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Jos massacre: 387 bodies given mass burial (allAfrica)
Remembering the heartbreaking human cost of Nigeria's seemingly unending cycle of violence and retribution
Read more >     :: 3/9/2010 ::
Nigeria told to take action after Jos killings (Guardian)
Human rights groups press for action and prosecution of perpetrators of latest massacres
Read more >     :: 3/9/2010 ::
US missionary released on Haiti kidnap charge (Guardian)
Latest on the controversy of Baptist missionaries supposedly trying to take Haitian children out of the country
Read more >     :: 3/9/2010 ::
"Face to face with Satan in Jos"
While we're not sure about The Times's report on the Jos massacre at the weekend, Ruth Geldhill has more from Archbishop Kwashi
Read more >     :: 3/9/2010 ::
US TV personality tells Christian viewers "social justice = Nazism"
It's a scary world... Fox 'News' personality tells viewers to leave churches with a commitment to "social justice"
Read more >     :: 3/9/2010 ::
Afghan conflict masks preventable child deaths (Reuters)
The world is ignoring the daily deaths of more than 850 Afghan children from treatable diseases like diarrhoea and pneumonia, focusing on fighting the insurgency rather than providing humanitarian relief, Save the Children said on Wednesday...
Read more >     :: 3/5/2010 ::
Chile quake reconstruction 'to take up to four years' (BBC)
Chile's reconstruction will take "three to four years" as the country recovers from the earthquake that killed some 800 people, its president has said.
Read more >     :: 3/5/2010 ::
Muslim scholar demolishes religious justifications for terror and violence (Ekklesia)
"Violence is violence. It has no place in Islamic teaching", says a leading Muslim scholar in a fatwa, an extended religiously-based argument, directed at those who justify hatred and terror in the name of faith.
Read more >     :: 3/5/2010 ::
Lenten prayers from around the world - Colombia (MCC)
The strong tradition of Colombia’s Anabaptist community is that prayer comes from the heart at the time.
Read more >     :: 3/5/2010 ::
Iranian pastor has visible marks of torture, says Wife (Christian Post)
Intelligence officials told her that her husband is “awaiting his trial and his death sentence,” reported FCNN on Thursday. Issavi is accused of converting Muslims to Christianity and performing their baptisms.
Read more >     :: 3/5/2010 ::
Archbishop celebrates uniqueness of Christ (Christian Today)
Simple and profound address by the Archbishop of Canterbury on the uniqueness of Christ and how that can help dialogue with other faiths.
Read more >     :: 3/4/2010 ::
Orissa victims' lives still marred says Archbishop (AICC)
Many displaced by 2008 violence still live in makeshift shanties and have had no compensation, says Indian Archbishop
Read more >     :: 3/4/2010 ::
A synagogue in Cairo
Look at the 'secret' restoration of a Jewsih part of Egypt's heritage
Read more >     :: 3/4/2010 ::
Philippines bishops warn against govt condom campaign (CNA)
"Condoms create false sense of security" say Catholic bishops in the Philippines as its government launches a campaign to promote their use in the fight against AIDS
Read more >     :: 3/4/2010 ::
Christian believers brutally attacked by Hindu radicals in India (ANS)
Two Christian believers in Karwar were brutally attacked recently. They suffered severe head injuries and broken limbs in the assault.
Read more >     :: 3/3/2010 ::
Same-sex 'marriage' in Mexico will create climate of cultural permissiveness, bishop warns (CNA)
Archbishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago of Leon, Mexico has stated his opposition to same-sex ''marriage” in Mexico City, not only because it goes against the dignity of the family, but also due to the legislation's “repercussions” on socie...
Read more >     :: 3/3/2010 ::
Chile steps up search for victims in quake-hit areas (Reuters)
Chilean rescue crews fanned out with sniffer dogs on Wednesday around quake-ravaged cities and villages hoping to find survivors.
Read more >     :: 3/3/2010 ::
Good leadership is based on spiritual values, says Archbishop of Wales (Christian Today)
Good business leaders are those who put spiritual values at the heart of their organisations, the Archbishop of Wales has said.
Read more >     :: 3/3/2010 ::
Islamic radicals 'infiltrate' the Labour Party (Telegraph)
A Labour minister says his party has been infiltrated by a fundamentalist Muslim group that wants to create an “Islamic social and political order” in Britain.
Read more >     :: 3/3/2010 ::
Chile earthquale experiences (BBC)
Eyewitness accounts of Chile's quake collected on the BBC website
Read more >     :: 3/1/2010 ::
Breakaway Anglicans set sights on 1,000 church plants (Christian Today)
Conservative Anglicans, who began their own church less than a year ago, are moving with greater momentum to answer the call of planting 1,000 churches. The Church of England has acknowledged the new province.
Read more >     :: 2/26/2010 ::
Darfur rebels say attacked by army, war not over (Reuters)
A Darfur rebel group accused the Sudanese army on Thursday of attacking its positions on the same day that the president declared the Darfur war over, and aid workers said 100,000 people had fled the surge of fighting.
Read more >     :: 2/26/2010 ::
Bangladesh: Military against Christians in Baghaichhari, three churches on fire, thousands flee (AsiaNews)
Soldiers beat up people and set fire to three churches, a Buddhist pagoda and 41 homes.
Read more >     :: 2/26/2010 ::
Instability in Sri Lanka makes waves (MNN)
The latest tinder to the fire is the decision to have defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka stand in April's parliamentary polls, where sources say he will likely head up a new opposition alliance.
Read more >     :: 2/26/2010 ::
Gaddafi calls for jihad against Switzerland (Guardian)
Libyan leader labels Switzerland an infidel state, escalating vendetta against country.
Read more >     :: 2/26/2010 ::
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