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Cisco, the maker of Internet routing gear, customized its technology to help China track members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week by members of the movement.

The lawsuit is based on the Alien Torts Statute, a federal law that permits foreign nationals to bring lawsuits in United States federal court claiming violations of international law

 

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Translators of U.S.-based Wycliffe Associates have launched two Bible translation projects in countries where evangelism, or even reading a Bible, is forbidden.

Wycliffe CEO Bruce Smith said among the nations targeted by his organization was at least one predominately Muslim country with a strongly Islamic government, where he claimed Christians face persecution, even from family members and neighbors.

 

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Randy White, who helped found the Without Walls International Church that later came under federal scrutiny for its ostentatious spending, was arrested and charged Saturday night with driving under the influence.

Without Walls was once one of the fastest-growing Christian ministries in the USA and allowed the Whites to enjoy a lavish lifestyle, expensive cars and homes.

 

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The man who said the world was going to end on May 21, 2011 -- and Christians were going to be raptured to heaven -- appeared at his front door in Alameda, California a day later.

While refusing to give an interview Camping told a reporter that he's got to live with the fact that his predictions failed.

 

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