Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Zimbabwe Christians say God working through land seizures, persecution
Posted on Tuesday, September 4, 2001
GWERU, Zimbabwe (BP)--Screams pierced the air as invaders forced their way onto the farm just outside Gweru, Zimbabwe. The attackers forcibly marched frightened farm workers to the workers' living compound, where they beat the workers with axes, picks…
Official Israeli Statement at Durban Conference
Posted on Monday, September 3, 2001
Following is the official statement by Rabbi Michael Melchior, deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, delivered by Ambassador Mordecai Yedid on Monday at the Durban conference on racism.
Iraqi Chemical Weapons Drill Turns Deadly
Posted on Monday, September 3, 2001
Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is back on everyone's radar screen again, after his forces reportedly ventured into Saudi territory and killed a soldier, while a recent training exercise using chemical weapons turned deadly for at least 20 elite…
Casualty Figures Released in Kaduna, Nigeria
Posted on Monday, September 3, 2001
LAGOS, Nigeria (Compass) -- The head of the Nigerian Bible Society recently released the casualty figures of Christians killed and churches destroyed during the February and May religious clashes between Muslims and Christians in Kaduna, the capital city…
Still No Justice for David De Vinatea
Posted on Monday, September 3, 2001
LIMA,PERU (ANS) -- "We're praying for the liberation of my husband," Chely Heredia de Vinatea told a Christian leader who visited her husband David, an evangelical imprisoned six years for narco-trafficking crimes he did not commit. "Maybe the…
Has the Prince of Persia Gone Nuclear
Posted on Monday, September 3, 2001
Earlier this week the president of the Nuclear Control Institute testified before the Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Subcommittee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "important questions about Iraq's nulear-weapons program remain unanswered." He further charged…
Inside Look at What is Happening In Israel
Posted on Saturday, September 1, 2001
I am in the Israeli coastal town of Ashkelon tonight, where I have been listening for several hours to the sound of Israeli fire striking at Yasser Arafat's "Force 17" security headquarters in the nearby Gaza Strip. Other…
Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders
Posted on Saturday, September 1, 2001
WCC General Secretary Konrad Raiser welcomes Kofi Annan's efforts to bring civil society into a closer relationship with UN's Work Rev. Dr Konrad Raiser, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), will give one of the…
Molding Human Resources for the Global Workforce
Posted on Saturday, September 1, 2001
"...all of us, including the 'owners', must be subjected to a large degree of social control... The major function of the school is the social orientation of the individual. It must seek to give him understanding of the…
Christian Leader Murdered in Mozambique
Posted on Saturday, September 1, 2001
Antonio Manuel Chilaule had just returned to his parked vehicle after participating in a church service in Maputo when gunmen who demanded keys to the vehicle accosted him. Chilaule turned over the keys, but because he saw the…
UN Parley On Racism May End Up Judenrein
Posted on Friday, August 31, 2001
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan opened the controversial Durban conference on racism on Friday, receiving his longest and loudest applause for remarks critical of Israel, an omen of the gathering's festering antisemitic agenda that threatens to quickly drive…
Preaching the Word in War-Torn Macedonia
Posted on Friday, August 31, 2001
In the Balkans, fear and tension fill the hearts of those who see a flare-up of the ongoing conflict between ethnic Albanians and the other peoples of the region. Rebels making almost daily mortar attacks and shootings surround…
German Official Urges Freeze on EU Funding of PA Schools
Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2001
A German member of the European Parliament said on Sunday that European Union funding for the Palestinian Authority's education system should be frozen after he was confronted with proof of "anti-Semitic" schoolbooks in Palestinian classrooms.
Barak Alters Story On Rich Pardon
Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2001
In yet another twist in the troubling "pardon-gate" saga, Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Barak has changed his story regarding the number of times he spoke to US President Bill Clinton about pardoning fugitive billionaire Marc Rich.
Mubarak to Tell Bush “What is Going On” in Mideast
Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2001
US President George W. Bush is hosting his first Arab leader, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, at the White House on Monday for frank discussions on some sore points between Washington and Cairo, especially regarding who is responsible for…
Iraq Blames Explosion On “Zionists”
Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2001
An explosion rocked the Iraqi capital of Baghdad early Friday morning, killing two people and injuring several others. The regime of dictator Saddam Hussein immediately blamed the blast on "the agents of treachery and vice... the Zionists and…
Saudis Storm Plane to End Chechen Hijacking
Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2001
Saudi security forces stormed a hijacked Russian plane on Friday, ending a hostage situation that began when armed Chechen men commandeered the plane after takeoff from Istanbul yesterday. Three people were killed and several others were injured in…
Lebanese Christians Want End to Syrian Yoke
Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2001
Anti-Syrian sentiment is rising among Christians in Lebanon, evidenced by bold comments by Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir in his visit to the US last week, and during protests at a Beirut university this week.
Barak Faces Hostile Knesset Without Unity Government
Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2001
As the Knesset returned from its three-month summer recess on Monday, its first session since the Palestinian uprising started one month ago, embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak faced a deeply divided parliament without an emergency unity government…
Labor Follows Peres Into Unity Government
Posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2001
After a bitterly heated debate among feuding party luminaries, the Labor Central Committee on Monday night approved by a two-to-one margin calls by Shimon Peres to join a national unity government with Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon.
