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The Top 10 Stories of April 11, 2013

by Duane Shank 04-11-2013

Quote of the day.
“It was obvious, Father said, that we must either steal food or slowly starve. And in that dangerous enterprise we must have the help of some power beyond ourselves. So, standing before us all, he said a prayer to St. Dismas, the Good Thief, who was crucified at the right hand of Jesus, asking for his aid. I’ll never doubt the power of prayer again.” Mike Dowe, 85, a prisoner of war during the Korean War, speaking of Father Emil Kapaun, who died in 1951 in a North Korean prison and is being awarded the Medal of Honor today for his ministry to fellow POWs.
(Washington Post and Saturday Evening Post)

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The Top 10 Stories of April 10, 2013

by Duane Shank 04-10-2013

Quote of the day.
"Our concerns really are around making sure that the path to citizenship is clear and expeditious and isn't tethered to anything like enforcement." Kica Matos, director of immigration rights at the Center for Community Change, one of the organizers of the National Rally for Citizenship taking place today at the Capitol.
(Reuters)

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The Top 10 Stories of April 9, 2013

by Duane Shank 04-09-2013

Quote of the day.
"We don't need more guns. We need people who can build relationships with young people." Judith Brown Diannis of the Advancement Project, a coalition of civil rights groups that supports a coalition of young people from across the nation in opposing more armed guards in schools.
(USA Today)

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The Top 10 Stories of April 8, 2013

by Duane Shank 04-08-2013

Quote of the day.
“A whole civilization belonging to all humanity is being destroyed.” Dr. Paolo Matthiae, an archaeologist who has worked at the ancient Syrian city of Ebla on what is happening to the site in the ongoing fighting.
(New York Times)

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The Top 10 Stories of April 5, 2013

by Duane Shank 04-05-2013

Quote of the day.
“There will be people all over the world today who are now scared witless.” Richard Murphy, research director for Tax Justice Network, a British-based organization, on the leak of 2.5 million files detailing the offshore bank accounts and shell companies of wealthy individuals and tax-averse companies.
(New York Times)

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The Top 10 Stories of April 4, 2013

by Duane Shank 04-04-2013

Quote of the day.
“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism. With this powerful commitment we shall boldly challenge the status quo and unjust mores, and thereby speed the day when ‘every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain.’" Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated 45 years ago today.
(A Time to Break Silence)

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The Top 10 Stories of April 3, 2013

by Duane Shank 04-03-2013

Quote of the day.
“Finally we have seen the governments of the world come together and say ‘Enough!’ It is time to stop the poorly regulated arms trade. It is time to bring the arms trade under control.”  Anna MacDonald, head of arms control for Oxfam International, on the passage yesterday of the Arms Trade Treaty.
(New York Times)

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The Top 10 Stories of April 2, 2013

by Duane Shank 04-02-2013

Quote of the day.
"I made this decision to serve and help our sisters and mothers in the area. Our area of Bajur (tribal region) is poor and backward, we have problems in the health and education sectors — this is the reason I decided to take part in the election." Badam Zari, one of the first women to run for parliament from Pakistan’s conservative tribal regions.
(Al Jazeera)

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The Top 10 Stories of April 1, 2013

by Duane Shank 04-01-2013

Quote of the day.
"We ask the risen Jesus, who turns death into life, to change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace." Pope Francis, in his Urbi et Orbi (To the city and the world) speech on Easter Sunday.
(BBC)   
 

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The Top 10 Stories of March 29, 2013

by Duane Shank 03-29-2013

Daily Digest is out of the office on this Good Friday. We pray that you all have a very blessed Easter weekend. The Digest will be back as scheduled on Monday morning. 

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