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Aid agencies unite to help victims of south-Asian floods AID AGENCIES said this week that they were struggling to cope with the estimated 28 million people made homeless by the floods in south-east Asia. Subscriber only	Delegation lobbies against Nigerian venue for games A NIGERIAN BID to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Abuja should be rejected on the grounds of the country’s homophobic oppression of lesbian and gay... Subscriber only	Bishop in Iran signals hope CHURCHES in the Middle East and across the Anglican Communion welcomed the installation on Sunday of the Rt Revd Azad Marshall as the new Bishop in Iran... Subscriber only

‘There is just this incredible feeling of being supported’ A Surrey farmer and churchwarden whose beef herd graze within the zones thrown around the foot-and-mouth outbreak has described her fear that her herd... Subscriber only	Oxford Halls report queries Wycliffe’s liberal principles PERMANENT Private Halls in Oxford should keep their relationship with the University, a review panel recommends. Subscriber only	Synod members go live on Facebook Members of the General Synod are signing up to the social-networking website Facebook, after a new informal group was set up for them last week. Subscriber only

Rise in numbers of RE- specialist students MORE students would like to be religious-education teachers, suggest figures released this week. Subscriber only	New system aims at helping stressed front-line troops AN ARMY chaplain has introduced a system of reducing the effects of stress on front-line soldiers in Afghanistan Subscriber only	New building ‘will not affect’ view of St Paul’s PLANNING permission has been granted for a futuristic glass-and-steel office block, Walbrook Square, close to St Paul’s Cathedral. Subscriber only

Jarrow ideals spur marchers Our third week of marching through the north-east took us through Jarrow, where we passed the 250-mile mark and were joined by the daughter of one of... Subscriber only	Praying for their friends’ return ABOUT 12,000 Christians took part in a service in Seoul on Sunday at Yoido Soon-Bok-Eum (Full Gospel) church, the largest in South Korea. Subscriber only	RC priests learn Latin ROMAN CATHOLIC priests who want to learn how to say mass in Latin are to receive special training at a three-day course at Merton College, Oxford. Subscriber only

Catching the sun Pictures from a windsurfing challenge Subscriber only	Bishop Matthews quits [COL][IMAGE][COL] THE first and only woman bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada, the Rt Revd Victoria Matthews (pictured right), is resigning the... Subscriber only	South Carolina re-elects Lawrence SOUTH CAROLINA has re-elected the Very Revd Mark Lawrence as its bishop. Subscriber only

Twenty clerics disowned in Virginia THE Bishop of Virginia, the Rt Revd Peter Lee, has effectively deposed clerics whose congregations voted in December 2006 to affiliate with either the... Subscriber only	MPs and peers query human-embryo Bill A PARLIAMENTARY Committee set up to look at the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill has expressed a number of serious concerns in its report Subscriber only	Welsh bishop to retire The Bishop of Swansea & Brecon, the Rt Revd Anthony Pierce, will retire on 16 January next year, his 67th birthday. Subscriber only

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