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Kirk welcomes children's march against sectarianism
Church of Scotland praises Glasgow schools' anti-sectarianism march.
Church scholar to examine brutal history between church and state
A Church of Scotland will offer her own insight into the sometimes "brutal" history of Church-state relations at this year's Chalmers Lectures.
Barnabas praying for Christians in Nigeria
Barnabas Fund is praying this month for Christians in Nigeria after they were badly hit in last month's anti-Christian rioting in Kano State.
Brown rules out early UK vote as his lead vanishes
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ruled out an early election on Saturday in what the opposition Conservatives called a humiliating retreat after polls showed his lead over them had evaporated.
EU says Turkey must improve freedom of speech
Turkey must move ahead with laws ensuring freedoms of religion and expression and prosecuting writers for criticising Turkish identity is unacceptable, a senior EU official told Turkish television.
Iran says French call for EU sanctions illegal
Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday France's call for EU sanctions against Tehran outside of the U.N. framework was illegal and the Islamic Republic would not back away from its nuclear ambitions.
US Religious Right support up for Republican grabs
Broad support from U.S. religious conservatives remains an elusive prize for the top Republican candidates in the White House race and there is even talk of a third party candidate to fly the right's flag.
Myanmar protest in London, Asia fails to spark
Some 1,500 people marched through central London on Saturday after a global day of demonstrations against Myanmar's violent suppression of pro-democracy protests failed to spark in Asia.
Iran has 43 cholera cases near Iraq
Iran said on Saturday it had 43 cholera cases, four times more than previously announced, and added they were mostly near Iraq where there has been an outbreak of the disease, an Iranian news agency reported.
Emergingculture presents Gospel message at first Annual '/gathering'
'emergingculture', an initiative which is part of the Share Jesus family existing to communicate the message of Jesus, is hoping to gather teens, students and young men at Raynes Park for a four day event in October focusing on teaching, mission and worship.
UN says Panama mystery disease is malnutrition
The U.N. has dismissed Panama's claims it is fighting a mystery respiratory illness that has killed at least 10 people, saying the deaths are linked to malnutrition.
Myanmar door ajar to junta-Suu Kyi talks
The door to talks between Myanmar's ruling generals and detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi appeared to be ajar on Saturday as Western powers piled pressure on the regime to begin a dialogue with the opposition.
Pakistan's Musharraf sweeps vote, victory hangs on court
Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf swept the most votes in a presidential election on Saturday but he has to wait for the Supreme Court to confirm the legality of his bid before he can be declared winner.
Belly fat, weight cycling ups kidney cancer risk
Postmenopausal women who are overweight or obese appear to have a greater risk of developing, renal cell carcinoma, a common form of kidney cancer, and study findings suggest that a larger waist girth and a history of weight loss and regain further increase this risk.
Canada grants patent waiver for Rwanda AIDS drug
Canada has authorised a company to make a generic version of a patented AIDS therapy drug for export to Rwanda, in the first case of a patent waiver under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules.
British lawmakers call for ID fraud tsar
A cross-party group of lawmakers called on the government on Saturday to create an "identity fraud tsar" to tackle a growing crime that is estimated to cost Britain 1.7 billion pounds a year.