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CHASTE tour to highlight 'Love's not for sale'
The Churches Alert to Sex Trafficking across Europe Not for Sale UK campaign which is seeking to change the mood music in the United Kingdom on the issue of customer demand, is coming on tour in November to Cambridge, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Leeds.
Christian prayer warriors combat human trafficking
Faith-based organisations are calling for prayer, fasting and concern to combat the growing crisis of modern day slavery - or human trafficking.
Bush, Brown renew call on Myanmar to end violence
US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown renewed a call to the Myanmar junta Friday to stop its violent suppression of pro-democracy protestors.
US Talent Agency Adds Christian Music Division
A renowned US-based talent and literary agency, Agency for the Performing Arts (APA), Inc., has announced the launch of a full service Christian Music Division.
1,000-mile Cut the Carbon march arrives in London this weekend
A group of Christian Aid activists arrive in the capital this weekend at the end of a 1,000 mile Cut the Carbon march from Northern Ireland to London that has brought the issue of climate change to the doorsteps of local people and to businesses and MPs across the country.
Archbishop: Religion Growing in Cuba
A Catholic Archbishop in Cuba says religion is growing in the communist nation despite restrictions.
Church launches hands-on way to learn about Christingle
The Church of England and The Children's Society have turned oranges into cubes to help children engage with the Christian message of Christingle in a fun and creative way.
US insists it supports UN effort on climate
The United States insisted on Thursday it was serious about global warming and tried to reassure skeptics that President George W. Bush's gathering of major polluting nations would not undermine U.N. efforts.
Back to Church ads are 'personal invitation' to non-churchgoers - bishop
Bishop of Lichfield hopes former churchgoers in his diocese will receive roadside posters and radio adverts as a personal invitation to come back to church.
Bush under pressure at climate change conference
U.S. President George W. Bush kicks off the second day of a conference on global warming on Friday under pressure from the world's major economies to accept binding limits on emissions of greenhouse gases.
Rich must reduce emissions for poor to develop
Rich countries like the United States must reduce their carbon footprint to support poor nations who have no choice but to increase their emissions if they are to lift themselves out of poverty, a leading environmentalist said.
Britain reports fifth case of bluetongue disease
Britain's farm ministry on Thursday reported a fifth case of bluetongue disease in an animal in Suffolk, eastern England.
Climate change may sink us this century: Maldives
Unless the world starts taking climate change seriously and cuts greenhouse emissions, the Maldives could become uninhabitable this century, the president of the Indian Ocean archipelago says.
U.N. rights investigators report abuses in Angola
U.N. human rights investigators say people are still being arbitrarily detained, tortured and often denied access to a lawyer in post-war Angola.
North Korea urged to disable nuclear programmes
Talks on disarming North Korea aim to lay out a roadmap for disabling the country's nuclear programmes, the U.S. envoy said on Friday, conceding there was not yet agreement on even defining the term.
Conservative Anglicans see no change in 'American problem'
What The Episcopal Church had hoped to be a "clear and unambiguous" statement has left both sides of the Anglican divide dissatisfied, with some saying the Episcopal bishops are again dodging their response to avoid losing their place in the global communion.