Mobile phones are transforming the African continent, improving commerce but bringing spam.

The U.S. president is speaking to a select group of "future leaders" and students on the value of China, cooperation with the U.S., human rights. Meanwhile in Shanghai, Beijing and other parts of the country's dissidents and activists under house arrest or forced "vacation."

Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, Lord Aldgate, spoke at a gathering sponsored by Theos on November 4.

The tabernacle at a Catholic church was ransacked and desecrated.

A Confucius Institute, an official outlet for the Chinese communist government, opened at the University of Michigan. This is one of 60 such institutes in the U.S.

England is one of the countries most advanced in protecting children on the Internet by stopping kiddie porn. A bill that may be signed into law in the Philippines would also protect kids from exploitation by pornographers.

The Taliban issued a letter warning that Christians must convert to Islam, pay a head tax, or leave Pakistan. A Christian family was attacked for cleaving to their faith.