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GMO’s: A super-enriched banana genetically engineered to improve the lives of millions

 ‘Super’ banana to face first human trial. Genetically modified super bananas might end up saving millions of lives. A super-enriched banana genetically engineered to improve the lives of millions of people in Africa will soon have its first human trial, which will test its effect on vitamin A levels, Australian researchers said Monday. The project […] Read More →

Life imprisonment for Gays? Uganda’s president opposes tough new anti-homosexual bill

 Uganda’s president opposes an anti-gay bill passed by lawmakers that calls for life imprisonment for gays, even as he characterizes homosexuals as “abnormal” people who should be rehabilitated, according to excerpts of his letter to the speaker of parliament. President Yoweri Museveni’s opposition to the bill comes despite pressure from evangelicals as well from lawmakers […] Read More →

39 dead in Kenya mall attack; hostages still held

 Terrified shoppers huddled in back hallways and prayed they would not be found by the Islamic extremist gunmen lobbing grenades and firing assault rifles inside Nairobi’s top mall Saturday. When the coast was thought to be clear, crying mothers clutching small children and blood-splattered men sprinted out of the four-story mall. At least 39 people […] Read More →

Churches Fear Lawsuits for Refusing Gay Weddings

Joe Carr believes a day is fast approaching when pastors will be charged with hate crimes for preaching that homosexuality is a sin and churches will face lawsuits for refusing to host same-sex weddings. “It’s just a matter of time,” said Carr, the pastor of Waynesville Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia. “What’s happening in Europe […] Read More →