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Conservatives seen victors in Iran polls
Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election weighted in favour of conservative supporters of the Islamic Republic's clerical establishment.
The Queen opens new Heathrow terminal
The Queen opened a giant, luxury terminal at London's Heathrow airport on Friday, despite security breaches by protesters opposed to expanding the world's busiest international air gateway.
Revealed - what MPs can expense
Members of parliament keen to spruce up their second homes can spend thousands of pounds at taxpayers' expense, House of Commons documents showed on Friday.
Man charged over Heathrow security alert
A man who caused a major security alert at Heathrow Airport after getting onto a runway was charged on Friday with "aircraft endangerment", police said.
Christian group approves US dropping China from rights blacklist
A Christian religious freedom group has given its approval for the U.S. State Department's removal of China from its human rights blacklist despite reports of the government's increased crackdown on house churches ahead of the Olympic Games.
Bible Society presents 'Poverty and Justice Bible' to MPs
The Bible Society has said that on 13 March, Members of Parliament were presented with the first Poverty and Justice Bible to highlight more than 2,000 verses reflecting God's attitude to poverty and justice.
Iraq archbishop kidnappers wanted $1 million ransom
Kidnappers of a Chaldean Catholic archbishop found dead in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had demanded a $1 million ransom, a senior police official said on Friday.
Kay Warren to speak at Tearfund conference
Development charity Tearfund is set to hold a conference for churches to promote awareness of the global HIV and Aids pandemic on Saturday 15 March.
Anglicans worldwide prepare for Holy Week
Anglicans and Episcopalians around the world will join with other Christians in observing the most solemn time in the church's calendar, Holy Week, beginning Sunday 16 March.
Priest sentenced to life for role in Rwandan genocide
A United Nations war crimes court for Rwanda sentenced a Roman Catholic priest to life in prison for his role in Rwanda's 1994 genocide that left 800,000 dead.
Conservatives tipped to win in Iran election
Iranians voted on Friday in an election likely to keep conservatives firmly in control of parliament after unelected state bodies disqualified many reformist foes of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from the race.
Tibet monasteries said on lockdown after protests
Chinese authorities sealed off three monasteries in Tibet, reports said on Friday, after a wave of rare street protests in the remote, Buddhist region whose rule has become a focus for critics ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
Chad and Sudan make peace agreement
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Chadian President Idriss Deby signed a peace agreement on Thursday designed to end cross-border rebel attacks in a region which includes Sudan's conflict-ravaged Darfur area.
Crackdown fallout hits Myanmar tourism hard
It may be awash with cultural splendours, topped off by the 1,000-year-old temples of Bagan, but a reviled military government has ensured Myanmar has never been flooded with foreign tourists.
Iraqi fighters told to cease fire after clashes
A close aide to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's ordered his Mehdi Army militiamen on Thursday to observe a ceasefire after they clashed with Iraqi and U.S. soldiers in the southern city of Kut.
Ugandan leader urges harmony at Afro-Arab meeting
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called for an end to racial and religious tensions between Africa's mainly Arab north and its largely black sub-Saharan region, saying they could cause conflict.