US lawmakers decry Olympics after dissidents blocked
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:35:34 +0100
Two US Congressmen last Tuesday urged President George W Bush to rethink attending the Beijing Olympic Games after they were prevented from meeting Chinese human rights activists
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Derelict StokeonTrent church to reopen as restaurant
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:22:54 +0100
A muchloved StokeonTrent church which has stood derelict in the centre of Hanley for the past 20 years is set to receive a new lease of life after the Diocese of Lichfield and the Church Commissioners agreed to sell the building to a consortium which includes one of the countrys leading church restoration specialists
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Olympic spirit reaches rural England
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:06:11 +0100
A group of nine small villages is to come together for their very own Olympics in advance of the Bejing Olympics later this year
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Holy Land call for Christians and Muslims to engage on ecology
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:57:12 +0100
Holy Land Bishop Munib Younan has said that Christians need to have a stronger voice in Jerusalem in order to prevent tensions spreading there and that Muslims and Christians should work together on ecology issues
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Report of AnglicanVatican talks ahead of women bishops vote
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:12:15 +0100
The Church of England is staying tight lipped over a report that senior bishops have met Vatican officials in secret talks on the crisis in the worldwide Anglican Communion including the ordination of women bishops
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Prospects dim for G8 climate change deal
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:26:47 +0100
Prospects that the G8 would reach a meaningful agreement to how best to fight global warming at their annual summit dimmed on Sunday as leaders began arriving in northern Japan with a raft of global problems on their minds
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Royal collection sparks bidding frenzy
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:25:08 +0100
A unique collection of royalty memorabilia amassed over half a century by a household family servant sparked an international bidding frenzy on Saturday that doubled its value when it went under the hammer
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Obama puzzled by Iraq comment frenzy
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:24:39 +0100
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week that he might refine his timetable for withdrawing US combat troops
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Chinese VP arrives in Hong Kong amid democracy calls
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:23:22 +0100
Democrats in Hong Kong urged Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to allow swifter implementation of direct elections on Sunday during Xis first visit to the city since taking charge of its affairs as a state leader
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Irish woman seeks husband for 120 litres of beer
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:20:53 +0100
Julia Galvin came to Finland looking for a man that would carry her 120 kg over a 253metres track the incentive being the chance to win the wifecarrying world title and beer worth her body weight
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Israel to reopen Gaza border crossings
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:20:14 +0100
Israel was reopening some border crossings with Gaza on Sunday an official said after it closed them on Thursday following the launch of a rocket into the Jewish state by Palestinian militants
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Mbeki holds crisis talks with Mugabe
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:18:58 +0100
South African President Thabo Mbeki met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday to try to help end a political crisis after a violent election that extended Mugabes 28year rule
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Colombia foils bomb plot after rescue
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:17:49 +0100
Colombia found explosives set to be used in bombs across the capital in reprisal for this weeks rescue of leftist rebels highestprofile hostages including Ingrid Betancourt military officials said on Saturday
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No quick end in sight to Mongolia political turmoil
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:17:02 +0100
Private television was back on the air alcohol on sale and restaurants open after the end of Mongolias emergency rule but a week after a disputed election the countrys political problems were still far from resolved
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Retired California clergy rebuked over samesex couples vow
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:16:39 +0100
News of the offer from more than 80 retired northern California clergy in the United Methodist Church to perform samesex marriages has riled conservative Christians who say such an action is silly and merely a move towards the latest fad
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Dissident patriarch of Vietnam Buddhist group dies
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:15:27 +0100
The patriarch of a Vietnamese Buddhist group that has peacefully campaigned against successive governments and Communist Party controls on religion died in his monastery at the age of 87 on Saturday the organisation said
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Mexico plants 8 million trees in latest green project
Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:13:47 +0100
Mexicans went out and planted more than 8 million trees across the country on Saturday as part of a government push to shed its reputation for environmental mismanagement and rampant illegal logging
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SAfricas Mbeki meets with Mugabe
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:38:49 +0100
South African President Thabo Mbeki met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday to try to help end a political crisis
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Police arrest man in French double murder
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:38:26 +0100
Police arrested a man on Saturday in connection with the macabre murder of two French students who were bound and stabbed repeatedly in a case which has shocked the city
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Russian opposition activist granted British asylum
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:38:00 +0100
The leader of a Russian youth opposition group has been granted political asylum by Britain the group said
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Antigay violence mars Hungarian parade
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:37:33 +0100
Hungarian riot police used water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to stop farright extremists from throwing petrol bombs and breaking up the annual gay parade in the capital Budapest
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G8 gathers for diplomacy amid result doubts
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:37:08 +0100
Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations meet this week in northern Japan to grapple with a raft of problems from soaring food and fuel prices to African poverty and global warming amid doubts about how much the annual diplomatic pageant can achieve
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Pensioners bear brunt of inflation
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:36:38 +0100
Pensioners have seen the average cost of living soar by more than a third during the past 10 years research showed on Saturday
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Child trust fund rates drop despite savings war
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:36:15 +0100
Rates on cash child trust fund CTF accounts have fallen despite the credit crunch stoking a war in the cash savings market
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Lebanese leaders close to government deal
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:35:47 +0100
Lebanese leaders are finalising a deal on the formation of a national unity government as stipulated in an agreement that ended the countrys political crisis political sources said on Saturday
