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Pastor who backed McCain apologizes for remarks

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas evangelical leader who endorsed Republican presidential candidate John McCain earlier this year has apologized for anti-Catholic remarks that angered Church members and embarrassed McCain's campaign.

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House votes to stop adding to oil stockpile

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday followed the Senate in rejecting the Bush administration's policy of adding oil to the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve while fuel prices are high.

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Green aliens and UFOs said to visit UK: secret files

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
LONDON (Reuters) - Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close Encounters was released in 1977, according to secret files collating reports by members of the public.

Evangelism during Olympics in question

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37

The son of Billy Graham has been preaching and meeting with government officials in China -- and he created somewhat of a storm in recent comments to Chinese press.

Haitian protesters trade food riots for jobs

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
LES CAYES, Haiti (Reuters) - The demonstrators who ignited last month's violent protests against rising food prices in Haiti have accepted U.S.-sponsored jobs rather than follow through on a threat to launch new riots in the impoverished Caribbean country.

Bush heads back to Mideast amid fading peace hopes

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush headed back to the Middle East on Tuesday facing broad skepticism over his chances of securing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before he leaves office in less than nine months.

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Senate revises drugmaker gift bill

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A revised Senate bill would require drugmakers and medical devicemakers to publicly report gifts over $500 a year to doctors, watering down the standard set in a previous version.

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Olmert says understandings reached in peace talks

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday that he and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had reached "understandings and points of agreement" on some key issues in U.S.-backed peace talks.

Bush sends Russia nuclear pact to skeptical Congress

Reuters - Politics - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush asked Congress on Tuesday to review a civilian nuclear deal with Russia, but lawmakers warned there may be attempts to block it over Moscow's links to Iran's nuclear program.

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Mexico sends troops to fight Sinaloa drug cartel

Reuters - World News - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
CULIACAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico dispatched thousands of troops on Tuesday to the state of Sinaloa, the heartland of a powerful drug cartel run by the country's most wanted man, following a wave of police murders.

West Virginia Democratic primary results

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37

WV primary results

Hagee apologizes to Roman Catholics

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37

John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews."

Trial delayed for Uyghur Christian in China

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37

Court officials in Kashgar, Xinjiang province may soon decide the fate of Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit, arrested on January 12 and accused of "endangering national security."

North Korea: Former Security Agents Tall Of Inflitrating Christians

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37

BANGKOK, April 28 (Compass Direct News) – Former police and security officers in North Korea told a U.S. government body that their superiors had instructed them to play the role of Christians and infiltrate “underground” prayer meetings in order to incriminate, arrest, imprison and sometimes execute believers in North Korea.

India: 'Anti-Conversion' Law Takes Effect In Fifth State

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37

NEW DELHI, April 28 (Compass Direct News) – The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat state has implemented an “anti-conversion” law passed in 2003, increasing Christians’ fears that it will open the door to false accusations by Hindu extremists.

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FireSociety.com - Steve Elliott - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
*ICE raid nails 300 illegals; will employer be next? *Dems' problems only grow *Minutemen sign dumped in San Diego *TV and time shifting 05.13.08 Briefing • Steve Elliott, Grassfire.org • Subscribe here • RSS Time to lock up employer who hired 300 illegals nailed in ICE raid Reports coming out of Waterloo indicate that at least 300 and possibly as many as 600-700 illegal aliens have been arrested in the largest immigration raid in Iowa's history . Glad to see that ICE followed the lead and did its work. But let's hope ICE doesn't stop until the owners of that meat packing plant are facing charges as well. If a handful of that company's 1,000 employees happened to be illegal, that would be understandable. But when 30-70% of your workforce is illegal, no excuse will suffice. Dem's problems only grow Today will continue an odd and difficult stretch of days for the Democrats. Somehow, Barack Obama and the media managed to spin last Tuesday's results -- a split decision in North Carolina and Indiana -- as the coronation for Obama. Time magazine proclaimed him the winner and almost simultaneously Obama wrote off today's West Virginia and next week's Kentucky primaries. ...

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FireSociety.com - Steve Elliott Blog - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37
*ICE raid nails 300 illegals; will employer be next? *Dems' problems only grow *Minutemen sign dumped in San Diego *TV and time shifting 05.13.08 Briefing • Steve Elliott, Grassfire.org • Subscribe here • RSS Time to lock up employer who hired 300 illegals nailed in ICE raid Reports coming out of Waterloo indicate that at least 300 and possibly as many as 600-700 illegal aliens have been arrested in the largest immigration raid in Iowa's history . Glad to see that ICE followed the lead and did its work. But let's hope ICE doesn't stop until the owners of that meat packing plant are facing charges as well. If a handful of that company's 1,000 employees happened to be illegal, that would be understandable. But when 30-70% of your workforce is illegal, no excuse will suffice. Dem's problems only grow Today will continue an odd and difficult stretch of days for the Democrats. Somehow, Barack Obama and the media managed to spin last Tuesday's results -- a split decision in North Carolina and Indiana -- as the coronation for Obama. Time magazine proclaimed him the winner and almost simultaneously Obama wrote off today's West Virginia and next week's Kentucky primaries. ...

India: Serious Charges Omitted In Attack On Pastor

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37

NEW DELHI, April 29 (Compass Direct News) – The Hindu nationalist government in Rajasthan state has closed a police investigation into a televised attack on pastor Walter Masih a year ago today after withdrawing the more serious charges against the accused.

India: News Briefs

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37

Andhra Pradesh, April 30 (Compass Direct News) – About 50 Hindutva (Hindu nationalist) extremists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on April 15 beat two independent pastors in Devarakonda village, Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh.

Indonesia: Islamists threaten to tear down church

Agape Press - Wed, 2024-11-27 00:37

JAKARTA, May 6 (Compass Direct News) – Muslim extremists and local government authorities last week threatened to tear down a church building under construction in North Sumatra even though church leaders met requirements of Indonesia’s draconian law on worship places, the church’s pastor said.

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