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Category: World Touch
U.S.A.

Vatican is a Promoter of Relations with Islam

Religious freedom is under threat in many places around the globe, according to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who presented last November the annual International Religious Freedom Report. The report’s first section details the status of religious freedom in 27 nations, many in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, but also including Cuba and Venezuela. Clinton presented the report with reference to the recent attack on the Syriac Catholic Church in Baghdad.

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World Touch

The Burmese Nelson Mandela

When she was released last November, her fellow countrymen and all the world rejoiced: Aung San Suu Kyi, 65, an international symbol of peaceful resistance in the face of oppression, was finally free, after 20 years in some form of detention because of her efforts to bring democracy to military-ruled Burma.

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Germany

Today’s Wars Won’t Bring Future Peace

The wars of today will not lead to the peace of tomorrow, declared Cardinal Peter Turkson. The president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace was precisely addressing a congress of the German Bishops’ Conference Commission for Justice and Peace, held in Berlin and focused on the theme “Wars of Today, Peace of Tomorrow.”

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Philippines

Judges Under Fire for Scrapping Truth Body

A former lawmaker called for the resignation of Philippine Supreme Court justices after the High Court declared the country’s Truth Commission unconstitutional. “They should pack their things and leave their posts. What they did was not only indefensible and unforgivable, it is also an affront to the entire judiciary system and the people,” said former Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros, an ally of Aquino.

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About 10% is Affected by Disability

Since 1998, every year, on 3 December, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated worldwide, officially promoted by the UN. Last year’s data showed: about 10% of the world population (650 million people) has a disability; 80% of disabled people (more than 400 million) live in poor countries; 90% of children with disabilities in developing countries are excluded from school; about 20 million women are disabled due to pregnancy or childbirth complications.

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Asia

Key Facts About Rice

Rice-producing countries, farmers and scientists from around the globe have gathered in Vietnam for the third International Rice Congress. Held every four years, the congress is the world’s largest meeting of the rice industry, which feeds more than half the world.

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China

Free Liu Xiaobo, Now!

Former South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Czech President Vaclav Havel have appealed to Chinese authorities to set the Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo free “without conditions” before the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace 2010. The appeal was published by Britain’s The Observer. Tutu and Havel are honorary co-chairmen of the association, Freedom Now, that represents Liu in international bodies.

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Sudan

A Possible Conflict Would Cost Over $100 Billion

A possible new war between North and South Sudan could cause damages around 100 billion dollars, revealed a report recently released by Frontier Economics (a consulting firm in economics) together with the ISS (Institute for Security Studies, a South African think tank that deals with security issues relating to Africa), by SID (Society for International Development) and by Aegis Trust campaigns for a sustainable peace in Sudan.

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Biodiversity

The Nagoya Protocol

Within minutes of the Japanese Environment Minister, Ryu Matsumoto, ending the 10th Conference of the Parties (COP 10) at the UN Conference on Biodiversity (CBD), commentators were highlighting its successes and failures. What is at stake is the future of life on Earth. Numerous studies from scientists paint a grim and challenging picture. One such study is entitled The Evolution Lost report. It was prepared by a group of 100 leading zoologists and botanists and published on the eve of the Nagoya conference. It found that populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish have declined worldwide by an average of 30% in the past forty years.

Fr. Seán McDonagh, SSC
Iraq

After the Massacre, the “Dilemma”

“Iraqi Christians are now terrified and in shock. They are faced with a terrible dilemma: emigrate and save the lives of their loved ones, or stay in the country and witness to the faith, risking death,” said Fr. Vincent Van Vossel, CSSR, Superior of the Redemptorists in Baghdad, after the massacre that took place October 31 in the Syrian Catholic Church of Our Lady of Salvation (pictured). A commando of terrorists stormed the church, crowded with the faithful during the Mass, taking those present hostage. Iraqi security forces made a raid to free them, but the militants reacted with a massacre that left 58 dead, including two priests, and about 70 wounded. The killers, nine armed men, claimed to belong to the Islamic state of Iraq, a Sunni-militant group that is allied with Al-Qaeda, Later on, the group announced that Christians and Shiites are their targets because both are “infidels.”

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