Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Latest Headline Briefs from Israel – July 23, 2001
Posted on Monday, July 23, 2001
Israeli police thwarted a major bomb attack in the northern port city of Haifa yesterday, when a Palestinian suicide bomber was arrested before carrying out an attack in a crowded area.
Latest Headline Briefs from Israel
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2001
Efforts to save the collapsing cease-fire shifted to Cairo today, where Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat met separately with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Israel Retaliates Striking a Syrian Radar Station
Posted on Monday, July 2, 2001
Israeli warplanes attacked a Syrian radar station in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley today, in retaliation for an attack by Islamic Hizbollah guerillas on Friday that seriously wounded an Israeli soldier.
300,000 Young People Rebel Against Promiscuity
Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2001
Somehow beauty arrests the emotions. And what is more beautiful than the youth? Somehow vibrancy sparks the imagination. And what is more vibrant than the youth? But too many of our youth are robbed of their beauty, their…
Shrek and Harry Potter
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2001
In Dream Work's high tech fairy tale, a witch has cast a spell on Princess Fiona. Only a kiss from a "true love" can cancel the curse. Imprisoned in a well-guarded tower, she awaits her hero.
Jerusalem Day – The March to the Temple Mount
Posted on Wednesday, May 16, 2001
On Monday, 21st May 2001 The Temple Mount and Land of Israel Faithful Movement with many other supporters will hold its annual Jerusalem Day march to the Temple Mount. The event will start from the tank on Ammunition…
Annual report cites nations for religious-freedom abuses
Posted on Wednesday, May 9, 2001
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Abuses of religious freedom worsened last year in China and the Sudan, according to the second annual report of a government commission set up to monitor religious persecution abroad.
Prime Minister of Malaysia Calls For End to Inter-Religious Strife
Posted on Monday, May 7, 2001
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (ANS) - The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, made an impassioned plea for an end to inter-religious strife. Speaking at the official opening of the 11th General Assembly of the World…
Christian Outcry Over Blair Ban on Religious Groups
Posted on Monday, April 30, 2001
STOKE-ON-TRENT, UK (ANS) Tens of thousands of Christians are this week calling on the British Government to lift a ban on national religious broadcasting, in response to news that a Government forum on the future of religious broadcasting…
Australian Salvationists Combine for Prayer Summit
Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2001
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- More than 200 Salvationist from throughout Australia gathered for a National Prayer Summit in Canberra recently. The aim of the summit was to gather representatives of the Army together to submit to God, seek…
Belgian Diplomat Disowns Offensive “Holocaust” Remarks
Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2001
Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel insisted on Tuesday that he has been on his best behavior during his visit to Israel, vigorously denying he had compared the plight of Palestinians to the suffering of Jews during the Holocaust.
Israel Celebrates Independence
Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2001
Israelis today are remembering the country's nearly 20,000 military personnel killed since late 1947 while defending the Jewish State.
Americans and Europeans Parting Ways on Intifada
Posted on Monday, April 23, 2001
The widely divergent approaches of American and European leaders to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have been on display in recent days, with a visiting US Congressman blaming PLO chief Yasser Arafat for on-going violence, while a Belgian diplomat has…
PrayWORLD!2001 Proclaimed a Success, Plans Underway for PrayWORLD!2002
Posted on Friday, April 20, 2001
ORLANDO, FLORIDA (ANS) -- Ben Jennings, PrayWORLD! International Coordinator with Campus Crusade for Christ has issued a statement thanking Christians worldwide for participating in PrayWORLD!2001 and outlining further prayer initiatives for 2001.
South African Drug Case
Posted on Friday, April 20, 2001
The South African government claimed a major victory after 39 of the worlds biggest pharmaceutical companies dropped their lawsuit challenging a 1997 law that provides cheap replicas of patent drugs.
Country in the Spotlight: Bangladesh
Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2001
Deadly cyclones are a way of life for the people of Bangladesh, a Muslim nation east of India. One of the worst natural disasters of the 20th Century was the 1970 cyclone that pounded the low-lying country, killing…
