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Eritrea insists Ethiopia implements border ruling
Eritrea maintains its demand that Ethiopia implement a border ruling agreed under a pact to end their 1998-2000 war, a minister said on Wednesday after Ethiopia threatened to call off the peace agreement.
Brown urges UN action on Myanmar
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a United Nations Security Council meeting on Myanmar on Wednesday, vowing there would be "no impunity" for human rights violators in the country.
Churches Advertising Network launches Christmas 2007 campaign
This year's Christmas advertising campaign from the Churches Advertising Network (CAN) has been launched with the slogan 'Everyone Deserves a Chance'.
Wife denies Sentamu's appointment motivated by 'political correctness'
The wife of the Archbishop of York has rebutted any suggestions that her husband Dr John Sentamu's appointment in 2005 as the second-most senior member of the Church of England was motivated by "political correctness".
Time to end silence on abortion - Christian lawyers
Christians are being asked to join in a rally next month to demonstrate the opposition to abortion that remains 40 years after the Abortion Act was passed in Parliament in October 1967.
Human rights group: anti-christian hate campaigns fuel persecution in India
Hindu extremist groups have actively been campaigning against Christians in India for close to a decade, yet there is little the Indian Government has done to check what continues to fuel the country's worst incidents of religious persecution.
British Parliamentarians witness human rights atrocities on India-Burma border
Two British Parliamentarians returned last week from a historic visit to the India-Burma border with reports of gross human rights violations by Burma's military regime against the Chin people.
Poll: More Americans hold unfavourable view of Muslims
Public attitudes towards Muslims and Islam have grown more negative in the United States in recent years, according to a poll released Tuesday.
Episcopal Church agrees to halt pro-gay agenda
The Episcopal Church in the US has agreed to halt the ordination of any further gay clergy in efforts to prevent a schism in the worldwide Anglican Communion.
Charity concerned as free trade is used to defend internet gambling
Social policy charity CARE has called on the EU to do everything in its power to cooperate constructively with the US following its offer of compensation for trade loss resulting from the American ban on internet gambling.
Christian agencies take on Climate Change Bill
Christian agencies put climate chaos on the map and take on climate change bill.
Zimbabwe Says Mugabe to Attend EU Summit
President Robert Mugabe will attend an EU-Africa summit in Portugal in December despite a boycott threat by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Zimbabwe's information minister said on Tuesday.
Iran, IAEA Atomic Talks End, Meet Again Mid-Oct
An Iranian team and U.N. experts ended two days of talks in Tehran on Tuesday to try to clear up outstanding questions about Iran's nuclear programme and agreed to meet again in mid-October, an Iranian news agency reported.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids Protect Against Diabetes
A diet rich in fish and other sources of omega-3 fatty acids helped cut the risk that children with a family history of diabetes would develop the disease, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Most Zimbabweans in S.Africa Flee Repression
More Zimbabweans now in South Africa have fled to escape political repression than the economic crisis ravaging their homeland, a survey showed on Tuesday.
Eight More Ebola Cases in DRC, Mobile Labs Set Up
Eight more cases of the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the total to 17, a World Health Organisation official in Congo said on Tuesday.