Adult Education Because the majority of the adult population is illiterate, the various governments are giving increased attention to adult education. In Nigeria, where the literacy rate is 20 percent for a population of 70 million, the government has established adult education centers in most villages and towns. Many men and women are availing themselves [...]

Keep on the Watch Followers bear Witness to Bible’s urgent message Published: 30 Dec 2009 Women enjoy each other’s company at the Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Keep on the Watch convention. Jehovah’s Witnesses had powerful reasons to rejoice at their 2009 Keep on the Watch! International Convention. They were delighted to note many in the community chose [...]

BY BILL MILLER, NICHOLAS SAKELARIS and SCOTT PRICE wmiller@star-telegram.com Police are hoping to examine the onboard computer from a 2008 Toyota Avalon to see if it contains information about why the car careened into a pond in Southlake, killing four people. The wreck happened about 11:20 a.m. Saturday when the car smashed through a fence [...]

Jehovah’s Witness claims police beating, interrogation and strip-search By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service Police in Azerbaijan’s northwestern district of Zakatala have refused to explain whether, and if so why, they beat a 71-year-old Jehovah’s Witness Lydia Suleimanova. She states that a beating from police left her requiring medical attention, and that police questioned [...]

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Who and what are affected by Russia’s Supreme Court ruling? TAGANROG, Russia—“Forty years ago, I became one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and for many years I have been member of Taganrog Congregation. I’ve raised my children in this community. Why would the Supreme Court of my country tell me that I cannot worship here?” Yevdokiya Gluschenko, [...]

How We Know We Are in “the Last Days” HOW can we be sure that we are living at the time when God’s Kingdom will take action against this present system of human rule? How can we know that we are very close to the time when God will bring an end to all wickedness [...]

Jehovah’s Witnesses From Official Media Web Site www.jw-media.org For Immediate Release December 8, 2009 (Russian) Russian Supreme Court rules against Jehovah’s Witnesses and religious freedom MOSCOW—On December 8, 2009, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation considered the appeal of a local congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and upheld the earlier lower court ruling to pronounce [...]

MOSCOW – Russia’s highest court on Tuesday upheld a ruling halting the activities of a regional branch of Jehovah’s Witnesses and banning dozens of its publications in what the group deplored as an unfair move. Russian Supreme Court spokesman Pavel Odintsov said it rejected the group’s appeal of September’s ruling by a regional court in [...]

Connecticut School Official Ban on Religious Symbols in Class Saturday, December 05, 2009 This”Happy Winter” just doesn’t have the same ring as Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukkah, but in one Connecticut elementary school, that’s about all you’ll see and hear this holiday season. Erik Brown, principal of Walsh Elementary School in Waterbury, Conn., has reportedly [...]