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February 21, 2006

Celebrities line up to support Christian Aid week

A host of celebrities including Beverly Knight and actor Damian Lewis are lining up to back Christian Aid Week 2006, under the slogan; ëYou Add. We Multiply'.
February 10, 2006

UK Evangelicals welcome move by US colleagues to act on global warming

The UK-based aid agency Tearfund has welcomed the actions of 86 leading US evangelicals who have formed an Evangelical climate initiative change, breaking with the White House's position on global warming.
January 7, 2006

Church partners welcome victory of radical leader in Bolivia

The overwhelming victory of Evo Morales, the radical indigenous leader, in Bolivia's recent presidential election has been warmly welcomed by partners of Christian Aid, the UK-based international development agency supported by many of Britain's leading denominations.
January 4, 2006

Pakistan quake survivors struggle in winter conditions

Hundreds of thousands of survivors from the devastating earthquake that hit Pakistan and India last year are struggling through severe winter weather conditions.
December 21, 2005

Zimbabwe archbishop will not be silenced - news from ekklesia

Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo has said he refuses to be muzzled and he does not fear the Zimbabwean government's latest threat to clamp down on its critics.
December 8, 2005

Former Guantanamo Bay detainees call for release of Christian peacemakers

Former Guantanamo Bay detainees call for release of Christian peacemakers

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November 24, 2005

US Clergy face prison after protesting use of torture

Three Catholic clergy are facing prison sentences in the US after acts of civil disobedience against a military training school which teaches torture techniques.
November 17, 2005

Catholic bishops back campaign to end US death penalty

Catholic bishops in the US have emphatically endorsed a campaign to end the use of the death penalty in America, saying that the country cannot "teach that killing is wrong by killing those who kill."
November 10, 2005

Bethlehem launches own passport

The Mayor of Bethlehem has declared the town of Jesus' birth an 'open city' and launched its own passport.
November 9, 2005

Christian-owned company produces cheap AIDS drugs

A not-for-profit, Christian-owned pharmaceutical factory in India has started to produce low-cost AIDS treatment drugs for the large and growing number of HIV positive people living in the world's second most populous country.

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