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Lebanon sets Guinness World Record for Hummus

Lebanon has made history by making the world's largest serving of hummus.

Check out this BBC News article which includes a video clip to learn more.

BBC Article on Algeria

After years of civil war, Algeria is desperate to move on from its violent past. And despite security measures remaining extreme, big steps are being taken to get the country back on its feet.

(Chloe Arnold, BBC News, Algiers)

We think the full article is worth reading: Algerians keen to step out from shadow of violent past.

You can also listen to it as a Radio 4 podcast (this may disappear soon though).

Christians in Morocco urgently need our prayers

A few days ago, government officials called together the twenty foster parents of the Village of Hope orphanage in Ainh Leuh, Morocco. After searching their homes and questioning parents and foster children the parents and their (biological) children were told to pack up their belongings and leave. The reason behind this sudden expulsion was that the parents were said to be proselytising the children in their care.

The Village of Hope orphanage opened its doors ten years ago to provide care and a loving home for abandoned children who otherwise would have ended up on the streets or in large state-run orphanages. It has always been open about the fact that it is a Christian orphanage and this has not been a problem until now. It is thought that these events - as well as other recent police interest in Christian activity and the recent expulsion of other expatriates in the ...

Meeting Raided in Morocco

Christians in Morocco are concerned. A recent raid took place on a meeting of believers. Sixty policemen, including a colonel, following orders from the new justice minister, arrested those at the meeting: 18 Moroccans (including children and non-believers) and the American teaching at the meeting. All were questioned and released; the American was taken to the airport and expelled.

This is not the first incident of this kind, which is why there is concern. Christians in Morocco are concluding that there is a new national policy concerning Moroccan Christians, who would all be from a Muslim background.

An expat living in Morocco says:

The Moroccan church is growing and I think the government is trying to figure out how this is happening. With the Islamic fundamentalists, they know how this [growth] is happening. Money comes in from Saudi Arabia and the Emirates and is given to the poor in the ...

Dubai Now Boasts the World's Tallest Tower

According to the news, it seems that the world's capital markets have lost faith in Dubai.

It is significant that this recent talk of 'faith' in reference to this allegedly cash-strapped region, has had nothing to do with Islam or Christianity. For several decades Dubai has become synonymous with extravagant wealth - a city where money can buy almost anything. But the recent economic recession has caused Dubai to tumble into financial difficulties.

In the midst of this financial downturn, the world's tallest building, the impressive Burj Khalifah, opened with a spectacular fireworks display in Dubai at the beginning of 2010. The building was opened by Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum who described the tower as 'the tallest building ever created by the hand of man.' What's it look like?

Jesus said in Matthew 19:

It is hard for a rich man to enter ...

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