Anugrah Kumar

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  Aug 11, 2014

  20,000 Yazidis Taken to Safety as US Launches More Airstrikes in Iraq; Lebanese Patriarch Calls for Protection of Christians

  About 20,000 minority Yazidis were rescued in northern Iraq while tens of thousands of others remained stranded on mountains as U.S. forces launched more airstrikes on ISIS militants Sunday. Christians, who too are facing an unprecedented wave of persecution, also need urgent protection, Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch said.

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  Aug 10, 2014

  Hamas' Political Interests Overlook People's Needs, Palestinian Activist Says

  A senior Palestinian human rights activist and political commentator writes in an opinion article for an Israel-based television channel that Palestinians are not for bloodshed, but Hamas refuses to consider people's needs due to its own political interests.

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  Aug 10, 2014

  US Launches More Airstrikes Against ISIS in Iraq; Kurds Say Can't Eliminate Militants Without American Weapons

  U.S. forces continued to attack ISIS targets in Iraq Saturday, but analysts argue that the military's limited involvement may not help much. Meanwhile, Kurdish forces, who control the northern region where the militants are being fought, say they cannot push back the Islamists without American equipment.

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  Aug 10, 2014

  Mars Hill Board Responds: Acts 29 Network Announced 'Divisive' Decision Without Directly Speaking to Mark Driscoll

  The Board of Advisors & Accountability of Mars Hill Church has responded to the Acts 29 church-planting network's "divisive" decision to dismiss Pastor Mark Driscoll and his megachurch from membership, complaining it was announced prior to speaking directly with the pastor or any of the board members.

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  Aug 10, 2014

  Christian Missionary Doctor Infected With Ebola: Pray That I Can Remain Faithful to God; Recalls Serving Dying Patients in Liberia

  Dr. Kent Brantly, one of the two Christian missionaries who got infected by the deadly Ebola virus while working in Liberia, has written a letter from his isolation room at a Georgia hospital, asking for prayers for his recovery, but more than that for his faithfulness to God. The letter also talks about his service to dying patients in Africa.

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  Aug 9, 2014

  Israel, Gaza Trade Fire After Ceasefire; Israeli Official Says Won't Negotiate Until Hamas Stops Unleashing Missiles

  As talks to extend the 72-hour ceasefire stalled, Israeli soldiers said they hit dozens of Hamas sites in response to more than 57 rockets that were fired from the Gaza Strip since the truce ended Friday morning.

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  Aug 9, 2014

  As US Launches Airstrikes in Iraq, ISIS Abducts Hundreds of 'Satanist' Yazidi Women; Thousands of Other Yazidis Remain Trapped in Mountains

  As U.S. warplanes and drones hit ISIS militants in Iraq Friday, hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority, which is seen as "Satan worshipers" by the Islamists, were abducted and thousands remained trapped in the Sinjar mountains in the north with little food and water.

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  Aug 4, 2014

  Creationist Ken Ham Blasts Atheist TV's Launch

  Ken Ham, founding president and CEO of Answers in Genesis, responded to the premiere of the world's first ever all-atheist TV channel last week by blasting the efforts at "not just targeting adults with a hopeless message of godlessness, but … also trying to indoctrinate children into an atheistic worldview."

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  Aug 4, 2014

  US Senate Passes Resolution to Bring 1,000 Congolese Childen Home to Adoptive Families

  The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution calling on the Democratic Republic of Congo not to block any longer the 1,000 Congolese children who have been adopted, or are in the process of being adopted, from uniting with their adoptive families in the United States. The Congolese government stopped processing adoption cases last September.

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  Aug 4, 2014

  Israel Declares 7-Hour Truce in Gaza; Withdraws Most Troops

  Israel declared a seven-hour unilateral humanitarian ceasefire in most of the Gaza Strip beginning Monday morning after the United Nations criticized its missile strike on a UN school sheltering Palestinians. Israel now appears to be winding down its ground operations by pulling out a majority of its troops from the region.