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Anti-Christian persecution hits new high in India
At least four cases of Christian persecution in India were reported in the average week this year, according to statistics recently revealed by the president of the All India Catholic Union and others actively monitoring the situation.
Christian Aid to call for bold Aids strategy
Christian Aid will be participating in an event in Parliament Square on 29 November ahead of World AIDS Day on 1 December.
Christian lawyers, Stop the Traffik to highlight contemporary slavery
Christian lawyers and Stop the Traffik will team up next week for a seminar to tackle contemporary slavery in the UK.
Tearfund film footage supports Archbishop's broadcast in Aids fight
Tearfund launched on Tuesday its latest Aids appeal pack, which features film footage of a family of children orphaned by Aids in Uganda also used in a broadcast by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Bush says Annapolis path will be difficult
With a handshake, leaders of the United States, Israel and the Palestinians agreed on Tuesday to immediately launch peace talks with the goal of reaching a final accord by the end of 2008.
Iran says ex-nuclear official guilty of propaganda
Former Iranian nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian has been found guilty of "propaganda against the system" but acquitted of an espionage charge that could have carried the death penalty, a judiciary official said on Tuesday.
Atom bomb an ace as Pakistan's Sharif woos Punjab
There is little doubt who engineer Zafar Butt will vote for at Pakistan's upcoming general election. You need look no further than the mushroom cloud mounted on his motorbike.
Suicide car bomb in Afghan capital kills 2 civilians
A suicide car bomb targeting a U.S. military convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul killed two civilians on Tuesday, the latest attack to shake confidence in government efforts to uphold security.
Somali journalists banned from covering insurgents
The mayor of Mogadishu has banned Somali media from publishing interviews with insurgents or reporting on military operations and the city's refugee exodus, journalists and watchdogs said on Tuesday.
Attack by Iraq 'shepherd' bomer kills 9
Nine people were killed when a suicide bomber posing as a shepherd attacked police north of Baghdad on Tuesday and at least six civilians died in a spate of shootings by U.S. soldiers, security officials said.
Sarkozy calls security meeting after fresh unrest
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will summon senior aides to a security meeting when he returns from China on Wednesday, after a second night of violence in Paris suburbs left around 80 police hurt.
Brown to boycott EU-Africa summit over Mugabe
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will attend a European Union-Africa summit in December in Lisbon, triggering a boycott of the meeting by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Possible Danish 'friendly fire' deaths probed
Britain is investigating an incident in Afghanistan two months ago in which two Danish soldiers may have been killed by British "friendly fire", the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.
'Graveyard' offices lack buzz
David Brent's much-ridiculed dance in "The Office" may not have done much to enhance his status as a manager but a lively work environment can do wonders to enhance job satisfaction, according to a survey on Tuesday.
Labour will not accept Abrahams' donations
Labour will not accept donations made by a property developer through intermediaries, because they were not properly declared and were illegal, Gordon Brown said Tuesday.
Inter-church group meets to re-envision 'polycentric' ecumenical movement
Nigerian Methodist leader heads inter-church group charged with re-envisioning a "poly-centric" ecumenical movement.