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US Navy sailor’s ‘apology’ reboadcast by Iran state TV

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After an international crisis appeared to have been defused, Iranian state TV rebroadcast a video clip of a captive U.S. sailor apologizing for an intrusion into the Persian Gulf nation's territorial waters. In the footage, filmed before the man and 9 other

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Pastors facing death sentence freed in Sudan

Written by Fredrick Nzwili NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) After international outcry, two South Sudanese Presbyterian Evangelical Church pastors who faced a possible death sentence in Sudan have been set free after a court hearing Wednesday (Aug. 5).