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After a couple of weeks out of the office, persecution podcast is back! Mark & Mary Sue bring you stories of the persecuted church from around the globe. This week they discuss the continuing violence in Orissa, India, an update on two ministers in Iran and a story of violence from Kenya, Africa. Also, an update on IDOP, the international day of prayer for the persecuted church, taking place on November 9th.

One of the things I've been wanting to talk to you all about is the ongoing persecution that is currently taking place in Orissa, India. Last week I was inundated with news stories documenting the horror of what is going on, and sadly, continues.

Yesterday when I wrote you, I shared some of the latest news coming out of North Korea.

In today's Washington Times there is an interesting article about North Korea titled North Korea: Faith & Famine by Doug Bandow. After reading it myself, I wanted to highlight a few things for you to see.

This morning as I was reading through my email the following quote was in my email.

Today Todd Nettleton will be on Janet Parshall's America to discuss the latest from the world of Christian persecution. Be sure to tune in to Janet Parshall's America online at around 2 PM Eastern time or listen to the JPA archives after 5 PM Eastern time.

The ropes at his wrists and ankles stretched further until Roman Christian Vincent felt his arms pull out of his shoulder sockets and his hips come out of joint.

couple of days ago I blogged about this years latest U.S. State Department 2008 Report on International Religious Freedom and you may recall that I pointed out that North Korea was still on the Countries of Particular Concern list.

The Voice of the Martyrs contacts report that on Sept. 25 two Christians, Mahmood Matin Azad and Arash Basirat, were released from prison in Shiraz.