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Iran vows to pursue nuclear work despite incentives
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:35:12 +0100
Iran vowed on Saturday to pursue its uranium enrichment programme a day after delivering its response to an incentives package by world powers trying to curb its nuclear ambitions
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McGuinness urges Iraq to learn from NIreland peace
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:34:46 +0100
Northern Irelands Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness a former top IRA guerrilla urged Iraqis on Saturday to learn from the experience of his homeland which suffered decades of sectarian conflict then found peace
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Detective missing after Uturn on Malaysian leader
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:34:18 +0100
A Malaysian detective has gone missing after retracting allegations he made linking Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak to the brutal murder of a Mongolian woman police said on Saturday
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Sentamu calls for church to reach out on knife crime
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:15:02 +0100
Dr John Sentamu the Archbishop of York has today urged the Church of England to reach out to young people involved in knife crime
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Archbishop ignites homosexuality debate
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:01:45 +0100
The Primate of All Ireland Archbishop Alan Harper has called on Anglicans to revise their approach to the debate on homosexuality according to traditional Anglican methods
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Dr Who downloads to reach unchurched
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:44:38 +0100
Christian radio outreach ministry Whistling Frog Productions has released its latest batch of free audio downloads for churches schools and radio stations on the theme of Dr Who
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ACET leaders turn light on forgotten Aids pandemic outside Africa
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:37:57 +0100
Leaders of ACET programmes in India and Eastern Europe are using a UK visit to highlight the growing HIV problem in their regions
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China Aid wants business sector to speak out on persecution
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:15:34 +0100
China Aid Association this week launched a new campaign to raise awareness within Chinas business sector of religious persecution against Christians
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Hillsong gears up for annual conference
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:51:53 +0100
One week before World Youth Day tens of thousands of Christians from across generations denominations and cultures will gather at Sydneys Acer Arena for the annual Hillsong Conference which runs from 7 11 July
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Bleeding picture of Jesus draws crowds at Mumbai
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:44:52 +0100
Thousands of devotees thronged St Michaels church in Mahim Mumbai following reports of a dark patch resembling blood appearing on a portion of a painting of Jesus Christ
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New study finds fewer evangelical universalists than Pew report
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:29:29 +0100
The rewording of a question about religious beliefs coupled with a more precise definition of a Christian group led to a new survey finding far fewer evangelical universalists than in last weeks Pew Forum report
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Colombia shows rescue video
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:01:44 +0100
Colombia showed a video on Friday of the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages where their anger turned to ecstasy as theatretrained military agents duped and overpowered leftist rebels
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Brown says G8 must not give up on climate change
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:00:02 +0100
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned the G8 against a retreat into isolationism saying the looming threat to the global economy instead required a speeding up of the fight against climate change and poverty
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Poland rejects US missile shield offer
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:58:09 +0100
Poland rejected as insufficient on Friday a US offer to boost its air defences in return for basing a missile shield on its territory but said it remained open to further talks with Washington
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Iran says its nuclear stance unchanged
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:57:39 +0100
Iran said on Saturday its nuclear stance had not changed and it was ready to hold talks with world major powers over its disputed nuclear programme based on international regulations
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Calm in Mongolia as emergency rule nears end
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:56:36 +0100
Troops began pulling back from the streets of the Mongolian capital on Saturday ahead of the lifting of a state of emergency that had been declared after rioting over alleged election fraud
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Gunmen shoot dead Afghan member of parliament
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:55:22 +0100
Two gunmen shot dead an Afghan parliamentarian near his residence in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar the Interior Ministry said on Saturday
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Big protest planned for Seoul against beef and Lee
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:54:54 +0100
South Korean police said they expect about 35000 to gather on Saturday for a protest against a US beef import deal and the polices of the new president whose government has faced a crisis due to the weeks of street rallies
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Former US Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:53:40 +0100
Jesse Helms a diehard anticommunist firebrand who championed a wide range of conservative causes in his 30 years in the US Senate died early on Friday aged 86 his foundation said
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Firefighters hold line on two California wildfires
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:53:08 +0100
Exhausted California firefighters worked on Friday to contain two wildfires threatening homes along the coast before sundown when shifting winds were expected to give the blazes more power
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Pakistans Musharraf defies resignation calls
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:52:25 +0100
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf hit back at calls for his resignation on Friday saying he was needed to help political parties avoid an economic meltdown and tackle a militant threat gripping the country
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G8 to agree tariff steps to drive CO2 cuts report
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:46:19 +0100
G8 leaders will agree to take their own initiatives to reduce or abolish import tariffs on industrial goods that aid efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and thus help fight global warming Japans Asahi newspaper said on Friday
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Pope will visit Paris and Lourdes in September
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:15:22 +0100
Pope Benedict will visit Paris and the shrine of Lourdes in southwest France in September the Vatican said on Friday
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London deputy mayor quits over sex money charges
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:10:31 +0100
Londons Deputy Mayor Ray Lewis quit his post on Friday blaming the pressure of media inquiries into allegations about his past
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Religious leaders in peace call to G8 leaders
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:02:15 +0100
Religious leaders gathered this week in Sapporo northern Japan urged the Group of Eight industrial nations ahead of their summit next week to safeguard peace and security and reinvest military funds in climate protection measures
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