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GRAND FORKS, B.C. -- There is a feeling of "calm apprehension" in the southern British Columbia city of Grand Forks as officials warn of a coming second wave of flood waters, says Brett Swope. The pastor at the Grand Forks Baptist Church said he noticed the flood waters returned on Tuesday when he.... |
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Beijing (AsiaNews) The Communist Party of China (CPC) has used Buddhist leaders, Protestant clergymen, scholars, and bishops to "infiltrate", control and twist religious communities, this according to Lao Gao (not his real name), a Catholic layman in the underground community, who here looks at some leading religious figures connected to the Party. |
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In last week's primaries , Republican internal divisions were highlighted. But Tuesday night , it was the Democrats — and in some of the very places the party needs to win to take back the House. In a handful of competitive congressional districts, progressive candidates defeated more moderate.... |
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Anthony Obi. The chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Oil and Solid Mineral Producing Areas Landlords’ Association of Nigeria (OMPALAN), Bishop Udo Azogu, has said that association was not established to oppose government or constituted authority but, to contribute in strengthening corporate.... |
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Hope for peace brightened in Aleto community in Eleme, Rivers state as the indigenes unanimously celebrated the destruction of shrines that were said to behind incessant killings, armed robbery, cultism and other nefarious vices in the area. At a special thanksgiving service held by indigenes, under.... |
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"We would run out of candy," says Smith, sadly. It is hard and often anguishing work, keeping the peace. North Lawndale's Peace Warriors do it in small and large ways. When invited to Parkland, Florida, after 17 people died in a school shooting there in February, they answered the call to mourn.... |
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This April 29, 2018 photo shows the house in Atlanta where Martin Luther King, Jr. was born and lived until the age of 12. Nearby attractions include a National Park Service visitor center with exhibits about his life and the civil right movement, along with the King Center and the tomb where King.... |
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It is hard and often anguishing work, keeping the peace. North Lawndale's Peace Warriors do it in small and large ways. When invited to Parkland, Florida, after 17 people died in a school shooting there in February, they answered the call to mourn together and to unite in what's become a national youth movement aimed at stopping gun violence. |
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A pastor called Seretse Khama Ian Khama had a baptism of “fire!” when he returned to his favourite sermon on alcohol, quoting prodigiously from the Book of Alcohol Levick – you may want to scrap, smelt and mold the last three letters into ‘y’. “I note that Scotland has introduced a minimum unit.... |
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BIRMINGHAM, AL - A Birmingham pastor is angry about black people attending "white churches," and made his message clear on the sign outside New Era Baptist Church. The Rev. Michael R. Jordan is angry about what he refers to as a "white church" opening a satellite campus in a black neighborhood, and.... |
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ATLANTA (AP) - Two new sites in Montgomery, Alabama - a memorial to lynching victims and a museum - are attracting a lot of attention. Tourism officials are predicting thousands of visitors will come to see them in the next year. Many of those travelers heading to Alabama will drive or fly through.... |
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Two new sites in Montgomery, Alabama — a memorial to lynching victims and a museum — are attracting a lot of attention. Tourism officials are predicting thousands of visitors will come to see them in the next year. Many of those travelers heading to Alabama will drive or fly through Atlanta and.... |
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A Michigan man claims that his motion sensor security camera captured the image of an angel floating last week above his truck.
Glen Thorman, a fire chief in East Jordan, said he was shocked when he saw the image float up and then out of the frame of his camera. “I said, 'That's an angel!' and I was just blown away,” he told WPBN-TV . |
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It is hard and often anguishing work, keeping the peace. North Lawndale's Peace Warriors do it in small and large ways. When invited to Parkland, Florida, after 17 people died in a school shooting there in February, they answered the call — to mourn together and to unite in what's become a national youth movement aimed at stopping gun violence. |
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ATLANTA (AP) — Two new sites in Montgomery, Alabama — a memorial to lynching victims and a museum — are attracting a lot of attention. Tourism officials are predicting thousands of visitors will come to see them in the next year. Many of those travelers heading to Alabama will drive or fly through.... |
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Emergency officials in British Columbia’s southern Interior will ask the provincial government to call in the military as heavy rains and melting snow have put thousands of homes at risk from the worst flooding in decades. The request for help comes as an increasing list of evacuation orders and.... |
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Funeral Service for the late Pearl Mary Sweeting- Turnquest age 79 years of #9 Portago Road, Oakes Field will be held on Friday May 18 th , 2018 at 9:45 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Boyd Road. Officiating will be Monsignor Alfred Culmer and Fr. Simeon Roberts assisted by other ministers of the Clergy. |
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Curry does not know the couple personally, said Neva Rae Fox, a spokesperson for the Episcopal Church, but he will meet them before the ceremony. "It was my understanding that given the fact that he was the first African-American bishop and is a wonderful preacher and speaker, it would be.... |
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The prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Abdullahi, told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 6, at about 6.00 p.m. at No. 11, Moremi Line 10, Ile-Ife. Abdullahi said that the accused stabbed the complainant, Pastor Kayode Oluwawemimo, with broken bottle on the left hand and at the back during a disagreement. |
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The memorial to lynching victims that just opened in Montgomery, Alabama, and a related museum are expected to attract thousands of visitors in the next year. Many of those travelers will fly or drive through Atlanta and might consider adding the city's Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park to their itinerary. |
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Ten people were cited at the Iowa Capitol on Monday for refusing to leave the governor’s office when the building was about to close. It was the first of many acts of civil disobedience aimed to draw headlines and attention to poverty. The Iowa incident was one of many throughout the country that led to hundreds of citations and arrests. |
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The memorial to lynching victims that just opened in Montgomery, Alabama, and a related museum are expected to attract thousands of visitors in the next year. Many of those travelers will fly or drive through Atlanta and might consider adding the city's Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park to their itinerary. |
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A 39-year-old woman, Esther Olawale, was on Wednesday tried before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun state for allegedly stabbing a pastor with broken bottle.
Olawale is facing a count charge of assault. The prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Abdullahi, told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 6 at about 6. |
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ATLANTA (AP) - The memorial to lynching victims that just opened in Montgomery, Alabama, and a related museum are expected to attract thousands of visitors in the next year. Many of those travelers will fly or drive through Atlanta and might consider adding the city's Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park to their itinerary. |
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Highlands pastor Chris Hodges Courtesy Church of the Highlands.
I do not claim to be a Bible scholar, but I paid attention enough, for the most part, while sitting in church pew throughout most of my life, to boil God's deepest desires for us into two very simple instructions: Love Him. Love others as we want to be loved. |
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