September 19, 2019, France – A Belgian air force F-16 fighter plane has crashed in north-western France, leaving one pilot caught on a high-voltage electricity line.
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Oil Spill Hits Part of Venezuela
July 26, 2019, Moron, Carabobo, Venezuela – A major oil spill occurred in the El Palito area, with direct effects on the beaches of Palma Sola in the Oron municipality of Carabobo state and Tucacas in the Morrocoy National Park of Falcon state in Venezuela.
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Protestor Against the Identitaere Bewegung Restrained by Police
July 20, 2019 – Halle Saale, Sachsen Anhalt, Germany -A peaceful protestor against the right-extremist, white supremacist Identiaere Bewegung (Generation Identity) in Halle an der Saale, Germany makes eye contact with a police officer who was restraining him after he and another officer were pulled to the ground by riot police.
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Beto O’Rourke Announces Return to California with Stops in Los Angeles and Bay Area.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Visit to Skid Row
Downtown Women’s Center
442 San Pedro St,
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Press Gaggle: 11:10 AM PT
Equity & Justice Roundtable with Equity First Alliance & Cage-Free Cannabis
Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre
1206 Maple Ave, Suite 1100,
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Press Call Time: 2:50 PM PT
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The largest Christian community in the Middle East, Coptic Christians make up the majority of Egypt’s roughly 9 million Christians. But Coptic Christians are a significant minority in Egypt, and they face discrimination and play a lesser part in Egyptian public life than their numbers justify. In some parts of Egypt, the government will not grant permits for churches, and tens of thousands of worshippers are literally left to pray in the street. There have also been violent attacks on Copts and their churches by Islamists. Because of religious discrimination in Egypt, Christians suffer from persecution in various ways. Islamic culture fuels religious discrimination in Egypt and creates an environment causing the state to be reluctant to respect and enforce the fundamental rights of Christians. Though President el-Sisi has publicly expressed his commitment to protecting Christians, his government’s actions and extremist groups’ continued Christian persecution attacks on individuals and churches, leaving Christians feeling insecure and extremely cautious. The state also makes it nearly impossible for believers to get any official recognition of their conversion. Coptic Christians base their theology on the teachings of the Apostle Mark. Their language descends from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, according to the World Council of Churches. The word ”Copt” is a Westernized version of the Arabic ”qibt,” which is derived from the ancient Greek word for Egyptian, ”Aigyptos.” Hundreds of Coptic monasteries once flourished in the deserts of Egypt, but today roughly 20 remain, as well as seven convents, operated by more than 1,000 Coptic monks and about 600 nuns. Deadly bombings by Islamic State at two Coptic Christian churches in Egypt late 2018 that left over 40 people dead, brought attention to a long-persecuted religious minority with ancient roots. Though Egypt has approved applications for more than 500 churches (out of 3,000 filed over the last two years), Christians of all backgrounds still face difficulty in building churches or finding a place to worship together with other believers.
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