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  14 November 2017
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Elections in Somaliland, Mgr. Bertin: "Democracy is possible in the Horn of Africa" Djibouti (Agenzia Fides) – The vote in Somalia gives hope and represents an encouraging form of democracy: the November 13 elections, to choose the president who will succeed Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, took place regularly ...
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  14 November 2017
  ASIA/IRAN - Iranian priest: Christians donate blood and collect aid for the brothers and sisters killed in the earthquake Tehran (Agenzia Fides) - Christian communities present in Iran "are involved in the mobilization to assist Iranian brothers and sisters affected by last Sunday’s earthquake. Many go to donate blood, and they all pray f ...
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  14 November 2017
  ASIA/INDONESIA - 2018 "Year of Unity" in Jakarta, to "practice the Pancasilla" Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - 2018 will be for the faithful of the Archdiocese of Jakarta the "Year of Unity": as Fides learns, this was decided and announced by Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo, highlighting the three-year pasto ...
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  14 November 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The case of the assassination of missionary Vicente Cañas, defender of the indigenous, reopens Cuiabá (Agenzia Fides) - "Kiwxí" was the Indian name of Jesuit missionary Vicente Cañas, who together with his confrere Fr. Thomaz Aquino Lisbôa made the first contacts with the indigenous peoples living in the north ...
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  14 November 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Horror and violence against ashaninka communities, in the memory of a Franciscan nun Puerto Ocopa (Agenzia Fides) - Puerto Ocopa is a town in the district of Río Tambo, province of Satipo (Junín). It is one of the areas most affected by the violence of the Sendero Luminoso terrorist group (PCP-SL), whi ...
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  14 November 2017
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Islamic radical protesters take to the street: "Put Asia Bibi to death" Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Asia Bibi’s death penalty, the Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and awaiting trial before the Supreme Court; resignation of the Minister of Justice Zahid Hamid; release of Is ...
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  14 November 2017
  AFRICA - Migrants and land-grabbing, spies of injustice; the commitment of all against fake news Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Migrants from Africa are the spies of a series of global economic and social injustices who call all to work for true justice based on solidarity: this is the sense of the series of speeches during ...
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  13 November 2017
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - For East Timor: Social and economic development is priority Dili (Agenzia Fides) - "The people of East Timor need real development. People in my country need education and a quality health system, food security that is generated through technical expertise on agriculture, infrast ...
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  13 November 2017
  ASIA/PALESTINE - The "Arafat Prize" awarded to Latin Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah Ramallah (Agenzia Fides) - Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah delivered the "Arafat Prize" to Michel Sabbah, Patriarch Emeritus of Jerusalem of the Latins, for the exceptional role he carried out in serving "the cause of Pale ...
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  13 November 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - To build the "Amazonian face" of the Catholic Church Quito (Ecuador) - The call to create a "Church with an Amazonian face" is a great challenge that opens after Pope Francis’ invitation "to explore paths, expressions and processes that help build and structure a model o ...
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  13 November 2017
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - With Caritas "voluntary work" is born in Central Asia Almaty (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the challenges of Caritas of Almaty is to create a spirit and sensitivity towards charitable actions within people. Kazakhstan does not want to be considered a 'developing country': on th ...
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  13 November 2017
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - An attack against a peace concert in the Muslim area relights tensions in Bangui Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - Four dead and about twenty injured is the toll of the explosive attack against a coffee bar on November 11 in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic. Some strangers threw an explosive w ...
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  13 November 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - More space and rights for women in society Panama (Agenzia Fides) – To share work experience, encourage the incidence of women in different sectors of society, promote women's presence and rights at political, economic and social levels: this is the goal of the ...
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  13 November 2017
  ASIA/LEBANON - Maronite Patriarch’s visit to Riyadh; meeting with Hariri in his scheduled appointments Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rai is preparing to embark on a historic visit to Saudi Arabia: the departure of the Patriarch from Beirut to Riyadh is scheduled for Monday afternoon, November ...
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  11 November 2017
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Eritrea: a "North Korea of Africa" «Eritrea is the country with less freedom in the world ». These words come not from someone who opposes president Isayas Afeworki or from the hated government of Ethiopia, instead they come from an official United Nati ...