Compass Direct News
Animals confiscated as punishment for converting to Christianity.

DUBLIN, July  (Compass Direct News) – Last Sunday officials and
residents of Katin village in Ta Oih district, Saravan province, Laos,
confiscated and slaughtered livestock belonging to nine Christian
families in an effort to force them to renounce their faith. In June
village elders had warned the families, 53 people in total, to renounce
the faith they had adopted in late May or face “serious consequences,”
according to advocacy group Human Rights Watch for Lao Religious Freedom.

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July 15, 2009
Open Doors

BAGHDAD, IRAQ -- At least 11 Christians were killed in Iraq and Somalia
by suspected militants over the weekend, Christian rights investigators
said Monday, July 13.

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By New Zealand correspondent Kerri Ritchie for AM

AM | abc.net.au/am

Police in New Zealand say there have been numerous reports of damage
after an earthquake struck the South Island last night.

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July 16, 2009 

Sheera Frenkel in Jerusalem



http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6715412.ece

Two Israeli missile class warships have sailed through the Suez Canal ten days after a submarine capable of launching a nuclear missile strike, in preparation for a possible attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

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