{"id":119,"date":"2006-10-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2006\/10\/ryan-beiler-daily-news-digest-2.html"},"modified":"2006-10-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-17T12:00:00","slug":"ryan-beiler-daily-news-digest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2006\/10\/ryan-beiler-daily-news-digest-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Beiler: Daily News Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p>the latest news on disarming paramilitaries in Colombia, Christians in Iraq, reducing violence in Israel and Palestine, U.S. election politics, the United Nations Security Council elections, Darfur, detainee politics, and op-ed commentary on the faith-based furor over David Kuo&#8217;s new book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sojo.net\/index.cfm?action=sojomail.subscribe&amp;source=web_beliefnet_blog\">Sign up to receive our daily news summary via e-mail \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fullpost\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Full news summary:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Iraq. <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/10\/17\/world\/middleeast\/17christians.html\">Iraq\u2019s  Christians Flee as Extremist Threat Worsens<\/a> &#8220;Over the past three and a half  years, Christians have been subjected to a steady stream of church bombings,  assassinations, kidnappings and threatening letters slipped under their  doors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Election politics. <\/strong><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/nationworld\/chi-0610170179oct17,1,212663.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&amp;ctrack=1&amp;cset=true\">Senate  quest a historic push<\/a> &#8220;In the Democratic push to take back the Senate, a  candidate who was once thought to be the longest of long shots has emerged as a  critical factor in the math required to flip six Republican seats from red to  blue.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mideast. <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/775946.html\">Hamas spokesman questions  if violence is Palestinian &#8216;disease&#8217;<\/a> &#8220;<span class=\"t13\">Ghazi Hamad, a senior  figure in Hamas and spokesman for the Hamas-led government<\/span> &#8230; criticized  Palestinian militant groups fighting Israel, saying they were not doing the  cause of Palestinian independence any good by launching attacks at moments when  it appeared progress was being made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>United  Nations. <\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/americas\/6053984.stm\">Deadlock in Latin America  UN race<\/a> &#8220;After 10 rounds of voting neither of the leading nations, Guatemala  and Venezuela, emerged as the victor in the election for the temporary  seat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Darfur. <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dave\/DailyQuote\/:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/packages\/khtml\/2006\/09\/09\/world\/20060910_DARFUR_FEATURE.\">Darfur&#8217;s  Agony<\/a> A special multimedia presentation by Lydia Polgreen illustrates the  precarious situation of those fleeing the violence in  Darfur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Detainees.<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/10\/16\/AR2006101601339.html\">U.S.  Faces Obstacles To Freeing Detainees<\/a>&#8220;European governments, which have been  equally vocal in assailing Guantanamo as a human rights liability, have also  balked at accepting prisoner transfers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Colombia. <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/10\/16\/AR2006101600971.html\">In  Colombia, a Dubious Disarmament<\/a> &#8220;In communities hit hard by paramilitary  violence &#8230; victims are incredulous about the government&#8217;s lofty claims. Once  fearful that speaking out could get them killed, they are increasingly organized  and assertive. And they are sharply criticizing a process that they say is  tilted more toward whitewashing crimes than punishing  perpetrators.&#8221;<strong><br \/><\/strong><br \/><strong>Op-ed. <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2006\/10\/16\/AR2006101601017.html\">A  Faith-Based Battle for Voters<\/a> by E.J. Dionne &#8220;I hope Kuo&#8217;s book promotes  serious discussions in religious study groups around the country about whether  the evangelicals&#8217; alliance with political conservatism has actually made the  world, well, more godly from their own point of view. What are evangelicals  actually getting out of this partnership? Are they mostly being used by a  coalition that, when the deals are cut, cares far more about protecting the  interests of its wealthy and corporate supporters than its churchgoing foot  soldiers?&#8221;<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the latest news on disarming paramilitaries in Colombia, Christians in Iraq, reducing violence in Israel and Palestine, U.S. election politics, the United Nations Security Council elections, Darfur, detainee politics, and op-ed commentary on the faith-based furor over David Kuo&#8217;s new book. 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