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Christian Persecution continues unchanged in many countries.During these last years there has been an increase in persecution and has changed from isolated cases to open attacks on christians and churches almost daily,all over the world.The stories,testimonies and facts presented in this blog have the objective of helping you to be more aware of this reality and the actual situation that many of our brothers and sisters are facing right now wherever they are in the world. (Matthew 5:10-12)

Monday, August 11, 2008

Aid plane crashes in Indonesia's Papua, one dead

JAYAPURA, Indonesia-An American pilot has died after his light plane delivering food aid in Indonesia's remote Papua province crashed, an official from the missionary organization said on Sunday.Contact with the plane was lost on Saturday in between the Taive and Nduduk districts, said Norbertus Tunyanan, aviation manager for the Association of Mission Aviation in Wamena, about 275 km (171 miles) southwest of the provincial capital Jayapura.He said initials reports indicated the pilot had died and rescuers were trying to reach the wreckage.Air transport is commonly used in Papua, Indonesia's easternmost province, where land travel is often impossible.

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSJAK23374020080810

As in the days of Noah...