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Friday, 17 June 2016 11:54
USA: senators target gun laws
Four Democratic senators are asking for more gun control legislation after an American born man with an assault rifle entered a gay nightclub in Orlando, killing 49 and wounding 53. They want an immediate passage of…
Friday, 17 June 2016 11:52
South Africa: Jesus Dome gone but Jesus is alive
Last Tuesday night the sky around the city of Durban was burnished with a bright orange blaze, seen from kilometres away. Vehicles stopped on a freeway to gaze at the consuming tongues of fire. As firemen…
Friday, 17 June 2016 11:51
Venezuela: food riots – people dying
A man was shot dead on Tuesday during looting and food riots proliferating round crisis-hit Venezuela, bringing to at least four the number of fatalities from this month's wave of unrest. As well as the fatality,…
Friday, 17 June 2016 11:49
Egypt: Christian girls kidnapped
A wave of kidnappings, forced conversions and forced marriages of young Christian girls in Egypt has Christian families living in fear. The missing girls were ‘probably taken to be forcefully married and converted to Islam.’ Among…
Friday, 17 June 2016 11:48
America: Zika talks and action
Republicans in negotiations on delayed funding to combat the Zika virus are promising an agreement, as they focus on a $1.1 billion deal. Negotiators met on Wednesday, but only made opening speeches to satisfy the requirements…
Friday, 17 June 2016 11:46
Nigeria: doing the painful thing
Nigeria is going to do the painful thing everyone said it has to do: the currency will be allowed to float freely. The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, said that the bank…