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09/06/2014 HONG KONG - CHINA
The Referendum (unofficial) will be held on 20-22 June. Catholic groups will accompany Card. Zen. March made even more difficult by soaring seasonal temperatures. Support of Card. Tong. Zhou Nan, former Xinhua director, calls for Chinese military intervention to prevent Occupy Central proclaiming the territory’s independence.
05/06/2014 EGYPT
According to Fr Rafiq Greiche, the day after the inauguration, the new Egyptian president has to address three key challenges if he wants to put Egypt back on its feet. "He must show people that he wants to walk the walk of democracy. This way he will give confidence to the country and ensure that it gets back to work." Christian leaders send their greetings to the former general.
04/06/2014 CAMBODIA - UNITED STATES
Dated to the 10th century they were looted in the '70s, at the time of the Civil War. They belong to the temple of Koh Ker, just off the famous Angkor Wat complex. The cultural heritage of the Cambodian people, for over 40 years they were in the hands of collectors and museums in the West. Deputy premier: "They have come home".
04/06/2014 RUSSIA - VATICAN
AsiaNews sources say the message was brought to Kirill personally by the director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, who performed in the Russian capital while the Pope met with Bartholomew in the Holy Land.
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04/06/2014 NEPAL
The installation Mass of Mgr Paul Simick, new apostolic vicar to Nepal, is scheduled for 29 June at Kathmandu's cathedral. The community "is praying, full of gratitude for the new pastor," who will "help us know more and more the Word of God."
02/06/2014 AFGHANISTAN - INDIA
Father Alexis Prem Kumar sj, chief of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) was abducted today (Monday) afternoon by unidentified gunmen when he was on the way to a school. Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson confirmed the incident.
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03/06/2014 INDIA
Telangana, in Andhra Pradesh, declared the 29th state of India. The Council of Bishops of Andhra Pradesh calls for "fair, inclusive, equitable and sustainable development". Concerns remain over secession, which might impoverish both states.
03/06/2014 VATICAN
"How does Jesus pray? I don’t believe he talks too much with the Father. "He doesn’t talk: He loves. He shows his wounds to the Father and Jesus, with his wounds, prays for us as if to say to the Father: ' But, Father, this is the price of these! Help them, protect them. They are your children whom I have saved with these''".
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03/06/2014 KUWAIT
Talks began during a visit by Kuwait's Emir Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah to Tehran. "Iran has large quantities of gas and Kuwait is in need of Iranian gas through cooperation between the two countries," Kuwait's oil minister said.
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