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NEWS ABOUT: missionaries

missionaries stories: 5 news summaries

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Maker of Mormon calendar excommunicated

Apr 28, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - An entrepreneur who says his aim was to improve the image of Mormons has been excommunicated by the church for publishing a calendar with photos of shirtless members of the faith. The “Men on a Mission” calendar doesn’t “tear down the beliefs of the church at all,... More »

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calendars • religion • excommunication • photograph • Mormon • missionaries • Mormonism • Chad Hardy

US Families Sue Chiquita Over FARC Murders

Claim protection cash to Colombia rebels tied to missionary slayings

Mar 12, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fruit giant Chiquita stands accused in a federal lawsuit of contributing to the deaths of five US missionaries at the hands of Colombian rebel group FARC during the 1990s, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Families of the missionaries say protection money the Cincinnati-based company admitted to secretly paying the... More »

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Department of Justice • Colombia • terrorist • missionaries • Chiquita • FARC • United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia • New Tribes Mission • terror group

Taliban: Korea Paid $4M Ransom

Commander says Seoul paid millions to release hostages

Feb 7, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Taliban released 21 South Korean hostages five months ago only after Seoul paid at least $4 million in ransom, a senior insurgent commander now claims. Contrary to South Korea's official denial to Newsweek that money changed hands, the commander said freeing the missionaries without recompense "would not have... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • South Korea • Korean hostages • missionaries • ransom • Quetta

Mormons Look to Next Prophet

Hinckley's successor all but certain

Jan 29, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The death of longtime president-prophet Gordon Hinckley left the Mormon church with a void but not a leadership gap, Newsweek reports. The most senior leader and all-but-certain successor is Thomas Monson. The 80-year-old's selection, which must be unanimous, would all but guarantee a smooth transition for a thriving church undergoing... More »

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Mormon • missionaries • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Thomas Monson • Gordon Hinckley • Quorum of the Twelve

Body of Second Korean Hostage Found

More will die unless prisoners are freed, kidnappers warn

Jul 31, 07 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghan police have found the body of a second Korean hostage killed by the Taliban, Reuters reports. The man was shot in the head, and his body found in a clover field close to the spot where 23 Korean missionaries were kidnapped last week. The kidnappers have threatened to kill... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • terrorism • insurgents • South Korea • Hamid Karzai • kidnapping • Kabul • Korean hostages • missionaries • Ghazni • hostage

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