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The Christians who gathered in that house church are a handful of the millions of believers from North Africa to North Korea who gather every Sunday to worship Christ despite persecution.

Worshippers had gathered there for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

In this process, large molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids separate and gather into droplet-like regions inside the cell, creating small reaction hubs where important biochemical reactions take place.

Outside the court in Tunis, more than a dozen people gathered to demand the defendants' release.

In a sign of the pressures around the issue, the proposal was voted on by secret ballot, a relatively uncommon procedure at the gathering, with nearly 75 percent of votes against.