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Flashpoints-Current Items for Urgent Prayers: Iraq violence: Pakistan, Taliban's Easter bombing targets, kills scores of Christians 1240 1
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Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN)On Easter Sunday, a crisp spring day, some of the city's Christian population mingled with their Muslim neighbors, celebrating in a neighborhood park -- taking their kids on rides or pushing them on swings. Then, the sound of tragedy. Without warning, a blast tore through the park, killing indiscriminately. Because of the innocent setting, an unusually high number of those injured were women and children. But the attack, claimed by a splinter group of the Pakistani T...
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Flashpoints-Current Items for Urgent Prayers: Sudan crisis: Dozens of bodies pulled from Nile, opposition says 605 0
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Forty bodies have been pulled from the River Nile in the Sudanese capital Khartoum following a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests, opposition activists said on Wednesday. Doctors linked to the opposition said the bodies were among 100 people believed killed since security forces attacked a protest camp on Monday. Reports said a feared paramilitary group was attacking civilians. Sudan's ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) vowed to investigate. Residents in Khartoum tol...
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Flashpoints-Current Items for Urgent Prayers: Lake Mai-Ndombe accident: 45 dead, 200 missing in DR Congo 556 0
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At least 45 people have died after a boat sank on Lake Mai-Ndombe in western Democratic Republic of Congo. The provincial governor, Antoine Masamba, said the vessel was carrying more than 400 people, with reports that about 200 passengers are still missing. The majority of those on board were teachers going to collect their salaries, a local mayor told the BBC. He said 11 children were among those who died when the old and overcrowded boat went down in strong waves. The vessel, bound...
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