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Greenbelt Festival Closes with Thousands Calling for Trade Justice

The Greenbelt Festival 2005 has come to a close on Monday evening in front of thousands at Cheltenham racecourse. Over the four-day event more than 18,000 people...

Christian Solidarity Worldwide Highlights Concerns Over Peru Human Rights Issues

Two innocent Peruvian men have been re-arrested to be re-tried after they had been informed by the Peruvian Supreme Court that their absolutions in a lower court had been nullified. According to Christian Solidarity Worldwide, the Supreme Court has ordered the issue for a re-trial...

Christians Call for Prayers as Women Wait Court Decision on Conversions in Indonesia

Christians around the world are praying for the verdict of the three Christian women accused of Christianising Muslim children in Indonesia. The trial has come about after the three women had conducted a Happy Week...

Lawyer’s Christian Fellowship to Meet on Religious Hatred Bill

Christian lawyers in the UK have come together to discuss their concerns and worries regarding the proposed Religious Hatred legislation...

UN High Commissioner Pleads for Urgent Sudan Development Aid

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres has promised to “tell the chiefs of the rich people” in the world that more must be done urgently to improve...

Taking Care of Your Smile

You only get one set of adult teeth, so look after them. With today's hectic lifestyles, it's easy to neglect one of your most important health and beauty assets: your smile. Here's the low-down on dentistry available today and how you can brush up on your own dental care...

Oxfam launches its 'Unwrapped' catalogue for Christmas

This Christmas, wrap up a donkey, put a class room under the tree and squeeze 100 school dinners into a stocking.

Oxfam's new Christmas 2005 Unwrapped alternative gift catalogue is the charity's biggest yet. Oxfam expects that come December, its quirky but life-saving gifts will again compete with the latest toys and gadgets in the 'must have' Christmas present charts.

The Unwrapped range features over 50 'funusual' present ideas across 52 pages, including new gifts and pro

Word Music Group Publishes its Catalogue on Musicnotes.com

Word Music Group, one of the world's largest catalogues of Christian Sheet Music, has given permission for its catalogue of Christian Music to appear on Musicnotes.com, the market leader in downloadable sheet music.

Greenbelt: Society Must Listen to Religious Fundamentalists

A leading expert on monotheism has told audiences at the Greenbelt Festival at the weekend that society must listen to the religious fundamentalists for it to step back from the abyss...

Thousands at Greenbelt Festival told of Huge Hunger Strikes at Guantanamo Bay

A human rights lawyer has told the Greenbelt Festival that 200 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay have been on hunger strikes for 3 weeks...

Church of North India Lead Continued Relief Efforts in Tsunami-Hit South

The Church of North India is continuing to provide large-scale, environment-oriented relief efforts in southeast India, eight months after a quake-triggered tsunami devastated the area. The Council for World Mission...

Lausanne Evangelicals Gather 1,300 Arab Youth for Leadership Training

Around 1,300 youth from all around the Arab world came together in Cairo, Egypt last week for a leadership conference focused on “the origin and the picture.” For three days, youth from Arab nations including Egypt, North Africa...

Evangelical Billy Graham Breaks Ground for Historic Library, Museum

Billy Graham helped break ground Friday on a library and museum aimed at chronicling his life, ministry and service to the church, long after he is gone. The Billy Graham Library, scheduled to open in 2007, will display...

Christian Aid Cry Out Against Dominican Republic Forced Deportations

The Dominican Republic has continued to force Haitians to leave the country, with over 2,000 Haitians forced home in the past few weeks, according to Christian Aid. Christian Aid partner, the Haiti Support Group has...

US Evangelical Requests Reconciliation Meeting with Chavez

A senior American evangelical has requested to meet Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for extreme comments made by television evangelist Pat Robertson, who has been overwhelmingly criticised over comments to assassinate...

Evangelical President to Reconcile with Venezuelan Leader after Robertson Comments

A senior American evangelical has requested to meet Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for extreme comments made by television evangelist Pat Robertson, who has been overwhelmingly criticised over comments to assassinate...