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Qaeda video berates Saudi king over faith dialogue
An al Qaeda leader has accused Saudi Arabia in an Internet video of giving in to Islam's Western enemies by calling for moderation and a dialogue with Jews and Christians.
Burma aid is reaching needy, aid agencies insist
Christian aid agencies are urging people not to be dissuaded from giving to Burma aid appeals, despite headlines highlighting the Burmese Government's reluctance to let in foreign aid.
New International Programme Director for Langham Scholars
Langham Partnership International (LPI) and its US branch, John Stott Ministries, have announced Steve Hardy as the new International Programme Director of Langham Scholars.
Hindu nationalists attack nuns in India
Nuns assaulted by Hindu nationalists in Madhya Pradesh convent in India.
Steven Curtis Chapman loses youngest daughter in driveway accident
Christians the world over have been expressing their sympathy for Grammy Award-winning singer Steven Curtis Chapman after his 5-year-old daughter was killed in an accident on the family's driveway on Wednesday.
Christians vow to continue pro-life campaign
The defeat in Parliament on Tuesday for a reduction to the upper limit for abortion has only spurred Christians to work harder for the protection of the unborn child.
Glasgow Christians, Muslims renovate places of worship
A special project is due to conclude on Friday that has not only brought two of Glasgow's faith communities together, but demonstrated that they can co-exist happily alongside one another and work together for a common cause.
U.N.'s Ban says junta to admit
Myanmar's Senior General Than Shwe agreed on Friday to let in "all" aid workers to help the 2.4 million survivors of Cyclone Nargis, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said after meeting him.
Rains threaten quake lake disaster
The onset of the rainy season threatens to swell dangerous "quake lakes" and compound the difficulties of reconstruction after China's worst earthquake in decades.
South Africa migrant attacks spread
Anti-immigrant violence has spread to South Africa's second largest city, Cape Town, where mobs attacked Somalis and Zimbabweans and looted their homes and shops, police said on Friday.
Medvedev seeks assurances in China
New Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives in Beijing on Friday, offering energy deals and military cooperation but seeking pledges of solidarity with resurgent China at a time when ties with the West are strained.
Indian political party fights back with fast food
A political party in Mumbai best known for its anti-immigrant rhetoric has decided to launch its own chain of fast food stands, but with an ideological flavour that could stick in some throats.
Israel sets demands in new Syrian peace track
Israel set terms for concluding a peace deal with Syria on Thursday, closing ranks with Washington in demanding Damascus distance itself from Iran and stop supporting Palestinian and Lebanese militants.
Rice warns of more U.S. sanctions on Iran
The United States will aggressively impose more sanctions on Iran as long as it refuses to give up sensitive nuclear work and uses the world's financial system for "terrorism," U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.
Bus crash in France kills six tourists
Six Moroccan tourists died and seven were severely injured when the bus they were travelling in crashed on Friday into the support pillar of a highway overpass in central France, a police official said.
Chile flooding kills five
Heavy rains and flooding have killed five people and forced about 13,000 from their homes in south-central Chile, some evacuated after rivers swelled and burst their banks, the government said on Thursday.