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		India: Pray for Kashmir
			  	Christians around the world ought to pray for Kashmir as tensions in the region have spiked since Aug. 5, when India removed its long-established "special status," bringing the India-administered areas of Kashmir into…			  
			  
			  
		  Lebanon - Prayers for the Church
			  	Lebanon's name was mentioned 71 times in the Old Testament. Its regions are referred to several times in the New Testament. The Old Testament is full of praise for Lebanon's natural beauty and…			  
			  
			  
		  Christ and refugees
			  	Syrian refugees usually don’t see beyond their own needs, but Turkey’s missionaries have seen a change. When food trucks arrive at settlements, the predominantly Muslim Syrians clamour for distribution to begin. But recently…			  
			  
			  
		  India: four million stateless people?
			  	On 31 August four million Indians could become stateless. In Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan fifty years ago, millions of Bengali Muslims fled to Hindu Assam, giving it the second largest Muslim…			  
			  
			  
		  Nepal: praying for Hindu people
			  	84% of Nepal’s people are Hindus, striving to attain freedom for their souls by good works. 90% remain untouched by the Gospel. Hinduism is not just a religion for these millions, it is…			  
			  
			  
		  Syria: car bombing, stoning, rape and torture
			  	In July at least eight people were injured outside a church by an IS car bomb, in an area held by the Kurdish YPG militia. On the same day in Afrin, on the…			  
			  
			  
		  Hong Kong: one country two systems?
			  	Please pray for resolution between Hong Kong's pro-democracy people and China’s government. After police firing as many rounds of tear gas in one day as during the entire months of June and July,…			  
			  
			  
		  Afghanistan: radical Islamists recruit at universities
			  	Since IS was driven out of Iraq and Syria, it appears to have its sights set on Afghanistan. While the Afghan government is engaged in peace talks with the hard-line Taliban movement, radical…			  
			  
			  
		  Kazakhstan: officials harass churches
			  	Officials are harassing founders of religious communities, possibly trying to block applications to exist. In May police began harassing Oskemen's New Life Protestant Church as it sought re-registration after changing its name. Officers…			  
			  
			  
		  China: World’s first human-monkey hybrid
			  	A human-monkey hybrid was created in a Chinese laboratory by injecting human stem cells capable of creating any type of tissue into a monkey embryo. The experiment was stopped before the embryo was…			  
			  
			  
		  
 
				     
				     
				     
				     
				     
				     
				     
				     
				     
				    