World Watch Monitor
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Northern Iraq no longer safe for Christians
Once a relative safe haven, Kurdish north is becoming increasingly dangerous
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Indian Christians sentenced to life terms will appeal
Lawyer says murder convictions are based on 'circumstantial' evidence
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Bajrang Dal pressure villagers to leave Christianity
Nationalist Hindu group destroys church, threatens believers
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Iran 'abuses' rights of Christians
Christians are jailed, tortured and prevented from meeting together
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Kenya: Salvation Army church in Mombasa razed after cleric's murder
Murder causes riots in days after siege of Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi
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African migrants risk lives to flee war and persecution
Freedom to choose faith one factor driving them into smugglers' boats
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Promised legal reforms disappoint Turkey's religious minorities
Latest reforms positive but inadequate, say minority groups
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Churchmen attacked in Central African Republic
Two Catholic clerics in the Central African Republic were bound and robbed by armed men on Friday, Sept. 27. Italian missionary Fr Beniamino Gusmeroli, and Fr Martial Mengue, a Central African deacon, were attacked by men believed to be Sudanese.
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Missing Italian priest 'still alive'
An Italian Jesuit priest who went missing in Syria several months ago is still alive, according to an Assyrian priest speaking at the European Parliament on Tuesday.
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Bangladeshi Christians told to close church, convert to Islam
Eight converts forced to recant faith under duress from local council chairman
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Nigeria: Bishop says Islamist insurgency 'has no limits' to its targets
The militant Islamist sect Boko Haram is suspected of killing at least 110 people of various faiths across Nigeria during the past week, prompting the country's top Catholic bishop to declare the rebel movement "has no limits".
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Egypt: A country in confusion
Egypt's precarious fight for the future