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Boost in funds needed to fight AIDS
Global AIDS funding needs to be quadrupled to fight the epidemic's spread in the developing world, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Tutu 'devastated' by Mugabe's rule in Zimbabwe
South African Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu said on Tuesday he was "devastated" by the human rights abuses of President Robert Mugabe's government in Zimbabwe, where the economy has virtually collapsed.
Episcopal Church to urge restraint on gay bishops
U.S. Episcopal Church bishops told Anglican leaders around the world on Tuesday that they will urge restraint in elevating gays or lesbians to the position of bishop and will not authorize rites to be used for the blessing of same-sex marriages.
Christian leaders praise monks and offer prayers for Burma
The leader of the Anglican church in Burma has said he is praying for the nation as thousands of Buddhist monks are taking to the streets of the capital in non-violent protests.
Under fire Sri Lanka President swipes at UN record
Under fire amid a rash of civil war human rights abuses, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has turned the tables on the United Nations, questioning its efficiency, and ability to help tackle terrorism.
China warns of catastrophe from Three Gorges Dam
China's huge Three Gorges Dam hydropower project could spark environmental catastrophe unless accumulating threats are quickly defused, senior officials and experts have warned.
China's hydropower may be global warming time bomb
China is scrambling to build massive hydropower dams to curb pollution and slake its thirst for energy, but scientists warn that reservoirs can also worsen global warming by emitting a powerful greenhouse gas.
US envoy expects North Korea action by year-end
Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill said on Wednesday North Korea could move ahead to "disable" its nuclear arms programmes by the end of this year.
UN Council members promise not to neglect Africa
France offered to send a warship off the coast of Somalia, the United States warned Sudan to honor a cease-fire and Belgium advocated withholding aid from nations that exploited child soldiers.
Mental scars surface as India's floods recede
The devastation caused by floods in northeast and east India has left thousands of people with psychological problems, including post-traumatic stress disorder, health officials said.
First cholera death in Baghdad, says Health Ministry
An Iraqi woman has died of cholera in Baghdad, the first reported fatality in the capital and the first outside northern Iraq, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Eritrea insists Ethiopia implements border ruling
Eritrea maintains its demand that Ethiopia implement a border ruling agreed under a pact to end their 1998-2000 war, a minister said on Wednesday after Ethiopia threatened to call off the peace agreement.
Brown urges UN action on Myanmar
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for a United Nations Security Council meeting on Myanmar on Wednesday, vowing there would be "no impunity" for human rights violators in the country.
Churches Advertising Network launches Christmas 2007 campaign
This year's Christmas advertising campaign from the Churches Advertising Network (CAN) has been launched with the slogan 'Everyone Deserves a Chance'.
Wife denies Sentamu's appointment motivated by 'political correctness'
The wife of the Archbishop of York has rebutted any suggestions that her husband Dr John Sentamu's appointment in 2005 as the second-most senior member of the Church of England was motivated by "political correctness".
Time to end silence on abortion - Christian lawyers
Christians are being asked to join in a rally next month to demonstrate the opposition to abortion that remains 40 years after the Abortion Act was passed in Parliament in October 1967.