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Clinton campaign says she not conceding

Hillary Clinton will say on Tuesday night that her rival Barack Obama has enough delegates to secure the U.S. Democratic Party presidential nomination, the Associated Press reported, but the Clinton campaign said that she would not concede the nomination on Tuesday.

Britons too busy to peel oranges

Britons are too busy to eat oranges in their lunch breaks nowadays and are opting instead for "easy to peel" fruit like satsumas, according to a survey.

Demand for life-like dolls for 'adoption'

Their chests rise and fall and you can hear a tiny heartbeat, but these babies for sale over the Internet are not alive.

Denomination head 'saddened' by Obama's departure from church

The president of the United Church of Christ has expressed concern for the family of Barack Obama after the Democratic presidential candidate formally ended his 20-year membership at the Chicago church over the weekend.

Andrew Palau follows in father's footsteps in Romania

Eighteen years after his father, global evangelist Luis Palau, became the first person to openly share the Gospel in a post-Iron Curtain Romania, Andrew Palau brought one of the most ambitious outreaches ever staged in Eastern Europe to Bucharest this past week.

Church of Scotland: We can help fight climate change

Ground breaking church initiative offers huge potential to the Government's environmental credentials

Switchfoot's Foreman releases final chapter of solo EP series

Though he's just over 30, Jon Foreman's lyrics sound like words of wisdom from a man who has learned several lifetimes' worth of lessons.

Glass room to show face of youth homelessness

Volunteers will live in a glass room styled as a homeless hostel room this Thursday and Friday to show the public what the face of youth homelessness looks like.

Food summit blames trade barriers

The United Nations urged a summit on the global food crisis on Tuesday to help stop the spread of starvation threatening nearly 1 billion people by lowering trade barriers and removing export bans.

Home Secretary concessions on terrorism

The Home Secretary offered concessions on Tuesday to try to save Prime Minister Gordon Brown from a parliamentary defeat over plans to extend the time limit for holding terrorism suspects without charge.

Aid groups to press Myanmar on evictions

Foreign aid groups pressed Myanmar on Tuesday to stop closing cyclone relief camps as international experts kicked off a mission to pin down the scale of the devastation a month after the storm.

Fishermen protest over fuel prices

Scores of fishermen, supported by French and Belgian colleagues, protested in London on Tuesday over high fuel prices they say are crippling their businesses.

Call for debt payment moratorium on food crisis countries

Campaigners urge immediate cancellation of debt for Haiti and afflicted countries

BMS celebrates new mission centre in Kolkata

Mission in Kolkata took a fresh leap forward last Saturday with the opening of a brand new BMS World Mission centre that will train and release thousands of Christians into mission in the region.

Bishop clarifies Fritzl climate change comments

Bishop of Stafford denies media reports that he likened climate change deniers to paedophiles.

Modernity meets monasticism in Egypt's desert

A speck of green in a sea of sand, St Anthony's Monastery in Egypt welcomes those seeking God in silence broken only by the whisper of the wind.