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Working a miracle with the Philippines' shanty children
Twenty-three million people live below the poverty line in the Philippines, and the poorest of them in shanty houses made of scrap material. It is here that Siloam is changing the lives of neglected children one at a time.
Muslim protesters force Christian students out of Indonesian Bible school
Students at the Arastamar Evangelical School of Theology in East Jakarta, Indonesia, are being forced to sleep in the lobby of the Indonesian parliament after demonstrations against the school by local Muslims on 25 July.
Local vicar opposes overturning of 'Life of Brian' ban
A local vicar is opposing plans by the mayor of Aberystwyth to end a ban on the Monty Python film 'Life of Brian'.
Southern Baptists use plants to fight malaria in Africa
The Baptist Global Response (BGR) has spent the last year using plants to bring treatment to some of the most malaria stricken parts of the Horn of Africa.
African church leader accuses Rowan of 'betrayal'
The Archbishop of Uganda, the Most Rev Henry Orombi, has accused the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Williams, of betraying biblically faithful churches by inviting bishops involved in the consecration of the openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson to the Lambeth Conference.
Lambeth: Still no consensus on sexuality, dialogue continues
Anglican bishops at the once-in-a-decade Lambeth Conference are yet to reach consensus on the issue of human sexuality but have still taken some "significant" steps forward, assured the Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia on Thursday.
Karadzic in court on genocide charges
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared before a U.N. war crimes judge for the first time on Thursday to answer genocide charges and said he had been kidnapped and feared for his life.
Centrica defends steep hike in gas prices
British Gas-owner Centrica said on Thursday it had been "absolutely necessary" to raise household gas prices as first half operating profit fell nearly 20 percent to 992 million pounds.
Housing and consumer downturn fans recession fears
House prices crumbled at record rates and consumer confidence hit historic lows, data showed on Thursday, fuelling fears that a consumer-led slowdown could tip the economy into recession.
UK set on diplomatic course with Iran
The government is "100 percent focused" on a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear dispute and does not want an Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Thursday.
Prince William to do SAS stint
Prince William is set to spend time with the SAS in the last of his military secondments, Clarence House said on Thursday.
Man arrested over passport theft
A 48-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the theft of 3,000 blank passports and visas from a security van in Manchester, police said on Thursday.
Police say Jersey murder inquiry 'unlikely'
Police on Jersey say they are unlikely to launch a murder investigation, despite the partial remains of at least five children having been found at a former care home, because the bones cannot be dated.
Bus passenger stabbed and beheaded on Canada Prairies
A man sleeping on a Greyhound bus as it rolled across the Canadian Prairies was killed and decapitated by his seatmate on Wednesday night, other passengers who were on the bus told media on Thursday.
Casualties after bus overturns in Poole
Several passengers were injured, some possibly seriously, when an open-topped double-decker bus overturned near Poole harbour on Thursday, police said.
Domestic oil output steady in 2007
Crude production was steady in 2007 from the previous year as new oilfields came onstream to offset drops in output from older oil wells in the North Sea, a government report said on Thursday.