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Baptists work for peace, relief amid ethnic violence in India Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Thursday, January 20, 2011
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- Baptist leaders called for global prayer for peacemaking efforts and for churches and communities affected by ethnic strife in northeast India.
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One year after quake, Haiti faces long road to recovery Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ABP) -- Despite unprecedented generosity by religious charities, the progress of recovery efforts remains slow on the one-year anniversary of a devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti last Jan. 12.
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Initiative aims to improve housing, employment situations in Haiti Print E-mail
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Monday, January 10, 2011
(ABP) -- Help Build Hope Haiti organizers envision mobilizing Christians -- and other people of good will -- in the United States to provide permanent housing for Haitian families, many of whom lost their homes to an earthquake that devastated the country one year ago.
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Leaders call for prayer, aid as Sudan votes on future Print E-mail
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By Paul Hobson   
Friday, January 07, 2011
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) – With southern Sudan likely to vote for independence from the Muslim-dominated north of the country in a Jan. 9 referendum, Baptist and other Christian leaders have repeated calls for prayer and international assistance to ensure the avoidance of another war.
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Baptist leader calls on Nigeria's president to ensure safety Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Friday, January 07, 2011
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- The head of the Baptist World Alliance called on Nigeria's president to take action to prevent further violence like an attack that killed the pastor and several members of a Baptist church on Christmas Eve.
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