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Ukraine Churches Unite to Defend Christian Ethics Curriculum in Schools

Ukraine Churches are now facing up to the challenge of proposed changes in the education curriculum for school students as the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has decided to implement a mandatory "Ethics" class...

Africa Aid Plan & Climate Change: Main Focus of Blair–Bush Meeting

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will meet the U.S. President George Bush today in the afternoon in Washington, D.C. The main focus of the meeting will be aid for Africa and climate change, however other topics...

70 Christians Remain Jailed in Eritrea

Seventy Christians still remains in jail after the mass arrests during a wedding celebration in Eritrea's capital Asmara on 28th May 2005. During the wedding party approximately 250 attendants were arrested...

Second Round of Lebanon Elections Marked with Boycott by Christians

Yesterday the second round of election took place in the second district in Lebanon. It was marked with a very low turnout of Christian voters, similar to what happened in Beirut during the first round a week earlier...

Africa AIDS Situation Desperate says UN as Orphans Forced into Prostitution

During the recent UN meeting, Secretary General Kofi Annan warned of the vast spread of HIV/AIDS all over the world and called for strong leadership and more funds to fight the deadly disease. Annan described the progress as "significant but insufficient...

Eight Christian Protestants arrested in Saudi Arabia

On Saturday 28th May 2005, eight Protestant leaders were arrested, according to the Rome-based news agency, AsiaNews. Bibles and other religious items were confiscated by Muttawa – religious police in the country...

Maronite Bishops' Council Criticise Lebanon Election

The Maronite Bishops' Council, during a meeting on Wednesday has criticised the current polling events in Lebanon. In the statement issued after a meeting presided by Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, bishops expressed...

Bush Not Supportive of Blair's Action Plan for Africa

Ahead of the meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair next Monday, U.S. President George Bush expressed his disagreement over the aid plan laid out by Blair. The plan requires US$25 billion in aid a year and 100% cancellation of debt...

OSCE Conference to Tackle Religious Freedom Violations & Intolerance

The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will hold a conference on anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance across the OSCE area. The conference will commence on 8th June in Spanish Cordoba...

Christian Groups Call for Religious Freedom in Eritrea amid London Protest

A protest calling for religious freedom in Eritrea will take place on 9th June 2005 outside the Eritrean Embassy in London. The initiative is supported by Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), Release Eritrea! and...

Iranian Pastor Pourmand Acquitted of Apostasy & Proselytising - Remains in Jail

Pastor Hamid Pourmand of the Assemblies of God Church was acquitted of the charges of apostasy and proselytising on 28th May 2005 by an Islamic court in his hometown Bandar-i Bushehr...

Churches' Media Conference to Focus on Conveying Christianity in 21st Century

The Churches' Media Conference, the only one conference of its kind will take place in the beginning of the next week from Monday to Wednesday with the topic "Message & Messengers: Media, Theology and Religion today" believed to be fitting current society and events ...