* Story Highlights
    * Christian woman and her daughter-in-law's throats slit in their
home late Sunday
    * In nearby neighborhood in Kirkuk, gunmen shoot father and three
sons; one dies
    * Targeted by extremists, many of Iraq's 1 million Christians have
fled country

By Jomana Karadsheh
CNN

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two attacks on Christian families in the city of
Kirkuk on Sunday evening left three people dead and two others wounded,
police said.

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By HAMZA HENDAWI
The Associated Press
Sunday, April 26, 2009 1:19 PM

KHARIF, Yemen -- In this village in northern Yemen, where a kosher
butcher slaughters chickens and the school bus carries young boys in
side curls along a dirt track to their Hebrew studies, one of the oldest
Jewish communities in the Arab world is fighting for its survival.

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26 Apr 2009 08:50:19 GMT
Source: Reuters

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, April 26 (Reuters) - Four children and their
parents were killed in a grenade blast in Pakistan's restive northwest
on Sunday, a day after 12 children were killed by a bomb hidden in a
football.

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American Southern Bank of Georgia fails, bringing that state's tally to
10. The closure should cost the FDIC an estimated $41.9 million.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- American Southern Bank failed Friday,
bringing this year's total to 26, according to the government. The first
four months of this year have now seen more banks fail than all of 2008,
when 25 banks went bust.

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