Aaron J. Leichman

Christian Post Reporter

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  • Bomb Attack on Iraqi Christian Students Spurs Thousands to Protest

    Bomb Attack on Iraqi Christian Students Spurs Thousands to Protest

    Thousands of Christians marched through the streets of Hamdaniyah in northern Iraq on Monday to protest against Sunday\'s bomb attack that killed one and injured around 100.

  • 21st U.S. Capitol Bible Reading Marathon Underway

    21st U.S. Capitol Bible Reading Marathon Underway

    The 21st annual U.S. Capitol Bible Reading Marathon kicked off Sunday evening with the reading of Genesis 1:1 and will go on for 90 continuous hours before culminating with the reading of the final chapters of Revelation on Thursday - the National Day of Prayer.

  • China Post-Quake Efforts Shift to Reconstruction

    Post-quake efforts in China are shifting from rescue and relief to reconstruction and resettlement as the death toll from the April 14 temblor leveled out this past week at more than 2,200.

  • Bombers Target Iraqi Christian Students, Injure Dozens

    Two bombs exploded Sunday near buses carrying Christian students in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing at least one bystander and injuring around 100.

  • North Korea Freedom Week 2010 Kicks Off

    Demonstrations, rallies, seminars, and prayer vigils will be held throughout this week to promote the freedom, human rights, and dignity of the people in North Korea, who activists say are \"suffering under the most brutal regime in the world.\"

  • UMC to Launch $75M Initiative on World Malaria Day

    The United Methodist Church will officially launch on Sunday its $75 million initiative to eliminate malaria deaths in Africa as people around the world mark the third annual World Malaria Day.

  • Aid Groups: Food Crisis in Niger Requires 'Urgent' Action

    The food crisis in Niger and other parts of the Western Sahel needs to be tackled \"urgently\" before the beginning of the rainy season makes aid delivery impossible in remote regions, reports an international network of Catholic social justice and anti-poverty groups.

  • Icy Weather Compounds Suffering of China Quake Victims

    Icy Weather Compounds Suffering of China Quake Victims

    Relief groups distributing aid to survivors of last week\'s massive quake in China\'s Yushu County are braving the below-freezing temperatures and working to overcome a number of obstacles to alleviate the suffering of thousands.

  • Churches Pray for China's Quake-Hit Qinghai Province

    Churches Pray for China's Quake-Hit Qinghai Province

    Tens of thousands of Christians in China\'s Sichuan province prayed and offered donations Sunday for those affected by Wednesday\'s 7.1-magnitude earthquake in northwest China that killed more than 1,700 people.

  • China Quake Toll Shoots Up Past 1,144

    China Quake Toll Shoots Up Past 1,144

    The death toll from Wednesday\'s 7.1-magnitude earthquake in western China shot up to more than 1,144 late Friday after being reported as 791 just ten hours earlier, according to the government\'s official press agency.