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ChristianToday |
11:37pm PST |
Medvedev vows to uphold Putin legacy |
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Summary: Russias next president Dmitry Medvedev pledged to uphold Vladimir Putins policies on Monday after a big election win that critics said was stagemanaged to let the outgoing Kremlin leader keep his grip on power |
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ChristianToday |
11:36pm PST |
Troops deployed in Colombia dispute |
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Summary: Venezuela and Ecuador sent troops to their borders with Colombia and downgraded diplomatic ties after their Andean neighbour bombed Colombian rebels inside Ecuador in an attack Caracas said could spark a war |
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ChristianToday |
11:35pm PST |
Ahmadinejad takes swipe at Bush |
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Summary: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed a new chapter in ties with Iraq and took a jab at the United States over its policies in the Middle East during a landmark visit to Baghdad on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
11:33pm PST |
Japan warship collides with freighter in Vietnam |
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Summary: A Japanese destroyer collided with a Cambodian freighter in the Vietnamese port of Ho Chi Minh City on Monday but no one was injured and damage to the vessels was minor Japans defence ministry said |
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ChristianToday |
11:32pm PST |
Ohio becomes campaign central for Clinton and Obama |
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Summary: US presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama waged a tight campaign fight across Ohio on Sunday as a top Democrat voiced concern about a prolonged party battle after Tuesdays voting |
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ChristianToday |
11:31pm PST |
East Timor president forgives rebel leader |
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Summary: East Timor President Jose RamosHorta who was critically wounded in an assassination attempt last month has forgiven the rebel leader who led the attack the countrys interim president said on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
11:30pm PST |
Myanmar and Bangladesh boat people perish off Sri Lanka |
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Summary: Twenty boat people from Myanmar and Bangladesh have starved or dehydrated to death after their wooden trawler stalled at sea a fortnight ago a group of 71 survivors found adrift off Sri Lanka on Monday told the navy |
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ChristianToday |
11:22pm PST |
Pensions swing to 21 billion pound surplus |
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Summary: Company definedbenefit pension schemes swung to a record total surplus at the end of February on rising corporate bond yields and improved equity markets pension advisory firm Aon Consulting said on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
11:21pm PST |
Manufacturing activity slower |
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Summary: Manufacturing activity slowed in the first quarter of 2008 but companies remain fairly optimistic about the future despite rising raw material costs and a drop in domestic demand a survey showed on Monday |
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ChristianToday |
11:20pm PST |
Passengers face more rail delays |
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Summary: Thousands of passengers faced a second day of delays on Sunday after high winds blew freight containers across a busy main line in northern England train operators said |
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ChristianToday |
11:19pm PST |
Energy firms told to surrender profits |
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Summary: Gas and electricity companies are being ordered by the government to hand over part of their bumper profits or face a new windfall tax according to a newspaper report on Sunday |
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ChristianToday |
11:18pm PST |
Service marks worst wartime civilian disaster |
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Summary: A memorial service was held on Sunday to remember the 173 victims of the Bethnal Green Tube station disaster the biggest civilian loss of life in a single incident in Britain during World War Two |
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ChristianToday |
11:17pm PST |
MPs urge action to cut childbirth deaths |
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Summary: Hundreds of thousands of women in poor countries die each year during pregnancy or childbirth from largely avoidable causes MPs said on Sunday |
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ChristianPost |
8:47am PST |
A Preemptive Strike |
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Summary: From the earliest days of our republic, it has been well understood that the powers of the federal government are limited in scope. To ensure against federal encroachment on the rights of the states to regulate matters within their own borders, the Tenth |
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ChristianPost |
8:41am PST |
New Bible Reveals God's Heart Towards Poverty, Injustice |
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Summary: The Poverty and Justice Bible, the latest release from Bible Society, has broken new ground as the first ever to literally highlight the more than 2,000 passages that reveal God’s sorrow over poverty and injustice, and His command to believers to act to e |
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ChristianPost |
8:19am PST |
Chaldean Archbishop Kidnapped in Iraq |
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Summary: Gunmen abducted a Chaldean Catholic archbishop soon after he left Mass in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the latest in what church members called a series of attacks against Iraq's small Christian ... |
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ChristianPost |
8:09am PST |
Bush Urged to Meet Religious Prisoners at Beijing Olympics |
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Summary: President Bush was urged this week by a U.S. religious freedom body to meet with religious prisoners and to attend a house church service when he goes to China for the Olympic Games this ... |
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ChristianPost |
7:39am PST |
Ill. Abortion Notification Law Blocked |
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Summary: CHICAGO (AP) — A state law requiring parental notification before a minor can get an abortion will remain on hold, a federal judge ruled, the latest in decades of complex legal ... |
