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Egypt Hampers Israeli Rescue Efforts
October 2004

Excerpt:
One witness present at the bombing of the Taba Hilton who arrived at the Israeli border by foot told Israel's Channel 2: "People are lying on the ground, bleeding - the Egyptians are doing nothing - they are not offering medical treatment and I saw them with my own eyes preventing our ambulances from arriving at the scene." ...At 2:30 AM reports of untreated injured Israelis stranded in Egypt continued.

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Concern Mounts for Jailed Iranian Christian
October 2004

Excerpt:
a pastor arrested four weeks ago by the Iranian security police. Iranian authorities have refused to give any reason for the arrest and prolonged detention of Hamid Pourmand, 47, a lay pastor in the Assemblies of God Church. No one has been allowed contact with Pourmand since September 9, when he was arrested along with 85 other evangelical church leaders.