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Iran blames West for mosque blast
Iran has arrested members of a terrorist group with links to Britain and the United States who were behind a blast at a mosque last month that killed 14 and wounded 200 in the southern city of Shiraz, a news agency said.
Smith says police should harass young thugs
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said on Thursday police should turn the tables on young thugs who terrorise neighbourhoods by filming and harassing them at home.
U.S. says Burma backtracks on aid flight
Desperate survivors cried out for aid on Thursday nearly a week after Cyclone Nargis killed up to 100,000 people, as pressure piled up on Burma to throw its doors open to an international relief operation.
We're throwing away a fortune in food
The amount of good food Britons throw away unnecessarily is at record levels, according to a study on Thursday, costing the economy 10 billion pounds a year.
Climate tsar says flight rationing unwelcome
Britain's growing hunger for flights abroad should not be rationed in the fight against climate change, the chief of the government's new climate change committee said.
Christian relief, prayers helping to ease 'unimaginable suffering' in Burma
Christian aid agencies and leaders are keeping Burma in their prayers as they scramble emergency aid to the cyclone-ravaged country.
Pope reaches out to China at unprecedented concert
Pope Benedict reached out to communist China on Wednesday at an unprecedented concert by its national orchestra in the Vatican that the Church hopes can help end decades of icy relations with Beijing.
Armenian leader condemns 'genocide' before Pope
Armenia's Orthodox leader on Wednesday used the pulpit of the Vatican to condemn the 1915 killing of 1.5 million ethnic Armenians by Ottoman Turks, saying the whole world should recognise it as a genocide.
New teen band Mission Six debuts on Radio Disney Incubator
New teen band Mission Six is currently featured on the Radio Disney Incubator, where the band will be featured during the month of May.
UK guilty of 'hypocrisy' over Iran, says Church of Scotland Council
Church of Scotland Church & Society Council chides Britain for breaching nuclear arms treaty whilst demanding disarmament from others.
Government's treatment of migrants 'shameful', says bishop
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Brentwood, Thomas McMahon, has strongly criticised the Government's failure to regularise undocumented migrants living in Britain.
US evangelicals call for step back from politics
A group of US evangelical leaders called on Wednesday for a pullback from party politics so that followers would not become "useful idiots" exploited for partisan gain.
Palestinian Bible Society head to speak on challenges of war
Labib Madanat, who leads the Bible Society in Palestine, will be speaking at the annual Churches' Media Conference on 9 -11 June.
Bank of England set to hold rates
The Bank of England looks more likely to leave interest rates on hold rather than cut them later on Thursday, but a stream of dismal data over recent days has made the decision a close call.
Brown bats off taunts after poll rout
Gordon Brown, reeling from a drubbing in local polls, sought to allay voters' concerns over the economy on Wednesday in the face of taunts from an opposition that can smell victory at the next general election.
PM praises Christians, endorses Global Day of Prayer
Prime Minister Gordon Brown hosted a reception at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday in honour of the Global Day of Prayer London taking place at Millwall football stadium this Sunday.