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Aid groups to press Myanmar on evictions
Foreign aid groups pressed Myanmar on Tuesday to stop closing cyclone relief camps as international experts kicked off a mission to pin down the scale of the devastation a month after the storm.
Fishermen protest over fuel prices
Scores of fishermen, supported by French and Belgian colleagues, protested in London on Tuesday over high fuel prices they say are crippling their businesses.
Call for debt payment moratorium on food crisis countries
Campaigners urge immediate cancellation of debt for Haiti and afflicted countries
BMS celebrates new mission centre in Kolkata
Mission in Kolkata took a fresh leap forward last Saturday with the opening of a brand new BMS World Mission centre that will train and release thousands of Christians into mission in the region.
Bishop clarifies Fritzl climate change comments
Bishop of Stafford denies media reports that he likened climate change deniers to paedophiles.
Modernity meets monasticism in Egypt's desert
A speck of green in a sea of sand, St Anthony's Monastery in Egypt welcomes those seeking God in silence broken only by the whisper of the wind.
Pope announces new display of Shroud of Turin
Pope to put mysterious shroud of Turin back on display in 2010.
Christian leaders appeal for end to xenophobic attacks in South Africa
Zimbabwean Christian leaders in the UK urge the South African Goverment to do more to protect Zimbabweans and other African migrants from the recent wave of xenophobic attacks.
World leaders meet on global food crisis
World leaders open a conference on the global food crisis on Tuesday, with human rights activists and the World Bank demanding action to curb soaring prices that are pushing an estimated 100 million people into hunger.
Texas kids return to polygamist homes
More than 400 child members of a polygamist sect began returning to their families on Monday after a judge lifted her order giving the state of Texas custody of the children.
U.N. council breaks deadlock on Somalia piracy
The U.N. Security Council adopted unanimously on Monday a long-delayed resolution giving countries the right to combat rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia.
China forced to wait for draining of quake lake
The largest "quake lake" formed by China's most devastating earthquake in decades is not expected to start draining until Thursday due to a lack of rain, state media said.
Obama and Clinton near finish line in Democratic race
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton end their historic Democratic presidential battle on Tuesday with two nominating contests that could help Obama clinch the nomination and push Clinton from the race.
Deadly embassy bomb raises security fears
Pakistani investigators conducted tests on Tuesday to try to determine what type of explosives were used in a suicide car bombing outside the Danish embassy that killed six people and revived security fears.
Space shuttle docks at station with Japanese lab
Space shuttle Discovery slipped into a parking spot at the International Space Station on Monday after a two-day voyage to deliver Japan's first orbital laboratory while managers on the ground assessed damage beneath the Discovery's launch pad.
Vast distances a barrier to combating HIV/AIDS in India
Vast distances are a major hurdle to India's efforts to curb its soaring HIV rate.
