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Story number 3 for 12 Oct 2000

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Parliamentary elections are in the final stage of being counted in Sri Lanka. Suspicion and fear of fraud hang like clouds over the polls where Tamils cast their votes earlier this week. According to Back to the Bible, many people fear more violence will erupt after the results are confirmed and announced. Back to the Bible’s Sri Lankan ministry team members are asking that Christians pray for the area as they continue to bring the hope of Jesus Christ to this war-weary region.

Story number 4 for 12 Oct 2000

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Elsewhere, Trans World Radio began broadcasting for the first time to Haiti in the Creole language. This has been a longtime dream of TWR to air programs to this troubled nation. The daily 30-minute Creole program–a translated and adapted version of the popular Thru the Bible broadcast in English–is beamed from TWR’s Bonaire transmitting site. Plans are in place to air this program elsewhere in Haiti, in the Caribbean, and possibly Miami, where more than 300,000 ex-patriate Haitians live.