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• Apr 22, 2012

  Japan to Cancel Burma's Debt to Reward Reforms

  Japan Saturday announced a decision to write off $3.7 billion in debt owed by Burma and restart development loans, joining the United States and the European Union in rewarding reform in this South-East Asian nation that was ruled by the military for decades until a year ago.

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  Apr 22, 2012

  Christian Leaders Remember Their Hero Chuck Colson Amid Media Skepticism

  While the still skeptical secular media chose to describe Chuck Colson as a "mastermind of dirty tricks" in obituary columns, Christian leaders focused on his life and work after his transformation and remembered him as a great friend, mentor, apologist and witness for Christ.

• Apr 21, 2012

  Boycott Called for Groupon for Offering Torture Porn Tours in Calif.

  Anti-pornography group Morality in Media has called for a national boycott of the deal-of-the-day-website Groupon for offering discounts on tours of California-based torture porn studio, Kink, for the second time this year.

• Apr 21, 2012

  NC Science Teacher Told Not to Teach Creationism

  Public schools in Wake County in North Carolina must only teach evolution and no other theory on how life began, not even in an extra credit project, a science teacher has been told.

• Apr 21, 2012

  What's Stewardship of Suffering? Christian Minister Explains

  Michael Kelley, a Christian minister from Tennessee, explained how his two-year-old son's cancer helped him realize the importance of being a good steward of his painful experiences and not just of his money and talents.

• Apr 17, 2012

  85-Year-Old Missionary Translating New Testament Into Muslim-Friendly English

  An 85-year-old American medical missionary and his wife served Muslim communities overseas for over three decades, but they are not retiring yet. They are instead working on the most ambitious project of their lives, translating the New Testament into Muslim-friendly English.

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  Apr 17, 2012

  Hispanic Leader Says Christians, Not Congress, Can Solve Immigration Crisis

  Hispanic evangelical leader Samuel Rodriguez said Christians must realize the importance of dealing with the issue of illegal immigration, and urged them to rise up and apply biblical principles rather than leave it to "self-seeking" Republican and Democrat lawmakers.

• Apr 16, 2012

  Catholic Church Initiates Drive to Overturn Wash. Gay Marriage Law

  Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain is urging area Catholics to help collect signatures to place a referendum seeking repeal of Washington state's newly enacted gay marriage law on the ballot in November.

• Apr 16, 2012

  NYC Pastor's Tweets Get XXX Billboard Removed

  A Coca Cola subsidiary making a vitamin drink removed its four-story ad featuring a half-naked woman from a Manhattan hotel building after the pastor of a church across the street sent just four tweets to the company objecting to it.

• Apr 15, 2012

  U.S. House Candidate Tells Congress to Read the Bible, Not 'Obama's Book'

  A U.S. House candidate in North Carolina, who is also a young Christian businessman, is releasing a campaign ad which asks Congress to get some wisdom from the Bible, and not read "President Barack Obama's book," to help rid America of its problems.