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- Karzai Rival Steps Aside but Challenges Electoral Fraud
Abdullah Abdullah announced that he would not participate in the Nov. 7 Afghan runoff election, effectively handing a new term to President Hamid Karzai.
 - Russian University Clarifies Screening Rules
St. Petersburg State University stated last week that researchers would not have to submit to an export-control screening before publishing their work overseas.
- Maoist Rebels Widen Deadly Reach Across India
Indian Maoists, once dismissed as ragtag ideologues, have evolved into a potent and lethal insurgency.
- South Korea Struggles With Attitudes Toward Race
Until recently, South Koreans were taught to take pride in their nation?s ?ethnic homogeneity,? but in the past seven years, the number of foreign residents has doubled.
- Thirsty Plant Dries Out Yemen
Even as a water crisis threatens the very survival of Yemen, farmers are turning increasingly to growing a narcotic called qat because it is the only way to make a profit.
- Scattering of Attacks in Iraq
A week after the deadliest day of violence in Baghdad in more than two years, smaller bomb attacks around the country killed at least 12 and wounded more than 50.
- Clinton Asks Abbas to Return to Talks
The Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas rebuffed an Israeli proposal, relayed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, to limit building to 3,000 additional housing units.
- Zuma Rallies S. Africa to Fight AIDS
President Jacob Zuma acknowledged the viral cause of AIDS and the role of antiretroviral drugs in treatment, saying knowledge would overcome ?denialism.?
- Fanciful Gardens Emerge in a City of Tan and Gray
Topiary gardens are emerging in Baghdad as fanciful displays of foliage amid concrete blast walls and security checkpoints.
- Iraqi Officer Delving Into Bombings Is Killed
A suspect, held in connection with the twin suicide bombings last Sunday that killed at least 155 people, shot himself after killing the investigator and wounding another police officer.
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- Religious News ( 10 feeds / 1 sources ) -
- New bishop invites Shrewsbury locals to pull up a pew
A town crier will be inviting locals to pull up a pew with the new Bishop of Shrewsbury on Monday - Christian Aid unveils list of most secretive tax havens
The UK is among the worlds 10 most secretive tax havens in a new list published by Christian Aid and the Tax Justice Network - Tearfund lambasts EU leaders after climate finance talks
EU failure of ambition on climate finance reveals a demoralising lack of leadership says Tearfund - Archbishop welcomes work of microfinance charity
The Archbishop of Canterbury and a priest from Southern Sudan yesterday promoted the benefits of microfinance for the poor through the work of the charity Five Talents - Catholics Lutherans and Methodists mark 10th anniversary of Justification Declaration
Several commemorative events have been held in Augsburg Germany to celebrate the signing of a landmark ecumenical agreement ten years ago between representatives of the Methodist Church the Lutheran World Federation LWF and the Roman Catholic Church - Integrity Music to retail Susan Boyles debut album to Christians
Integrity Music is partnering with Sony Music to release the debut album from Britains Got Talent star Susan Boyle - Churches urged to rise up in faith
Queues formed outside Windsor Castle as 800 delegates packed the nearby Windsor Parish Church for the annual G12 Europe Conference held from the 30 October to 1 November - Kidnappers demand 12 million ransom for Irish priest in Philippines
Gunmen have asked for 12 million to release a 79yearold missionary kidnapped from his home in the southern Philippines - New cookbook raises funds for Christian Aid and churches
Surrounded by fresh fish and tasty bread loaves celebrity chef Kevin Woodford was today joined by Christian Aid director Dr Daleep Mukarji to help launch a unique cookbook - Tackling climate change is moral imperative say faith leaders
Faith leaders have issued a first of its kind statement on climate change in which they recognise unequivocally that there is a moral imperative to tackle the causes of global warming - ... more feeds
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