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August 4, 2004

US Evangelicals call for military action in Sudan

American evangelical Christian leaders have urged President George W. Bush to consider sending troops to stop what they are saying is genocide in Sudan
July 23, 2004

Bishop calls for cricket boycott

A prominent Zimbabwean cleric has urged Britain to call off a controversial cricket tour and take a harder line against Robert Mugabe, calling on churches in the UK to also take a tougher line.
May 14, 2004

Christians say indian election result is answer to their prayers

Christians in India are regarding the surprise election defeat of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as an answer to their prayers.
April 20, 2004

Vietnamese Christians arrested and deported from Cambodia

Cambodian police have arrested and deported 160 Christians who crossed the border
April 14, 2004

Christian peacemakers report killings of women and children by US troops in Fallujah

Christian peacemakers in Iraq have reported harrowing scenes including the killing of women and children by US forces following an overnight humanitarian mission to Fallujah.
March 31, 2004

Christian children forced to become Buddhist monks

Children from Christian families in Burma between the ages of five and ten have been lured from their homes and placed in Buddhist monasteries.
March 24, 2004

Clergy outsourcing to India

As US and European companies outsource hi-tech work to India to benefit from low-cost and abundant skilled labour, the clergy is doing likewise seeking to compensate for the acute shortage of priests in the West reports Sky News.
March 24, 2004

Tutu visits death row inmate

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been to death row in Texas to visit an inmate condemned for the slaying of a Houston man more than 12 years ago.
April 15, 2003

Campaigners highlight deaths of street children at UN

In an oral statement to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, a Christian campaign group has highlighted the habitual killing of street children in Brazil, Honduras and Guatemala.
March 26, 2003

Pope oppressed by news of war

Pope John Paul has said that his heart was "oppressed" by the news of battles in Iraq.

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