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SUDAN: Pregnant Woman Sentenced to Death for 'Apostasy'

Sources: Middle East Concern, World Watch Monitor A 27-year-old pregnant woman has been charged with apostasy, a crime punishable by hanging, after refusing to recant her Christian faith. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a doctor, was also sentenced to 100 lashes for adultery, as her marriage to a Christian man is not considered valid. Under Sudanese law, Muslim women may only marry Muslim men.
- Thursday, May 22, 2014

Manoppello's Face of Christ



The sanctuary, linked to the Eternal City, is located 160 kilometers from the East of Rome. This invaluable treasure and master piece is neither painted nor designed, and it's not a photo. No one knows how it's done, there is no explanation for it. We only know that it's the fabric that covered the face Christ. www.ewtn.com
- Thursday, May 15, 2014

BikeHike Adventures Helps Define the “Next” Bucket List

Vancouver, B.C. – BikeHike Adventures Inc., a Vancouver-based adventure travel tour company, is seeing its unique approach to developing active, culturally-focused tours helping to define the “next” bucket list for many of their clients. In fact, over the past six years, BikeHike has been honoured with four of their adventures – Ecuador: Andes to Amazon (2008), Costa Rica: Coast to Coast (2009), Viva Venezuela (2010), and Romania: Transylvania Traverse (2014) – being included as one of National Geographic Traveler’s annual 50 Tours of a Lifetime.
- Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Why Over 200,000 Homes in Houston-Area are Substantially Over-Taxed

Appraisal districts use a process called mass appraisal to value hundreds of thousands of houses. In Harris County, they value about 1.2 million houses each year, using a very limited staff. Most of the property inspections mandated by state low (every three years) are now done using aerial photography! Only limited information can be obtained by using aerial photography.
- Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Urgent: Rally to STOP rezoning York Cty to PREVENT FARMING May 14th

Will you sacrifice 1-3 hours next week to help prevent what could be the BIGGEST property rights removal in York County's history? Part of this outrageous story was played out on Nationwide TV last night on FOX Business News Network's John Stossel Show. For the 2nd time.
- Saturday, May 10, 2014

Causeway Rocks Up To No. 3 on ‘Wonders’ List

And in a top 10 list picked from the book by travel experts, the UNESCO World Heritage Site, comes in at number three, behind Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe/Zambia and the Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia, but ahead of India’s Taj Mahal.
- Friday, May 9, 2014
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