“I complain in the strongest possible terms”

Mark Thompson - General Director of the BBC

Mark Thompson, director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), has admitted in an interview that broadcasters treat Christianity with far less sensitivity than other religions. He said that Christianity is "an established part of our cultural-built landscape" and is "pretty broad … [Read more...]

Coptic Christians under siege in Egypt

Protest against persecution of Christians in Egypt

On February 11, 2011 after 18 days of massive protests from Egyptians, President Hosni Mubarak resigned ending his 30-year presidency. The news was received with roars of approval and chanting. Many Egyptians had seen Mubarak's long reign as very undemocratic. His resignation was seen as the … [Read more...]

Amanda Knox found not guilty

Amanda Knox

An Italian court has cleared 24-year-old  American Amanda Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito of charges relating to the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. They were facing up to 26 years if found guilty of the murder and sexual assault of Kercher which happened four years ago. Knox … [Read more...]

GAiN to Help Borana Tribe

animal-skeleton-drought-ethiopia

Suffering from the drought crisis in East Africa, the famished people of the Borana tribe in Kenya and Ethiopia are given a chance to make a full recovery as Global Aid Network Canada intervened in the nick of time, bringing immediate and long term relief.With most of their livestock dead, the … [Read more...]

Bloomberg bans prayer at 9/11 service

New York Mayor, Michael Bloomberg

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has banned clergy and prayer at tenth anniversary commemoration ceremony of 9/11. According to the Associated Press, Evelyn Erskine, a spokeswoman for Bloomberg stated, "Rather than have disagreements over which religious leaders participate, we would like to keep … [Read more...]

KHL team killed in plane crash

Pavol Demitra on the ice for the Vancouver Canucks

A Russian plane carrying a team of players from the Lokmotive team of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) crashed Wednesday killing most passengers. Fourty five were on board including former Canuck Pavol Demitra and NHL veteran and coach Brad McCrimmon. Of the two survivors one is player Alexander … [Read more...]

England riot violence escalates

Maurice Reeves outside his burned out 140-year old furniture store in Croydon

On August 4th 2011 after investigating a crime in the community of Tottenham, North London, police stopped a taxi with alleged drug dealer Mark Duggan inside. Nobody knows the exact details, but shortly after Duggan was dead from a police bullet. The exact circumstances that lead up to this shooting … [Read more...]

Warren Jeffs given maximum sentence

A closeup of Warren Jeffs

Polygamist and leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) received a maximum life sentence on Tuesday for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took as brides. The decision was made by a jury in Texas who gave him the maximum sentence on both … [Read more...]

Relief for East Africa still desperately needed

A very malnourished child

Over 12 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti desperately need nourishment due to a massive drought (the worst in 60 years) in the Horn of Africa. A lack of rain in the region has killed off both crops and livestock creating this drought situation.According to the UN Food … [Read more...]

Norway mourns loss after terror

Anders Breivik in a self portrait, wearing a diving suit, holding a gun

After the September 11, 2001 the world became acquainted with Muslim extremism when four commercial airlines were hijacked by Al-Quaeda and crashed into the world trade center then the Pentagon. Our world had changed and we were afraid. Ten years passed and in that time a war against terror was … [Read more...]

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