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A believer prays while others line up to receive Communion during a morning Mass at Beijing's official Catholic church South Cathedral in China.

Chinese paradox: Bigger churches, more persecution

Religion |  China opened its largest church last month to keep up with the growing number of Christians and to demonstrate its “support” of religion, according to The…

South Korean Army soldiers set up barbed wire fence during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea.

Midday Roundup: The war of the telephone

Newsworthy |  The sounds of silence. Tensions continue to escalate on the Korean Peninsula today, with the North severing a hotline the two countries have used since 1971…

Elton John and Bjork
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In their faces

Music |  Elton John’s China rebuke stands in a long line of singer statements of dubious value

Kenyans line up early this morning for voting in a general election in Kisumu, west of Nairobi, Kenya.

Globe Trot: Voting in Kenya, fighting in Mali, geology in Africa, and AIDS cured in Mississippi

International |  High voter turnout in Kenya today marks one of the most complex—and controversial—presidential elections in the key East African nation and strong…

Feng Jianmei
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'We lost the most,' says Chinese mother

China |  Feng Jianmei, whose forced abortion last summer lit a firestorm against the country’s one-child policy, spoke out about her experience for the first time…

Florida Gov. Rick Scott

Midday Roundup: Obamacare backing, Chinese hacking, fast food snacking

Newsworthy |  Florida to expand Medicaid after all: Florida Gov. Rick Scott reversed course yesterday on Obamacare, announcing his state will expand Medicaid to 1.3 million…

Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana

Globe Trot: Possible pope successor, Syria, China, Benghazi, Russia, evangelism in Muslim countries

International |  Pope Benedictus XVI became the first head of the Roman Catholic Church since 1415 to resign∫ announcing he will step down Feb. 28, citing his “advanced…

CONFRONTATION: A policeman points to a protester near the headquarters of <em>Southern Weekly</em>.
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In their dreams

China |  Newspaper protests reveal Chinese hopes for free speech

A man wearing a mask with the word

Deleting dreams of democracy

China |  Chinese protest government censorship of a Guangzhou newspaper’s pro-constitutional rights editorial

Signs and Wonders: Airbrushing Jesus out of Christmas, Chinese doomsdayers detained …

Signs and Wonders: Airbrushing Jesus out of Christmas, Chinese doomsdayers detained …

Newsworthy |  Airbrushing Jesus. The Telegraph in London reports that a team of “mystery shoppers from Nielsen brand auditors visited the card aisles in branches of…

Gao Zhisheng is shown here in his Beijing law office in 2005.

Raising awareness

Human Rights |  Congressmen issue call to action on behalf of prisoners of conscience, including one of WORLD's 2012 Daniels of the Year

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un

Laughing with the Chinese

Media |  It’s usually unwise to underestimate the human capacity for gullibility, an idea reinforced by The Onion ’s most recent coup. The satirical newspaper is…

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