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  Filipino Deaf Community reviews New Testament translation into Filipino Sign Language

  Members of the Filipino Deaf Community participated in a review of the Filipino Sign Language (FSL) New Testament translation on April 28–29 at the Philippine Bible Society (PBS) Ministry Center in Manila.

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  Manipur, India marks three years of ethnic-religious violence

  Three years after ethnic violence erupted in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, more than 300 church buildings have been destroyed and at least 217 people killed by official count, with broader estimates exceeding 260.

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  Tribal men in India assault pastor, family for their faith

  Two men of traditional tribal religion in central India on April 13 assaulted a pastor and his family for their Christian faith in an attempt to chase them from their land and home, sources said.

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  Pew study finds Catholics losing members through switching while Protestants gain in some regions

  A new global study by the Pew Research Center reports that Catholicism has experienced net losses through religious switching in nearly every country surveyed, while Protestantism has recorded gains in several regions, particularly in Latin America.

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  Five regions go to polls as India’s democratic fault lines deepen

  Voting has concluded across five regions in India’s most closely watched regional elections in years.

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  Bill to curb child marriage passes in Punjab, Pakistan

  The Punjab Province Assembly in Pakistan on Monday (April 27) passed a landmark bill aimed at curbing child marriage following a heated debate between government and opposition lawmakers.

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  Bill in India smooths way for government to seize church assets

  A sweeping foreign funding bill in India could hand the government control over faith-based schools, hospitals and charitable institutions built over decades, church leaders said.

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