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BMS World Mission Supports Baptists in Peru Earthquake Disaster
A BMS World Mission worker is bolstering Baptist relief efforts in quake-hit southern Peru as aid groups struggle to bring relief in the chaotic aftermath of last week's huge earthquake.
Missionaries Attacked During Film Showing in North India
A team of four missionaries was badly beaten last week during a film Christian showing for villagers.
Peru's Believers Hold onto Faith amid Mourning
Hundreds have died from Peru's magnitude-8.0 earthquake including an estimated 200 funeral mass attendants who died when the church roof collapsed. What was not lost, however, was the faith of many surviving believers.
Officials: Trapped US Miners Might Never Be Found
Officials said the six trapped Utah miners might never be found after two weeks of rescue efforts and the completion of the fourth drilled hole Sunday night which indicated insufficient oxygen to support life.
Nigerian Anglicans Mull Boycott over Gay Bishops
The Church of Nigeria gave its strongest indication yet on Monday that it would boycott next year's conference of global Anglicans to protest against what it called "intransigence" by pro-gay US and Canadian churches.
Afghan Police Rescue German Christian Hostage
Afghan police rescued a female German aid worker just hours after she appeared in a video asking her government to secure her release.
Hurricane Dean Lashes Mexico's Carribbean Coast
Hurricane Dean, a huge Category 5 storm, lashed Mexico's Caribbean coast on Monday with howling winds and driving rain that hit beach resorts where thousands of tourists huddled in shelters.
Bangladesh Seeks Emergency Flood Aid from Donors
Bangladesh has asked foreign donors and development partners for hundreds of millions of dollars to help its economy after floods destroyed crops and left millions homeless, a government official has said.
Hurricane Dean Batters Jamaica, Heads for Yucatan
A strengthening Hurricane Dean took aim at Mexico's Yucatan on Monday after battering Jamaica's southern coast, flooding its capital and littering streets with broken trees and roofs during a Caribbean rampage that has killed at least nine people.
Climate Protest Spreads to Sizewell Nuclear Plant
Climate protesters expanded their Heathrow airport action on Monday, with small groups demonstrating outside Sizewell nuclear power plant and BP's London headquarters.
Armed Men Attack Police in Darfur Refugee Camp
Armed raiders killed a policeman and wounded four others in an attack on a refugee camp in Darfur, adding to fears about the safety of displaced people in the war-torn Sudanese region, officials have said.
Pakistan Would Consider Nuclear Test if India Tests
Pakistan would review a unilateral ban on testing nuclear weapons if India were to conduct a nuclear test, Pakistan has said.
Egypt Death Sparks Debate on Female Circumcision
It was a routine procedure undertaken by thousands of Egyptian girls every year, but something went wrong and Budour Ahmed Shaker died while having her genitals cut in a rite known locally as "purification".
Global Fund Urges Private Sector to Help Fight AIDS
Governments cannot be expected to win the fight against AIDS alone and it is time the private sector and civil society dug deeper, the head of an organisation leading a worldwide programme to prevent the disease said.
Olympics Update - Cars Stay Away but Beijing Smog Remains
Traffic flowed more smoothly but the sun was still shrouded by smog on Monday, the fourth and final day of Beijing's Olympic pollution prevention test.
Sudan Breaks Plot to Attack Western Diplomats
Sudan has broken up a group of Sudanese plotting to attack the French, British, U.S. and U.N. diplomatic missions in Khartoum, caught most of them and seized arms and explosives, the state news agency SUNA has said.