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Travel & TV feed religious tensions, says UN chief
World travel and live satellite television have fed cultural and religious tensions and alienation among nations, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a U.N. conference on Thursday.
Climate campaigners tipped for Nobel Peace Prize
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and other campaigners against climate change lead experts' choices for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, an award once reserved for statesmen, peacemakers and human rights activists.
America's largest abortion clinic opens
America's largest abortion clinic opened Tuesday amid peaceful protests by pro-life activists who had charged the group behind the facility of defrauding the city when it applied for building permits.
Vast African dump poisons children - U.N.
Willis Ochieng, 10, scavenges through smoking refuse piled as high as a house at one of Africa's biggest rubbish mountains, his friends sitting nearby sucking on dirty plastic bottles of noxious yellow glue.
Germany's Merkel to meet South Africa's Mbeki for Zimbabwe talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will try to convince South African President Thabo Mbeki on Friday to take a harder line on Zimbabwe, officials said.
Bush says 'very optimistic' on Middle East peace
President George W. Bush said in comments aired on Friday he was "very optimistic" a Palestinian state could be set up alongside Israel and that next month's Middle East conference could lead towards peace in the region.
Myanmar opposition dismisses junta offer to talk
Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party dismissed the Myanmar junta's offer of talks as surreal on Friday, while China said the ruthless suppression of pro-democracy protests did not require international action.
Anglican panel says Episcopal bishops met directive
A high-ranking Anglican panel acknowledged Wednesday the effort of Episcopal bishops to keep the worldwide Anglican family together and said they have complied with a directive by Anglican leaders on gay bishops and same-sex unions.
Thousands to gather in London for Hillsong Conference Europe
Thousands of Christians from 42 nations representing 29 denominations will gather at the Excel Conference Centre in London for three and a half days as part of the annual Hillsong Conference Europe.
Survey: Americans more familiar with Big Mac ingredients than 10 Commandments
Do you know the Ten Commandments? Americans were found to be more familiar with the ingredients of the McDonald's Big Mac hamburger than some of the Ten Commandments.
Burma crackdown creates climate of fear
Empty temples, sweeping arrests and intimidation tactics keep the air tense and citizens fearful as Burma's ruling junta continues its campaign to crush opposition to its power.
US Presbyterian Church official says anger, mistrust abated
As US Presbyterians set out for dramatic changes to turn around the decline in Church membership, Church leaders say the outrage that erupted from a controversial vote last year has subsided.
Suspected killer of Pakistan Salvation Army chief escapes
Nearly a week after his murder, the body of the Salvation Army in Pakistan's leader Bo Brekke remains in a government mortuary awaiting transportation to his native Norway.
Crisis continues at Wycliffe Hall as Council member resigns
The controversy over Oxford theological college Wycliffe Hall has taken another dramatic turn after a council member resigned this week, saying she had serious concerns over the response of the Hall to allegations of bullying and intimidation.
Archbishop tells of 'harrowing' suffering of Iraqi refugees
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has described as "heartbreaking and harrowing" a meeting he held in Syria with refugees from Iraq.
New dean installed at St Paul's Cathedral
The Rt Rev Graeme Paul Knowles has been installed as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral. The