World Media Watch
Islamists Behead 14-Year-Old
Assyrian Christian
WORLDNETDAILY.COM, Oct. 31 — A 14-year-old Assyrian Christian boy who was working a 12-hour shift maintaining an electric generator was murdered by Islamists, the website reported.
The youth was
identified as Ayad Tariq,
who lived in
Are you truly a “Christian sinner,” they asked. “Yes, I am Christian but I am not a sinner,” he replied. The insurgents then called him a “dirty Christian sinner,” grabbed his limbs and held them while beheading him, the witnesses reported.
There are about 2.5
million Assyrian Christians in
Integrated Housing Key to
BELFAST
TELEGRAPH, Oct. 31 — Community relations activist Trevor Ringland said
Ringland, chairman of the
One Step Campaign and a former Irish Rugby International player, said a
development in Enniskillen, which will have
Protestant and Catholic families living side by side, could be a catalyst for
very significant change. A total of 93% of social housing developments in
“No society can be
vibrant and prosperous if the resources of the entire community are not pooled
and if two sets of services such as schools, libraries and health centers are
required due to division where one would otherwise be necessary,” he added. “
Majority of Portuguese Favor Abortion, Poll Shows
REUTERS, Oct. 31 — Opinion
poll results showed that nearly two thirds of Portuguese are in favor of
abortion, after
But a survey from polling firm Marktest showed that if the referendum on abortion were carried out today the referendum would win with 63% of the votes.
The socialists, who had promised a referendum on abortion in February’s general election campaign, want to decriminalize having an abortion in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
For the referendum to go ahead it still needs to be approved by conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva.
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