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2006 News Archive |
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January 2006 |
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Jan. 3 |
New
book is high-water mark in literature of the netherworld |
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Taliban
comeback in Afghanistan stirs alarm among rights advocates |
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Tsunami
relief work in Sri Lanka brings Christians, Buddhists together |
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Jan. 4 |
Peacemaking team planning
White House prayer and fast
Group will mark Epiphany
by calling for end of Iraq occupation
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Jan. 5 |
User-friendly books on religion
are sacred texts for 'Dummies,' 'Idiots'
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Jan. 9 |
Pope hails spirit of Christian unity
Kirkpatrick leads Reformed group
in Vatican reconciliation talks |
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Jan. 11 |
Raising the roof in Mississippi
500 volunteers clear storm debris,
top 75 houses in weeklong 'blitz'
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Jan. 12 |
Planned Christian center in Israel
nixed because of evangelist's comments
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Task force says report can help
create 'more faithful spirit' in PC(USA)
Group makes a distinction between
standards and 'essentials' of faith |
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Threats force PC(USA)-related camp
to relocate event for Muslim youth
Net blogger claimed so-called 'jihad retreat'
involved speakers with ties to terror groups
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Jan. 13 |
TV evangelist apologizes
for remarks about Sharon |
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Health-ministry van takes show on the road
Mission on wheels will visit under-served areas |
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Church agency in Malawi
launches famine-relief program |
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NBC’s new religious drama
has some Christians hot under the collar
Show billed as faith-based
'Desperate Housewives' |
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WCC Assembly will question
morality of economic globalization
A world without poverty is both possible
and imperative, draft document asserts |
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Jan. 16 |
U.S. magistrate won’t dismiss
charges against border activists
Presbyterians among groups supporting
2 accused of immigrant-smuggling |
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Jan. 17 |
Woman becomes Liberia’s president
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is first elected
female head of state of an African country |
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Extremism too close for comfort
Political agenda, threats spoiled realm
of marshmallows and ‘Kum Ba Yah’ |
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Jan. 18 |
Ex-PC(USA) missionary accepts
advisory post in Sudanese government
Haruun Ruun will serve ‘the poorest nation
on the poorest continent in the world’ |
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Christian Unity week focuses on Ireland
Ecumenical group commends
power of forgiveness |
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Affirming the common faith
Worshippers at WCC Assembly
will praise God, pray for Christian unity |
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Jan. 19 |
Wild life refuge
Liberians displaced by terror
flock to camps for relative safety |
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U.S. evangelicals ducking
immigration-reform issue
Right sees more risk than reward
in debate over illegal border-crossers |
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Notes about people |
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Jan. 23 |
Minneapolis philanthropist pledges
$1 million to Cameroon seminary
Gift bolsters ‘Mission Initiative:
Joining Hearts and Hands’ campaign |
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Plan would trim GAC membership by almost half
Streamlined council would have
39 voting members serving six-year terms |
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Jan. 24 |
Presbyterians say 'No2Torture'
Miami conference registers 'outrage'
at U.S. mistreatment of terror suspects
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GAC to mull ‘big-picture’ mission plan
Blueprint for 2007-’08 lists just
eight objectives deemed ‘crucial, attainable’ |
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Jan. 25 |
Christian Palestinian is candidate
of controversial Islamic group Hamas |
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Sharon revered as a giant
of Israel's pioneering generation |
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Jan. 26 |
Vatican cardinal raises alarm
about quest for Christian unity |
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Encyclical on love reflects pope's 'compassionate' conservatism |
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Israel to relocate prison
to preserve ancient church |
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Anti-hunger 'blitz' tackles Presbyterians
PC(USA) in vanguard of Souper Bowl of Caring |
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Jan. 27 |
Baghdad peacemakers go back
to work, await news of abductees
Two months after kidnapping,
4 workers still missing, not forgotten |
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Praying for God's grace —
and transformation— for Africa
On the upcoming Assembly
of the World Council of Churches |
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Jan. 30 |
2,200 people see 'Faith in 3D'
3 days with Disney,
3 denominations,
3 perspectives on faith |
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ACSWP approves policy documents
Papers on globalization, disabilities
among those going to '06 GA |
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Video shows CPT hostages
Group blames kidnapping
on 'illegal' U.S. occupation of Iraq |
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Hamas victory no cause for panic,
bishop tells Holy Land Christians |
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Jan. 31 |
Austin pastor won't be tried
on 'gay marriage' accusation
Mission Presbytery declines
to press case against Jim Rigby |
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Notes about people |
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