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Clergy planning General Assembly protest in North Carolina

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By Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan DURHAM — Clergy in Durham are meeting to build support for a June 10 gathering near the Legislative Building in Raleigh in protest of the Republican-led General Assembly’s agenda. Rev. Jimmie Hawkins of Covenant Presbyterian Church hosted a clergy meeting at his church Friday with fellow organizer Rev. William Turner Jr.,…

Iran moves American Christian into solitary confinement over prayer protest

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By Lisa Daftari The American pastor jailed in Iran for his faith has been placed in solitary confinement and may now be suffering organ failure, according to family members in Iran who are increasingly alarmed at his deteriorating health. Saeed Abedini, the 32-year-old Christian and American citizen who is serving an eight-year prison term in…

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