SUNDAY EDITION (8): Compass Direct WEEK-IN-REVIEW April 29, 2012 Iyyar 7, 5772

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News by Country Afghanistan Algeria Bangladesh Bhutan Bolivia Burma China Colombia Cuba Dagestan Eastern Europe and Eurasia Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Kenya Laos Malaysia Maldives Mauritania Mexico Morocco Nepal Nigeria North Korea Other Other Africa Other Asia Other Latin America Other Middle East Pakistan Palestinian Territories Peru Philippines Saudi Arabia Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Tajikistan Tanzania Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen   Champa Pawar, Jaikant Pawar's widow.   Hindu Villagers Attack Mourners in India NEW DELHI, April 27 (CDN) — Hindu extremists trying to stop the burial of a convert to Christianity last week in Chhattisgarh state beat a pastor and other Christians, including children and two 60-year-old women who fell .... Full coverage: Burial Kidnapped Swiss Christian Freed Amid Mali’s Unrest ISTANBUL, April 27 (CDN) — Separatist Islamist rebels released a Swiss Christian woman kidnapped by a private militia on April 15 amid political turmoil in Timbuktu, Mali, according to a Swiss foreign ministry statement. Armed members of the militant Islamic group Ansar .... Full coverage: Released Christian’s Six-Year Sentence Upheld in Egypt ISTANBUL, April 27 (CDN) —A judge in Upper Egypt has upheld a six-year prison sentence for a Coptic Christian wrongly convicted of “blasphemy” against Islam and inciting sectarian strife, his lawyer said. The judge in Assuit on April 5 refused to strike down a Feb. 29 .... Full coverage: Blasphemy Around the World Bangladesh Church Leaders Beaten at Police Station China Authorities Again Deny Facility to Shouwang Church Egypt Massacre Said to Cost Government All Credibility India Tensions Rise in Kashmir after ‘Guilty Verdict,’ Fatwa Indonesia Anti-Christian Incidents Nearly Doubled in 2011 Iran Authorities Raid House Church in Shiraz Iraq Islamic Rioters Attack Christian Shops in Kurdish North Laos Officials Force Christians to Recant for Burial Mexico Missionary Couple Slain; Peace Pact in Puebla Morocco Convert Serving 15 Years for His Faith Nigeria Seven Christians Killed in Bauchi State Pakistan Christian Charged with ‘Blasphemy’ Denied Bail Somalia Islamic Extremists Behead Another Convert Tanzania Christians Live in Cloud of Fear in Zanzibar Vietnam Christians Injured in Attack Denied Medical Care     More Top Stories Sudan: Bible School, Church Buildings Attacked China: Authorities Plan to Eradicate House Churches Nigeria: Bombers Attack Center in Christian Area of Jos Egypt: Muslim Assailants Escape Prosecution Sudan: Southern Christians Trapped in Hostile North Turkey: Attacked Turkish Pastor Joins in Memorials for Slain Christians Pakistan: Christian Acquitted of ‘Blasphemy’ Charge India: Islamic Extremists Beat, Mock Christians   Also in the News Pakistan: Woman Accused of ‘Blasphemy’ Illegally Held in Jail Nigeria: Suicide Bomber Targets Churches in Kaduna Turkey: Nation's Religious Freedom Record Slides Sudan: Ethnic Southern Christians Fear Forced Repatriation Laos: Officials Confiscate Church Buildings Egypt: Court Sentences Young Christian for ‘Insulting Islam’ Kenya: Explosion at Christian Meeting Kills Boy, Woman China: Drive to Release Rights Attorney Pushes Forward   Most Read News 1. Pakistan: Muslims Kidnap, Rape Christian Girl 2. India: Islamic Extremists Beat, Mock Christians 3. Sudan: Southern Christians Trapped in Hostile North 4. China: Authorities Plan to Eradicate House Churches 5. Pakistan: Christian Acquitted of ‘Blasphemy’ Charge Compass Feeds

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