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ChristianToday |
11:49pm PDT |
Wale HudsonRoberts Government and church must unite on gun and knife crime |
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Summary: BUGBs Wale HudsonRoberts sheds light on the churchs role in helping young people fin redemptive alternatives to a life of violence |
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ChristianToday |
11:26pm PDT |
Prepaid water meters put poor at risk warns church water expert |
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Summary: The poorest of the poor are losing out as African countries switch to prepaid water meters |
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ChristianToday |
10:35pm PDT |
Bush hails Israels chosen people as Arabs lament |
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Summary: President George W Bush told Israelis on Thursday they were a chosen people who can forever count on American support against enemies like Hamas and Iran |
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ChristianToday |
10:23pm PDT |
Outrage at Serb plan for church on Sarajevo heights |
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Summary: A plan by Bosnian Serb war veterans to build a church on the heights above Sarajevo in memory of comrades killed in the 199295 war seems set to deepen divisions between Bosnias two autonomous regions |
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ChristianToday |
10:13pm PDT |
Christians marginalised in Lebanon crisis |
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Summary: At an upmarket jewellers in east Beiruts Ashrafieh district wealthy Lebanese Christians shop for gold and diamonds far removed from the upheaval that has sidelined their oncedominant community |
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ChristianToday |
10:06pm PDT |
Bomb goes off outside Christian school in Gaza |
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Summary: A bomb exploded outside a Christian school in the Gaza Strip on Friday causing damage but no injuries witnesses said |
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ChristianToday |
9:48pm PDT |
Franklin Graham under fire for Olympic evangelism comment |
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Summary: American evangelist Franklin Graham came under fire this week for saying he opposed evangelism during the Beijing Olympic Games |
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AgapePress |
3:29pm PDT |
DOJ draws protest from decency advocates |
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Summary:
Decency advocates are planning an early morning demonstration outside of the U.S. Justice Department headquarters today. Participants will be calling for more aggressive enforcement of federal obscenity laws.
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ChristianToday |
2:48pm PDT |
Voices from the Crewe and Nantwich byelection |
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Summary: Labour is fighting to retain the constituency of Crewe and Nantwich following the death of its former MP Gwyneth Dunwoody
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CTI Music |
2:42pm PDT |
Behind the Idols (part two) |
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Summary: Mandisa, Chris Sligh, and Phil Stacey share personal lessons learned from their American Idol experience, as well as hopes for their budding music careers and opinions on why "Shout to the Lord" was featured on national television.
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ChristianToday |
2:42pm PDT |
Pope restates gay marriage ban after California vote |
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Summary: Torrential rain lashed survivors of Cyclone Nargis on Friday as Myanmars junta raised its toll sharply to more than 133000 people dead or missing putting the disaster on a par with a 1991 cyclone that killed 143000 in neighbouring Bangladesh
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ChristianToday |
2:40pm PDT |
Zimbabwe sets presidential runoff for June 27 |
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Summary: Zimbabwe said on Friday it would hold a delayed presidential election runoff on June 27 when the opposition hopes to oust veteran leader Robert Mugabe after nearly three decades in power
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ChristianToday |
2:40pm PDT |
Film tackles IRA leader Bobby Sands hunger strike |
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Summary: The director of a powerful film about the final days of Bobby Sands said he had not made a hero of the IRA prisoner whose death in a 1981 hunger strike made him one of the most prominent symbols of opposition to British rule in Northern Ireland
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ChristianToday |
2:39pm PDT |
Report says onein10 will need social housing |
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Summary: Almost one in 10 people in England and Wales could be on the waiting list for social housing by 2010 due to a spike in repossessions and a slump in private house building and mortgage offers a report warned on Friday
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ChristianToday |
2:38pm PDT |
Strike threats add to Browns woes |
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Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced a summer of industrial unrest on Friday when union leaders warned that a million public sector workers were poised to strike over pay
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ChristianToday |
2:38pm PDT |
Rain pushes Myanmar death toll higher |
