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Amazed named Female Group of the Year
Two-time Diamond Award Duet of the Year winners Amazed added another award to their ever-increasing resumé. The up and coming duo was awarded their first Female Group of the Year award at the SGN Music Awards earlier this week.
Luv Esther takes to stage at Pentecost Festival
Christians from around the country are being invited to join a massive weekend party across Central London on 9-11 May 2008 - the Pentecost Festival.
Choirboy abuse victim to launch autobiography at CRE
As a 10-year-old in a council-run children's home, John Affleck spent more than two years being abused by a ring of paedophiles.
Back to Church Sunday launches in Portsmouth Diocese
Worshippers across south-east Hampshire and the Isle of Wight will invite their friends to come back to church this September.
Send a Cow celebrate 20 years of passing on hope
If we all passed on a little of what we have, the world would be very different. That's the message from Send a Cow, which is celebrating 20 years of passing on hope in Africa this year.
US lawmakers want Olympic opening ceremony boycott
Conservative and liberal members of Congress banded together on Thursday to urge a US government boycott of the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in China, accusing Beijing of gross human rights violations.
Hundreds of thousands without shelter in Burma
Hundreds of thousands of people have been left without shelter and drinking water in military-ruled Burma after a devastating cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta, a United Nations official said on Monday.
Bolivia's richest region votes 'yes' on autonomy
Bolivia's richest region of Santa Cruz voted overwhelmingly for autonomy on Sunday in a referendum widely seen as a rejection of President Evo Morales' leftist reforms, exit polls showed.
Yemen army warns rebels to heed truce
Yemen's army has warned rebels led by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi that it will move to subdue them if they fail to implement a truce brought to the verge of collapse by a mosque bombing and days of clashes.
Turkish PM reportedly to form new party if AKP closed
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan will form a new party if his ruling AK Party is closed down by the Constitutional Court for Islamist activities, local media reported on Monday.
Three children killed by blast in Afghan capital
Three children were killed in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Monday by an explosion of ordnance left over from in the country's long civil war, the Interior Ministry said.
WHO says child-killing virus no threat to Olympics
A virus that has killed 25 children and infected thousands across China will not threaten Beijing's Olympic Games in August, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in comments published on Monday.
Malaysia drops idea of travel restriction for women
Malaysia's home ministry rejected on Monday a proposal to impose restrictions on women travelling overseas on their own following an outcry from women's groups.
Manila scraps rice purchases
The Philippines scrapped its largest rice tender of the year on Monday and said it preferred to hold back importing until prices fall, sending a signal to world grain markets that rice prices might have peaked.
At least 16 people killed in Mexican massacres
Heavily armed men killed at least 16 people, all members of a ranchers' association, in two different massacres in southern Mexico over the weekend, Mexican media said on Sunday.
World can reach climate change deal in 2009 - UN
The world can reach a significant new climate change pact by the end of 2009 if current talks keep up their momentum, the head of the United Nations climate panel said on Sunday.