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Hillsong plants new church in Cape Town
Hillsong Church, known affectionately as the church that never sleeps, and also the bedrock from which the well known music ministry Hillsong and Hillsong United springs, is in the process of planting a brand new church in the city of Cape Town.
Congregational confirms arrival of new board members
Bradford-based national church and home insurance company Congregational & General has announced the appointment of two new board members - Judith Cork and Martin Clarke.
Tackling the elephant in the room: doctrine
Whilst some church leaders like to avoid doctrine, pastor Mark Driscoll of US mega-church Mars Hill believes in tackling it head on, even if that means not everyone joins his church.
'No time to lose' after Burma deal for storm aid
Disaster relief officials said there was "no time to lose" to help Burma's cyclone survivors after the secretive military government promised the United Nations it would allow in more aid workers.
Quake survivors keep vigil over town of death
Among the ruins of Yingxiu at the epicentre of China's calamitous earthquake, survivors remain, defying the pall of death to keep vigil over lost loved ones or even now looking to rebuild homes amid the devastation.
Clinton draws rebuke over RFK remark
Hillary Clinton mentioned the June 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy in explaining on Friday why she had resisted calls to end her White House bid, drawing a rebuke from Democratic front-runner Barack Obama's campaign.
Police clash with protesters over Naples trash law
Police clashed with demonstrators in Naples on Friday night after the Italian government vowed to force open rubbish dumps against locals' wishes in a determined effort to end the city's chronic trash problem.
Floods displace 15,000 in Chile
Heavy rains and flooding that killed five people and displaced thousands in south-central Chile have collapsed road and rail bridges, closed the world's largest underground copper mine and left many in the capital without drinking water, the government said on Friday.
Armed men ambush peacekeepers in Darfur
Up to 60 heavily armed men on horseback ambushed a patrol of peacekeepers in Darfur, in a new attack on international forces in Sudan's strife-torn west, the United Nations said on Friday.
No love for NATO in Ukraine's pro-Russian enclave
Ukraine's pro-Western leaders hope to join NATO but the people of this Black Sea port, where Russian warships are moored at the quayside, want no part of it.
China fights radiation, pollution after quake
China has still to recover 15 hazardous radioactive sources and must focus on the fight to keep drinking water clean and contain chemical spills after May 12's massive earthquake, a senior official said on Friday.
China Chengdu-Baoji railway reopens after quake
China has reopened the last railway line affected by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan after nearly two weeks, state media said on Saturday, smoothing transport of grains and relief supplies in the province.
China mobilises water units as refugees settle in
The emergency water unit being loaded on to a truck in Sandaoyan can't come fast enough for earthquake refugees in Xiang'e, 30 km and one nightmare away.
Police arrest second man after restaurant blast
Police arrested a second man on Friday in connection with an explosion in the toilets of a busy restaurant in southern England a day earlier.
Coroner says Nimrods not airworthy
A coroner looking into the deaths of 14 British service members in an air crash in Afghanistan said the entire Royal Air Force fleet of Nimrod reconnaissance aircraft needed to be grounded because they were not airworthy.
Parliament publishes Brown's home expenses
The House of Commons released details of expenses claimed by 14 senior MPs including Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Friday after giving up a legal battle to keep them secret.
