Contact: USA: Halim Meawad, 240-644-5153; Magdi Khalil, 202-725-3091; Canada: Maher Rizkalla, 905-399-4147; Europe: Adel Guindy, +33-1-4701-2600; Helmy Guirguis, +44-7775-800-929; Australia: Ayad Grace, +61-2-9899-5740MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- Coptic Solidarity warned today that the recent campaign of intimidation and incitements targeting the Copts in Egypt is on the rise.The Copts are the indigenous Christian Egyptians. They amount to 12-15% of Egypt's Source: Coptic Solidarity

The leader of LivePrayer.com an internet ministry that has over 2.4 million subscribers worldwide reading his Daily Devotional, host of the"Liveprayer with Bill Keller"television program, and founder of the newly opened"9-11 Christian Center at Ground Zero,"has been targeted by Muslims to be put to death for"disrespecting Allah"and the Islamic religion.Audio link: liveprayer.com/deaththreat1.mp3Contact: Susan Brown, 727-420-7005, bkeller@liveprayer.com; www.liveprayer.com; w Source: liveprayer

When the 15-member Security Council meets next January, theUnited Nations will celebrate a rare political landmark: the10 rotating non-permanent members will include some of theworld's rising new players on the global stage, includingIndia, South Africa, Germany, Brazil and Nigeria - all sittingunder one roof and negotiating around the legendary horseshoetable.

With new figures showing a record amount of World Bank fundingfor projects relying on coal power and other fossil fuels, theissue of reforming the institution's energy lending was onceagain a hot topic at the World Bank and IMF annual meetings,which concluded over the weekend.

For Karachi-based event manager Shabnam Abdullah, it is a"primaryrepresentation of Pakistan". Quite enamoured with the unique art form, Abdullahhas even used it for a few workshops she arranged for her corporate clients.

For Karachi-based event manager Shabnam Abdullah, it is a"primaryrepresentation of Pakistan". Quite enamoured with the unique art form, Abdullahhas even used it for a few workshops she arranged for her corporate clients.

In the story"Gente bella"(Beautiful People), the Mexican dictator of the day sends a mission to Europe to import 300 families and thus"whiten the race, to put an end to laziness."Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria cheats him and sends, for the price of gold, gypsies.

In the story"Gente bella"(Beautiful People), the Mexican dictator of the day sends a mission to Europe to import 300 families and thus"whiten the race, to put an end to laziness."Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria cheats him and sends, for the price of gold, gypsies.

Contact: Stephanie Lewis, 312-422-1333, stephanie@tcpr.netCHICAGO, Oct. 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- Chosen People Ministries hosted more than 1,700 people at The Moody Church in Chicago on October 1-2 for the Inside the Middle East Crisis Conference and proudly deem the event a success in a new report. Tasked with presenting the Middle East crisis through a biblical lens, speakers including Joel C. Rosenberg and Dr. Erwin Lutzer joined together to uphold the biblical promise of the Land of I Source: TC Public Relations

Contact: Jerry Dykstra, Open Doors USA, 616-915-4117, jerryd@odusa.orgSANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- Christians in Muslim-dominated countries are facing increased persecution. Over the last few weeks churches in Indonesia have been attacked and forced to close and a mob of Pakistani Muslim extremists shot and beat dozens of Christians, including one cleared earlier of"blasphemy"charges.These Christians, and many more worldwide, are not fre Source: Open Doors USA

Contact: Peter LaBarbera, Americans For Truth, 630-717-7631MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality, issued the follow statement:Homosexual practice is always wrong. To advocate for this lifestyle, including homosexual relationships, is also wrong. Advocacy of a sin is itself a sin. It is immoral to"mainstream"homosexuality to children in schools in the guise of teaching tolerance a Source: Americans for Truth

Contact: Craig McDonald, Christian Freedom International, 800-323-2273SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., Oct. 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- Christian Freedom International (CFI), a Michigan-based organization that assists persecuted Christians around the world, is condemning the Defamation of Religions Resolution that will be proposed at the UN General Assembly in New York City late this fall.The resolution, which will criminalize any words or actions determined to be adverse to a particular religi Source: Christian Freedom International

Contact: Tracy Oliver, Media Coordinator, 267-210-8278, Tracy@ChinaAid.org; Mark Shan, Spokesperson, 617-943-1340, Mark@ChinaAid.org; both with ChinaAid, 888-889-7757, info@ChinaAid.org; www.ChinaAid.org, www.MonitorChina.orgBEIJING, Oct. 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- On October 12, 2010, Dr. Fan Yafeng, a prominent human rights lawyer and one of the leaders of the Chinese Christian Legal Defense Association, was harassed by Beijing police officers while on his way to share a meal with a frie Source: China Aid Association, Inc.

For more than two decades, he has served world leaders anddiplomats who wined and dined here at United Nationsheadquarters in New York. Today, he is unsure how much longerhe will be able to put food on his own table at home.

Cuban rock 'n' roll, once an underground movement, is being mapped forinclusion in an exhaustive compendium of Latin American rock -- from themusic itself to its transformation into a lifestyle.