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Egyptian court returns I.D. card to Christian

May 27, 2004

CAIRO, Egypt — In an unprecedented verdict on April 13, an Egyptian court ordered the Interior Ministry to return formal Chris­tian identity status to a

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Arrests made in India persecution incident

May 27, 2004

DELHI, India — Six people were arrested May 3 in connection with a Feb. 10 incident regarding residents of Kilipala village in Orissa state shaving

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Pakistani pastor escapes, other leaders missing

May 27, 2004

ISTANBUL, Pakistan — A Protestant pastor kidnapped May 16 escaped from his Islamist abductors overnight May 17, some 40 hours after he had disappeared on

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Sloan keeps Baylor presidency by one vote margin

May 27, 2004

WACO, Texas — Embattled Baylor University President Robert Sloan came within one vote of losing his job at the school’s May 14 board of regents

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Commandments pin focus of Word’s firing

May 27, 2004

Twenty-three-year-old Christopher Word lost his job just nine months into his career. While most newlyweds with a mortgage payment due June 1 would be scrambling

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Same-sex ‘marriages’ in Massachusetts feared a precedent

May 27, 2004

Same-sex “marriage” was legalized in Massachusetts May 17, marking the first time in U.S. history that a state issued marriage licenses to homosexual couples. The

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Bingo, same-sex ‘marriage’ bills die in Legislature

May 27, 2004

A ban on gay “marriages” and legislation legalizing electronic bingo both died in the Alabama Legislature when the final gavel fell on the 2004 session

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Alabama Baptists set to serve during annual SBC meeting

May 27, 2004

Alabama Baptists are among those appointed to serve during the upcoming annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in Indianapolis June 15–16. SBC President

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