Contact: Adam Cothes, 360-802-9758, adam@winepressgroup.comENUMCLAW, Wash., July 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- What secrets are hiding behind the closed doors of those around you? Asking that question might open doors for someone too ashamed to speak up, someone like Jill. Jill was trapped in domestic violence.Jill's neighbor, a family friend,"didn't project the appearance of a sinister, devil-like monster--you know the dark, sunken, penetrating eyes that could stare a hole through your b Source: WinePress Group

Contact: Lila Rose, Live Action, 408-497-3982MONTGOMERY, Alabama, July 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- In a censorship that appears politically motivated, the popular video-sharing site YouTube has blocked a video critical of Planned Parenthood made by the student-led nonprofit Live Action. The video shows a Planned Parenthood clinic in Birmingham offering to"bend the rules"of Alabama's parental consent and mandatory reporting laws in order to cover up statutory rape with a secret abortio Source: Live Action

Contact: Katherine Cason, 267-210-8278, Katherine@ChinaAid.org; Washington, D.C. Contact: Jenny McCloy, 202-213-0506, Jenny@ChinaAid.org; www.ChinaAid.org, www.MonitorChina.org WASHINGTON, July 16 /Christian Newswire/ -- On July 9 and 10 ChinaAid delivered more than 100,000 signatures to the Chinese Embassy, the U.S. State Department and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC). The signatures represent concerned citizens in the U.S. and around the world wh Source: China Aid Association, Inc.

Contact: Bob Sturm, 703-396-6974; After 6 PM Eastern or weekends, Bob Sturm or Cynthia Chambliss, 703-307-8176, 703-930-5148; ConservativeHQ.comMANASSAS, Va., July 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is a statement by Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, concerning President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor's opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings:"Judge Sotomayor's opening statement reflects she is already Source: American Target Advertising

Contact: Jerry Dykstra, Media Relations Director, Open Doors USA, 616-915-4117, JerryD@odusa.org SANTA ANA, Calif., July 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- At least 11 Christians were killed in attacks in Somalia and Iraq over the weekend. Al-Shabaab, Somalia's hard-line insurgents, reportedly beheaded seven Somalis for being"Christians"and"spies."This news was announced by Reuters News Agency on Friday. The report stated that the incident took place in the so Source: Open Doors USA

Contact: Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Christian Defense Coalition, 540-538-4741, 202-547-1735 WASHINGTON, July 12 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Christian Defense Coalition will hold a prayer vigil at the Supreme Court on the eve of the Judge Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings. The vigil will be on Sunday, July 12, at 6:30 P.M. in front of the steps of the United States Supreme Court. The Sotomayor confirmation hearings begin on Monday, July 13. Part Source: Christian Defense Coalition

Contact: Katherine Cason, 267-210-8278, Katherine@ChinaAid.org; Washington, D.C. Contact: Jenny McCloy, 202-213-0506, Jenny@ChinaAid.org; www.ChinaAid.org, www.MonitorChina.org WASHINGTON, July 10 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today, ChinaAid president Bob Fu will speak during a roundtable hosted by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) regarding the recent crackdown on human rights attorneys in China.Some lawyers have lost their licenses or have been refused re Source: China Aid Association, Inc.

Contact: Aaron Taylor, 636-208-6828OPINION, July 9 /Christian Newswire/ -- Mauritania is a land of striking beauty. With sand dunes lined against the sky, Bedouins riding camels in the countryside, and flying beetles that look like they come straight from the abyss of the Apocalypse; Mauritania is a land of extremes--extreme beauty, extreme hospitality, and lately, extreme religion. As the world mourned the death of Michael Jackson, another man went not so quietly into the night, though larg Source: Great Commission Society

Contact: Peggy Nienaber, Faith and Action, 202-546-8329, ext 104WASHINGTON, July 7 /Christian Newswire/ -- Rev. Rob Schenck was among invited guests at a special reception held in the US Senate Hart Office Building today for newly sworn US Senator Al Franken of Minnesota. Rev. Schenck cheerfully greeted Sen. Franken with a good-natured question about the former comedian's caustic and often insulting jokes about Christians and what they believe.Photo: Rev. Rob Schenck (L) greets new Sen Source: Faith and Action

Contact: Jim Crumley, 703-690-1247MEDIA ADVISORY, July 7 /Christian Newswire/ -- The national advocacy group In God We Trust today called on Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to dismiss the head of the state's Ethics Office, Carol Carson, over the her office's harassment of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport. Carson's office claimed the church violated state lobbying laws by busing supporters to a rally protesting a controversial bill before the Connecticut state legi Source: TRIO STRATEGIES

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has said he wants sectarianism stamped out in Scotland. The debate about bigotry has been a long one.

C of E and the Catholic representatives have told the House of Commons they will fight to maintain their powers to discriminate in cases of employment and against limits proposed in the Equality Bill.

Japanese sources claim that North Korea may be planning to launch another missile, a day after US President Barack Obama called the country’s recent actions a “grave threat” to international security.

Following the hundreds of thousands who took to the streets yesterday, a new wave of protests has begun in Iran about claims of election fixing and lack of freedom. Amid a state clamp-down, the internet is being used to assist protesters.

16th-century reformer Jean Calvin can inspire a"reformation of values"in the face of the world's economic and ecological crises, a Swiss politician has said in marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant leader's birth.