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Search for families after China quake bitter
Yang Jianbo and Chen Xiaolin scour printouts taped on a wall at a sports arena listing thousands of earthquake survivors who have been accounted for, then turn and walk slowly away.
Burma pressed to accept aid
Aid was trickling in on Sunday to an estimated 2.5 million people left destitute by Cyclone Nargis in Burma's Irrawaddy delta as more foreign envoys tried to get the junta to admit large-scale international relief.
Bush and Pakistan's Gilani pledge to fight terror
U.S. President George W. Bush and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday pledged to fight terrorism with strong relations between the two nations in the aftermath of elections that seated new leaders in Islamabad.
India to resume Pakistan peace talks
India's foreign minister travels to Pakistan this week for his first meeting with leaders of a new civilian government and to review a peace process that has been in the doldrums for more than a year.
Lebanese leaders tackle core issues at Qatar talks
Rival leaders tackled divisive issues at the heart of Lebanon's political crisis on Saturday at Qatari-mediated talks aimed at pulling their country back from the brink of civil war.
Aftershocks rock China as toll rises
Police tried to stop anguished relatives from streaming into one of the worst affected areas of China's massive earthquake on Sunday, as another strong aftershock hit the area and the death toll neared 30,000.
Church must think carefully before partnering with government - Theos
Jim Wallis, author, social activist and faith adviser to the Prime Minister, has backed the conclusions of a new Theos report published on Saturday arguing that the church must think carefully before partnering with government.
CAFOD mourns death of founding member
Catholic aid agency CAFOD has expressed its great sadness at the death of one of its founding members, Jacqueline Stuyt, who has passed away at the age of 88.
Brown sets out vision for 'single moral universe'
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has unveiled his vision for a global humanity united under a common "moral sense".
Mission starts with love, says evangelist
Mission in post-modern Britain must begin with sharing, caring and demonstrating more love, says evangelist Laurence Singlehurst, of Cell UK.
Churches need 'Kingdom DNA', says Bishop of Bristol
Bishop of Bristol tells churches to have the DNA of the Kingdom, set a clear vision and persevere on the path to change and growth.
Brown condemns Burma's cyclone response as 'inhuman'
Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned Burma for not allowing the international community to supply aid to its cyclone victims and said the junta must be held accountable for this "inhuman" response.
Report says one-in-10 will need social housing
Almost one in 10 people in England and Wales could be on the waiting list for social housing by 2010 due to a spike in repossessions and a slump in private house building and mortgage offers, a report warned on Friday.
Bank restates no upper limit on mortgage swap plan
The Bank of England reiterated on Friday its mortgage swap plan has no upper limit and refused to forecast any final total after media said banks could exchange assets worth well above the estimate of initial demand.
Thousands flee as China lake bank feared broken
A Chinese county near the epicentre of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake was ordered to evacuate on Saturday amid fears a lake had burst its banks, prompting thousands to flee to the hills to escape possible flooding.
Burma death toll soars as diplomats tour delta
Burma's junta took diplomats on a tour of the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy delta on Saturday as its toll of dead and missing soared above 133,000 people, making Cyclone Nargis one of the most devastating ever to hit Asia.