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Summary: Torrential rain lashed survivors of Cyclone Nargis on Friday as Myanmars junta raised its toll sharply to more than 133000 people dead or missing putting the disaster on a par with a 1991 cyclone that killed 143000 in neighbouring Bangladesh
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ChristianPost |
2:32pm PDT |
Middle School Draws Controversy Over 'Most Likely to Get Pregnant' Survey |
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Summary: A public school in Mississippi has become the center of a national controversy after a teacher reportedly forced her 6th grade class to vote who among their classmates were the most likely to get pregnant, contract HIV, go to jail, or die by the age ... |
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ChristianPost |
2:32pm PDT |
Middle School Draws Controversey Over 'Most Likely to Get Pregant' Survey |
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Summary: A public school in Mississippi has become the center of a national controversy after a teacher reportedly forced her 6th grade class to vote who among their classmates were the most likely to get pregnant, contract HIV, go to jail, or die by the age ... |
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ChristianPost |
2:25pm PDT |
Pope Benedict Pens Prayer for Chinese Catholics |
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Summary: Pope Benedict XVI has written a special prayer for Chinese Catholics who face "daily trials" in the officially atheistic country, the Vatican said ... |
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ChristianPost |
1:45pm PDT |
Franklin Graham Under Fire for Olympic Evangelism Comment |
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Summary: American evangelist Franklin Graham came under fire this week for saying he opposed evangelism during the Beijing Olympic ... |
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ChristianPost |
12:04pm PDT |
Christian Groups Vow to Fight Calif. Gay 'Marriage' Ruling |
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Summary: Christians of all walks of life are responding to the decision by the California Supreme Court to legalize gay “marriage” Thursday with a rallying cry to fight the ruling by any means ... |
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AgapePress |
11:32am PDT |
Pakistani doctor jailed on ?blasphemy? charges |
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Summary:
ISTANBUL, May 16 (Compass Direct News) ? Pakistani police have jailed a Christian doctor after ?blasphemy? charges incited a mob attack on his home last week in Punjab province.
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AgapePress |
10:14am PDT |
Algeria detains Christians leaving prayer meeting |
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Summary:
ISTANBUL, May 15 (Compass Direct News) ? Algerian authorities have charged six Christians with distributing illegal religious material after detaining them as they left a prayer meeting in a western city last week.
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AgapePress |
10:01am PDT |
Arizona court rules against school choice |
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Summary:
An Arizona court has ruled against school choice for parents, forcing them to continue sending their children to failing public schools.
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AgapePress |
9:50am PDT |
Religious Americans are generous |
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A new study shows that people of faith in America have a huge heart in terms of giving to Third World countries -- and the study cites a surprising dollar figure.
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ChristianPost |
9:44am PDT |
Christians Launch Campaign against Global Warming Hype |
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Summary: While it may seem like everyone believes in global warming and the impending catastrophe it will bring, a group of conservative Christians countered that message Thursday by launching a national campaign to gather one million signatures for a statement th |
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AgapePress |
9:38am PDT |
Bush won't negotiate with terrorists |
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Jim Hutchens, the head of a Christian Zionist group, agrees wholeheartedly with President Bush's contention that talking with Iran is equivalent to trying to appease the Nazis in 1939. But he wishes the president would apply that same standard when deali |
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AgapePress |
8:14am PDT |
Caner didn't endorse 'Manifesto' |
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Summary:
The president of one of the largest Christian universities in the U.S. says he never endorsed the recently released document "An Evangelical Manifesto."
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ChristianPost |
7:54am PDT |
An Evangelical Response to 'An Evangelical Manifesto' |
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Summary: Who are the Evangelicals? The issue of Evangelical identity and definition has been central to the Evangelical project from its very beginning in America. Given the nature of the movement, definition is elusive and constantly ... |
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AgapePress |
6:43am PDT |
Judges were 'arrogant' |
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A pro-family advocate and party in the consolidated lawsuit ruled on Thursday by California's Supreme Court calls the justices' decision overturning a ban on same-sex "marriage" and allowing licensing for homosexual marriages "arrogant judicial activism. |
