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The first cadaver we buries was in a village called Gbanyawalu. When the body was turned over on his back for swabbing, it breathed – like someone who was suffocated. We almost ran out. Even the World Health Organization worker was not anticipating such a reaction from a corpse – especially one that was there three days before we arrived.

Archaeologists in eastern Poland at the site of the Nazi concentration camp at Sobibor, say they have unearthed once-hidden gas chambers in which about 250,000 Jews were killed.

Alex Salmond, who led Scotland's failed bid for independence, announced on Friday that he would step down as first minister and as leader of the Scottish National Party later this year. The announcement came the day after voters decisively endorsed continued union with Britain.

Reese Witherspoon's latest campaign has taken the famous actress who has appeared in such movies as "Legally Blonde" and won an Oscar for "Walk the Line" far from the glamor of Hollywood and brought her into a film Christians can really rally around.

President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine on Thursday implored the United States Congress to provide Ukraine's soldiers with heavy military equipment as his country seeks to repel what he called an ongoing invasion by Russian forces.

Word that their hometown may soon be "liberated" has done little to buoy the spirits of the displaced residents of Bartella, a largely Christian town in northern Iraq of 20,000 overrun last month by Islamist militants.

Francis Chan, pastor and author of the bestseller Crazy Love, addressed two lies that many non-believers hold to be true about God and good deeds.

The infamous "black mass" scheduled to be held at the Civic Center Music Hall on Sept. 21 is either sold-out or souled out, depending upon who you talk to.

It may seem like a nondescript and fairly routine presidential meeting, but it was intended to send a strong message: That devout Christian, Dr. Kent Brantly, is completely Ebola-free, and that it is safe to interact with survivors of the deadly virus.

The spread of Ebola in West Africa and the slow international response has led to increasing calls for China, Africa's biggest trading partner, to do more to help contain the epidemic.

Tomorrow is the day. It's the day Scotland could break away from the United Kingdom and declare its independence. How is this affecting the U.S.? Faced with the prospective divorce of its closest friend, the United States is following the advice column carefully: don't take sides, keep your opinions to yourself, and avoid getting dragged into the fray.

Americans are bewildered by a man who owns an upstate New York food store that funded ISIS, tried to send jihadists to Syria to fight with the terrorist group and plotted to do some killing himself -- by gunning down U.S. troops who had served in Iraq -- federal authorities alleged Tuesday.

Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson said in his first comments on the case involving the potential abuse of his son in a written statement posted on his Twitter feed, "I never imagined being in a position where the world is judging my parenting skills or calling me a child abuser because of the discipline I administered to my son."

The article below points out the crisis of faith in China; the fact that China has no shared belief system. The society needs “social renewal,” which is a common theme among churches in China.

The once-troubled, maximum-security Darrington prison south of Houston will get a new focus that state officials hope could someday make Texas' state prison system less violent: God. In an afternoon convocation at the 1,900-convict prison, officials will inaugurate Texas' first seminary operated within a prison. The program will initially enroll 40 convicts who could eventually earn a biblical studies degree so they can minister to felons at other state prisons, according to the Austin-American Statesman.

President Obama, Billy Graham and Rev. Patrick Mahoney are the latest in a chorus of voices calling for the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini from a brutal Iranian prison, according to USA Today.President Obama called for the release Pastor Saeed in a recent phone conversation with Iranian President Rouhani.

Valentine's Day is usually a day for celebrating love with a significant other -- but not for Miley Cyrus, who said that was the day she knew she and former fiancé Liam Hemsworth were done. Cyrus spoke with Fashion Magazine for its November issue, which hits newsstands Oct. 7, and said her new song “Drive” was written about Hemsworth in February, months before their split in September, according to ABC News.

The wife of the American pastor imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith says her husband remains bold for Jesus Christ in prison, Charisma News reports. Pastor Saeed Abedini's wife, Naghmeh, recently spoke to students at Liberty University about her family's plight. She said in spite of being tortured and asked to deny his faith in Christ and return to Islam, Pastor Saeed has been a light for Jesus in Evin Prison, one of the worst in the world.

Authorities in Nassau County on Long Island said they’re looking for a suspect after two people were shot Wednesday morning near a mall in East Garden City, according to CBS New York. And questions linger after the recent attack on shoppers at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya.

The magic of the documentary “Linsanity” isn’t so much that it captures the stranger-than-fiction rise of Jeremy Lin from basketball nobody to NBA stardom. It’s that it makes you feel as if you could be watching someone you know -- a brother, cousin, best friend -- and that the moments being captured are as authentic as the New York Knicks jersey hanging from Lin’s shoulders.

Tim Tebow can’t find work in the NFL, but there’s an American football team in Russia that says it will offer him $1 million for two games. Yes, there are American football teams in Russia. And he turned down the offer.

The Chinese government could be about to relax its strict censorship laws, albeit only in a small area of one of its cities. The South China Morning Post reports that Facebook, Twitter and other websites will be unblocked in a free-trade zone of Shanghai, reports the BBC.

In June, a federal court ruled that Hobby Lobby, the art-supply chain, could not be fined for refusing to offer its employees morning-after contraception coverage.

Angry Christians protested across Pakistan on Monday to demand better protection after a devastating double suicide bombing at a church killed more than 80 people. The attack on All Saints church in the northwestern city of Peshawar after a service on Sunday is believed to be the deadliest ever to target the country's small Christian minority.

Saeed Abedini, a 33-year-old Pastor, father, and husband from Idaho, is currently imprisoned in Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran. On July 28, 2012, during a visit to Tehran to visit family and to finalize the board members for an orphanage he was building in Iran, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard detained Saeed, saying he must face criminal charges for his Christian faith, according to beheardproject.org.