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Aid Agency Pleads for the life of Devoted Humanitarian
A video of the Iraqi-British hostage Margaret Hassan has been shown on Al Jazeera, the Arab satellite news network. After four days of detention, she made a tearful plea for her life. As CARE International’s Country Director in Iraq, her work has impressed...
Aid Agency Pleads for the life of Devoted Humanitarian
A video of the Iraqi-British hostage Margaret Hassan has been shown on Al Jazeera, the Arab satellite news network. After four days of detention, she made a tearful plea for her life. As CARE International’s Country Director in Iraq, her work has impressed...
Global Fight against Poverty continues with meeting at WCC HQ
On 22 October 2004 a meeting between the World Council of Churches (WCC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) took place to discuss global poverty eradication. Heads of the three global bodies issued a joint statement...
Secularised EU Threatens Vatican’s Authority in Europe
The end of Christendom seems to be approaching, as today's Europe continues to change drastically in terms of social morality and politics. Catholicism throughout its history had always managed to have strong authority in Europe, however, this authority is waivering and has lost its momentum...
Nigerian Archbishop Rebukes the Windsor Report
In the period of digesting and reflecting on the Windsor Report 2004 released on Monday, the leader of one of the world’s largest Anglican Churches showed his disappointment at the report...
World Bank and IMF Encounters with WCC
The World Council of Churches (WCC) opened a panel discussion with the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on 22nd October, to look into world poverty today...
More Than 2,300 Turn to Christ at Franklin Graham East Coast Festival
More than a year’s worth of preparation by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in cooperation with more than 300 churches came to fruition over the past weekend in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia...
Presbyterians ''Disavow'' Anti-Semitic Statement
Three of the top Presbyterian Church (USA) officials released a statement on Oct. 20, in an attempt to mend its strained relationship with the Jewish community. The statement, which reaffirmed the PC(USA)’s desire to remain in Christian-Jewish dialogue...
Registering Christian Voters: Same Goals, Different Values
With less than two weeks remaining before the American 2004 Presidential Election, numerous “progressive and moderate” Christian organisations and their leaders launched the first ever coordinated national “Get Out the Vote” campaign...
Tense Debate begins on UN’s Anti-Cloning Treaty
Commencing from Thursday 21st October, the UN General Assembly’s legal committee will begin a two-day debate on the treaty banning human cloning. No conclusion has been drawn from the debate yet, but it is expected to be very uneasy as it involves a great ethical dilemma at the root of the debate...
International Agency Coalition warn that climate change may Intensify World Poverty
An international coalition of environment and development agencies has launched a joint statement of concern to address its concern over the climate change due to global warming. Yesterday, the coalition issued its report ...
Iraq Government Urges Aid Agencies Not to Compromise with Terrorists
Today represents the third day since the devoted Iraqi-British aid worker, Margaret Hassan was captured by Iraqi terrorists in Baghdad. Even though the reason behind the kidnapping is still a mystery, it is confirmed that the kidnappers are related to the Islamic extremists...
Christian Aid Report points at Israel’s illegal actions
A new report entitled ‘Facts on the Ground: The End of the Two-State Solution?’, by Christian Aid has stated that Israel’s illegal actions in the Gaza Strip and West Bank may destroy any chance of a two-state solution being reached...
Churches Worldwide hope for Reunification of North & South Korea
In closing the historical 20th Anniversary Consultation of the Tozanso Process on Wednesday 20th October, the final press communiqué concluded the viewpoints of prominent church leaders around the world, which shows their hope for the reunification of North and South Korea...
Caritas Calls Worldwide Churches to Pray for Columbia
Caritas International, the global network of Catholic aid agencies, has called for churches across the world to pray for peace in Colombia on this coming Sunday 24th October as one of the highlights of the campaign “Peace is Possible”...
Aid Worker Kidnapping results in CARE Suspending work in Iraq
Insecurity in Iraq has further raised concern as another case of abduction happened yesterday, just around two weeks after the tragic execution of the last hostage, a British engineer Kenneth Bigley.