Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Anthony K. Valley
Murder plot for Orthodox priest Ramazan Arkan thwarted by Turkish polish.
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police have foiled a plot to murder a priest, in a case that recalls other attacks this year against Christians in Muslim but secular Turkey, newspapers reported on Monday.
Police in the coastal resort of Antalya detained a young man on Sunday [...]
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Filed under: World Events, Society and Culture, Persecution
Posted on October 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Orphaned by the Kashmir earthquake and adopted by sex workers, some children will have a future as a prostitute or street beggar.
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tags: kashmir, the australian, theaustralian.news.com.au, children, kidnap, prositution, earthquake
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Filed under: World Events, Society and Culture, History
Posted on October 23rd, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Police protected Christian churches from harm during a series attacks sparked by political differences and the distribution of DVD considered offensive to Muslims.
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tags: alexandria, christian, muslim, news world communications, washtimes.com, attack, faith, police, egpyt
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Filed under: World Events, Government, Law
Posted on October 20th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
BALAKOT, Pakistan—Pakistan’s death toll soared to 79,000 yesterday from South Asia’s earthquake after a survey of one of the two hardest-hit Pakistani regions—making it one of the deadliest quakes in modern times.
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tags: boston.com, earthquake, pakistan, the new york times company, death, disaster, south asia earthquake
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Filed under: World Events, History
Posted on October 18th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Relief officials and local government leaders in northern Pakistan have reported dramatically higher death tolls from the devastating Oct. 8 earthquake, with estimates reaching 100,000, the army’s chief spokesman said Monday.
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tags: latimes.com, los angeles times, death, earthquake, pakistan
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Filed under: World Events, Missions
Posted on October 17th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
The latest marriage of technology and millennia-old traditions enables anyone with a special request, at least $80 to spare and Internet access to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
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tags: haaretz, haaretz.com, internet, jerusalem, jews, western wall, prayers
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Posted on October 11th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
The death toll from Saturday’s 7.6-magnitude quake in South Asia surged past 20,000 by Monday morning with some officials estimating over 30,000 lives lost from Pakistan’s worst earthquake in 100 years. With hunger, despair, and threat of disease looming over the 2.5 million estimated people left homeless, governments and Christian organizations around the world appealed [...]
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Posted on October 11th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN)—The death toll from the massive South Asia earthquake soared above 42,000 as the first trickle of humanitarian aid began to flow into the region, authorities said.
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tags: asia, cnn.com, cable news network, relief, death, earthquake
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Filed under: World Events, General
