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Hunger June 2002

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June 16, 2002 *Up to 13m people face starvation in southern Africa: UN* The United Nations says up to 13 million people across southern Africa are now at risk of starvation. The UN is holding emergency talks in Johannesburg to address the disaster. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) says southern Africa is facing […]

Vietnam Tribal Pastors Sent To Undisclosed Prison

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after serving the people there for 12 years Vietnam Tribal Pastors Sent to Undisclosed Prison A confidential contact told Christian Aid Monday that 14 Vietnamese pastors were arrested in that country’s Central Highlands in the last two weeks. The exact location of these pastors is not certain. This brings to 26 the known number of […]

A Marriage Made In Prison

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Ms. Allegra Pacheco was born in the US to an Orthodox Jewish family. A number of years ago she emigrated to Israel and began a legal practice. Currently she is an Israeli human rights lawyer and was instrumental in the fight to have torture of Palestinian prisoners outlawed by the Israeli Supreme Court a number […]

While Christianity Declines, Buddhism Grows Rapidly

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By Kelly Burke, Religious Affairs Writer Sydney Morning Herald June 18 2002 It’s official. There are now more Buddhists in Australia than Baptists. The census figures show that we have not become more godless in the past five years. If anything we have become more spiritual or more confused, depending how the data is interpreted. […]

Careful: You Could Be Fined For Being A Good Samaritan!

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Institute for Public Accuracy 915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * ___________________________________________________ For Release 10 a.m. Eastern Time — Monday, June 17, 2002 Interviews Available: $10,000 Fine for Taking Medicine to Children While the administration signals it is moving toward an all-out attack on Iraq, it has fined a Seattle […]

A Theology Of Hospitality

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By the Revd David Pargeter, UCA Justice and International Mission Unit Presentation at a forum on refugees and asylum seekers at Montmorency Uniting Church on 15 May I would like to take you on a journey back towards what could be a possible future. I want to take the very human stories associated with refugees […]

A Tale Of Two Conflicts (Israel)

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Hal Lindsay —————————————————————————- —- Posted: June 5, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern  © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com Never was the old adage, “politics makes strange bedfellows” more appropriate than when examining Washington’s curious love-hate relationship with organized terror. Officially, we deplore terror and terror states – especially the terrorists behind the Sept. 11 attacks on Washington and New […]

Evangelism To Postmodern Generation

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** ‘God and Guinness’ Reaches Out to Post-Modern Generation ** (ENS) Two Episcopal priests are exploring a way to “make religion more significant” to the post-modern generation. Instead of attempting to lure post-moderns into church with promises of salvation or threats of brimstone and hellfire, Lisa Senuta and Helen Svoboda-Barber are using a different kind […]

Tutu Leads Formation Of Charity To Aid Farmers In Zimbabwe

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(ENI) Retired Anglican Archbishop and Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu of South Africa is supporting formation of a charity to aid commercial farmers in Zimbabwe affected by the government’s controversial land reforms. The Zimbabwe Agricultural Trust has been established in Britain to “provide a focal point for international support” for farming families and other agricultural workers […]

Eritrea Closes Churches

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Subj: Eritrea closes churches Dear Friends, On the 21st of May the U.S. Embassy in the east African nation of Eritrea informed the international office of the Protestant mission SIM International that the Eritrean government had officially closed all churches other than the Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Mekane Yesus (Evangelical Lutheran) denominations. All other Christian […]

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