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Two in court over policewoman shooting
Two men are due in court on Friday charged with the attempted murder of a policewoman who was shot as she investigated reports of intruders at a pub, police said on Friday.
British team in Pakistan for Bhutto killing probe
A team of British police arrived in Pakistan on Friday to join an investigation into the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
Rail line reopens after long delays
Part of a key rail line reopened on Friday after engineers finally finished late-running engineering work that disrupted tens of thousands of journeys, Network Rail said.
US Christians try to raise financial integrity amid money scandals
Evangelical accountability group in US to expand role and raise financial integrity in wake of money fraud scandals and allegations of opulent spending among high-profile ministers.
US presidential hopeful Huckabee rates highest for family values - report
Top Republican contenders in the US presidential race were rated on their family values claim by a leading West Coast pro-family organisation in a report card released Wednesday.
Huckabee, Obama sweep up victories in Iowa
Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses Thursday night, propelling their campaigns further into the national spotlight as they head to New Hampshire.
Change your life, not only your light bulbs, says Methodist charity
The Methodist Relief and Development Fund is challenging Christians to do more for the environment than simply switching to energy-saving light bulbs.
Mission Aviation Fellowship suspends flights in Kenya
Mission Aviation temporarily suspends flights as violent mobs continue to riot over Kenya's disputed presidential election last Sunday.
Races close in White House campaign
Voters in Iowa begin the process of choosing the next U.S. president on Thursday with two close nominating races, as a new poll showed Barack Obama leading John Edwards among Democrats -- with Hillary Clinton falling to a potentially damaging third.
Bomb kills at least four in Turkish city
At least four people were killed and 52 injured on Thursday when a bomb destroyed a military vehicle in a southeastern Turkish city, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said.
Israeli troops kill 9 Palestinians in Gaza Strip
The Israeli army killed at least four Palestinian gunmen and five civilians in air and ground strikes in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Thursday, witnesses and hospital officials said.
Kibaki urges calm as protests shake Kenya
Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki offered to talk to political rivals on Thursday as corpses lay in streets and smoke billowed from burning slums after a day of battles between police and anti-government protesters.
Humanitarian work suffers in Kenya violence
Kenya's spiralling descent into violence and chaos is hampering the work of Tearfund staff and partners in the country.
Vatican No 2 hopes to meet Cuba's Raul Castro
The most senior official in the Vatican after the Pope said he hopes to meet Cuba's acting president Raul Castro during a February visit to the communist-run island.
Tutu asked to oversee re-count of Kenyan election
Archbishop Tutu asked to help re-tally presidential election in Kenya, meets opposition leader in mediation efforts.
Investigators search for hospital fire clues
Investigators began searching for clues on Thursday into the cause of a major blaze that tore through the top floor of London's Royal Marsden Hospital.