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Nelson Mandela announces 46664 World AIDS Day concert
Nelson Mandela has announced that the Fifth International 46664 Concert will take place on World Aids Day, Saturday 1 December 2007, at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Christian worker murdered in India following religious conversions
The body of a Christian working for Trans World Radio was found last month in a jungle area near Sahoda village, Jharkhand state, India.
Eritrean Christians describe anti-faith torture methods
For Paulus, an Eritrean refugee in northern Ethiopia, a helicopter is not only an aircraft people can spot in the sky above. It is also a form of torture which forces victims to balance on their belly with hands and feet tied together and legs bent behind their back.
FTSE 100 lagging in climate commitments, finds Christian Aid
Campaigners from Christian Aid will today publish the results of research which shows that most of the UK's FTSE 100 companies have not committed to targets for absolute reductions in their greenhouse gas emissions.
CCM Artists Lend Voices for Children
Contemporary Christian music artists don't just sing about God's love, grace, and compassion to those suffering; many are actively conveying that message through their lives.
Episcopal head reaffirms inclusive church
As breakaway Anglicans in the United States question the Episcopal Church's alleged rejection of "obvious scriptural teaching", the denomination's leader has stressed that the Church's members are living as Jesus did.
New CofE book pushes baptism to heart of Church
'Start as you mean to go on' - book explores changing face of Christian initiation.
AfDB says donors must help Africa build on boom
Rich nations must make a special effort to fund African Development Bank (AfDB) projects helping the continent's poorest countries when the current facility ends this year, the bank's president said on Monday.
Roh to take step for peace on divided Korea
South Korea's President Roh Moo-hyun takes a historic step across the heavily armed border with communist North Korea on Tuesday for only their second summit, billed as a chance to bring peace to the divided peninsula.
Reaction to attack on AU peacekeepers in Darfur
Condemnation poured in on Monday after a weekend attack on African Union peacekeepers in Darfur left 20 dead, several injured and dozens missing.
Senegal's Wade says plans Zimbabwe mediation trip
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said on Monday he would travel to Zimbabwe this month to recommend multilateral mediation by African heads of state to try to solve the crisis in the southern African country.
Chad Arab rebel group signs peace deal with Deby
A small Arab rebel group in Chad signed a peace deal with the government on Monday after negotiations in Libya, giving a boost to President Idriss Deby before European troops deploy in the country's volatile east.
UN hears call to help children forced to be soldiers
France and the U.N. children's agency urged more countries on Monday to sign an international set of principles outlawing the use of child soldiers and helping restore them to civilian life.
Scottish & Southern outlines CO2 plans
Scottish & Southern Energy said on Monday it expected this year's results to slightly beat forecasts, as it unveiled a raft of new projects to cut CO2 emissions.
Environment disasters will swell migrant flows-UN
Environmental disasters sparked by climate change will increase the number of people seeking to migrate to richer countries from poorer parts of the world, U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres warned on Monday.
Steep rise in cholera cases in northern Iraq
More than 500 new cases of cholera have been confirmed since Thursday in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk, bringing the total number across the country to more than 3,000, the health ministry said on Monday.