(Biblical Archaeology) — A rare gold coin depicting Roman emperor Nero was unearthed in archaeological excavations just outside the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel. The coin was found in the excavations of the Mount Zion Project, codirected by Shimon Gibson, Visiting Professor of Archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and James […]
Continue reading …WASHINGTON (NBC News) — More cases of sexually transmitted diseases were reported last year than ever before, federal officials said Wednesday—just as state and local health departments that could help fight them lose funding. More than 1.5 million people were reported with chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD), the Centers for Disease Control […]
Continue reading …NIGER (The Independent) — An American aid worker has been kidnapped by gunman in Niger, where he was helping local tribes overcome drought and food shortages. Jeffery Woodke was abducted from his home in Abalak by armed men who killed two guards before driving him across the desert into neighbouring Mali. The Youth With A […]
Continue reading …ABUJA, Nigeria (USA Today) — The 21 girls who were rescued last week after being kidnapped by the militant group Boko Haram more than two years ago have been reunited with their families. They were among more than 200 students taken from their school in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok by the extremists in […]
Continue reading …(NL Times) — Christian party SGP wants to ban mosques in the Netherlands from making their daily calls to prayer with the words “Allahu Akbar,” party leader Kees van der Staaij said to broadcaster NOS. This ban is one of the points in the SGP’s election campaign, which will be released in two weeks. “We’re […]
Continue reading …(New York Times) — In the Netherlands, a country vaunted for its liberalism, a proposal to legalize assisted suicide for older people who are generally healthy but feel they have led a full life has stirred up an ethical storm in some quarters. In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to […]
Continue reading …(Christian Institute) — Over 900 people with Down syndrome and their families have signed a petition opposing controversial prenatal screening proposals. The petition was delivered to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt by a campaign group who argue that the proposals will lead to the systematic abortion of Down’s babies. Don’t Screen Us Out say their concerns […]
Continue reading …JUBA, South Sudan (Morning Star News) – Two pastors and seven other Christians in Sudan were detained for four days last week after trying to stop a group of civilians and police from taking over their school, according to one of the arrested pastors. Local police on Oct. 6 arrested Samuel Suliman, headmaster of the Evangelical […]
Continue reading …SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (UPI) — El Salvador’s Farabundo Marti Liberation Front, or FMLN, ruling party has proposed easing laws to allow women to receive abortions in cases of rape, risk to the life of the mother and if the fetus is not viable. Abortion is now banned in El Salvador. The FMLN needs the […]
Continue reading …(BBC) — South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu has revealed that he wants to have the option of an assisted death. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and anti-apartheid campaigner said that he did “not wish to be kept alive at all costs,” writing in the Washington Post newspaper on his 85th birthday. Mr. Tutu came out […]
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