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Thursday, 19 September 2013 19:28
USA: Deaths and hundreds missing in Colorado floods
Rescue teams responding to the Colorado floods have warned residents to evacuate their homes or face being stranded for weeks without electricity, water or basic supplies. Amid apocalyptic scenes across the foothills of the Rocky Mountains,…
Thursday, 19 September 2013 19:19
Egypt: Christians forced to pay Jizya Tax
Word comes from the Minya area city of Dalga that many of the town's 20,000 Christians are now being forced to pay the Jizya tax required by Islamic law. Islamic extremists have controlled the town since…
Thursday, 19 September 2013 19:13
Vietnam: Christian Churches targeted
Two churches in Vietnam caught the attention of local authorities who later ordered their closure, Open Doors USA reports. In May, a group of believers were on their way to a church in an undisclosed village…
Thursday, 19 September 2013 19:10
Cuba: Church closed and pastor attacked in Havana Province
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has learned that the Full Gospel Church was forcibly closed in Havana Province at the end of February, confiscating all of the church’s belongings, including chairs and musical instruments. This left more…
Thursday, 19 September 2013 19:05
Bolivia: New law to control Churches' beliefs
Protestant church leaders in Bolivia are bucking a new law that they claim imposes religious beliefs contrary to their own and denies them the right to be a church. As a result, the National Association of…
Thursday, 19 September 2013 18:12
NIGERIA: Anglican Bishop kidnapped
The Dean of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Archbishop Ignatius Kattey, was abducted at about 10.30pm on Friday, as he journeyed in the company of his wife, Beatrice, from Eleme to Port Harcourt. It was gathered…