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Christian News, Updated daily en-gb Wed, 14 May 2008 09:23:02 +0100 5 144 31 http://www.christiantoday.com/ http://www.christiantoday.com/images/logo_rss.gif US President George W Bush arrived in the Middle East on Wednesday to celebrate Israels 60th birthday and try to energise peace efforts complicated by a corruption scandal that could topple Prime Minister Ehud Olmert http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/bush.arrives.in.israel.as.scandal.clouds.peace.hopes/18782.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/bush.arrives.in.israel.as.scandal.clouds.peace.hopes/18782.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:57:20 +0100 Afghanistan has protested to neighbouring Iran over the killing of a number of its nationals by Iranian forces the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/afghanistan.protests.to.iran.over.border.killings/18781.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/afghanistan.protests.to.iran.over.border.killings/18781.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:55:01 +0100 A highlevel Arab League delegation starts a mediation mission in Beirut on Wednesday to try to pull Lebanon back from the brink of a new civil war http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/arab.mediators.seek.to.defuse.lebanon.conflict/18780.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/arab.mediators.seek.to.defuse.lebanon.conflict/18780.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:53:26 +0100 The 15 million people left destitute by Myanmars devastating cyclone were increasingly desperate on Wednesday as foreign aid remained at a trickle and overstretched aid workers struggled to reach hardhit areas http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/aid.trickles.in.for.myanmars.cyclone.survivors/18779.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/aid.trickles.in.for.myanmars.cyclone.survivors/18779.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:51:32 +0100 Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory over frontrunner Barack Obama in West Virginia and vowed to keep her beleaguered White House bid alive until voting ends in the Democratic race http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/clinton.vows.to.keep.her.uphill.bid.alive/18778.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/clinton.vows.to.keep.her.uphill.bid.alive/18778.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:48:09 +0100 Authorities imposed a dawn todusk curfew in parts of Indias historic western city of Jaipur on Wednesday a day after eight bombs ripped through bustling streets killing around 60 people and injuring 150 http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/curfew.in.historic.indian.city.a.day.after.blasts/18777.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/curfew.in.historic.indian.city.a.day.after.blasts/18777.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:45:28 +0100 China poured more troops into the earthquakeravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to speed up the search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people buried under rubble and mud http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/troops.rush.in.to.help.china.quake.rescue/18776.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/troops.rush.in.to.help.china.quake.rescue/18776.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:43:18 +0100 London police chiefs said they were launching a widespread crackdown on youths carrying knives after admitting that a recent spate of murders showed current initiatives were not stopping the problem http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/police.launch.knife.crackdown.in.london/18775.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/police.launch.knife.crackdown.in.london/18775.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:40:54 +0100 A jury was shown video footage on Tuesday of what prosecutors said would have been the devastating impact of liquid explosives a group of men were planning to use to blow up transatlantic airliners http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/jury.shown.impact.of.airline.bombs/18774.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/jury.shown.impact.of.airline.bombs/18774.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:38:51 +0100 New Bank of England economic forecasts on Wednesday will probably have a hawkish tinge despite a slowing economy and may signal whether interest rate cuts risk drying up following some diabolical inflation data http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/bank.faces.inflation.headache.as.growth.slows/18773.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/bank.faces.inflation.headache.as.growth.slows/18773.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:37:14 +0100 Chancellor Alistair Darling said on Wednesday that the global credit crunch was slowing down the economy but income tax cuts announced this week would help many Britons weather the storm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/darling.says.tax.cuts.will.help.in.slowdown/18772.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/darling.says.tax.cuts.will.help.in.slowdown/18772.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:35:32 +0100 Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man stabbed to death in Londons Oxford Street police said on Wednesday http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/two.arrested.over.oxford.street.murder/18771.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/two.arrested.over.oxford.street.murder/18771.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:34:33 +0100 Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close Encounters was released in 1977 according to secret files collating reports by members of the public http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/green.aliens.and.ufos.said.to.visit.uksecret.files/18770.