Anugrah Kumar

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  Mar 8, 2015

  ISIS Attacks Christian Villages in Same Syrian Area Where Hundreds of Assyrians Were Abducted

  Militants from Islamic State, or ISIS, attacked at least three more villages in northeasern Syria on Saturday, about a month after the Sunni terror group abducted hundreds of Assyrian Christians from the same area.

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  Mar 8, 2015

  50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma: Obama Praises Voting Rights Protesters' Faith in God, America

  Standing on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the city of Selma in Alabama, where voting rights demonstrators braved police assault, galvanizing the civil rights movement 50 years ago, President Obama spoke to a crowd of thousands Saturday, praising their faith in God and America.

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  Mar 8, 2015

  Pastor Saeed 'Shaken' as Iranian Authorities Execute His Six Fellow Prisoners

  U.S. Pastor Saeed Abedini, who has now been in an Iranian jail for his Christian faith for nearly two-and-a-half years, is "shaken" as six of his fellow prisoners were executed around him this week, his wife, Naghmeh, says.

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  Mar 7, 2015

  Apocalypse Poll: Republicans More Confident Than Democrats About Their Survival

  Republicans are far more confident than Democrats that they would survive longer than most people in their community in the event of an apocalypse, according to a new YouGov poll of 1,000 Americans.

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  Mar 7, 2015

  Over 300 Republicans Petition Supreme Court to Legalize Gay Marriage

  More than 300 Republicans, including Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, are part of a friend of the court brief supporting same-sex marriage as the Supreme Court is reviewing 6th Circuit marriage cases to decide the future of marriage in the United States.

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  Mar 7, 2015

  US Center for World Mission, Frontier Mission Fellowship Rebranded as 'Frontier Ventures'

  The Frontier Mission Fellowship and U.S. Center for World Mission have been reorganized and rebranded as "Frontier Ventures" as they continue to seek to reach the remaining unreached peoples of the world, but now with a "renewed commitment."

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  Mar 2, 2015

  Archaeologists Identify First Century House Where Jesus May Have Lived

  Archeologists in Nazareth say a first century house discovered in the 1880s could be the home of Mary and Joseph where Jesus was brought up.

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  Mar 2, 2015

  Christian Nursery Worker Fired in UK for Saying God Is Not OK With Gay Marriage

  A Christian nursery worker in London, who was allegedly sacked for telling a colleague that God doesn't condone same-sex mariage, has challenged her former employer's decision.

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  Mar 2, 2015

  'Jihadi John's' Emails Claim British Officials Harassed Him; Ex-ISIS Militant Says He was 'Strange, Loner'

  Islamic State's masked executioner "Jihadi John," who was recently identified as a Kuwaiti-born Londoner, sent emails to a Muslim advocacy group between 2009 and 2012 claiming he was "harassed" by British security agencies. An Islamic State defector says he was cold and remained aloof in Syria.

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  Mar 2, 2015

  ISIS Releases 19 Assyrian Christians but Hundreds Remain Captive; Refuses to Free 6-Year-Old Girl

  Terrorists from Islamic State, or ISIS, in northern Syria Sunday released 19 Assyrian Christians, out of the hundreds they had captured last week, but refused to set free a 6-year-old girl, whom they are likely using as a "bargaining chip," an activist group said.