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SOUTH ASIA - Geet seemed to have the ideal family. She had a husband and two adult sons, and was devoted to her gods. She also had a daughter-in-law, Haimi, who was married to her oldest son. The younger son was studying for his Bachelors of Arts degree, and was in his final year of college.

THE ANDERSON WAKEMAN PROJECT 360

Published 07/29/2010 - 7:10 a.m. CST

Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson

Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson back together for exclusive preview of their UK tour

CHERTSEY, UK - Two of the legends of progressive rock, Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson, are coming together for an exclusive preview show in England of what they call The Anderson Wakeman Project 360. Following this they will be doing further concerts together across in the UK.

Published 07/28/2010 - 7:07 a.m. CST

BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN - More than a week after a church break-in which left one woman seriously injured, it is now being reported that another church in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan has been the subject of a similar crime.

“Witnesses say four men entered the church, severely beat a local woman, and stole money and equipment,” said Jed Courley, pastor of the first church that was attacked.

Published 07/27/2010 - 7:49 a.m. CST

Among the dead are the wife, two children and grandson of a local pastor

JOS, NIGERIA - At least four women, one man, one boy and girl have been murdered close to the Nigerian city of Jos. The death toll includes the wife, two children and grandson of a local pastor. Some estimates say that as many as ten people may have been killed in the brutal attack.

Published 07/26/2010 - 7:09 a.m. CST

Possible suspect named

LAHORE, PAKISTAN - (ANS)- On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Lahore High Court Chief Justice, Khwaja Mohammad Sharif, ordered a judicial inquiry into the murder of two Christian brothers on the premises of the Faisalabad district courts, DAWN, Pakistan's English daily newspaper has reported.

Published 07/25/2010 - 6:04 a.m. CST

Dan Wooding interviews Archbishop Tutu as Church Army's Chief Executive Mark Russell looks on

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - The UK-based website, Ekklesia (www.ekklesia.co.uk), has revealed that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu has announced his intention to wind down his public engagements, when he turns 79 in October 2010.

"I think I have done as much as I can, and I really do need time for other things that I have wanted to do," Dr Tutu told a media briefing at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town.

Published 07/24/2010 - 6:26 a.m. CST

VIENNA, AUSTRIA - Criminalizing drug addiction in Russia is fuelling the spread of HIV, according to British Christian development agency Tearfund, whose local church partners work at the frontline of the country's HIV epidemic.

The HIV epidemic in Central Asia and Eastern Europe - which is expanding faster than any other region in the world - comes under the spotlight at a major international AIDS conference in Vienna this week, AIDS 2010.

Published 07/22/2010 - 7:55 a.m. CST

Map of Muslim populations worldwide

MCLEAN, VA - Since the 1960s large numbers of Muslims have been migrating to the West. Muslim migration is unusual because of radicals within the community who are deliberately seeking to create dramatic changes in their host societies; they want Islam to gain social, cultural, economic and political power.

Published 07/22/2010 - 5:06 a.m. CST

WASHINGTON, DC - New information has come to light about Jamaa Ait Bakrim, a Moroccan Christian who has been imprisoned for his faith since 2005.

Published 07/27/2010 - 5:53 p.m. CST

LONDON, ENGLAND - Celebration for the Nations, which is a gathering of worshippers in Wales from the nations touched by the 1904 Welsh Revival, including intercessors from South Korea, is partnering with Global Day of Prayer London to launch 500 days of prayer for the nation.

PROTESTS AGAINST MISUSE OF BLASPHEMY LAWS IN PAKISTAN

Published 07/27/2010 - 7:04 a.m. CST

PAKISTAN -Protests took place on Sunday, July 25th in Lahore and Karachi in Pakistan in the wake of the shooting of two Christians accused of blasphemy, Rashid and Sajid Emmanuel.

Published 07/26/2010 - 7:00 a.m. CST

The three abducted children

CAIRO, EGYPT - Middle East journalist, Mary Abdelmassih, has told the ASSIST News Service (ANS), that the role played by Muslim women in the "abduction and forced Islamization of Christian females in Egypt is on the rise, with continuously changing methods of deception."

POLICE DEMOLISH CHURCH HOUSE IN INDONESIA

Published 07/24/2010 - 8:20 a.m. CST

Local Islamic group spurs destruction that demonstrators try to stop

WEST JAVA, INDONESIA - Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that Public Order personnel supported Bogor police officers as they demolished a house where a church regularly met in a village in Bogor Regency, West Java, Indonesia, on Monday (July 19, 2010).

Published 07/23/2010 - 5:22 a.m. CST

AUSTRALIA - Since late May TNI (Indonesian military) and BRIMOB (militarised police) forces have been conducting 'sweeping operations' in the central highlands Puncak Jaya region of Papua (formerly Irian Jaya). This was ostensibly to flush out the 'separatists' they blame (without evidence) for two recent attacks. Indonesia keeps Papua closed to international media and human rights organisations. However, news is leaked out at great personal risk and on 18 June the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) issued a report with details of the crisis in Puncak Jaya.

Published 07/22/2010 - 5:29 a.m. CST

Leonard and Nosheen D'souza

They say they have since been 'forced to flee the country'

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - A Pakistani couple who co-produced a dramatic new documentary on the terrible events that took place in Korian and Gojra in 2009 when Pakistani Christians were burned alive by extremist Muslims, have since faced life-threatening threats.

Published 07/21/2010 - 5:45 a.m. CST

Girgis Baroumi behind bars

QENA, EGYPT - Middle-eastern journalist, Mary Abdelmassih, has told the ASSIST News Service (ANS), that the high profile criminal trial of Christian Copt poultry vendor Girgis Baroumi, accused of allegedly having sexually assaulted a Muslim female minor, was reconvened on Monday, July 12, 2010, under a new judicial body and another district criminal court in Qena, a city in Upper Egypt.

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