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Mengele’s diary put up for auction at starting price of $60,000

A diary and a revealing letter written by notorious Auschwitz death camp Dr. Josef Mengele were put on auction in the United States last month. Mengele was the SS officer who supervised the selection of prisoner transports arriving at Auschwitz and performed bizarre medical experiments on camp inmates. [...]

Anti-Religion Group Assails Mother Teresa Postage Stamp

Contact: Brad Dacus, 916-857-6900
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /Christian Newswire/ – An anti-religion group is urging its members to write complaint letters to the U.S. Postal Service over the upcoming issuance of a stamp to honor the late Mother Teresa.
In a press release, the Freedom From Religion Foundation asserts that Mother Teresa, a nun who won the Nobel Peace Prize and international acclaim for her decades of relief work among the impoverished of Calcutta, India, should not b Source: Pacific Justice [...]

Lebanon demonstrators hurl stones at Egypt embassy over planned Gaza barrier

At least three people were injured Saturday when Lebanese police clashed with stone-throwing demonstrators protesting against Egypt’s decision to build a wall with Gaza to cut tunnel [...]

At least 3 hurt in Lebanon during protest over Egypt’s Gaza barrier

At least three people were injured in clashes between police and stone-throwing demonstrators who gathered outside Egypt’s embassy in Beirut to protest Egypt’s construction of a barrier with [...]

CCTV in the sky: police plan to use military-style spy drones – Guardian

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Hindu Militants Attack Prayer Service; 11 Injured

India U.S.-based International Christian Concern said the January 17 violence in the city of Udaipur in Rajastha beganwhen members of the radical Hindu group Rashtriya Swayamsavak Sangh raided the Faith Calvary Church prayer meeting armed with machetes, axes and sticks “and proceeded to beat Pastor Surajth Bhagari and church members of the church.”

Christians comprise just over two percent of India’s mainly Hindu population of nearly 1.2 billion people, according tothe United States Central Intelligence Service.

There have been increased anti-Christian attacks reported by Hindu radical groups who oppose the spread of Christianity in India.

Pakistani Christian Sentenced to Life under ‘Blasphemy’ Law

Pakistan A young Christian shopkeeper was sentenced to a life term in prison and fined more than $1,000 last week following a dubious conviction of desecrating the Quran, according to Pakistan’s National Commission for Justice and Peace.

A conviction for blaspheming Muhammad (Section 295-C) is punishable by death under Pakistani’s notorious blasphemy laws. Widely condemned by the international community as easily invoked to settle personal enmities, Pakistan’s blasphemy laws have come under review in recent months, but to no avail.

Shariah arrests ‘depend on policeman’s mood’

Woman talks of being charged for wearing ‘indecent’ [...]

On high court's big issues, 5-4 split is the rule

On high court’s big issues, 5 4 split is the rule Mark Sherman Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON It comes down to this at the Supreme Court If you’ve got Justice Anthony Kennedy on your side, you can pretty [...]