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African food crisis is part of a ‘silent tsunami’

AID AGENCIES have said that up to 14 million people could be affected by the escalating food crisis in East Africa.

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Rejoicing in Jamaica over medal tally

THERE was dancing in the aisles in Jamaican churches on Sunday, when the West Indian nation scooped all three medals.

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Archbishop fears for his humiliated compatriots

A LEADING Georgian churchman this week described the situation in his country as “appalling”, despite some signs of a Russian withdrawal.

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Florida Outpouring: Bentley to be humbled for a season

TODD Bentley, the re­vivalist behind the Florida Out­pouring, has resigned from the Board of Fresh Fire Ministries

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Anger at removal of Newman’s remains

THE VATICAN’S decision to remove the earthly remains of Cardinal John Henry Newman to a new grave has aroused the wrath of campaigners.

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Greenbelt to offer rock, controversy, and circus

THOUSANDS of revellers will con­verge on Cheltenham Racecourse today for the Greenbelt Festival.

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Villagers displaced

MORE THAN 185,000 Christians have fled their homes in strife-torn south-west Mindanao.

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US candidates woo voters with ethics

THE US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain appeared together for the first time since they were nominated.

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Hamas son hides in US after conversion

THE SON of a prominent member of the Palestinian Islamic organisa­tion Hamas has converted to Chris­tianity and is living in penury in California.

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‘We don’t give up because we know God is with us’

IT IS HARD not to be moved by Canon Andrew White’s commit­ment to the people of Iraq.

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Laid-back

Angela Conner’s sculpture Rocking Lady,

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RSCM reaches out to all choirs

THE Royal School of Church Music (RSCM) is to launch a recruitment drive this autumn.

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C4 documentary ‘shallow’, says cleric

THE Revd Joanna Jepson has disowned the Channel 4 documentary Make Me a Christian

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Armenia suffers from nearby conflict

IT CAME fourth in the Eurovision Song Contest; at the time of writing, it has picked up five bronze medals at the Olympic Games.

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Noel Ford missing off page 2

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White treasure

A 500-year-old alabaster sculpture of the Deposition

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News In Brief

New Dean of Gibraltar appointed; Vicar rallies knife-sales support; Bishop Scriven to minister to South America; Bishop Scriven to minister to South America...

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To arms

An illustration for an armorial of the bishops of England and Wales from the time of St Augustine to the 1690s,

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Sacred steps

A member of Ballet Rambert performing in St Paul’s Cathedral a fortnight ago

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‘Please God, not London!’

WHENEVER it was time for me to move in my ministry as a vicar or bishop, I prayed: “Please God, not London!”

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