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Labour Wins Election as Blair Returns to Downing Street
Tony Blair won a record-breaking General Election victory today as he headed back to No 10 for an historic third term in power - but with a reduced majority.
Britain Votes as Polls Open for General Election 2005
Thursday 5th May has seen the British national election begin, and sees Prime Minister Tony Blair run for a third term. The Labour party are widely expected to win, but a feeling of public anger has also been expressed...
VOM Expresses Concern over Pakistani Christians held in Saudi Arabia
The situation regarding the 40 Pakistani Christians arrested in Saudi Arabia two weeks ago remains uncertain. Human rights organisations and Christians are very concerned about the issue. VOM has...
UN's Visit to Sri Lanka Strengthens Evangelicals against Anti-Conversion Bills
The controversial anti-conversion bill is to be put forward to the Sri Lankan parliament for a second reading tomorrow. However, the visit of the special rapporteur on freedom of religion of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR)...
Assembly of the European Christian Environmental Network Begins
The Assembly of the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) has begun on 4th May 2005 in Basel, Switzerland. The ECEN is closely linked to Conference of European Churches (CEC), which ensures its secretariat...
Sri Lanka Evangelicals Continue Fight Against Anti-Conversion Bills
A petition against the proposed anti-conversion bills in Sri Lanka have been brought to the spot-light as the second reading by the country's parliament is scheduled to take place on Friday 6th May. The UK-based human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW)...
Tsunami Aid Groups Told: If You Want To Stay - Do Not Interfere
Foreign relief groups that wish to continue their post-tsunami work in Aceh, Indonesia, must not "interfere in the internal affairs of the country," a government official has warned...
National Day of Prayer in US begins Global Day of Prayer
The 16th annual Bible reading marathon in the U.S. capitol, which continues day and night from 2nd May 2005 regardless of weather, culminates today and meets the beginning of the National Day of Prayer which starts today, 5th May - Ascension Day...
New Accompaniers Join Ecumenical Programme in Palestine & Israel
A new group of 18 ecumenical accompaniers have joined the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). These new members added to the four existing bodies will increase the total number of accompaniers to 22...
WCC Presidents release Pentecost 2005 Message
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has released a statement to guide the worldwide Church prior to Pentecost. The WCC wished to express that through...
Churches Organise Ecumenical Vigil for Racial Justice Prior to Election
On the 5th May the UK’s General Election will take place. While the political parties are making their last efforts to conclude their election campaigns, the churches and faith-groups are also taking this opportunity to express a Christian viewpoint...
Seven Chinese Catholic Priests Released after One-week Detention
Yesterday China has released the seven underground Catholic priests who were arrested near Beijing on 27th April. In China, the government...
UK Churches to Observe Wycliffe "No Bible Sunday"
Wycliffe Bible Translators, based in the UK is calling on churches across the world to participate in "No Bible Sunday". In the UK, the official date will be 22nd May, and The initiative challenges Christians to apply...
Homosexuality Issue Tears Anglican Communion as UK Bishop is Rejected
The Right Rev Calvin Wendell Bess, the diocesan bishop of the Port of Spain in Trinidad has cancelled an invitation to the Bishop of Chelmsford, after he learnt about the Bishop's liberal views on homosexuality...
Make Poverty History to Gather 100,000 in Pre-G8 Summit Edinburgh Protest
Details have been released by the Make Poverty History campaign that a huge march is being planned to take place in Edinburgh during this summer. The initiative will see about 100,000 people join in a four-day...
Nepal Detains Christian Couple for "Proselytising" Orphans in India
A state-run newspaper Rising Nepal Daily has reported that an Indian couple alleged of "proselytising" students in the school they set up for orphans have been arrested by the Nepalese authorities...