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/green.aliens.and.ufos.said.to.visit.uksecret.files/18770.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:32:37 +0100 Prime Minister Gordon Brown will set out plans on Wednesday to shore up the creaking housing market as part of a drive to reverse a slide in support for his government http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/brown.to.reveal.housing.market.plan/18769.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/brown.to.reveal.housing.market.plan/18769.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:29:37 +0100 The Global Day of Prayer Londonm which united around 300 million Christians around the world in prayer received huge backing this past week with the Prime Minister the newlyelected Mayor of London and the national media all showing active support and interest http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/global.day.of.prayer.organisers.celebrate.backing.of.pm.mayor/18768.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/global.day.of.prayer.organisers.celebrate.backing.of.pm.mayor/18768.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:22:21 +0100 The Church of Scotland is to commit 15 million over the next five years to emerging ministries and establishing new approaches to church http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/kirks.15m.fund.to.boost.new.approaches.to.church/18767.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/kirks.15m.fund.to.boost.new.approaches.to.church/18767.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 09:15:46 +0100 Public artist Martin Firrell is to challenge modern Britain with an innovative art project at one of Londons most famous landmarks http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/st.pauls.art.project.to.challenge.modern.britain.on.spirituality/18766.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/st.pauls.art.project.to.challenge.modern.britain.on.spirituality/18766.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 08:53:01 +0100 Perhaps the most striking image of Spains drought so severe it has forced Barcelona to ship in water has been that of the underwater church which emerged from a drying dam http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/medieval.church.reemerges.as.spain.ships.in.water/18765.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/medieval.church.reemerges.as.spain.ships.in.water/18765.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 08:37:01 +0100 A Texas evangelical leader who endorsed Republican presidential candidate John McCain earlier this year has apologized for antiCatholic remarks that angered Church members and embarrassed McCains campaign http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/pastor.who.backed.mccain.apologises.for.remarks/18764.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/pastor.who.backed.mccain.apologises.for.remarks/18764.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 08:22:36 +0100 Jay Bakker a big supporter of progay group Soulforce met privately with Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church to talk about faith and sexuality issues and to ultimately gain the support of the megapastor http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/joel.osteen.maintains.homosexuality.is.sin/18763.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/joel.osteen.maintains.homosexuality.is.sin/18763.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 08:14:07 +0100 Christians were among the first to respond to the 79magnitude earthquake that brought terrible devastation and huge loss of life to Chinas southwestern Sichuan province on Monday http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/christians.in.thick.of.china.earthquake.response/18762.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/christians.in.thick.of.china.earthquake.response/18762.htm Wed, 14 May 2008 07:41:09 +0100 Franklin Graham preached to some 12000 people in mainland China on Sunday at the largest church in the country http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/franklin.graham.preaches.to.12000.in.mainland.china/18760.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/franklin.graham.preaches.to.12000.in.mainland.china/18760.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 14:30:33 +0100 Random raids and stop and search are all part and parcel of being a Christian in Turkmenistan says one Christian http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/why.cant.all.religious.communities.have.places.of.worship/18759.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/why.cant.all.religious.communities.have.places.of.worship/18759.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 12:57:06 +0100 The Evangelical Alliance says a new report from Christian MPs could radically transform Britain for the better http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/mps.report.provides.exciting.vision.of.hope.evangelical.alliance/18758.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/mps.report.provides.exciting.vision.of.hope.evangelical.alliance/18758.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 11:58:33 +0100 The Church of Englands Environmental Adviser David Shreeve is calling for households to switch off their energyhungry tumble dryers and instead dry their clothes on good oldfashioned clothes lines http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/dump.energyhungry.tumble.dryers.this.summer.says.cofe.advisor/18757.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/dump.energyhungry.tumble.dryers.this.summer.says.cofe.advisor/18757.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 11:29:55 +0100 Lichfield Cathedral is putting on special tours and musical performances to celebrate the launch of the Royal Mails new Cathedral stamp series on Tuesday http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/lichfield.cathedral.celebrates.1st.class.royal.mail.stamp/18756.