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	<title>Jehovah's Witnesses: Watchtower Information Service</title>
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	<description>Start here to find out more about Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower Society.</description>
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		<title>Jehovah&#8217;s Witness pedophile walked free from court despite  one of his victims was a baby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A Jehovah’s Witness pedophile was spared prison despite admitting carrying out a string of sex attacks on young children. 
	Michael Porter, 38, used his trusted position as a ministerial servant to indulge his habits as a pedophile. One of his victims was an 18-month-old baby. 
	Jehovah’s Witness parents trusted him to look after their children, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/sexual-child-abuse/jehovah-s-witness-pedophile-walked-free-from-court-despite-one-of-his-victims-was-a-baby/</link>
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		<title>Watchtower Society settles sexual abuse cases to prevent victims from speaking out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	 Sixteen sexual abuse victims have settled nine lawsuits in which they said they were sexually abused as children by Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses members and leaders.
	Settlements were reached in late February and early March, according to court records obtained by Bill Bowen of SilentLambs.org.  Now with video of press conference!  Fourteen of the cases [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/sexual-child-abuse/watchtower-society-settles-sexual-abuse-cases-to-prevent-victims-from-speaking-out/</link>
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		<title>2006 Service Year Report of Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	 Worldwide membership and publishing statistics of Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses for the service year 2006
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	Country
	Population
	% increase over 2005 
	2006 peak Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses 
	Ratio one Jehovah&#8217;s Witness to 
	Number Baptised
	Total Hours Preaching 
	Average Bible Studies 
	Memorial Attendance 
	
	
	Alaska
	 663,661 
	 -1 
	 2,257 
	 294 
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		<link>http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/jws-vs-the-world/2006-service-year-report-of-jehovahs-witnesses/</link>
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		<title>Michael Jackson&#8217;s brother Jermaine confirms the possibility that Michael will convert to Islam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	In 2005 we already reported the possibility that Michael Jackson had decided to convert to Islam. Jermaine Jackson, Michael’s brother, who converted to Islam in 1989 said it is likely that Michael Jackson will convert to Islam. Jermaine said: &#8220;I think it is most probable that Michael will convert to Islam.&#8221; 
	&#8220;When I came back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/stories-biographies/michael-jacksons-brother-jermaine-confirms-the-possibility-that-michael-will-convert-to-islam/</link>
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		<title>Canadian internet petition calling to make it illegal to refuse a blood transfusion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Jean-Claude Lavoie, a 26 year old Canadian Jehovah’s Witness, died in December 2006 after refusing a blood transfusion while being treated for an intestinal tumour, the Canadian TQS television network reported.
	Former Jehovah’s Witness Jonathan Lavoie, Jean-Claude’s brother, has since launched an internet petition (written in French) calling on the federal government to make it illegal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.watchtowerinformationservice.org/index.php/blood/canadian-internet-petition-calling-to-make-it-illegal-to-refuse-a-blood-transfusion/</link>
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