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Islam is the real threat to the church, says Synod member

London, June 28: An evangelical lay member of the General Synod and a former magistrate who is attending the Gafcon Summit in Jerusalem, has said that the Gordon Brown Government needs to be more s

Suspected al-Qa'eda leader in UK to be freed on bail

London, June 28: After secret negotiations, an al Qaeda prisoner, identified only as U, is expected to be released on bail from the high-security wing at Long Lartin jail in Worcestershire.

Philippine rallies call for resumption of talks with Muslim rebels

Manila - More than 100,000 people gathered on Saturday in key cities in the southern Philippines, calling for the resumption of the stalled peace negotiations between the government and Muslim rebe

Report: US, EU, near deal on private data exchange

Washington - The United States and the European Union were near to completing a controversial agreement that would allow the exchange of a wide-array of private, personal data among law enforcement

Flooded river breaches another Mississippi levee

Flood FieldWashington  - Another of the many levees holding back the swollen waters of the Missi

"Atlantic Alps" made into protected area

WWFParis - Part of a long undersea mountain range between Iceland and the Azores is to be given official protected status, creating one of the largest protected marine areas in the world, the 15 member nations of the OSPAR Commission for the protection of the North-East Atlantic said Friday.

The WorldWide Fund for Nature (WWF) said it was a "historic decision" to designate the northern section of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) a High Seas Marine Protected Area.

The decision was taken during a conference in the western French city of Brest.

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