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Rick Warren joins 1,700 church leaders for launch of Peace Coalition
Over 1,700 leading pastors, business and Christian institutional leaders from 39 countries gathered in Lake Forest, California, to create The PEACE Coalition, a new international alliance of churches, businesses, ministries, universities, and other institutions.
Mission Aviation Fellowship aircraft on standby to help in Burma devastation
Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) aircraft are on standby to fly to Burma to speed help to those affected in the wake of the destructive cyclone.
Pope urged to act on autism after Minnesota church ban
Autism campaigners are calling on Pope Bendict to act on autism in the wake of a church ban on a 13-year-old boy with autism in Bertha, Minnesota in the US.
Chickens bring in cash for church roof
A Herefordshire vicar has introduced a hen run into the rectory garden to raise funds for the church roof.
Wales is taking a moral lead on asylum seekers' healthcare, says Archbishop
The Archbishop of Wales praised the Welsh Health Minister's decision last week to allow free health care for failed asylum seekers.
Irish bishops call for cluster bomb ban
The Irish Catholic Bishops' Commission for Justice and Social Affairs, and Trócaire, the overseas development agency of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland, have called for a total ban on cluster bombs.
How should Christians cope with the loss of a family member?
As Christians respond with prayers and condolences after the sudden death of Maria Chapman - the adopted daughter of Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman - in a car accident last Wednesday, many Christian families in the US have been left wondering how any family, even their own, can best cope in such a tragic situation.
Jim Wallis: Faith succeeding where politics has failed
In an era of broken politics and bad religion, faith is making a serious comeback as a force for social change, believes prolific Christian author and speaker Jim Wallis.
Spacecraft lands at Mars north pole
A small science probe blazed through the salmon-coloured skies of Mars on Sunday, touching down on a frozen desert at the planet's north pole to search for water and assess conditions for sustaining life, NASA officials said.
Colombia quake victims huddle in shelters
Hundreds of Colombians huddled in makeshift shelters on Sunday afraid to go home a day after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake damaged scores of homes and triggered landslides killing at least 11 people.
Protests banned as Nepal scraps monarchy
Nepal has banned demonstrations in and around the royal palace and King Gyanendra's private home in Kathmandu, fearing trouble two days before a special assembly is due to formally abolish 239-year-old monarchy.
Tibet leg of Olympic torch relay cut
The Beijing Olympic flame will spend just one day in Tibet next month rather that the three days originally scheduled, an official with the torch relay department of the Beijing Organising Committee said on Monday.
Haitian president makes friend Prime Minister
Haitian President Rene Preval nominated his longtime friend and adviser Robert Manuel on Sunday to become prime minister of the impoverished Caribbean nation, where the previous government was toppled by food riots in April.
Tornado storms kill at least seven in US Midwest
At least seven people were killed on Sunday by tornadoes and violent thunderstorms spawned by a powerful spring storm system that moved across the United States' midsection, authorities said.
Tributes pour in for stabbed teenage actor
Tributes poured in on Sunday for a teenage actor who was stabbed to death during a fight outside a pub that left three other men with serious knife wounds.
More anti-smoking measures planned
The government is considering a ban on cigarette vending machines, removing cigarettes from display in shops and outlawing the sale of packets of 10, health minister Alan Johnson said on Sunday.