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Italy coalition divided over immigration crackdown
Cracks in Italy's centre-left coalition widened on Monday over emergency legislation giving police greater powers to expel European Union immigrants.
Egyptian policemen get jail with labour for torture
A Cairo court sentenced two policemen to three years in prison on Monday for torturing a man almost two years ago in a case that sparked a public outrage in Egypt and drew criticism from international rights groups.
Energy boom brings mining jobs back to Wales
Two decades ago, Britain was shutting collieries and coal miners were staging desperate and sometimes violent strikes in a vain attempt to save their jobs.
Queen Elizabeth in fashion top 50 at age of 81
At the age of 81, Queen Elizabeth on Monday joined models Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell on Vogue Magazine's list of the world's most glamorous women.
Relief body urges world action to end aid holdups
The world Red Cross and Red Crescent body on Monday urged governments in poorer countries to help save lives in natural disasters by changing laws to end holdups in delivery of relief aid.
UN rights chief 'alarmed' over Pakistan
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Monday she was alarmed over the suspension of rights and imposition of a state of emergency in Pakistan by President Pervez Musharraf.
Firefighters determined to bring out colleagues
Search teams are working non-stop in an attempt to find three firemen who are believed to have died during a warehouse blaze in Warwickshire.
Pope calls for peace along Turkey-Iraq border
The Roman Catholic head has explained how Christians fleeing violence in Iraq were among those who had taken refuge in the Turkey-Iraq border region.
Church accuses supermarkets of squeezing farmers
The pursuit of cheap food coupled with the buying power of the big supermarkets is putting farming livelihoods at risk, the Church of England has told the Competition Commission.
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Archbishop calls for age of criminal responsibility to be raised
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Dr Rowan Williams has called for the Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility.
Salvation Army bringing Christmas help for flood victims
The Salvation Army has teamed up with Morrisons supermarkets to help families struggling to cope in the aftermath of the summer's devastating floods.
Bishop of London opens new £7.5m affordable housing development
A brand new £7.5m housing development project has been opened by the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, in the deprived inner city area of Tower Hamlets.
Youth workers conference to consider legacies of slavery
An ecumenical conference for church youth workers will consider how the legacies of slavery in all its forms can still impact minority ethnic young people today, as the Bicentenary year of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade comes to a close.
Christian author reveals 'disillusioned' Iranians are turning to Jesus Christ
A new book reveals that many people in Iran are turning to Christianity, and pleads the case for a greater tolerance towards the country despite its much criticised nuclear programme.
Jesse Jackson to promote racial justice to Britain's churches
World famous American civil rights campaigner, the Rev Jesse Jackson has been invited to London and Oxford to engage with Britain's churches in the fight for racial justice.