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	Vietnam: Crackdown on Christians
	  	 Since August thousands of armed soldiers, police and security forces have been trying to ‘wipe out’ Christians who refuse to join a state-approved church. The security forces have been ‘strategically placed’ to watch Christians in 23… 	  
	  
		
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
  INSIGHT ARTICLE: Christian minorities in Iraq
	  	 More than twelve bombs struck Baghdad on Tuesday evening, killing 36 people and wounding 320 others in coordinated blasts two days after Al Qaeda linked gunmen stormed a church in one of the deadliest attacks in… 	  
	  
		
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
  Iraq: Christians have requested our prayers
	  	 Middle East Concern have forwarded a prayer request for Iraqi Christians following a major incident at the Syrian Catholic Church of Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad Sunday. Claims of responsibility have appeared on websites… 	  
	  
		
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
  Indonesia: Christian villages at heart of triple disaster
	  	 Mainly Christian islands are at the heart of the three-fold disaster of earthquake, tsunami and volcanic eruption that have killed hundreds and displaced thousands in Indonesia this week. A 7.7 magnitude undersea earthquake triggered the three-metre… 	  
	  
		
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
	  
  
