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Monday, December 31, 2007 |
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EDITORIAL
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Persecution of
Christians
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The Christmas season does not end
until after the solemnity, or feast, of the Baptism of the Lord
Jesus on January 13. The season is a time of hope and joy. Sadly,
there is little joy among Christians suffering persecution in
countries where they are a minority.
The said thing is that, as the
famous international human rights lawyer and expert on the
Palestinian Christian minority, Justus Reid Weiner, has been saying,
“The systematic persecution of Christian Arabs living in
Palestinian areas is being met with nearly total silence by the
international community, human rights activists, the media and
NGOs.” The same can be said of Christian minorities in other parts
of the world.
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O T H E R C O L U M N S A
N D F E A T U R E S
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ENTHUSIASMS
&FOREBODINGS
By Rene Q. Bas
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Tony Blair goes
home to Rome
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My wife and I knew, even before Tony Blair moved to
No.10 Downing Street, that he would one day become an R.C. That was
when my wife and I spent many Christmas seasons in Islington, London...
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OPEN
NOTEBOOK
By Random Jottings
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Diplomatic look
back at 2007
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IF there was any part of the Philippines that
enjoyed unfettered diplomatic attention in 2007 then it had to be
Mindanao.
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DOUBLE
TAKE
By Eric F. Mallonga
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Rachel’s
lamentations
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CATAPULTED to an age over two
thousand years ago in the little town of Bethlehem, there were
anguished cries of mothers cradling their mutilated babies in their
arms, wailing to the high heavens...
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INSIDE
CONGRESS
By Efren L. Danao
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What’s in store
for the 14th Congress in 2008?
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The New Year will certainly be spiced up with
interesting (or troubling?) developments as key personalities of the
Fourteenth Congress lay the groundwork for their expected stab at
higher posts in the 2010 election.
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Gospel of Judas
wrongly translated to damage Christianity
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In April 2006, The Manila Times published stories
about the Gospel of Judas. Your writer Mr. Rome Jorge had a column
extolling it. He quoted from it and compared it with passages of the
true and authorized New Testament.
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2008 and the
Bangsa Moro
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Lawyer Randolph Parcasio, head of the Bangsa Moro
Lawyers Network, said: “I don’t see any bright prospects for the
rest of the administration’s tenure. We just have to keep the
peace going.”
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ANALYSIS
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Pakistan can
survive latest chaos
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ISLAMABAD: Born from chaos and bloodshed, and still
steeped in turmoil 60 years on, Pakistan has repeatedly defied
predictions that the center of the world’s only nuclear-armed
Islamic nation cannot hold.
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