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Chad's Deby says 700 killed in rebel attack
Fighting triggered by a rebel assault on Chad's capital N'Djamena last month killed some 700 people, President Idriss Deby said in comments broadcast on Thursday.
Nicaragua breaks Colombia ties, widens crisis
Nicaragua broke off diplomatic ties with Colombia on Thursday, widening a Latin American crisis over a raid by Colombia on a rebel camp inside Ecuador last Saturday.
Chancellor's departments 'fail to lead by example'
The Treasury department has not given value for money and has failed to set an example for other sections of government, a landmark parliamentary report said on Friday.
Government pulls plug on bottled water
Bottles of water will no longer be served at government meetings under a "tap water only" policy announced on Thursday to protect the environment.
Drug test laws to be tightened
The government is to strengthen the law on disclosing drug trial results following a four-year inquiry into GlaxoSmithKline's delay in reporting data linking its antidepressant Seroxat to suicide risk in teenagers.
Why waiting for the bus is nothing like waiting for the Bible...
Bible Society's Claire Smith on the painstaking work of translating God's Word into the more than 3,000 languages still waiting for their first copy of the Bible.
Vatican, Muslims, to establish permanent dialogue
The Vatican and Muslim leaders agreed on Wednesday to establish a permanent official dialogue to improve often difficult relations and heal wounds still open from a controversial papal speech in 2006.
Gaza humanitarian situation worst since 1967, warns new report
Poverty and unemployment up, hospitals suffering 12 hours a day power cuts, water and sewage system close to collapse, warns new report.
Bishop of Aberdeen says church growth is possible
The Rt Rev Bob Gillies believes that congregations should be thinking about church growth instead of coping with decline.
Oldham Christians live for a week as refused asylum seekers
Christians on Oldham are attempting to live on £6.50 for food and £3.50 for transport for one week to highlight the plight of asylum seekers in the UK as part of the nationwide Endurance Challenge.
Big success for Scripture Union's 'The Big Bible Storybook'
Scripture Union's The Big Bible Storybook named Children's Book of the Year at this year's Christian Booksellers' Convention Awards.
Bethlehem: a living symbol of the despair that scars Israel and Palestine
O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie? The little town of Bethlehem is a place that is neither still nor peaceful.
Gaza humanitarian crisis worst since '67
Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip has created the worst humanitarian crisis since the Israeli occupation began in 1967, aid and rights groups said on Thursday.
Kenya's peace deal faces test in parliament
Kenya's peace deal faces its first test on Thursday when it comes before the divided and unruly parliament, which must ratify the pact aimed at ending a bloody post-election crisis.
Palestinians and Israel to resume peace talks
Israel and the Palestinians may resume peace talks this week, Israeli media reported on Thursday, but progress looked set to hinge on stemming bloodshed in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
Colombia takes more heat from Latin America left
Latin America's leftist leaders heaped more criticism on Colombia, leaving it increasingly isolated on Thursday in a crisis that has threatened political stability in the Andes.