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A life lived in fear: the cross that Iraq's Christians have to bear

Christians have marked All Saints Day by mourning the churchgoers killed in Iraq on Sunday. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack, which saw gunmen take worshippers hostage at Baghdad's Our Lady of Salvation church. The stand-off which followed claimed more than 50 lives, and highlighted the danger that Iraqi Christians have lived in, or have fled from, over the last 7 years.

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23/05/2012 - CANADA

Students in Quebec march against tuition fee hike

Student protests in the Canadian province Quebec are into their fourth month. Hundreds were arrested at marches to mark 100 days since the protests began. Students are demonstrating against an 80 percent rise in tuition fees in Quebec, the Canadian province that has until now enjoyed the country's lowest rates for higher education.

23/05/2012 - EGYPT

Egyptians head to the polls

Egyptians go to the polls in the country's first truly contested presidential election on Wednesday. With an array of candidates to choose from, voters will decide who's the best man to lead them through the last phase of the country's troubled democratic transition that began with Egypt's revolution in January last year. Cairo correspondents Kathryn Stapley and Sonia Dridi talked to some of the activists whose protests in Tahrir Square changed the course of Egypt's history.

22/05/2012 - EGYPT

A troubling time for Egypt's Coptic Christians

Egyptians go to the polls tomorrow to vote for a new president for the first time since Hosni Mubarak was ousted during the revolution last year. Two of the front-runners in the presidential race with a realistic chance of winning are devout Islamists, which is troubling for Egypt's Coptic Christians. They are Egypt's largest religious minority and many of them don't think any of the candidates are capable of protecting them from the religious violence that has been steadily increasing.

22/05/2012 - WEST BANK

'The Battle of the Empty Stomachs'

Palestinians nicknamed it "the battle of the empty stomachs". For weeks, 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails refused food and drink in what became the longest ever mass hunger strike. Israel finally capitulated and a deal was reached, allowing those in isolation back onto the general wards, and visas for those family members wishing to visit from Gaza. In exchange, prisoners agreed not to carry out "security activities" such as recruiting for terrorist missions.

21/05/2012 - SERBIA

Serbia's new president - nationalist or not?

Serbia has elected a new president - and it's not the one that most people were expecting. Tomislav Nikolic has unseated Boris Tadic, the man in power since 2004. Observers are worried about the new head of state, who used to be part of the ultra-nationalist Radical Party. He once said he would prefer to be allied with Russia than join the EU, but he has since toned down the rhetoric, saying he will take Serbia to Europe after all.

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chritians attack

by Anonyme - 07/11/2010 - 19:43

the only group that can do it is al qaida . it has nothing to do with islam ok

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Enough

by Anonyme - 07/11/2010 - 15:18

It seems to me that Al-Qaeda has not just declared war on Christians but on the entire tranquility of Iraq as a nation. As an American i admit the wrong we did in Iraq but what Al-Qaeda is doing is worse. Iraqi's need to unite both Sunni and Shiite and say enough is enough, till then the power will continue to be in foreign entities.

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