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Friday, 21 October 2011 13:59
Chile: Student protests turn violent
Students and police clashed in Santiago during the latest protest over education reform. Student leaders are demanding wholesale reform of Chile's education system, which they say is unequal and under-funded. Police used tear gas and water…
Friday, 21 October 2011 13:58
Australia: Government protest Iranian Pastor's death sentence
The Australian Christian Lobby is calling for the Australian Government to make representations to the Iranian Government about Christian Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani who has been sentenced to death in Iran. ACL’s Lyle Shelton said the case…
Friday, 21 October 2011 13:57
India: Human trafficking
Human trafficking is modern-day slavery in India and has become one of the fastest growing criminal industries in the world. Homeless girls and boys become victims of violence, deceit and compulsion for sexual exploitation or other…
Friday, 14 October 2011 14:58
Egypt: Orthodox leaders request prayer
Funerals have been held for 26 victims of an attack against Christian protestors in which hundreds were wounded, in what was possibly the worst violence against Egyptian Christians in modern history. The Coptic Orthodox Church held…
Friday, 14 October 2011 14:56
Afghanistan: Part One – 10th anniversary of conflict
An email from Afghanistan reads, - 'There are more wholehearted followers of Jesus in Afghanistan than there have been since the conquest of Islam (from AD 642 to AD 1000) From the time of the Apostle…
Friday, 14 October 2011 14:55
Afghanistan: Part Two – 10th anniversary of conflict
Part 2 of an email from Afghanistan - 'Pakistan is committed to a broken, bloody Afghanistan, and has thrown its budget and its intelligence services into equipping the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and any other group that would…