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DALIT CHRISTIANS TO HOLD RALLY IN CAPITAL
July 6,
2010 - Church groups will organise a rally on July 21 to
press the government to render equal status to
Christians and Muslims of Scheduled Caste origin. The
rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi will urge the Indian
government to amend para 3 of the Constitutional
Scheduled Caste Order 1950 that dismantled the social,
economic and educational benefits of Dalits who
converted to Christianity.
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 NATION-WIDE PROGRAMS FOR TERESA CENTENARY
July 7,
2010 Cathnews: Catholic groups across India are planning
a series of programs to mark the birth centenary of
Blessed Mother Teresa on Aug 26. Various dioceses in the
country have planned their own programs which include
prayer services, public meetings and social work, said
Father Babu Joseph spokesperson of Catholic Bishops
Conference of India (CBCI).
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MED-INSURERS TO STOP CASHLESS SERVICE
One of
the main reasons because of which people used to go for
medical insurance is going to end very soon. The medical
claim policies that promised to give cashless facilities
are going to end it now.
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CABINET CLEARS PROGRAM FOR LIFESTYLE DISEASES
The
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday
approved the ambitious National Programme for Prevention
and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases
and Stroke (NPCDCS) for implementation during the
remaining period of 11th Five-Year Plan, at an estimated
outlay of Rs.1,230.90 crore.
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 KERALA’S TALIBAN CHOPS OFF PROFESSOR’S HAND
July 4,
2010, Cochin: In a horrific instance of Talibanism,
fanatics of the “religion of peace” in Kerala on Sunday,
4 July, chopped off the right hand of a college
lecturer, accusing him of setting a question paper with
a derogatory reference to the Prophet.
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 MUSLIMS STEP UP PROTEST ON HEADSCARF BAN
Thalassery, 7 July 2010: A Muslim fundamentalist group
The Popular Front, in Thalassery of northern Kerala, has
been protesting against a Catholic school's ban on
headscarves. They say they will intensify their
protests. The same group is accused of chopping off a
Catholic professor's hand.
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INDIA'S REWARD TO FR. BORST'S 50 YEARS OF SERVICE:
QUIT INDIA!
It is a
shocking surprise that Father Jim Borst, the only Mill
Hill Missionary serving in the Kashmir Valley been
served a notice by the Foreigners Registration Officer,
Kashmir to quit India by July 2010—the State of Jammu
and Kashmir, to be precise, where he has been living
since September 1963.
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22-YEAR-OLD BECOMES YOUNGEST IIT TEACHER
 MUMBAI,
TNN, Jul 14, 2010: IIT-ians often liken the generation
gap between themselves and their teachers to that
between MS-DOS and Windows. This semester, however, the
students on the Powai campus can look forward to someone
much closer to their age: a physics teaher who has just
entered his 20s.
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 8 INDIAN STATES HAVE MORE POOR THAN 26 POOREST
AFRICAN NATIONS
London,
July 12, 2010 (PTI): LONDON: Acute poverty prevails in
eight Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and
West Bengal, together accounting for more poor people
than in the 26 poorest African nations combined, a new
'multidimensional' measure of global poverty has said.
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NAGALAND STRUGGLES WITH IDEA OF CHILD RIGHTS
Dimapur
| July 13: Minors forced or compelled to work have been
a huge talking-point worldwide, particularly in the
developing third-world. Nagaland of late is also
attracting the attention of Child Rights activists in
this matter.
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'CSI EARMARKING 15% SEATS FOR POOR STUDENTS’
BANGALORE, July 6 2010: HRD minister Kapil Sibal may
have introduced 25% reservation for under-privileged
children in the Right to Education Act, but several
institutions run by the Church of South India (CSI) have
been practising the system of earmarking 15% seats in
for poor students.
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 GREG LAURIE: WE'RE JUST NO GOOD AT EVANGELISM
"If there's one thing that Christians and
non-Christians have in common, it's this: we're both
uptight about evangelism," said evangelist Greg Laurie.
In the weeks leading up to the annual Harvest Crusade in
Southern California, Laurie is prepping his
mega-congregation on the how, what and why of
evangelism.
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SHANGHAI IFES MEETING A SUCCESS
The 2010
convention of the International Federation of Exhibition
and Event Services (IFES), held last month in Shanghai,
has been deemed a success. The event was attended by 125
visitors from 31 countries, including representatives
from six exhibit- and event-related companies based in
the United States.
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NIGERIA'S CHRISTIANS FEAR FURTHER ATTACKS
July 10,
2010 Release International: Christian villagers near Jos,
Nigeria, fear further attacks by militants who
systematically killed 500, mainly women and children. A
Release investigation has heard claims that the attack
in March was planned and soldiers were ordered not to
intervene. Some observers believe the aim is to drive
out Christians to pave the way for Islamic law.
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ANGLICAN GROUP HITS IMPASSE ON WOMEN
LONDON — The Church of England moved another
step closer to an unbridgeable schism between
traditionalists and reformers on Saturday when its
General Synod, or parliament, rejected a bid by the
archbishop of Canterbury to strike a compromise over the
ordination of women bishops aimed at preserving the
increasingly fragile unity of the worldwide Anglican
Communion.
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MICHELLE DUGGAR RECEIVES 'MOTHER OF THE YEAR AWARD'
AT HISTORIC BABY CONFERENCE
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 12 /Christian Newswire/ --
Michelle Duggar, mother to 19 and star of TLC's "19 Kids
and Counting" received the "Mother of the Year Award" as
part of a special ceremony at the Baby Conference: A
Historic Family Summit on the Triumph of Life Over the
Culture of Death, held July 8-10 in San Antonio.
Michelle and her husband Jim Bob were featured speakers
at the event, sponsored by Vision Forum Ministries,
which drew more than 1,500 to the Alamo City.
