By Mustafa Mahmoud BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Christians in Kirkuk were urged to stand firm by the city's Chaldean archbishop Monday after three members of the religious minority were gunned down in their homes. Louis Sako told mourners at a cathedral in the ethnically mixed city that the attacks Sunday killing three Christians and wounding two others were outrageous. "The main objective of these crimes is to create chaos and promote strife and divisions among the people of...
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Karen Russo, Sacramento Union Columnist - //= 0; i=i-1){ if (l[i].substring(0, 1) == ' ') document.write("&#"+unescape(l[i].substring(1))+";"); else document.write(unescape(l[i])); } //]]> KRusso@SacUnion.com Published: December 30, 2008 Editor’s Note: This column was written just prior to the end of the cease-fire between Israel and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. For more on that ensuing conflict, visit www.SacUnion.com.Letters. Karen Russo is filing regular blog reports...
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THERE IS AN URGENCY TODAY because there's a lot at stake.  Right now, a significant and very troubling issue continues to threaten converts to Christianity worldwide.  It's the rising tide of radical Islam .  And it literally puts at risk the lives of millions of Christians around the globe. In fact, as I write you, we're in a fight to make sure the proclamation of the Gospel can stay legal - not just in Islamic nations, but throughout the world.  FocusVoter.com ...
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ESPN anchorwoman tells audience: 'F--- Jesus' ESPN, ABC Refuse to Take Any Action ESPN and its parent company, ABC, have refused to take any action against ESPN anchorwoman Dana Jacobson for her hateful, slurring remarks against Jesus, saying "F-- -- Jesus." On January 11, Jacobson was speaking at a celebrity roast in Atlantic City, N.J., when she unleashed a profane tirade, saying, "F--- Notre Dame," "F--- Touchdown Jesus" and finally "F---...
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“When they cook a dish in the Middle East, it is traditional to put the meat on top of the rice when they serve it. They kidnapped a woman’s baby in Baghdad, a toddler, and because the mother was unable to pay the ransom, they returned her child – beheaded, roasted and served on a mound of rice.”
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A mock hostage-taking with staged - albeit terrifying - gunmen descending on a New Jersey high school as part of a drill occurred late last month.  Who were the portrayed terrorists? CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS. No other group in America would tolerate this kind of religious profiling!  And we will not stand for it either.  Please support our efforts to hold school officials accountable for their oppressive actions.  Give your online gift of support right now....
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