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World Vision backs calls for global child abuse watchdog
World Vision has backed calls from a major children's charity calling for a new global watchdog to monitor international aid agencies in their efforts to stamp out child abuse by their workers.
Police let go church roof thieves caught red-handed
Members of St Helen's Parish Church in Treeton, South Yorkshire, have been left furious after police let off three masked men caught in the act of stealing lead from the ancient church.
Archbishop skydives for Afghanistan troops
The Archbishop of York has successfully completed a12,500ft parachute jump in aid of the Afghanistan Trust.
Church body 'saddened' by xenophobic attacks in South Africa
The head of the World Council of Churches urges the South African Government to show compassion to foreigners in the wake of recent xenophobic attacks.
Top energy ministers meet as oil rockets to record
Top energy officials from the world's biggest consumer nations meet on Saturday to discuss how to tackle surging oil, coal and natural gas prices that pose a growing threat to global economic growth.
China begins draining massive quake lake
Chinese troops on Saturday eased pressure on a swelling "quake lake" that had threatened hundreds of thousands of people, with water gushing into a man-made sluice in an operation monitored by satellite.
Guards prevent 'attack' on house of Kosovo PM
Police in Kosovo fired at a man trying to enter the house of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci late on Friday in what the government said was an attack on the home.
Sudan says Uganda rebels start 'war'
Ugandan rebels have killed 23 people including 14 south Sudanese soldiers and "started war", a south Sudanese minister said on Saturday.
Fairtrade cookbook helps churches with frugal lunches
Churches and charities in the West often organise frugal lunches or hunger lunches to raise funds for mission work, aid projects or disaster relief, but there is little guidance on how to plan, organise and publicise these events according to recipe book author and Tearfund supporter Gordon Wilkinson.
Russia to use property database to fight corruption
Russia will up the fight against corruption with a special electronic property database allowing officials to see more easily what people own, Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov told Reuters on Saturday.
Turkish headscarf ruling seen as blow to basic rights
A decision by Turkey's top court to annul a government reform which lifted a ban on Muslim headscarves at universities is a blow to freedom of religion and other fundamental rights, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.
Clinton set to back Obama
As Barack Obama basks in his historic accomplishment as the first black U.S. presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton ends her groundbreaking effort as the first woman to go as far as she did in the quest for the White House.
U.S. Energy Secy says fuel subsidies 'ought to stop'
U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman called on more countries to scrap fuel price subsidies that stoke oil demand, and warned the world to brace for more "shocking" volatility a day after oil's biggest price surge ever.
Tory party chairman faces nanny expenses row
David Cameron's Conservative party faced further questions over the claiming of publicly-funded expenses on Saturday after confirming that its chairman paid her nanny money from parliamentary allowances.
Missing divers found safe in Indonesia
Five European divers missing for about two days were found alive on a remote beach in eastern Indonesia on Saturday, police said.
Moorlands College getting 'The Word' out for diamond jubilee
Moorlands Bible College in Dorset will celebrate its Diamond Jubilee in June 2008 with the public reading of the Bible. 66 Books, 1189 chapters, and over 54,000 verses, all in 7 days!