CONCERNED AFTER US CHURCH ELECTS SECOND
GAY BISHOP
Los Angeles, Dec. 7, Christian Post: The
Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has paved the way for
the second openly gay bishop in The Episcopal Church in
the US and the worldwide Anglican Communion. On
Saturday, the Rev Canon Mary Glasspool was elected to
the office of bishop suffragan after the seventh round
of voting gave her 153 clergy votes and 203 lay votes.
The number of votes needed to win was 123 in the
diocese’s clergy order and 193 in the lay order. The
next closest candidate, the Rev Irineo Martir Vasquez,
had 87 clergy votes and 177 lay votes.
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UK CHRISTIAN HOTELIERS CLEARED OF ABUSING MUSLIM
LONDON (Reuters Life!) Dec 9, 2009 - A
Christian couple who run a hotel in northern England
were cleared on Wednesday of abusing a Muslim guest for
wearing a hijab and then insulting her beliefs. Benjamin
and Sharon Vogelenzang were accused of launching a
tirade against white British Muslim convert Ericka Tazi,
60, at their hotel in Liverpool where she had been
staying while she attended a course at a local hospital
in March.
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WCC PAYS TRIBUTE TO NEWBEGIN ON 100TH BIRTH
ANNIVERSARY
Dec 9, 2009: The World Council of Churches (WCC)
paid rich tribute to Bishop Lesslie Newbigin in
commemoration of his 100th birth anniversary on December
8. Bishop Newbigin is a highly regarded English
Presbyterian valued for his role in establishing the
Church of South India (CSI), a union of Anglican and
Protestant churches, in September 1947. Newbigin also
played a pivotal role in the integration of
International Missionary Council and the WCC in 1961.
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'CELL PHONE NOT LINKED TO BRAIN TUMOUR’
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New York, December 4 -- Mobile phone usage
has long been linked with raising the brain tumor risk.
However, a novel research has debunked this notion,
claiming that no significant changes in the cancer
[abnormal cells that divide without control, which can
invade nearby tissues or spread through the bloodstream
and lymphatic system to other parts of the body.] rates
have been reported from the time when mobile phone usage
became widespread.
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LOW CARB DIET A POTENTIAL CARDIAC DANGER
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Belfast, December 10 -- Researchers
investigating the effects of low carbohydrate diet found
that although it promotes weight loss and improves blood
pressure it also increases the risk factors for coronary
heart disease.
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