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A man was critically injured on Sunday in Ferguson, Missouri by police during a protest to remember the one year anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, by a white police officer. READ MORE
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The first Republican presidential debate for the 2016 presidential election took place on Thursday, August 6 in Cleveland, Ohio. The debate, hosted by Fox News, was divided into two time slots-- the first featured the seven candidates who did not make it to the top ten based on the recent national polls at 5:00 pm, and the second debate at 9:00 pm consisted of the top 10 contenders. Candidates were asked questions on issues covering topics such as abortion and immigration. READ MORE
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Four Palestinians were killed and more than 30 injured in an explosion on Thursday in the Gaza strip. READ MORE
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A bill designed to protect the religious freedom of schools, businesses, charities, health care providers, and other religious organizations has been introduced in the Senate. READ MORE
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Seven members of a Christian church have been detained by police in the southeastern province of Zhejiang in China, under accusations of embezzlement, according to state media and one of their lawyers on Tuesday. READ MORE
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A Christian minister in Kentucky was dismissed from his counseling position at a juvenile facility on July 7 after his refusal to sign a form that stated homosexuality is not a sin. The policy, instituted last year, requires that Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) staff, volunteers, and interns “not imply or tell LGBTQI juveniles that they are abnormal, deviant, sinful or that they can or should change their sexual orientation or gender identity." READ MORE
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The U.S. Senate blocked a bill to defund Planned Parenthood and channel federal dollars to other health care providers and community health centers that do not perform abortions on Monday. READ MORE
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Nigeria’s army says that 178 people who had been held captive by Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group, were rescued in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on Sunday. READ MORE
An experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus tested in Guinea proves effective in initial stages of analysis, according to reports published in medical journal The Lancet on Friday. READ MORE
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The number of children working on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa bean producer, is rising as the demand for chocolate resulted in efforts to boost production, according to a Tulane University study financed by the U.S. Department of Labor released Thursday. About 70% of the world’s cocoa is grown in West Africa, according to World Cocoa Foundation, mainly in Ivory Coast and Ghana. READ MORE
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During a Judiciary Oversight Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said he will not issue regulations removing the tax-exempt status of religious universities and institutions for their belief that marriage is between a man and a woman.READ MORE
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Nigerian soldiers report having rescued 71 captives this past week from the clutch of Boko Haram insurgents in the country’s northeast. READ MORE
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Rebels in Central African Republic continue to hunt and kill Christian pastors and leaders in the church, who are forced to hide to escape violence, preventing them from ministering to their congregations. Fulani migrants have invaded the towns of Mbres, killing Christians and burning down homes and churches, according to a recent Open Doors report. Christians in Ndassima have been forced into slavery under Muslim Fulani lordship. READ MORE
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The Obama administration plans on extending availability of federal college grants to prisoners for the first time since the 1994 law that prohibited state and federal prisoners from receiving Pell Grants, hinted Secretary of Education Arne Duncan during a policy speech on Monday. The initiative would function as a temporary pilot program and would allow for thousands of inmates to tap into Pell Grants, the main source of federal aid for low-income students. READ MORE
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Protestants and Roman Catholics in the Zhejiang province of Eastern China are pushing against the Communist party campaign that has removed the crosses of more than 1,200 Chinese churches “for the sake of safety and beauty” according to a government official. READ MORE
The Sunday Assembly, also known as the “Atheist Church”, based in the United Kingdom is scheduled to have its first global assembly. The “church” is also known to have a branch and ...
World May 06, 2014 02:34 AM EDTThe leaders of the DPRK have been making very strong statements regarding human rights. A representative from the North Korean government has stated in a speech that the U.S. is a ‘living ...
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