The judge presiding in the case of Martha Samuel Makkar, an Egyptian who sued for official recognition of her conversion from Islam to Christianity, stated that he wanted to kill her, according to her lawyer.
Attorney Nadia Tawfiq said Judge Abdelaa Hashem questioned Makkar extensively about her Christian faith during the hearing. Makkar, charged with forging [...]

Everyone’s favourite branch of the federal government, Canada Revenue Agency, has uploaded to YouTube videos in both official languages advertising their video production contest. That’s right: The CRA brains trust has made videos asking Canadians to make videos about the badness of the underground economy and how it threatens our way of government life.
People [...]

Two million fewer pints of beer sold every day as pubs suffer in recession — London Telegraph, 27 Jan.

ChinaAid reports that the wife of a Chinese house church leader sentenced to prison camp last month has filed a motion to dismiss the chief justice of a district court for refusing to consider her husband’s administrative lawsuit.  The motion claims that the court committed three legal errors in its handling of the case.
Tong Houyong [...]

The collect for today, the Feast of St John Chrysostom (347-407), Preacher, Doctor of the Church, Archbishop of Constantinople (source):
O God, who didst give to thy servant John Chrysostom grace eloquently to proclaim thy righteousness in the great congregation, and fearlessly to bear reproach for the honor of thy Name: Mercifully grant to all bishops [...]