Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Aug 11, 2017

  5 Facts About North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un

  North Korea and its totalitarian leader, Kim Jong Un, have again been thrust into the center of global media attention this week after its government threatened to fire missiles at a United States pacific territory. Here are facts that most people may not know about the secretive world leader.

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  Aug 10, 2017

  Atheist Group Demands End to 'Prayer Walks' at Mississippi Public Schools

  A Wisconsin-based legal group is pressuring four Mississippi public schools to end their annual tradition of holding "prayer walks" to mark the start of each new school year.

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  Aug 10, 2017

  Transgender High School Grads Awarded $20K Each After Suing District Over Bathroom Policy

  Three transgender teenagers have been awarded $20,000 each from their Pennsylvania school district as part of a legal settlement to a lawsuit challenging the school district over its bathroom and locker room policies.

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  Aug 10, 2017

  Cuban Pastor Jailed for Homeschooling Kids Told He Can Resume Work as Church Leader, but Can't Leave His House

  A Cuban pastor who was jailed and later placed under house arrest because he and his wife began homeschooling their children earlier this year will now be allowed to resume his work as a church leader, a leading religious freedom watchdog group has reported.

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  Aug 10, 2017

  Transgender Identity: Let's Look at the Science

  The Christian Post is launching this series on transgenderism as children as young as 3 are being increasingly told that it's normal to change their gender identity and as parents and institutions are being forced to accommodate and embrace transgender children.

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  Aug 9, 2017

  Parents of Transgender 7-Y-O Win $120K Settlement Against School, Get Gender-Neutral Uniforms, Open Showers

  A charter school in Minnesota has agreed to pay the parents of a transgender student $120,000, institute a gender-neutral school uniform policy and train its staff on how to treat transgender students as a result of a lawsuit claiming that the school violated local discrimination law.

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  Aug 9, 2017

  Nabeel Qureshi Hospitalized for Nearly 3 Weeks After Tube Got Lodged in His Throat

  Cancer-stricken apologist and author Nabeel Qureshi has been hospitalized for the better part of the last three weeks after mesh tubing that was supposed to help him eat got dislodged and stuck in his throat.

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  Aug 9, 2017

  Elevation Church Responds After Breastfeeding Mom Was Told to Leave Service

  The multi-campus Elevation Church in North Carolina pastored by Steven Furtick has responded to a controversy that arose Sunday after a church member posted a comment on social media saying she was told to leave during service because she was breastfeeding her child in public.

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  Aug 9, 2017

  Robert Jeffress: God Gave Trump Authority to Take Out North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Un

  One of President Donald Trump's spiritual advisers, Dallas megachurch Pastor Robert Jeffress, said God has given the president the power to take out evildoers like North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un.

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  Aug 9, 2017

  How Up to $100 Million of Historical Artifacts Was Smuggled From ISIS to Western Collectors

  Two art traders involved in a trading network that sells millions of dollars worth or ancient art and artifacts stolen by the Islamic State have shared details behind how valued pieces of Iraqi and Syrian history went from the hands of cold-blooded terrorists to collectors in the West.