Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Dec 19, 2014

  Pakistani Christian Family With Daughters Gang Raped by Muslim Men: Powerful People Threatened Us; Police Obstructed Medical Evidence

  The family of two Pakistani Christian teenagers, who were gang-raped at gunpoint in the Punjab Province by four Muslim men, is saying that they are being threatened by influential people in their village and warned not to press charges against the attackers.

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  Dec 18, 2014

  CEO of Invisible Children, the Group Behind 'Kony 2012' Documentary, Announces Organization Will Close Next Year

  The controversial nonprofit group Invisible Children, which produced two influential documentaries that helped heighten awareness of the abduction and use of children as soldiers by the Lord's Resistance Army in the Ugandan civil conflict, has announced that it will officially close down by the end of 2015.

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  Dec 18, 2014

  Tim Tebow Announces Opening of His New Children's Hospital in the Philippines; Will Provide Service to Poor Children

  Former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow has announced the opening of the Tebow CURE Hospital in Davao City, Philippines, which will serve the critical orthopedic needs of children who are not fortunate enough to afford treatments and simple procedures.

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  Dec 18, 2014

  Saudi Arabia's New Law Imposes Death Sentence for Bible Smugglers?

  The Saudi Arabian government has reportedly passed a law that imposes the death penalty on people caught smuggling Bibles into the majority-Muslim country.

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  Dec 17, 2014

  Pakistan Supreme Court Orders Arrest of Muslim Clerics Who Incited Mob to Kill Christian Couple With Pregnant Wife

  Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of two Muslim clerics for inciting a violent mob of hundreds of Muslims to brutally beat, torture, burn and murder a married Christian couple in the Punjab Province in early November.

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  Dec 16, 2014

  Report: Bob Jones University Officials Tell Sexual Assault Victims to 'Repent for Their Sins' and Discourage Them From Filing Police Reports

  A recently released independent investigation, which interviewed 43 former students from the Protestant Bob Jones University in South Carolina, has found that the school often discouraged self-identified victims of sexual abuse from filing police reports and instead encouraged victims to repent their "sins."

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  Dec 16, 2014

  Atlanta-Area Thieves Use Prayer to Steal Cash, Credit Cards From Distracted Supermarket Shoppers

  Police in the Northwest suburbs of Atlanta are on the lookout for a two-women tandem that has used the allusion of prayer to distract and steal from gullible supermarket shoppers, who leave their personal items inside their cart.

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  Dec 16, 2014

  Pakistan Local Gov't Destroyed 13 Christian Families' Homes After They Refused to Work for Free as Bonded Laborers

  Thirteen Christian families in a small village located in the Punjab province of Pakistan are now homeless after the local municipal government demolished their homes because the families refused to work for no pay and become bonded laborers.

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  Dec 15, 2014

  Secret Santas in Massachusetts Pay Thousands of Dollars to Close Out All Layaway Orders at Three Toys 'R' Us Stores

  A string of secret Santas in Massachusetts made their way to local Toys "R" Us stores last week and paid thousands of their own dollars to pay off all of the stores' layaway orders in efforts to help families in financial need put gifts under the Christmas tree for their children.

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  Dec 15, 2014

  Ben Carson Takes First Voyage to Israel to Visit The Holy Land and 'Walk Same Streets Traversed By Jesus'

  In a move that could bolster his potential 2016 presidential campaign, retired conservative neurosurgeon Ben Carson took his first trip to Israel to visit the Holy Land and gain a better understanding of the conflicts affecting the Jewish state.