The Christian Post – Evelyn Cook Mexico’s epidemic of violence first erupted in 2006, according to most accounts. But an ex-Muslim from India, who serves as a Christian pastor along the Texas-Mexican border, believes the problem began much earlier, with human sacrifice, witches, and the adoration of death in ancient Aztec days. Bombay-born Mujahid Hussein, [...]

BBC At least 37 people have been killed in South Sudan during a shoot-out at a peace meeting aimed at ending recent violence, officials said. Officials from three states and the UN had met for talks in the remote town of Mayendit in Unity state in an effort to reduce inter-ethnic tensions. The talks were [...]

The Washington Examiner A petulant, angry, and defiant Attorney General Eric Holder refused yesterday to take any responsibility for the growing scandal surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the ill-conceived and incompetently managed program in which federal agents allowed thousands of guns to be purchased in the United States by known suppliers to Mexican drug cartels. [...]

BBC At least five people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in an attack on a police station in western Colombia. The violence in Villa Rica comes a day after 11 people were killed in an explosion in Tumaco, in the south. Police blamed that attack on the left-wing rebel group, the [...]

BBC - Wyre Davies Demonstrators angered by the deaths of 74 people after a football match in the city of Port Said on Wednesday have clashed with police outside the Egyptian interior ministry in Cairo. Hundreds have been injured, state-owned Egyptian TV reported. Earlier, the Egyptian prime minister announced the sackings of senior officials in Port [...]

The Telegraph – Martin Evans Around 50 people a year kill themselves on the London Underground, equating to approximately one every week. As well as the tragedy for the individual and their families, suicides on the Tube can create hours of chaos and disruption for millions of other passengers. So to try to get the [...]

BBC Crowds are gathering in Cairo as tension rises after riots in the city of Port Said on Wednesday which left at least 74 people dead. Angry fans blocked Tahrir Square. Others are marching in protest at the handling of the riots by police. Three days of national mourning were declared over the riot, in [...]

World Net Daily – Bob Unruh An attorney who presented evidence to a Georgia judge last week on Barack Obama’s eligibility for the state’s 2012 presidential ballot believes she now has a right to demand to see his original Hawaii documents. Obama last April released what he said was a copy of his original Hawaii [...]

BBC Four men inspired by al-Qaeda have admitted planning to detonate a bomb at the London Stock Exchange. Mohammed Chowdhury, Shah Rahman, Gurukanth Desai and Abdul Miah pleaded guilty to engaging in conduct in preparation for acts of terrorism. The men, from London and Cardiff, were arrested in December 2010 and were set to stand [...]

BBC - Quentin Sommerville The Taliban in Afghanistan are being directly assisted by Pakistani security services, according to a secret Nato report seen by the BBC. The leaked report, derived from thousands of interrogations, claims the Taliban remain defiant and have wide support among the Afghan people. It alleges that Pakistan knows the locations of senior [...]

By Cliff Kincaid My Catholic priest, Father Larry Swink, delivered a homily on Sunday that I told him would make headlines. In the toughest sermon I have ever heard from a pulpit, he attacked the Obama Administration as evil, even demonic, and warned of religious persecution ahead. What was also newsworthy about the sermon was [...]