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The Arab Spring — One Year Later One journalist dubbed it “the most important story of the early 21st century.” That story began in January 2011 when a street vendor set himself on fire to protest unfair treatment by the government. This drastic act ignited a wave of popular demonstrations that quickly ...

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PRAY4SAUDI Window International Network (WIN) is launching a new initiative, calling Christians around the world to pray for Saudi Arabia. While WIN will continue to mobilize prayer for the entire 10/40 Window, Saudi Arabia will be the focus of intensive prayer. WIN’s leadership has been mobilizing prayer for the 10/40 Window since ...

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Somalia: War On Women “Somalia is a land that has descended so deeply into misery that ‘failed state’ is now too generous a description for the country,” notes “Time.” According to Fund for Peace, a nation is designated a “failed state” when the government has become weak, ineffective, and lost control; there ...

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Aqim: Terror In North Africa They call themselves al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and are affiliated with the late Osama bin Laden and his network of al-Qaida terrorists. The actual link, other than a similar desire to steal, kill, and destroy, is not entirely clear. What is clear is that ...

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Myanmar: Breaking The Peace In June 2011 the Burmese army broke a 17-year cease-fire with the Kachin Independence Organisation. The military offensive was aimed at Kachin State, which is approximately 90% Christians. In the months since that event, soldiers have killed, raped, and tortured civilians. They have also set houses and churches ...

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Mongolia Isolated, sparsely populated, subject to harsh winters…. Those are some of the characteristics the nation of Mongolia is known for. However, there is something else quickly becoming a trademark: spiritual revival. According to “Operation World,” there may have been only four Christians in Mongolia in 1989. “Today, there are over ...

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Floods Return To Pakistan Floods devastated Pakistan in the summer of 2010. Heavy monsoon rains resulted in one-fifth of the nation being underwater. At least 20 million people were directly affected and nearly 2,000 died. This summer, the floods returned. Monsoon rains “left the southern region under several feet of water.” As ...

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10/40 Window Miracle “...You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.” The Bible, Genesis 50:20 As you are reading this, Samir* is attending and speaking at the WIN Leadership Training Summit in Indonesia. ...

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Death By Hanging? Asia Bibi has been imprisoned since June 2009. She has been under the sentence of death by hanging since November 2010. Her crime? Being a follower of Jesus Christ. In Pakistan, this can result in execution. The actual charge against Asia is blasphemy. She was working on a farm in ...

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South Sudan — Independence Day On July 9, South Sudan will officially become an independent nation. After years of conflict with the mostly-Muslim North, the mostly-Christian South voted to secede. While there are still many details to be taken care of (such as the border between North and South), the process ...

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