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Zimbabwe urges neighbours to stop taking teachers
President Robert Mugabe's government will ask neighbouring countries to stop "poaching" Zimbabwean teachers, it said on Thursday.
London suicide bomb plot suspect pleads guilty
An African man pleaded guilty on Friday to helping to plot al Qaeda-inspired botched suicide bombings on London's transport system on July 21, 2005.
Honest discussions on unity at Global Christian Forum
Christians from across a broad range of denominations and traditions have been in Nairobi, Kenya, this week to discuss the challenges and opportunities for Christian unity.
BBC, CNN disappear in Pakistan as Bhutto detained
International television news channels BBC and CNN went off the air in Pakistan again on Friday as opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was placed under house arrest ahead of a protest rally.
Britain spared major flooding as tide recedes
Britain's east coast was spared massive flooding on Friday as tides receded after peaking about 20 cm (8 inches) below levels that had been feared.
AIDS vaccines experts confused, dismayed
AIDS vaccine researchers are worried about the future of their field after learning an experimental HIV vaccine not only does not work, but just might make recipients more susceptible to infection with the AIDS virus.
WHO warns TB disaster possible without action
The world is at risk of a tuberculosis crisis if killer drug-resistant strains of the disease are not contained, a senior World Health Organisation official warned on Thursday.
Hope flickers in Burma as Suu Kyi meets her party
Detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi thinks there may have been a change of heart within the junta on political reform after September's bloody crackdown on democracy protests, her party said on Friday.
Suspects in UK student's murder kept in custody in Italy
Three suspects in the murder of a female English student in the Italian university town of Perugia, including the girl's American flatmate, were remanded in custody on Friday, judicial sources said.
Southern Baptist agency suspends trustee
Trustees of a US Southern Baptist Convention agency voted in a closed door session to censure a trustee for violating several adopted policies in their code of conduct.
Lending competition eases post Northern Rock crisis
Competition among lenders in Britain's mortgage market has eased since a crisis at Northern Rock two months ago, lifting margins after a period of prolonged erosion, the head of Yorkshire and Clydesdale Banks said.
Steven Curtis Chapman's 16th album 'among the best'
Multi-platinum, Grammy-winning Christian artist Steven Curtis Chapman celebrated the US release of his 16th album last week.
Indian evangelist killed, sacrificed for Hindu 'Goddess'
An evangelist in the North Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was killed by Hindu priests suspected of seeking human sacrifices for a Hindu "goddess" in the latest in a series of attacks against Christians in the country.
Global Christian Forum told 'Church unity is like riding a bike'
"Church unity is like riding a bicycle. We will fall unless we go forward." This affirmation was posed as a challenge by Korean missiologist Wonsuk Ma to participants at the Global Christian Forum taking place on 6-9 November in Limuru, near Nairobi, Kenya.
Save Canterbury Cathedral Appeal reaches £7million
A little over a year since it was publicly launched, the Save Canterbury Cathedral Appeal has raised over £7 million. The appeal was launched to fund an extensive conservation and development programme for the Cathedral.
Founder of British Samaritans suicide hotline dies
Chad Varah, founder of the Samaritans offering the world's first telephone hotline for those considering suicide, has died peacefully at the age of 95, his family said on Thursday.