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/lichfield.cathedral.celebrates.1st.class.royal.mail.stamp/18756.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 10:52:43 +0100 The Church of Scotlands Church Society Council will make the case for the Kirk to express its outright opposition to the death penalty when it presents a landmark report to this years General Assembly http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/kirk.set.to.express.outright.opposition.to.death.penalty/18755.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/kirk.set.to.express.outright.opposition.to.death.penalty/18755.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 10:18:03 +0100 Legislation allowing humananimal embryo research which scientists believe could help treat conditions like Parkinsons but which opponents say is unethical cleared its first parliamentary hurdle on Monday http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/uk.lawmakers.clear.first.embryo.research.hurdle/18754.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/uk.lawmakers.clear.first.embryo.research.hurdle/18754.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 09:47:03 +0100 Some 280 conservative Anglican bishops from Africa Latin America and Asia will attend a breakaway summit next month in Jerusalem which has raised fears of a schism in the 400yearold church over homosexual priests http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/conservative.anglican.bishops.call.summit/18753.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/conservative.anglican.bishops.call.summit/18753.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 09:39:50 +0100 The World Evangelical Alliance is to create a new Leadership Institute offering contextspecific tools and support for its 128 member alliances http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/wea.to.support.evangelicals.with.new.leadership.institute/18752.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/wea.to.support.evangelicals.with.new.leadership.institute/18752.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 09:10:50 +0100 In the Brazilian rainforest the small village of Makita sits along the muddy banks of an Amazon River tributary When the conditions are ideal the trip takes two days by boat http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/audio.bible.ministry.takes.word.of.god.to.amazon.tribes/18751.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/audio.bible.ministry.takes.word.of.god.to.amazon.tribes/18751.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:51:55 +0100 Legislation allowing humananimal embryo research which scientists believe could help treat conditions like Parkinsons but which opponents say is unethical cleared its first parliamentary hurdle on Monday http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/mps.clear.first.embryo.research.hurdle/18750.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/mps.clear.first.embryo.research.hurdle/18750.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:41:41 +0100 House prices fell in every region in April with surveyors reporting the widest margin of decline in at least 30 years a survey showed on Tuesday indicating the housing market downturn is gathering momentum http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/house.prices.weakest.since.1978/18749.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/house.prices.weakest.since.1978/18749.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:41:02 +0100 A murder inquiry was underway on Tuesday after a 22yearold man was stabbed to death on Londons Oxford Street one of the countrys busiest shopping districts police said http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/murder.hunt.after.man.killed.on.londons.oxford.street/18748.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/murder.hunt.after.man.killed.on.londons.oxford.street/18748.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:40:16 +0100 The government should scrap the current system of tests for school pupils because it risks damaging children and created an atmosphere where schools became focused on hitting targets MPs said on Tuesday http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/mps.slam.system.of.teaching.children.for.tests/18747.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/mps.slam.system.of.teaching.children.for.tests/18747.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:39:16 +0100 Pope Benedict appealed to Israel on Monday to help stem a sharp decline in the countrys minority Christian population saying Catholics had grown particularly vulnerable to Middle East conflicts http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/pope.asks.israel.help.keep.catholics.in.holy.land/18746.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/pope.asks.israel.help.keep.catholics.in.holy.land/18746.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:29:46 +0100 Heavy storms and wrecked roads hampered efforts to reach areas hardesthit by Chinas worst earthquake in three decades on Tuesday as the death toll rose to around 10000 http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/china.storms.hamper.rescue.with.quake.toll.10000/18745.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/china.storms.hamper.rescue.with.quake.toll.10000/18745.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:24:22 +0100 Two more American aid flights were due to leave for cyclonehit Burma on Tuesday where the reclusive military government is keeping most foreign aid workers away from the devastated Irrawaddy delta http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/more.us.aid.flights.set.to.fly.to.burma/18744.