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January 12, 2007

US churches chief resists Bush's urge to surge

The head of the leading US ecumenical body, the National Council of Churches USA, has described the call for more troops to be sent to Iraq as "morally unsupportable".
January 12, 2007

Church groups call for alternatives to Bush's "unjust and unworkable" Iraq strategy

Peace and security in Iraq will not come from increased levels of US troops and more warring ‚Ä' it will be achieved only by diplomacy, political processes, reconciliation, and reconstruction, says leading Quaker agency the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
January 12, 2007

US church tells fast food giant to super-size workers' pay rise

The Rev Clifton Kirkpatrick, who moderates the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), is urging fast-food giant Burger King to work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) to address wages and working conditions in the tomato fields.
January 12, 2007

Christian Aid criticizes Somalia military air strikes

Recent US air strikes against militants in Somalia will do little to bring peace and security to the region, says leading UK-based international development agency Christian Aid.
January 12, 2007

Southern Sudnese church leaders urge secession

Two years after the signing of a peace agreement to end a 21-year-long civil war in Sudan, some church leaders in south Sudan are urging eventual secession for their region, saying Khartoum has failed to make unity attractive - writes Fredrick Nzwili for Ecumenical News International.
January 11, 2007

Christians protest over increase in US troops for Iraq

Christians around the US will join others tonight at hundreds of meetings to protest against the announcement by President Bush last night to send 21,500 extra US troops to Iraq.
January 11, 2007

Worldwide protests on Guantanamo's fifth anniversary

Christians will be amongst protestors who will protest around the world today against the detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
January 11, 2007

Concern at the killing of another Russian priest

A village priest has been killed by thieves after Christmas Eve services marked by the Russian Orthodox Church on 6 January 2007, in the second violent death of a cleric to shake the church in just over a month
January 11, 2007

Aid agency calls on EU to renew targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe

Evangelical aid agency Tearfund is calling on the European Union (EU) to renew targeted sanctions against the country.
January 11, 2007

Bishop of Connor elected Primate of All Ireland

The Rt Revd Alan Harper, Bishop of Connor has been elected Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland by the House of Bishops of the Church of Ireland.

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