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Norway called beacon of hope one year after massacre
Bishop Munib A. Younan, president of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), has called Norway a beacon of hope and inspiration for the way it has dealt with the horror and pain of last year's massacre.
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Norwegian official denied visa for church meeting in China
Former Norwegian prime minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, who is also a Lutheran pastor, has been denied a visa to China where he was scheduled to be a moderator at a World Council of Churches (WCC) meeting in Nanjing, the daily ne...
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Turkish Women protest proposal to limit abortion
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish women's groups are demonstrating in support of abortion rights, in response to the prime minister's call for tightening abortion regulations. "Prime minister, keep your hands off women's bodies," ch...
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Annan Warns of Looming ‘All-Out War’ in Syria
Arab League leaders are trying to increase the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, while the international envoy on Syria warned "the specter of all-out war" in the country grows by the day. Arab League members met...
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Church leaders react to Oslo bomb blast, mass shooting
Christian church leaders condemned recently the twin violent attacks in Norway, including a bomb blast in Oslo targeting a government building and leaving seven dead; and a massacre on an island youth camp leaving 84 dead. The ...