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I have good news, and bad news. First the good news, from Psalm 33: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.” Now the bad news: God is not pleased with the United States of America. Almighty God is no longer Lord of our nation.

School health services in the small Swedish city of Norrköping have found 60 cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) among schoolgirls since March, with evidence of mutilation found in all 30 girls in one class, 28 of the most severe form. In Sweden, where the EU’s Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) says that FGM “is considered to be a serious problem,” the law enables genital examination of children to be carried out without parents’ consent. ... FGM became widespread in Sweden in the early and mid-1990s with the influx of Somali migrants

US to expedite resettling of Bhutanese refugees United States is set to expedite the processes of resettling the Bhutanese refugees in America with its plan to establish offices in Nepal for the purpose soon, State Department officials have said. Lawrence Bartlett and Janice S Belz, two US State Department officials on a visit to Nepal, said Washington is planning to set up offices in Kathmandu and Jhapa district in July in order to expedite the processes of resettling Bhutanese refugees in the US. "There is no limit to the number of the refugees willing to go to the US," Bartlett...

A White House plan devised with Republican senators would grant work visas to undocumented immigrants but require them to return home and pay hefty fines to become legal U.S. residents. The draft immigration legislation is the first stab ... to address the presence of 11 million to 12 million illegal immigrants ... Under the plan, undocumented workers could apply for three-year work visas, which the plan dubs "Z" visas. They would be renewable indefinitely but renewal would cost $3,500 each time. The undocumented workers would have legal status with the visas, but to get a green card, making them legal...