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Iran rejects idea of talks on nuclear programme
Negotiations over Iran's nuclear enrichment activities would be meaningless because the country has a legal right to pursue the technology, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Palestinians see rifts with Israel on peace draft
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are deeply divided over the content of a joint document they are drafting for next month's U.S.-sponsored statehood conference, Palestinian officials said on Sunday.
Prominent Palestinian Christian killed in Gaza
A prominent Palestinian Christian in the Gaza Strip was found dead on Sunday after being abducted near his home, six months after the religious bookshop he ran was blown up.
Up to 67 killed in worst Vietnam floods in decades
At least 67 people were killed or missing after a typhoon, floods and landslides cut power and closed roads in what officials in two Vietnamese provinces on Sunday described as some of the worst flooding in decades.
Floods leave Africans without money for food, school
Aime Assou should have started his final year of school this week but like hundreds of thousands of farmers across West Africa, floods have left his family without enough money to buy food let alone pay his fees.
Darfur town where troops killed 'burned down'
A Darfur town has been burned to the ground and its residents forced to flee, days after 10 African Union troops were killed there in an attack, a joint United Nations/African Union mission said on Sunday.
Brothers and sisters
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BMS World Mission in Nepal amid severe monsoon flooding
BMS World Mission and its local partners in Nepal are providing much needed humanitarian assistance in response to terrible monsoon flooding.
Kirk welcomes children's march against sectarianism
Church of Scotland praises Glasgow schools' anti-sectarianism march.
Church scholar to examine brutal history between church and state
A Church of Scotland will offer her own insight into the sometimes "brutal" history of Church-state relations at this year's Chalmers Lectures.
Barnabas praying for Christians in Nigeria
Barnabas Fund is praying this month for Christians in Nigeria after they were badly hit in last month's anti-Christian rioting in Kano State.
Brown rules out early UK vote as his lead vanishes
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ruled out an early election on Saturday in what the opposition Conservatives called a humiliating retreat after polls showed his lead over them had evaporated.
EU says Turkey must improve freedom of speech
Turkey must move ahead with laws ensuring freedoms of religion and expression and prosecuting writers for criticising Turkish identity is unacceptable, a senior EU official told Turkish television.
Iran says French call for EU sanctions illegal
Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday France's call for EU sanctions against Tehran outside of the U.N. framework was illegal and the Islamic Republic would not back away from its nuclear ambitions.
US Religious Right support up for Republican grabs
Broad support from U.S. religious conservatives remains an elusive prize for the top Republican candidates in the White House race and there is even talk of a third party candidate to fly the right's flag.
Myanmar protest in London, Asia fails to spark
Some 1,500 people marched through central London on Saturday after a global day of demonstrations against Myanmar's violent suppression of pro-democracy protests failed to spark in Asia.