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China Executes 2 Tibetans For The Roles In 2008 Riots

AP | By HENRY SANDERSON | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

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BEIJING -- Two people have been put to death for their roles in deadly protests last year in the Chinese-controlled region of Tibet, the first known e...

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National Association of Evangelicals Provides Moral Model on Immigration Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Undocumented Immigrants, Nae, Biblical, Immigration, Immigrants, Evangelicals, Migrants, Leith Anderson, Legislative Debate, Immigrant, Immigration Reform, Biblical Foundations, Bible, National Association of Evangelicals, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Church leaders who have been personally and privately supportive of immigrants and their struggles have now publicly declared that it is morally wrong to keep families apart.

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Health Care, Immigrants, and the Character of Our Country

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, the faith community has a unique and important role to play -- to define and raise the moral issues beneath the policy debate.

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Greece: Hunger Strike by 150 Detained Children a Sign of System's Failure

Human Rights Watch | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Immigration, Migrants, Children, Greece, World News
Human Rights Watch

Unaccompanied children who do not apply for asylum or who have been refused asylum are without regular status and subject to repeated detention or even deportation, in violation of binding international law.

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West Bank: Migrants Account For A Third Of Settler Population Growth

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

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MAALEH ADUMIM, West Bank — Israelis moving to the West Bank accounted for more than a third of settler population growth in recent years, govern...

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Czech Republic: Economic Crisis Leaves Migrants With Few Options

GlobalPost | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Foreign Affairs, Czech Migrants, Prague, Migrants, Migrant Labor, Crech Republic, Czech Republic, World News

PRAGUE -- When the global demand for consumer goods tumbled, production and assembly line jobs here evaporated. The consequences for some migrants fro...

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Mexico: 79 Central American Kidnapped Migrants Rescued

AP | Posted 03.02.2009 | World

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VERACRUZ, Mexico — Mexican officials say they have rescued 79 kidnapped migrants from a house in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. Veracruz sta...

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From Jordan: Iraqis Need Our Help

Luis Carlos Montalván and Tyler Boudreau | Posted 09.13.2008 | Politics

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Luis Carlos Montalván and Tyler Boudreau

Iraq refugees say the reason they will not return to Iraq is that it is too dangerous and unlivable. Yet living conditions in Jordan are arduous. They wait for a miracle, because that is all that is left.

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