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TYNDALE HOUSE ANNOUNCES NEW BOOK--'THE BOY WHO CAME
BACK FROM HEAVEN’
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 12 /Christian Newswire/ --
Kevin Malarkey's short drive home on November 14, 2004
with his son, Alex, turned out to be an unexpected road
trip to heaven and back. Alex's story of the time he
spent in heaven while in a coma is fully told in Tyndale
House Publisher's new book, "The Boy Who Came Back from
Heaven," a remarkable account of miracles, angels, and
life beyond this world.
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LAUSANNE LAUNCHES MULTILINGUAL CONVERSATION AMONG
EVANGELICALS
July 6,
2010, Cape Town 2010: The Third Lausanne Congress on
World Evangelisation, is now only less than 100 days
away. Marking this milestone is the launch of The
Lausanne Global Conversation in eight languages. This
enables evangelicals from all continents to prepare for
the Congress, which will be streamed online.
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 WALTER HAWKINS DEAD: AWARD-WINNING GOSPEL SINGER WAS
61
RIPON,
Calif.July 12, 2010 (AP) -- Walter Hawkins, a Grammy
Award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor from
Oakland, died Sunday. He was 61. Walter Hawkins, who was
battling pancreatic cancer, passed away at his home in
Ripon, Calif., his older brother Edwin Hawkins said.
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 SURVEY: 7 IN 10 CHRISTIAN HOUSEHOLDS ELIMINATING,
AVOIDING DEBT
While
American consumers continue to worry about jobs and
paying the bills, 7 in 10 Christian households reported
in a recently published survey that they actively pay
off their credit cards in full every month and nearly 8
of 10 Christian households said they continue to give
ten percent or more of their income to local churches
and ministries.
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OPPONENTS OF WOMEN BISHOPS ARE PART OF THE CHURCH TOO
The news
from Synod is that the Church of England may begin to
consecrate women bishops in the next few years, with
little provision for those who feel less comfortable
with the idea. While this can be portrayed as a victory
for equality, the position of traditionalists is simply
that the draft measure as it stands doesn't provide for
a secure future for us in the Church of England, a
future that was promised in 1993 but now appears to have
been rescinded.
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 CHURCH OF ENGLAND ALLOWS WOMEN BISHOPS
London, July 13 (PTI): After much debate and
controversy, the Church of England has decided to allow
women to become bishops in the next two years, but
traditionalists who opposed the landmark decision say it
will lead to many people leaving the church. After the
church’s assembly passed the draft legislation, dioceses
will now consider the draft, which would let individual
bishops allow alternative oversight for traditionalists
within each diocese.
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 MUSLIM MOB KILLS WIFE, CHILDREN OF CHRISTIAN IN
PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Compass Direct News) – A
Muslim mob in Jhelum, Pakistan murdered the wife and
four children of a Christian last month, but local
authorities are too afraid of the local Muslim leader to
file charges, according to area Muslim and Christian
sources.
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STREET PREACHERS AT ARAB FEST TO FACE COURT
Four
Christians who were arrested at a large Arab festival in
Michigan will have their arraignment hearing on Monday.
Dr. Nabeel Qureshi, a medical doctor, and fellow street
preachers Negeen Mayel, Paul Rezkalla, and David Wood
were arrested on charges of breach of the peace. Mayel,
an 18-year-old woman who emigrated from Afghanistan and
who recently converted to Christianity, is also charged
with failure to obey police orders. She was videotaping
Qureshi’s discussion with Muslims when police seized her
camera.
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SEALED CHURCH IN INDONESIA APPEALS TO UN
JAKARTA,
Indonesia (Compass Direct News) – The Gereja Kristen
Indonesia (GKI) Taman Yasmin Church in Bogor, West Java
has filed a religious discrimination appeal with the
United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion
or belief, church leaders said.
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 PASTOR TED HAGGARD TO MOVE GROWING CHURCH TO LARGER
VENUE
Pastor Ted Haggard is moving his burgeoning new St.
James Church out of his Old Ranch Road barn in Colorado
Springs to the city's Pikes Peak Center for the
Performing Arts beginning July 25. St. James, marking
its sixth week of existence as a church last Sunday,
drew 230 congregants to Haggard's barn. Haggard said he
expects the church, at first, will require one of the
smaller rooms at Pikes Peak for weekly 10 a.m. Services.
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PASTOR: 6 INJURED IN UGANDA WERE FROM PENNSYLVANIA
SELINSGROVE, Pa. — A group of young missionaries
from central Pennsylvania who had gone to Uganda to help
build a wall around a church and school and experience
Africa firsthand were rocked by blasts that injured six
of them, a pastor said today.
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YMCA REBRANDS ITSELF AS SIMPLY 'THE Y'
The
organisation which was founded 166 years ago in Britain
as the Young Man's Christian Association, has decided
that it is time for a change and has moved to officially
adopt a nickname that has been used for decades. The
logo has also been altered to do away with the MCA
letters.
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 ONE SHOT SOLUTION FOR DIABETES SOON
July 13,
2010: There may be a new hope for India’s more than 40
million diabetics, many of whom have to inject
themselves with insulin a number of times during the in
order to manage their disease. A team of Indian
researchers have created a form of insulin that they say
lasts for up to 120 days in rats and mice, with only a
single injection. If useful in humans, a single insulin
injection could last for several days.
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Jul 5,
2010 (AP) MADRID — A new Spanish law allowing abortion
without restrictions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy
went into effect Monday but the Constitutional Court
could yet intervene to suspend or change it.
its 2014
General Assembly in South Korea, according to an
announcement Saturday. “We are convinced that Seoul,
Korea, will be an ideal location for the WEA General
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