http://www.assistnews.net The ASSIST NEWS SERVICE (ANS) provides a wide variety of national and international stories that goes to 2,600 media around the world. The news service is headed by veteran journalist Dan Wooding and has a string of experienced journalists and writers that include Michael Ireland, Mark Ellis, Jeremy Reynalds, Elizabeth Kendal, Rolland Baker, Bill Ellis, Maurice Rowlandson, Gordon Bailey, Herbert Eze, and many others. en-us http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050066.htm Pakistan Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that Muhammad Kamran isn’t sure who sent the men to beat him after his Muslim wife told both her family and his that he had become a Christian. http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050065.htm A stunning gala was held last Friday (May 11, 2012), in the Korean southern port city of Yeosu on the eve of a world exposition, with dignitaries present, heralding the start of the three-month fair. http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050064.htm Compass Direct News (CDN) is reporting that security agents in Sudan’s South Darfur state have closed down the Nyala offices of the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) and relief group Sudan Aid, sources said. http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050063.htm UK Churches are being encouraged to join in a “cascade of prayer and praise” during the 70 days of the Olympic Torch relay that starts from Lands End, Cornwall, on Saturday May 19, 2012. http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050062.htm Dear ANS friends: Norma and I send to your all our warmest greetings and thank you for all your kind prayers and support and we especially welcome our many new subscribers to ANS from Dick Innes’ Daily Encounter. We trust that you will both bles... http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050061.htm Five individuals associated with Teen Mania Ministries on board a flight to Acquire The Fire in Council Bluffs, Iowa were involved in a plane crash around 4:30 p.m. May 11. http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050059.htm A Ukrainian pastor says he believes that the series of explosions that occurred in Dnepropetrovsk on April, 27, 2012, could have been “politically motivated.” http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050058.htm A Pakistani Muslim man, along with two accomplices, allegedly abducted and raped a 13-year-old Christian girl on Thursday, March 29, 2012, according to her uncle,... http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050057.htm Last week my little corner of the country, mid-Michigan, made the news. Actually, after living here for five years, I still cannot describe the geography well. Some news-readers and weathermen describe the area as “central mid-Michigan,” or... http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050056.htm A group of eight Hollywood TV and film stars completed a week-long tour of Israel on Sunday (May 13, 2012) as guests of Israel s Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs. http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050055.htm The family of Southern California’s beloved Christian talk broadcaster, Rich Buhler, 65, who died in a local Orange County, California, hospital on Monday evening (May 7, 2012), have announced details of his funeral. http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12050054.htm With Mother’s Day on our minds, our thoughts obviously focus on “mom.” For this year’s celebration, let’s make sure that we do more than just buy mom a rose or two, take her out to dinner and go back to the way we’ve acted all year...