The Seattle Times: Oregon woman is prime suspect in unsolved UW arson, feds say

"A 28-year-old Portland woman is considered a prime suspect in two of the nation's most destructive acts of environmental sabotage, including the 2001 arson that destroyed the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture and a $12 million fire at a ski resort in Colorado, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Oregon."

"Chelsea D. Gerlach, who also goes by the name "Country Girl," is in custody in Oregon following her arrest last week for allegedly helping to topple an electricity transmission tower and for acting as a lookout in a meat company arson."

WorldNetDaily: Family of missing American to sue Syria

JERUSALEM – "The father of an American-born Israeli soldier who was captured by Syrian forces 23 years ago and has been petitioning for his son's release ever since is filing a lawsuit against the Syrian government for abduction and illegal imprisonment, WND has learned. The lawsuit follows the release of new information indicating Zachary Baumel, captured in Lebanon in 1982, is being held in Syria, and comes after several failed attempts by Baumel's father, Yona, to appeal directly to Syrian President Bashar Assad."

WorldNetDaily: 3 Christians face execution

"Three Christian men in Indonesia who claim they were falsely accused of murder during attacks by radical Muslims face execution after being denied clemency by the Asian nation's president."

WorldNetDaily: 51 terror suspects nabbed trying to enter U.S. illegally

"At least 51 people who crossed the border illegally have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism since such tracking began 14 months ago, according to figures released to Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., by the Department of Homeland Security."

WorldNetDaily: Islamists call for elimination of Christians

"Militant Islamists in Pakistan have called for the elimination of Christians and the public hanging of a Christian accused of blasphemy."

WorldNetDaily: 29 Chinese Christians arrested

"Just two weeks before Christmas, the Chinese government yesterday arrested 29 Christians for holding an "illegal religious gathering. According to the China Aid Association, citing eyewitness reports, 40 law enforcement officers with eight police vehicles raided a house church leadership meeting at Xiapigang Village in China's Henan Province. Some 100 major church leaders from Henan and Anhui were gathered at a believer's house, discussing how the house churches could help a large group of peasants who had contracted AIDS. That area is widely known as "the AIDS Disaster Area" because many peasants became infected when they sold their blood to local blood centers contaminated with the AIDS virus."

Telegraph | News | Chinese police kill 20 villagers in row over land seizures

"Chinese security forces yesterday sealed off a village where police shot dead up to 20 people in what is believed to be the most lethal use of force by authorities against their own people since the Tiananmen Square massacre. Days after reports of the shooting leaked out, Beijing finally confirmed that police had opened fire last Tuesday on villagers protesting against their land being seized."

Study: Illegal Immigrants Not Drawn by Jobs

"There's one very clear finding and that's that unemployment per se is not a very large factor in determining whether people migrate or not," Suro said. "This is not a flow of people without jobs. Unemployment is not pushing people out. . . . "

WorldNetDaily: China destroys church building

"Sixteen nuns suffered severe wounds, including eye injuries and broken legs."