Summary: The Iraqi governments ability to protect religious freedoms in the conflictstricken country is handicapped by insurgency terrorism and sectarian violence according to the US State Department
Summary: The Bishop of Oxford the Rt Rev John Pritchard has praised the work of a family centre helping hundreds of parents cope with issues such as isolation and postnatal depression
Summary: At suntimes.com:The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles is selling a convent that has housed an order of nuns for more than four decades to help pay for a record-breaking sex abuse settlement.
Summary: The United Nations on Friday flew ailing Darfur rebel leader Suleiman Jamous out of Sudan en route for Kenya ending his 15month ordeal at a UN hospital in central Sudan where he was under effective house arrest
Summary: Frightened residents on Indonesias Sumatra island huddled in tents outside their damaged homes on Friday traumatised by the latest of more than 40 aftershocks since a huge earthquake struck two days ago
Summary: Cholera has spread in northern Iraq where the diarrhoeal disease has stricken 16000 people and caused 10 deaths in a month the World Health Organisation WHO said on Friday
Summary: Pope Benedict stressed respect for human rights in the first visit to the Vatican by Sudanese President Omar Hassan alBashir who promised to observe a ceasefire in Darfur after peace talks start next month
Summary: Religious freedom is another casualty of the war in Iraq where believers of all faiths are harassed kidnapped or even killed a US government report said on Friday
Summary: Chadian rebels warned on Friday they would fight a European Union peacekeeping force destined for the eastern border region with Darfur if it tried to obstruct their struggle to topple President Idriss Deby
Summary: A US proposal to hasten the phaseout of gases that damage the ozone layer will be twice as effective as the Kyoto Protocol in fighting climate change a top adviser to President George W Bush said on Friday
Summary: Rebel commanders in the Darfur region of western Sudan urged the founder of their movement on Friday to take part in negotiations on ending four and a half years of conflict in Darfur
Summary: Iran hit back at Canada on Friday for criticising its rising number of executions and treatment of women accusing Ottawa of racism police brutality and treating its indigenous people like second class citizens
Summary: Germany on Friday rejected a European Commission plan to encourage legal migration of skilled workers into Europe to ease labour shortages caused by a declining ageing population
Summary: Floods from torrential rains have caused the deaths of at least 80 more people displaced thousands and devastated crops and livestock across subSaharan Africa officials said on Friday
Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that Germany must allow security services to use the Internet to track terrorist suspects online movements
Summary: At least 56 Africans died trying to cross from Somalia to Yemen in the past 10 days and others were beaten and doused with acid on a failed journey the United Nations refugee agency said on Friday
Summary: Canada has decided to send an observer to ministerial talks on a USled initiative to provide nuclear fuel to other countries in a way designed to limit proliferation a Canadian official said on Friday
Summary: The United Nations made an emergency appeal for nearly 40 million on Friday to aid tens of thousands of Nicaraguans after Hurricane Felix tore into their country last week
Summary: With Africa lagging behind in global development goals and rich countries cutting aid leaders of multilateral financial institutions decided on Friday it was time to mobilize resources to reduce extreme poverty on the continent
Summary: The UN Security Council on Friday extended the appointment of Carla del Ponte as prosecutor of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia until Dec 31 when her stillunnamed successor will take over
Summary: Sudanese President Omar Hassan alBashir said on Friday his government was willing to observe a ceasefire in Darfur from the start of peace talks with the rebels next month
Summary: The lead US negotiator with North Korea said on Friday he expected to attend sixparty talks on ending Pyongyangs atomic programs next week despite reports Syria might have received North Korean nuclear aid
Summary: The Iraqi government’s ability to protect religious freedoms in the conflict-stricken country is handicapped by insurgency, terrorism, and sectarian violence, according to the U.S. State ...
Summary: The Christian community has not done a good job of raising "superbly qualified" Christian filmmakers to direct big-budget movies, according to George Escobar, the executive director of AOL ...
Summary: Knowing full well that "values voters" typically consider several issues as critical in their voting decisions, we (perhaps unfairly) asked those who consider themselves among that voting bloc to choose the issue of MOST concern to them in the build-up...
Summary: A historian and scholar believes the United States can topple the government in Iran by using the same formula that successfully brought down the Soviet Union....
Summary: An expert on home schooling and author on the collapse of the U.S. public school system insists there are viable and affordable alternatives to secular public schools....
Summary: An Alabama public school district has reached a settlement in a case filed by Liberty Counsel on behalf of Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF)....
