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  Female students at Christian colleges more likely to experience gender discrimination

  Students at Christian universities and colleges are more likely to experience gender-based discrimination than students attending private or public institutions, though less likely to experience sexual assault, according to new research.

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  Oxfam prostitution scandal: Should you stop donating money?

  Louise Davies is the Director of Christians on the Left, and is a member of the leadership team at Hope City Church in Sheffield.

• Don't be fooled by Kim's sister at Winter Olympics: Christians face horrific persecution in North Korea

  Open Doors has warned people not to be fooled by the show of unity between North and South Korea at the games and forget the multiple, horrific human rights abuses under the regime of Kim Jong-Un.

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  Russian passenger plane crashes near Moscow; 71 feared dead

  It was not immediately clear what had caused the crash, which happened as temperatures hovered around minus 5 degrees Celsius with periodic snowfalls.

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  Churches slam huge bonuses for Persimmon housing bosses

  Churches have hit out at the scale of a huge bonus scheme at a major housebuilding firm.

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  Knife-wielding attacker wounds 4 churchgoers in Indonesia

  A knife-wielding attacker wounded four church-goers in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta on Sunday, officials said, before being shot by police who could not yet confirm if it was a terror-related incident.

• Trump says Democratic memo on Russia is 'very political,' needs redactions

  The release of the memo was blocked by Trump on Friday, kicking off a new skirmish between Democrats and the White House.

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  Quarter of all Iraqi children living in poverty, UN says

  One in four Iraqi children are in poverty and four million are in need of assistance as a result of the country's war with Islamic State militants, the United Nation's children agency said on Sunday.

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  Charity Commission to question Kenneth Copeland Ministries UK over 'flu' video

  In the controversial video released on January 31, Copeland says: 'Listen, partners. We don't have a flu season. We've got a duck season, a deer season, but we don't have a flu season.

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  Nigeria bishops say government can't or won't protect Christians from Fulani terrorists

  Catholic bishops in Nigeria have told the country's president Muhammadu Buhari his government is 'incapable or unwilling' to protect citizens from attacks by Fulani herdsmen.

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  Chilean victim of sexual abuse demands thorough Vatican investigation

  Juan Carlos Cruz said Pope Francis had 'set the clock back years and years' with his recent comments casting doubt on the credibility of victims of abuse.

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  Israel launches attacks in Syria after F-16 crashes

  The Israeli military said the F-16 jet crashed during a mission to strike Iranian drone installations in Syria.

• Korean leaders may have first summit meeting in 10 years

  Any meeting would represent a diplomatic coup for Moon, who swept to power last year on a policy of engaging more with the reclusive North.

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  Church of England embraces unity with Methodist Church

  The Church of England has embraced plans for unity with the Methodist Church, ending 200 years of schism that began with John Wesley in the 18th century.

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  Afghan asylum seeker gets life for murdering Christian convert

  An asylum seeker in Germany has been handed a life sentence for stabbing to death a fellow Afghan who had converted to Christianity.