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• Jul 13, 2012

  CP World Report: Romney, University of Gaza, Atheists, Kofi Annan

  An internal probe into the Penn State child sex abuse scandal has found that top university officials concealed allegations of abuse by ex-assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to avoid bad publicity; and therefore failed to protect the victims.

• Jul 12, 2012

  CP World Report: Obamacare Vote, Youcef Nadarkhani, Ramadan, Egypt Pyramid

  Lawmakers in the US have voted to repeal Obamacare, controversial because of its tax provision, and forcing religious institutions to provide insurance coverage for abortions and contraceptives. The House has voted more than 30 times to scrap it since it was signed in March 2010. This time the repeal bill was approved 244-185.

• Jul 11, 2012

  CP World Report: Egypt Parliament, Terrorist Threat, Libya, Twitter

  The highest court in Egypt has overturned a decree by President Mohammed Morsi to recall parliament . Morsi had issued the decree in defiance of a military council ruling that dissolved parliament. Members of parliament gathered for a brief session before the ruling of the Supreme Constitutional Court was announced.

• Jul 10, 2012

  CP World Report: South Sudan Birthday, Iraq Blasphemy Law, Egypt Power Struggle, Syria

  A car bomb in the central Iraqi city of Ramadi has killed seven people and injured 20 –most of the victims were reportedly women. Five of the wounded are in critical condition.

• Jul 9, 2012

  CP World Report: Roger Federer, PCUSA, Church of the Nativity, Syria

  A week after UNESCO granted the Church of the Nativity world heritage status, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called it the "most remarkable" milestone in Palestinian state-building.

• Jul 5, 2012

  CP World Report: Calif. Multiple Parents Bill; 17 Christians Killed in Kenya; Romney to Visit Israel

• Jul 4, 2012

  CP World Report: God Particle, UN Arms Treaty, US Heat, Andy Griffith

• Jul 3, 2012

  World Report: Brazil Evangelical Population, US Heat Wave, Health Care, Canada Border

  Meanwhile, a few months ago it was reported that Brazil had become the country that sends the second-most missionaries abroad….across the world. This is according to Todd Johnson, director of the Center for the Study of Global Christianity, at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts.

• Jun 29, 2012

  CP World Report: Obamacare, Christian Persecution, Syria

  Obama-care "mandates" all Americans to buy health insurance, or face hundreds of dollars of fines. This was a mandate fiercely contested by 28 Republican-controlled states. They sued the Obama administration all the way to the Supreme Court, claiming that it had no right to force people into insurance programs.

• Jun 28, 2012

  CP World Report: Queen Elizabeth, Syria, Flesh-Eating Bacteria, Summer Olympics

  Queen Elizabeth and former Irish Republican Army commander, Martin McGuinness, have made history by shaking hands in peace. It was a long-awaited encounter symbolizing Northern Ireland's progress in achieving reconciliation after decades of violence.