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TRANSFORM WORLD: SOUTH ASIA 2009 DELEGATES MEET PRIME
MINISTER OF NEPAL
Katmandu: The first ever conclave of
Christian leaders representing 8 South Asian countries
was held in Kathmandu from October 21-24, 2009. Under
the Chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Ram Gidoomal CBE, this
meet brings together a community of servant catalysts to
facilitate transformational connections to impact the
region of South Asia.
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OBAMA CALLS FOR FREEDOM FOR ALL IN CHINA
Christian Post, Nov 17, 2009: US President
Barack Obama spoke up for human rights and internet
freedom in his first official visit to China on Monday.
“These freedoms of expression and worship, of access to
information and political participation, we believe are
universal rights, they should be available to all people
including ethnic and religious minorities,” Mr Obama
told the audience in Shanghai.
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PAK PREZ PARDONS 59 CHRISTIANS
Nov 16, 2009: About 59 Christian prisoners in
Pakistan received a new lease of life when President
Asif Ali Zardari pardoned and freed them on Friday.
Heeding to an appeal by 'Life for All', a Lahore-based
Christian organization, the President released the
prisoners who were falsely accused of minor crimes and
languished in jails without obtaining legal aid due to
financial constraints.
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CHURCH OPPOSES EU CRUCIFIX BAN
Nov 14, 2009: The Greek Orthodox Church
has come out in opposition to a ban on crucifixes in
classrooms in Italy. It wants to see Christians across
Europe unite in opposition to the ruling by the European
Court of Human Rights last week which stated that the
presence of crucifixes in the classroom violates
religious and educational freedoms.
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GLOBAL ACTION GIFTS WARMTH TO INDIA’S POOR
Nov 16, 2009: With winter setting in most
parts of India, a Christian ministry is distributing
blankets to stave off deaths caused by lack of proper
clothing. Last year, thousands died due to severe winter
conditions. Global Action is working to ensure this does
not repeat.
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CHURCH CELEBRATES BERLIN WALL ANNIVERSARY
Nov 9, 2009: Church leaders have paid
tribute to the faith and courage of ordinary men and
women who helped unify Germany and end the Cold War on
the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
today. The newly elected head of the Evangelical Church
in Germany (EKD), Bishop Margot Kaessmann, said dream
became reality when the wall came down on 9 November
1989.
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15000 MALAY BIBLES SEIZED; IS “ALLAH” GOD?
Christian Post, Oct 30, 2009: Malaysian
authorities have seized more than 15,000 Bibles that
refer to God as “Allah” in recent months, said church
officials Thursday. About 10,000 Bibles from Indonesia
were confiscated by authorities on Sept. 11, according
to the Rev. Hermen Shastri, general secretary of the
Council of Churches of Malaysia, according to The
Associated Press. The other 5,100 Bibles, also from
Indonesia, were seized in March, according to an
official from the Bible Society of Malaysia, who
requested that AP not identify him to avoid angering the
government.
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CHRISTIAN HELP FOR BURMESE ORPHANS
Nov 16, 2009: Release International is
rallying to the support of Burma’s orphans with a
Christmas campaign to raise more than £20,000 to help
child victims of poverty and conflict. Release aims to
help some of the country’s most vulnerable children, who
are preyed upon by the voracious sex trade and the
military.
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NEW MOVIE ON FATHERHOOD ON THE ANVIL- FROM THE MAKERS
OF “FIREPROOF”
Nov 17, 2009: Sherwood Church, home of the
hit independent Christian movies Flywheel, Facing the
Giants, and Fireproof, has announced its next movie is
to focus on fatherhood. “The movie is about fatherhood
and the title is one word: Courageous,” said Alex
Kendrick, who is on the leadership team of Sherwood
Pictures.
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CHINA STEPS UP ATTACK ON CHURCHES
BEIJING 15 Nov: Followers of an unapproved
church in Beijing were again forced by the government to
find a new place to worship on Sunday, a move one
analyst suggested would be a test for President Barack
Obama on religious freedom during his first visit to the
country.
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NORTH KOREAN CHRISTIANS: ‘CHILDREN DIE ON STREETS’
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PYONGYANG/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife):
Christians in North Korea said Wednesday, November 23, a
massive famine has broken out in their autocratic-ruled
nation with many children "dying" while security forces
send malnourished people to labor camps for allegedly
refusing to join the "100-Day Battle."
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