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Deng appeals for help after archdeacon is murdered THE Archbishop of Sudan, Dr Daniel Deng Bul, has made an impassioned appeal for inter-national help, after the murder of the Archdeacon of Wernyol, the... Subscriber only	MacAskill reiterates denial of deal over al-Megrahi release THE Scottish Justice Secretary, Kenny MacAskill, says he is not troubled by his decision to release the convicted Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi... Subscriber only	Greenbelt welcomes Bishop Robinson THE MUSIC was fine, and the weather was reasonably fine; but many visitors to the Greenbelt Festival in Cheltenham last weekend were talking more about... Subscriber only

New NIV for 2011 A REVISION of the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible — the first since 1984 — has been announced by Biblica for publication in 2011. Subscriber only	Tidy rebels make green stand NINE days ago, the Camp for Climate Action pitched up in south London on the corner of Blackheath known as Dartmouth Field. Subscriber only	Army defuses gift to thrift shop BOMB-DISPOSAL experts carried out a controlled explosion near a church in County Durham after a live hand grenade was found in a cardboard box. Subscriber only

Hollywood glamour Hollywood glamour: the “Starstruck” costume exhibition in Worcester Cathedral. Subscriber only	Young Muslims not heard, says report YOUNG Muslims in Britain see themselves as British, but feel let down by society, a new report, Seen and Not Heard, has found. Subscriber only	St Paul wins ‘worst’ vote A ST PAUL “classic” has been voted the “worst verse in the Bible” in a poll by the irreverent Christian website Ship of Fools. Subscriber only

Smiling through Violet Howlet, before a service at St Paul’s Cathedral on Tuesday marking the 70th anniversary of the WWII evacuation Subscriber only	‘No Darfur war’ queried GENERAL Martin Luther Agwai, the outgoing commander of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur, has been accused of ignoring atrocities Subscriber only	More boys sit RS exam at 16 THE popularity of religious studies at GCSE level was confirmed again by this year’s examination results published last week. Subscriber only

Home news in brief New Bishop of Warrington announced; Christian DJ takes case to European Court; Former Bishop of Sodor & Man dies; Married couples urged to pray before... Subscriber only	Colour-coded Colour-coded: prisoners at Kigali Central Prison, Rwanda, listen to the evangelist Andrew Palau preach at the Kigali festival Subscriber only	Kobia’s Palestine report angers rabbi THE occupation of Palestine by Israel should be declared “a sin against God”, the retiring general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the... Subscriber only

Foreign news in brief Dr Williams meets US Episcopalian bishops; Methodists’ concern for Christians in Fiji; Joint service marks Second World War anniversary; Congo civilians... Subscriber only	Consuming fire Consuming fire: hills burn above Los Angeles, on Monday. Subscriber only

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