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/more.us.aid.flights.set.to.fly.to.burma/18744.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:23:04 +0100 Lebanons army began taking steps on Tuesday to stop gunmen and groups from illegally carrying arms and to end by force if necessary a week of fighting between Hezbollah fighters and progovernment gunmen http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/lebanese.army.starts.drive.to.end.armed.presence/18743.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/lebanese.army.starts.drive.to.end.armed.presence/18743.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:21:13 +0100 President George W Bush heads back to the Middle East on Tuesday facing broad scepticism over his chances of securing an IsraeliPalestinian peace deal before he leaves office in less than nine months http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/bush.heads.back.to.mideast.amid.fading.peace.hopes/18742.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/bush.heads.back.to.mideast.amid.fading.peace.hopes/18742.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:20:35 +0100 At least 40 people are confirmed dead and many more missing after a ferry carrying nearly 150 passengers capsized in Bangladesh a police official said on Tuesday http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/dozens.feared.dead.in.bangladesh.ferry.accident/18741.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/dozens.feared.dead.in.bangladesh.ferry.accident/18741.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:19:55 +0100 The United States announced on Monday it had revived a program offering rewards of up to 5 million 256 million pounds a head for information leading to the arrest of 13 suspects in Rwandas genocide http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/us.revives.reward.plan.for.rwanda.suspects/18740.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/us.revives.reward.plan.for.rwanda.suspects/18740.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:19:29 +0100 Potatoes are not traditionally high on the menu for Bangladeshs 140 million people but a surge in rice and wheat prices has prompted the government to popularize the humble spud as a substitute food http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/bangladeshis.told.eat.potatoes.as.rice.prices.soar/18739.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/bangladeshis.told.eat.potatoes.as.rice.prices.soar/18739.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:18:13 +0100 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday appointed three of Vladimir Putins closest aides to run his administration ensuring Putin retains his strong grip on power despite leaving the Kremlin http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/putin.in.control.as.russia.names.cabinet/18738.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/putin.in.control.as.russia.names.cabinet/18738.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:15:13 +0100 Lying on a sagging mattress and wincing slightly Anna Lado laughs at the idea that she should have been afraid of giving birth to her first child now lying in a crib near her in a hospital in south Sudan http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/battling.to.take.death.out.of.birth.in.africa/18737.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/battling.to.take.death.out.of.birth.in.africa/18737.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:14:17 +0100 Huddled inside buses and under makeshift tents survivors of Chinas earthquake sought shelter from the rain and cold on Tuesday as aid agencies warned that the most urgent risk they faced was exposure http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/china.quake.victims.brace.for.rainy.and.cold.night/18735.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/china.quake.victims.brace.for.rainy.and.cold.night/18735.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:13:40 +0100 UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Kimoon ratcheted up the pressure on Burma on Monday saying he was extremely frustrated by the juntas slow delivery of aid to more than 15 million victims of Cyclone Nargis http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/un.frustration.grows.at.burmas.junta.over.aid/18733.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/un.frustration.grows.at.burmas.junta.over.aid/18733.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 08:12:49 +0100 The mother of murdered London teenager Jimmy Mizen said on Monday that it was still difficult for the family to believe he was gone but that their Catholic faith was helping to keep them going http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/faith.keeps.family.going.says.murdered.boys.mother/18732.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/faith.keeps.family.going.says.murdered.boys.mother/18732.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 07:54:51 +0100 Extinction need not be inevitable if Methodists remember that their focus is not to survive but to be the missionary movement it was founded to be says Methodist President Martyn Atkins http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/future.holds.renewal.and.demise.for.methodists.says.president/18730.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/future.holds.renewal.and.demise.for.methodists.says.president/18730.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:32:33 +0100 To mark one hundred years of friendship faith and family the Catenians are launching a major fundraising appeal to help provide water for people in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa http://www.christiantoday.com/article/3/catenians.launch.centenary.appeal.for.zimbabwe/18729.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/catenians.launch.centenary.appeal.for.zimbabwe/18729.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 14:30:58 +0100