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Don't stop Brazil Carnival but be careful - Lula
As Brazilians get ready for their annual Carnival celebrations, the government is urging them to practice safe sex and avoid drinking too much.
West Mids Christians help train South American church leaders
A £6,000 donation from the Bishop of Lichfield's Overseas Training Fund is to help Anglican mission agency USPG train new leaders for service in the Anglican Church in South America.
UN investigator urges end to religious violence in Israel and Palestine
A UN freedom of religion investigator urged Israel and the Palestinian authorities to condemn all violence done in the name of religion, the United Nations said Monday.
Pope wades back into debate on 'seductive' science
Pope Benedict warned on Monday of the "seductive" powers of science that relegate man's spirituality.
Mission Aviation Fellowship tells of suffering in Kenya
Throughout the deadly post-election violence in Kenya, Mission Aviation Fellowship has continued with regular flight operations to help those affected by the turmoil.
Bush understates challenges in Iraq, Afghanistan
President George W. Bush offered relatively upbeat assessments of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that failed to address how hard it may be for his successor to stabilize them, analysts said.
Kenyan opposition politician shot dead
Gunmen shot dead a Kenyan opposition politician at his home overnight, an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) spokesman said on Tuesday.
Iran sanctions vote at U.N. seen weeks away
It will take weeks before the U.N. Security Council is ready to vote on a new round of sanctions against Iran proposed last week by six world powers, council diplomats said on Monday.
Abbas gets European and Arab backing in Gaza showdown
Republican Rudy Giuliani's White House quest could be in deep trouble as he lags far behind the leaders in a Florida presidential primary he counted on winning, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.
Wild China weather kills 25 and besieges heartland
Chaotic winter weather besieged China's business and farming heartland on Tuesday amid the country's worst power crisis, with one mountain road accident blamed on snow killing 25 people ahead of a major holiday.
U.N. graft meeting seeks new ways to chase the money
Poorer nations need more support to retrieve billions of dollars of stolen assets spirited away to global financial havens, officials at a United Nations anti-corruption conference in Bali said on Tuesday.
No word on U.S. aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
Afghanistan's government said it had no information on Tuesday about the fate of a kidnapped U.S. female aid worker, but added a search was going on to find her.
Gang guilty of Britain's biggest heist
Five men were found guilty on Monday of kidnap and robbery in the country's biggest ever heist, a daring, 53 million pound raid on a cash depot in Kent.
Chefs and Greenpeace bid to save threatened fish
Leading chefs will join forces with environment group Greenpeace on Wednesday in a campaign to push restaurants to serve up only species of fish that have not been overexploited.
Housing takes bigger share of household budgets
Britons spend more than twice as much of their weekly budget on housing as they did 50 years ago but only half as much on food, official statistics showed on Monday.
Church of Scotland Moderator to meet Scottish politicians on poverty
The Rt Rev Sheilagh Kesting, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, will begin the traditional annual visit to the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday.