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The AIDS challenge is everybody’s issue, says Dr Williams THE Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken about the death of a friend from HIV/AIDS, and his encounters with the infection “in many forms”, in his message... Subscriber only	Bishop regrets Blair’s silence IF TONY BLAIR had been able openly to acknowledge his faith when he was Prime Minister, Britain’s policies might have been very different, says the Bishop... Subscriber only	Archbishop condemns ‘teddy-bear’ sentence THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury has criticised the 15-day prison sentence given to Gillian Gibbons by a Sudanese court on Thursday, for allowing her class... Subscriber only

Welsh women Bill ‘gives bishops a blank cheque’ ONE HUNDRED CLERICS and ordinands in the Church in Wales have expressed their “concern and dismay” at the wording of the Bill to allow women to join the... Subscriber only	Mid-East talks get cautious reaction OPTIMISTIC declarations about the prospects for peace in the Middle East, at the Annapolis summit in the United States on Tuesday, were given a cautious... Subscriber only	Kunonga fights dirty in Harare THE disgraced former Bishop of Harare, the Rt Revd Nolbert Kunonga, reportedly resorted to forgery last week. Subscriber only

New legislation on sexual orientation may be divisive ANY uncertainty in proposed new legislation on incitement to hatred on grounds of sexual orientation might provoke attempts to test the law, warned the... Subscriber only	Irish Republic taken to court by top schools FOUR of the most prestigious Protestant schools in Dublin are taking the Irish Government to court Subscriber only	UN record is ‘lamentable’ on women and AIDS apocalypse THE catastrophic pandemic of HIV/AIDS is rooted in gender inequality, which has been ignored by the UN, a former UN special envoy to Africa said in the... Subscriber only

Dr Sentamu: Save funds for children THE Archbishop of York has called on the Government to keep as a priority support for children with AIDS in the developing world. Subscriber only	Shouldering the burden Rachel in Uganda, who cares for her six younger siblings Subscriber only	Invisible HIV couples COUPLES of whom one partner has HIV and the other has not are the largest and most invisible group of people urgently needing preventative treatment and... Subscriber only

Mobile unit goes to sex workers World Aids Day sees the launch of a mobile testing unit for sexually transmitted diseases. Subscriber only	CTCC advert causes ‘shudder’ THE CAMPAIGN for the Traditional Church Choir (CTCC) is protesting at the rejection of a proposed series of advertisements urging people to join the... Subscriber only	Churches fear proposals for third airport runway PLANS for a third runway at Heathrow airport, set out by the Government on Thursday of last week, could affect two parish churches in the area, say campaigners... Subscriber only

Malatya killings: lawyer says Christians ‘hated’ THE TRIAL of five men accused of the murder of three Christian missionaries in the eastern-Turkish town of Malatya last spring has been adjourned until... Subscriber only	Men charged in Hunter case TWO MEN have been charged with the murder of Canon Rodney Hunter in Malawi in November 2006. Subscriber only	Small shoulders An image of a young carer in Kenya, from last week’s photographic display by the Children’s Society Subscriber only

Bakare takes up the reins BISHOP Bakare’s first pastoral letter was read in all congregations in Harare last Sunday. Subscriber only	Typhoons leave a trail of destruction AGAINST a backgound of political instability, a familiar natural hazard has returned to torment the Philippines over the past ten days in the form of... Subscriber only	US foreign policy not working, says Williams CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES in Iraq have paid the price of the American invasion, the Archbishop of Canterbury said this week. Subscriber only

Big praise A singer from the urban gospel group Four Kornerz, at the two-day Gospel Gathering event Subscriber only	First prize for church music festival A CORNISH church that set up a music festival as part of its links with the community has won a national competition to find the most innovative fund-raising... Subscriber only	Vicar may appeal after verdict The first priest to be disciplined by a tribunal set up under the Church of England’s new Discipline Measure (2003) said this week that he was considering... Subscriber only

UN launches Sanitation Year THE Millennium Development Goals will not be met unless poor people have adequate sanitation, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has warned. Subscriber only	Electoral victor Kevin Rudd, the new Labor Prime Minister of Australia, casts his vote last week with his wife Therese. Subscriber only	Foreign Briefs Fourth US Bishop heads for Rome; Bible landmark passed in China; Second Canadian bishop joins Southern Cone Subscriber only

Conference called to inclusiveness ANGLICANS at last week’s Inclusive Church conference were urged to “pursue a costly unity”, and not to let those who intended to exclude people set the... Subscriber only	Inboxes Images from a video-a-day internet Advent calendar, launched this week by the Bishop of Kensington, the Rt Revd Michael Colclough. Subscriber only	Restorer hopes to know his shallots A clock restorer, Alan Partridge, has won a £7200 training grant to become the only qualified reed-shallot maker in the country. Subscriber only

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