Staff Reporter

Contract killers gun down Sri Lankan pastor

by - 29th February 2008

Two police auxiliaries and a businessman have been arrested following the cold-blooded shooting in in Ampara, in Eastern Sri Lanka, of a young pastor and his family.

Neil Edirisinghe, 37, of the House Church Foundation, is believed to have been shot in a contract killing following six months of threatening phone-calls, according to police.  The attackers also shot his wife Shiromi, 31, in the stomach, and their two-year old son, Sheraad, who was injured, and is reported to be suffering from severe trauma.

Unseen hand of Hindu fascism claims more lives in Orissa

by - 24th January 2008

Orissa churches guttedChristians in Orissa, Northeast India have been falsely accused this week of gun running by the extreme Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP or World Hindu Council) in a full page ad the group took out in the local press on Monday (January 21, 2008).

Lapido Media launches at Frontline Club

by - 6th December 2007

Bishop Michael Nazir AliIndependent columnist and former Spectator Editor Dominic Lawson will interview Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester, at the official launch of Lapido Media on Thursday.

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