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Friends and Heroes receives Gold Award
Friends and Heroes, the animated action-adventure TV series for children, today received the Christian Broadcasting Council's Gold Award as the Best Youth/Children's Programme 2007.
US Episcopal report highlights concerns over church attendance drop
An Episcopal Church committee has released an interim report that reveals positive trends as well as concerns in declining membership and church conflicts.
Turk army gets green light to hit rebels in N.Iraq
Turkey's prime minister said on Friday his cabinet had authorized the armed forces to conduct a cross-border operation against Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq, but analysts said major action did not appear imminent.
Russians say being forced to vote in election
Students in Siberia, doctors on the Volga river, and office workers in Moscow say they are being threatened with disciplinary action if they do not vote in Sunday's parliamentary election.
ETA gunmen kill Spanish policeman in France
ETA suspects shot and killed a Spanish Guardia Civil policeman in France on Saturday, French police said, the Basque separatist group's first killing since it abandoned a ceasefire in June.
Indian minister hands cyclone aid to Bangladesh
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived in Bangladesh on Saturday for a short visit to see areas devastated by a cyclone two weeks ago, and meet government leaders.
Secret donor to Labour blames party
The millionaire businessman at the centre of the scandal over secret donations to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party laid the blame at the political grouping's door on Saturday.
India's Supreme Court delays Dalit Christian hearings
The Supreme Court of India has postponed hearings on demands made by Dalit Christians and Muslims for full constitutional rights after the central government again failed to officially respond.
Sangakkara leads Sri Lanka fightback
Kumar Sangakarra scored 86 not out as Sri Lanka reached 180 for 7 at tea on the first day of the first test against England on Saturday.
Joyrider and teenage passenger die in crash
A 15-year-old joyrider and his teenage passenger have died after their stolen car crashed in Yorkshire, police said on Saturday.
3,000 Hope Street homes invited to share hopes for future
Church Army and The Christian Enquiry Agency have are inviting the 3,000 homes on the UK's Hope Streets to share their hopes and wishes for the future.
Christian Aid wants wealthy nations to foot lion's share of climate change bill
Christian Aid is hoping next week's UN Climate Change Conference will see wealthy nations foot the largest share of the bill for developing nations already having to adapt to climate change.
Chavez threatens to cut U.S. oil supply over vote
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Friday to halt the OPEC nation's oil sales to the United States, seeking to fire up his leftist supporters for a weekend referendum on expanding his powers.
Clinton campaign office hit by hostage drama
A man carrying fake explosives seized several hostages at Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire campaign office on Friday before surrendering peacefully to end a tense standoff.
Four Hamas militants killed in Gaza missile strike
An Israeli missile strike killed at least four Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian hospital officials and Hamas said.
Five injured by new blast at Ukraine mine
A new explosion injured five miners on Saturday at a colliery in eastern Ukraine struck by the country's worst mining accident two weeks ago, officials said.