Anugrah Kumar

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  Mar 3, 2018

  Cuba Releases Religious Freedom Advocate Detained by Authorities After Helping Christian Churches

  Cuba's communist government on Friday released a well-known religious freedom advocate, Leonardo Rodríguez Alonso, who had been held without charge.

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  Mar 3, 2018

  Christian Bakers Appeal Fine for Refusing to Make Cake for Same-Sex Wedding

  Aaron and Melissa Klein, a Christian couple from Oregon who lost their bakery and were ordered to pay $135,000 in damages for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding in 2013, have filed an appeal at the Oregon Supreme Court against a ruling by an Oregon appeals court upholding a decision to fine them.

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  Mar 3, 2018

  Remains of 40 Iraqi Christians With Their Crosses Found in Mass Grave

  Iraqi security forces and pro-government militias have discovered mass graves near Mosul, which include bodies of 40 Christians who had small crosses with them when they were killed by Islamic State terrorists and then buried together, according to the Syriac Orthodox Church.

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  Feb 26, 2018

  Rick Santorum on School Shootings: These Kids Come From Broken Homes Without Dads

  Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum told CNN host Jake Tapper in an interview that the public debate after the Parkland mass shooting should not be focused only on gun control, but also on kids growing up in broken homes or in the absence of their fathers.

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  Feb 26, 2018

  Russia Hacked the Olympics and Tried to Blame North Korea

  Russian military spies hacked numerous South Korean government computers during the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea — possibly in retaliation to the banning of the Russian team by the International Olympic Committee due to the earlier use of doping by its athletes — and tried to make it look as if North Korea was behind the attack, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

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  Feb 26, 2018

  Parkland Shooting: Broward Sheriff Refuses to Resign, Says His Leadership Was 'Amazing'

  Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel has refused to resign despite facing severe criticism for his deputies' response to the Parkland shooting, in which 17 people were killed earlier this month. In a media interview, Israel said he had given "amazing leadership to this agency."

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  Feb 25, 2018

  Pakistani Christian Survives Jump From 4th Floor to Escape Interrogation Beating in 'Blasphemy' Case

  A Pakistani Christian man is in critical condition after allegedly jumping out of a fourth-floor window while he was being interrogated at the Federal Investigation Agency in Punjab Province.

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  Feb 25, 2018

  Pope Francis to Hold Conference on Exorcism Amid Demand, Fears of Satanism Grows

  The Vatican plans to hold a week-long international conference in April to deal with a threefold increase in demand for exorcists in Italy alone, with 500,000 cases each year.

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  Feb 25, 2018

  ISIS Tells Muslim Followers to Kidnap, Murder Christians in Russia

  A week after a deadly attack on an Orthodox church in the Dagestan region of Russia which killed at least five people, Islamic State is inciting its followers to kill and kidnap Christians in "Russian-occupied Muslim areas," according to a report.

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  Feb 24, 2018

  Remembering Billy Graham: 5 Christian Singers Share Their Memories of the World-Renowned Evangelist

  Several well-known Christian singers have issued statements remembering the Rev. Billy Graham, who died Wednesday at the age of 99. The memories they share give us more insight into the greatness of the world-renowned evangelist.