Fifty-seven teenage Eritrean Christians jailed last week under severe punishment for having Bibles at their military training camp remain locked in metal shipping containers, inside sources confirmed today.
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Putin and Obama speak by phone as US moves on several fronts to counter Russian aggression - Fox NewsPresident Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for an hour by phone Thursday as the administration moved on several fronts to counter Russia's aggression in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.
Iran to Receive Another $550 Million Cash Infusion - Washington Free Beacon
U.S. tasks Navy destroyer to Black Sea amid Ukraine tensions - Washington Times
EU slaps initial sanctions on Russia - AP
Ukraine PM: Crimea 'was, is and will be an integral part of Ukraine' - CNN
Ukraine threatens secession, White House imposes sanctions - USA Today
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U.S. tasks Navy destroyer to Black Sea amid Ukraine tensions - Washington Times
EU slaps initial sanctions on Russia - AP
Ukraine PM: Crimea 'was, is and will be an integral part of Ukraine' - CNN
Ukraine threatens secession, White House imposes sanctions - USA Today
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US funding for joint missile defense programs intact, groups say - Times of IsraelRebuffing reports that US President Barack Obama's budget for fiscal year 2015 gutted funding for the US-Israel missile defense partnership, Jewish groups said Thursday that the onus was on Congress, not the president, to bring funding up to previous years' levels.
Egypt seeks Russian arms that could undermine treaty with Israel - Jerusalem Post
Cairo is seeking air-defense systems such as the advanced S-300 that Syria and Iran have sought, MiG fighter jets, and Kornet antitank weapons, which could cause Israel worry, according to a Washington Institute for Near East Policy report.
Cairo is seeking air-defense systems such as the advanced S-300 that Syria and Iran have sought, MiG fighter jets, and Kornet antitank weapons, which could cause Israel worry, according to a Washington Institute for Near East Policy report.
Obama administration rewrites some health-care policies - Washington PostThe Obama administration announced Wednesday that it has rewritten an array of far-reaching rules under the Affordable Care Act, the most significant of which will let people keep bare-bones health insurance policies for three more years.
Tom DeLay returns to CPAC to find GOP without 'backbone' - Washington Times
Bill to Make the Fine $0 for Violating the Individual Mandate Passes by 90 Votes - Weekly Standard
Calif. could be in for century-long megadrought - CBS News
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Bill to Make the Fine $0 for Violating the Individual Mandate Passes by 90 Votes - Weekly Standard
Calif. could be in for century-long megadrought - CBS News
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Eritrean Commanders Intensify Harsh Measures0
Muslim Militants Attack Three Christian Villages in Northern Nigeria0
Over 100 well-armed Muslim militants swarmed into three Christian villages in northern Nigeria on Monday, August 25. Seven people were reportedly killed, 30 homes burned and 140 families displaced when the attackers invaded the villages about 8 p.m., setting houses ablaze and destroying food items in storage facilities.
Gospel for Asia Church in India Under Attack0
A Gospel for Asia church of 51 believers in Jharkhand, India, is under attack as anti-Christian leaders meet to decide its fate.
Twelve Christians in Laos Pressured to Abandon Their Faith While in Prison0
A group of 12 Christians in Laos are under extreme pressure to abandon their faith while being held in prison, according to a report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW).
House church leader sentenced to 18 months "re-education through labor"0
The Voice of the Martyrs has learned that house church leader Guoxing (Philip) Xu has been sentenced to 18 months of so-called "re-education through labor" after his arrest for leading a house-church service last month.
Ashcroft held to 'double standard' as cabinet nominee, Land says0
WASHINGTON (BP)–Attorney general nominee John Ashcroft is the victim of a double standard that should prompt Southern Baptists and other evangelical Christians to express their opposition to such treatment, Southern Baptist ethics official Richard Land said.
News of Animal Sacrifice in the Catholic Mass0
Human Life International reported yesterday that some South African's are calling for ancestor worship and animal sacrifices to be included in the liturgy of the Mass. According to Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Bloemfontein, plans to include African pagan rites during the Mass is in response to the Vatican's invitation to "inculturate" Catholic rites.
Civic center's pagan fresco raises question of 'ACLU, where are you?'0
McMINNVILLE, Ore. (BP)–If a city were to display a manger scene on the courthouse lawn or post the Ten Commandments in the council chambers, the American Civil Liberties Union would threaten a lawsuit. However, let a community depict a pagan goddess in a public arena and the ACLU is strangely silent.
ACLJ Files Religious Discrimination Suit Against Mass. School Dist. In Wake Of Supreme Court Ruling0
(Boston, MA) — The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, announced today it has filed a federal lawsuit charging religious discrimination against a school district in Massachusetts that has refused to permit a Christian organization to use its facilities after-hours – just days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that such discriminatory action is unconstitutional.
ACLJ Files Religious Discrimination Suit Against Mass. School Dist. In Wake Of Supreme Court Ruling0
(Boston, MA) — The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, announced today it has filed a federal lawsuit charging religious discrimination against a school district in Massachusetts that has refused to permit a Christian organization to use its facilities after-hours – just days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that such discriminatory action is unconstitutional.
ACLJ Files Religious Discrimination Suit Against Mass. School Dist. In Wake Of Supreme Court Ruling0
(Boston, MA) — The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, announced today it has filed a federal lawsuit charging religious discrimination against a school district in Massachusetts that has refused to permit a Christian organization to use its facilities after-hours – just days after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that such discriminatory action is unconstitutional.
ACLJ Gets Court Order Upholding Constitutionality of In-Home Prayer for Connecticut Family0
(Bridgeport, CT) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today a federal judge has issued a Preliminary Injunction against the Town of New Milford, Connecticut prohibiting the town from blocking a Connecticut family from continuing to hold prayer meetings inside their private residence.
ACLJ to Meet ACLU Legal Challenge of Children's Internet Protection Act0
(Washington, DC) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today it will work to defend the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) – a new federal law that requires public libraries to use computer software to block pornography – from a legal challenge by the ACLU.
ERLC asks justices for reversals in abortion, homosexuality cases0
WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. Supreme Court should reverse lower-court decisions that struck down a ban on partial-birth abortion and rejected the Boy Scouts of America's prohibition against homosexual leaders, according to friend-of-the-court briefs signed onto by the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.