JANUARY 2006 | WORLD NEWS & EVENTS |
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HOLY LAND CHURCH LEADERS URGE PRAYER TO CONQUER CHILDREN'S HATRED |
ENI-05-0991 By Michele Green
Jerusalem, 23 December (ENI) --The heads of the main Christian
denominations in Jerusalem have issued a joint Christmas message
asking their faithful to pray especially for children and young
people in the Holy Land so they can overcome "all evil and
hatred".
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AT BETHLEHEM'S CHRISTMAS TREE RESTAURANT, THE TABLES ARE EMPTY |
ENI-05-0989 By Michele Green
Bethlehem, West Bank, 22 December (ENI)--The sparkling red and
green lights on the pine tree in the Christmas Tree restaurant
give a festive air to the Bethlehem eatery which a few years back
was so crowded with tourists there was barely an empty table.
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AFTER TSUNAMI AND CIVIL WAR, SRILANKA CHURCHES SEEK TO REBUILD |
ENI-05-0985 By Callie Long
Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, 21 December (ENI)--One year after the
coast of Sri Lanka was bludgeoned by a devastating tsunami,
people are still struggling to come to grips with the events of
that fateful day. Added to their woes have been increasing
tensions between rebel groups and the government following a
spate of attacks on the army and police.
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BETHLEHEM INNS A LITTLE FULLER THIS YEAR DESPITE BARRIER AROUND CITY |
ENI-05-0992 By Michele Green
Bethlehem, West Bank, 23 December (ENI)--Bethlehem stars and
other Christmas decorations were hung in Manger Square on 23
December in preparation for this year's festivities in the West
Bank town where Jesus was born.
At the Church of the Nativity, hundreds of pilgrims and tourists
patiently queued up for a glimpse of the underground manger where
tradition holds that Jesus was born. They lit candles and said
prayers at the site. Workmen added the final touches to the
adjacent Roman Catholic St. Catherine's Church where Midnight
Mass was to be held on Christmas Eve .
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POPE'S DEATH WAS TOP RELIGION STORY OF 2005, SAYS US JOURALISTS |
ENI-05-0983 By Chris Herlinger
New York, 20 December (ENI)--The death of Pope John Paul II and
the election of Pope Benedict XVI to succeed him were the top
religion stories of 2005, according to rankings by a group of
American journalists who cover religion.
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IN SRI LANKA'S REBEL AREAS, FAITH INSTILS HOPE TO CONTINUE WITH LIFE
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ENI-05-0975
Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, 19 December (ENI)--Life seemed to have
reached an impasse for 42-year-old Nahanandini when her manual
labourer husband died suddenly in October leaving her with three
young children to look after.
"I would have committed suicide but for my faith," said
Nahanandini, standing in front of her home, a hut made of coconut
palm leaves in Kinkatharai village in the Wanni region in the
north of Sri Lanka, under the control of Tamil rebels fighting
for autonomy.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH EXOLS CHRISTIAN ROLE AT TIME OF RAPID CHANGE |
ENI-05-0966 By Chris Herlinger
Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 15 December (ENI)--The residents of Aceh
suffered a disaster nearly one year ago that may have killed as
many as 170 000 in their province of Indonesia alone. But some
have noted that the violence of nature also appears to have
stemmed a 30-year civil conflict that had made the area one of
the most militarised places on earth.
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SRI LANKA CHURCHES URGE LEADERS: DON'T FORGET 65-YEAR-OLD UNITY DREAM |
ENI-05-0944
By Anto Akkara
Colombo, 7 December (ENI)--Leaders of Sri Lanka's major
Protestant denominations are facing calls to step up efforts to
create a union of churches, 65 years after the start of
inter-denominational dialogue on the island for a united church.
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US SCHOOL BOARDS WEIGH EVOLUTION AND INTELLIGENT DESIGN TEACHING |
ENI-05-0874
By Chris Herlinger
New York, 15 November (ENI)--A controversy about the teaching of
"intelligent design" which centres around the idea that the
universe is created by a higher power, not referred to
specifically as God, is gripping school boards in the United
States.
The board of education in the state of Kansas approved new
standards on 8 November for the teaching of biology that downplay
the Darwinian theory of evolution. The 6 to 4 vote was seen as a
victory for advocates of the "intelligent design" theory.
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ARCHAEOLOGISTS DIGGING IN ISRAEL MAKE GOLIATH HOLY LAND FINDING |
ENI-05-0875 By Michele Green
Jerusalem, 15 November (ENI)--Archaeologists are excited about
recent discoveries from excavations in Israel, which date from
the biblical period and provide an insight into life in the Holy
Land some 3000 years ago.
Among the finds is an inscription with a name remarkably similar
to that of "Goliath", the biblical giant slain by David. The
discovery may provide the first extra-biblical evidence that the
story of Goliath has some historical basis.
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NOW IT'S A FIGHT TO CURB INFECTIOUS DISEASES AFTER PAKISTAN QUAKE |
ENI-05-0870
New Delhi, 14 November (ENI)--Infectious diseases are spreading
fast among Pakistani earthquake victims camped in tent villages.
Church relief workers have launched emergency preventive measures
to curb the new killer that has already claimed hundreds of
lives.
"Water and sanitation is very crucial at this point," Anne
Angeltveit, coordinator of the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) relief
team in Pakistan told Ecumenical News International by telephone.
Angeltveit said on 11 November from the tent village run by
Action by Churches Together member Church World Service (CWS) in
Balakot that "with the spread of water borne diseases, our target
is to provide clean water and to make the camps as hygienic as
possible".
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INDIAN COURT UPHOLDS RIGHT OF NUNS AND PRIESTS TO BE LAWYERS |
ENI-05-0862
New Delhi, 10 November (ENI)--Roman Catholics in India are
celebrating a judgement by the high court in the southern state
of Kerala overruling a decision by the local bar council to deny
enrolment as lawyers to nuns and priests.
"The honourable high court has corrected an anomaly which
debarred priests and religious women from bringing justice to the
poor and the marginalised," said Sister Mary Scaria, secretary of
the Delhi Catholic archdiocesan justice and peace commission, and
herself a lawyer.
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NON-PROFIT CHRISTIAN FACTORY LAUNCHES CHEAPER AIDS DRUGS IN INDIA |
ENI-05-0854
New Delhi, 8 November (ENI)--A non-profit, Christian-owned
pharmaceutical factory in India has launched production of AIDS
treatment drugs that can prolong the lives of the burgeoning
number of HIV positive people in the world's second most populous
country.
The Comprehensive Medical Services India, the pharmaceutical unit
of the Inter-Church Service Association (ICSA), released the
first batch of the anti-retro-viral (ARV) drugs on 28 October in
Chennai. This was done in the presence of church health workers
including Dr Jane Masiga of the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical
Network.
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ISRAELI ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER 'OLDEST CHURCH' IN HOLYLAND AT PRISON
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ENI-05-0850
Jerusalem, 7 November (ENI)--Israeli archaeologists have
uncovered near a prison what they believe could be the oldest
church ever found in the Holy Land - a discovery that experts say
may shed new light on early Christianity.
The structure was discovered in Megiddo, lower Galilee, near a
site traditionally believed to be the Armageddon described in the
New Testament's Book of Revelation, where the final battle
between good and evil is prophesied to occur.
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