Summary: For the first time Southern Baptists can say membership has reached a tipping point and the nations largest Protestant denomination is now declining says one longtime Southern Baptist
Summary: AP - A car bomb killed three people in northwestern Pakistan Friday, despite calls from Taliban leaders asking Islamic militants to refrain from attacks amid efforts by the new government to reach peace deals in the region.
Summary: AFP - Protesters Friday waved the Tibetan flag and denounced China's rulers as the Beijing Olympic torch came to Japan for the latest leg of a worldwide relay marred by demonstrations.
Summary: US President George W Bush assured Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday that Palestinian statehood remained a high priority in his final 10 months in office despite faltering peace talks
Summary: The United States on Thursday released photographs of what it said was a Syrian nuclear reactor built with North Korean help in an effort to pressure Pyongyang to fully disclose its nuclear activities
Summary: From the airconditioned supermarkets of Tokyo to the openair stalls of Manila reactions across Asia to record leaps in the price of rice vary from fear and frustration to a nonplussed shrug of the shoulders
Summary: Japan called for calm but braced for trouble with tight security on Friday as lowkey protests began ahead of its leg of the Olympic torch relay following emotional scenes at other venues around the world
Summary: A car bomb outside a police station killed at least three people and wounded 15 in Mardan town in northwest Pakistan on Friday a senior police officer said
Summary: Iranians voted on Friday for Irans runoff parliamentary election which is likely to have no impact on the firm control of conservatives after the disqualification of many reformists in the first round
Summary: UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon launched a new campaign on World Malaria Day on Friday calling on the world to ensure that all of Africa has access to basic malaria control measures by the end of 2010
Summary: The US Senate voted on Thursday to award detained Myanmar democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi the Congressional Gold Medal Americas top civilian honour
Summary: Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau resigned on Thursday after less than five months managing Latin Americas No 3 economy and was replaced by the tax agency chief a government source said
Summary: A UN agency suspended its aid operations in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after an emergency shipment of fuel designated for its use was blocked by petrolhungry Palestinian farmers
Summary: Reuters - From the airconditioned supermarkets of
Tokyo to the open-air stalls of Manila reactions across Asia to
record leaps in the price of rice vary from fear and
frustration to a nonplussed shrug of the shoulders.
Summary: The pastor of Europes largest evangelical church gave advice on how to revive Christianity and the Church in the United States Tuesday evening during a QA session based on questions submitted by American Christians
Summary: Reuters - Israel dismissed on Friday a proposal
by Hamas to call a conditional six-month truce in the Gaza
Strip, calling it a ruse aimed at allowing the Palestinian
Islamist group to recover from recent fighting.
