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Poorer countries may struggle to obtain swine-flu anti-virals FEARS are being voiced that poorer countries would be the losers in a global flu pandemic. Subscriber only	Charities forced to cut jobs CHARITIES are needed more than ever in a recession, but funds are drying up, and “bucket-loads” of staff are being laid off Subscriber only	Church schools’ sex education may reflect values SEX and relationships education will be compulsory in all schools in England from 2011 Subscriber only

Home Office says Lolas can stay CAMPAIGNERS opposing the deportation of a Congolese mother and son, Mireille and Tony Lola, are celebrating a Home Office ruling that they can stay... Subscriber only	New Archbishop-elect of Kenya is a ‘spiritual reconciler’ ONE of the six Kenyan bishops who attended the Lambeth Conference, as well as the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) in Jerusalem last year Subscriber only	Two RC priests injured after shelling in Sri-Lanka war-zone A ROMAN CATHOLIC priest carrying out humanitarian work in the war zone in Sri Lanka received severe injuries to his legs Subscriber only

Church Times TAP Fund DONATIONS are still flowing in to the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund. Subscriber only	Attending: Yeomen Guards Yeomen Guards assemble outside Westminster Abbey on Tuesday, before a service to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Henry Subscriber only	Church in Wales debates children’s needs THIS YEAR is the UN International Year of the Child; so much of the meeting of the Governing Body of the Church in Wales (GB), held in Llandudno last... Subscriber only

Foreign news in brief Americans change faith often; Hard-up Promise Keepers invite women; Brazil Church defends indigenous communities; Obama’s relative ‘should not convert’... Subscriber only	Death stalks beauty queen COMMENTS by the Conservative MP Alan Duncan on the BBC satirical quiz Have I Got News For You drew more than 100 complaints. Subscriber only	Visiting American speaks of ‘reparative therapy’ for gays HOMOSEXUAL bishops have no influence on the sexuality of their congregations, says Dr Joseph Nicolosi, the former President of the American National Association... Subscriber only

Wasted reserves A group of nuns from a nearby monastery come to support Bayern Munich in their Bundesliga football tie against Schalke Subscriber only	Blasphemy legal move for Ireland THE Justice Minister of Ireland, Dermot Ahern, is to propose a new crime of blasphemous libel, which is already constitutionally prohibited, but not... Subscriber only	Election is fair, says Harare Chancellor CHANCELLOR Bob Stumbles of Harare diocese has rebutted accusations of “flagrant vote-rigging” in the election of the new Bishop, which was due to have... Subscriber only

Boy dies after Karachi shooting A CHRISTIAN BOY, aged 11, died in hospital after armed men attacked a group of Christians in the predominantly Muslim Taiser town neighbourhood of Karachi... Subscriber only	Behold Philip Jackson’s figure Archangel Gabriel was unveiled by the Bishop of Chichester Subscriber only	Charles gives stern warning on climate while in Rome PRINCE CHARLES said on Monday in Rome that the global economic crisis will be nothing in comparison with the coming impact of climate change Subscriber only

Caught the thread Marion Rumfitt’s textile work The Doorkeeper is part of “Silent Places, Soaring Spaces” Subscriber only	Runners marry in St Bride’s CLERICAL RUNNERS were among the 36,000 competitors in the London Marathon last Sunday Subscriber only	Youth goes bathing to win £10 talent contest for church A member of a church youth group, Henry Pearce, from St Thomas’s, Southborough, in Kent, has won a national competition for budding entrepreneurs. Subscriber only

UK news in brief Dr Kings to be new Bishop of Sherborne; Business Sunday to bridge work and worship; Christians criticise fruit-machine changes; Bishop of Ely to retire... Subscriber only	Holy Land keen to greet Pope ISRAEL might be the diplomatic focus of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the Holy Land, beginning next Friday, but his warmest reception is likely to be in... Subscriber only	Blind children facing delays at Israeli wall BLIND and partially sighted children from the Palestinian Territories who attend the BibleLands Helen Keller Centre for the Visually Impaired in East... Subscriber only