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Korean Christians kidnapped:

• 18 South Koreans abducted in Afghanistan | Taliban gunmen abducted 18 members of a South Korean church group, and a purported spokesman for the Islamic militia said Friday that it will question the 15 women and three men about their activities in Afghanistan before deciding their fate (Associated Press)
  
  
• S. Korean nationals abducted by Taliban in Afghanistan: Foreign Ministry | Some 20 South Koreans were kidnapped by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, days after they entered the country for Christian volunteer work, the Foreign Ministry in Seoul said Friday (Yonhap, South Korea)
  
  

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Priest freed in Philippines:

• Philippine rebels free Italian priest | The Rev. Giancarlo Bossi, held hostage for over a month in the southern Philippines, said Friday he lost 15 pounds on a meager diet during his ordeal but was not threatened by the Muslim militants who kidnapped him (Associated Press)
  
  
• Kidnapped Italian priest Bossi released | After 40 days, Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi had been released by his captors who the priest said had treated him "with respect." (The Philippine Inquirer)
  
  
• Bossi recounts ordeal: 'I prayed for kidnappers' | Priest said during his captivity, his kidnappers treated him well but the food was bad. (The Philippine Inquirer)
  
  
• 'My heart is still in Payao,' says Bossi | Italian priest condoles with kin of 14 Marines (The Philippine Inquirer)
  
  
• MILF to military on Bossi: 'We told you so' | 'Basilan wouldn't have happened if you listened' (The Philippine Inquirer)
  
  
• Release of Bossi 'great gift' for ailing mom, says superior (The Philippine Inquirer)
  
  
• Bossi meets Arroyo in Malacañang (The Philippine Inquirer)
  
  
• Kidnapped Italian priest freed in Philippines | An Italian priest held captive for over a month in the southern Philippines wants to return to his parish there after his Muslim rebel captors assured him he would not be seized again (Reuters)
  
  

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More Philippines:

• Former Abu Sayyaf captive praises RP for anti-terror efforts | American missionary Gracia Burnham, once held captive by the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf over five years ago, has praised the government for its efforts to stamp out terrorism (The Philippine Inquirer)
  
  
• Indon priest's suspected killer hurt in shootout with cops | A suspect in the April 2 killing of Indonesian priest Fransiskus Madhu was wounded in a firefight with police in Lubuagan, Kalinga but managed to escape, a report said (The Philippine Inquirer)
  
  

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Iraq:

• The death of Iraq's Christians | The United States should welcome Christians fleeing the violence. Muslim refugees may have some hope of returning to a future Iraq that becomes stable if not liberal. The Assyrians are far less likely to find a tolerant and tolerable environment (Doug Bandow, FrontPageMag.com)
  
  
• The destruction of Iraq's Christians | We will likely soon find ourselves writing the epitaph of Iraq's Christian community. Indeed, even if the situation were suddenly to improve - a highly unlikely prospect - it is already too late to reverse the effects of the hemorrhaging. (Rayyan al-Shawaf, The Daily Star, Lebanon)
  
  

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Israel:

• HOT wants to pull Christian station | Israeli cable television is planning to drop a major Christian TV network which runs missionary advertisements directed at Jews. The move has prompted threats of legal action by the station's representatives (The Jerusalem Post)
  
  

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