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Friday, 19 September 2014 01:00
Australia: Prayer needed for the G20 agenda
Australia’s G20 presidency runs from 1st December 2013 to 30th November 2014. Hosting the G20 gives Australia a valuable opportunity to influence the global economic agenda and strengthen engagement with the world’s major economies. During the…
Friday, 19 September 2014 01:00
UN evacuates all troops from Golan as Syria fighting worsens
UN peacekeepers withdrew from all of their posts in the Syrian Golan Heights on Monday as regime forces and rebel factions battled for control of the areas adjacent to the Syrian-Israeli border. The UN has called…
Friday, 19 September 2014 01:00
Saudi Arabia: Christian prayer group arrested
28 Christians holding a prayer meeting were arrested by Saudi Arabian police last week. They were abducted from the home of an Indian Christian in Khafji, near the Kuwaiti border. They have not been heard from…
Friday, 19 September 2014 01:00
USA: Ready to take the lead in Ebola fight
Ebola could become a major humanitarian crisis if it is not stopped soon enough. Political systems and infrastructures are fragile after years of civil wars. Hospitals and clinics in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are overwhelmed…
Thursday, 18 September 2014 01:00
Sierra Leone: Ebola outbreak - British military sent to West Africa
British military engineers and medics are being sent to Sierra Leone to help fight the world's largest-ever outbreak of Ebola. They will set up and run a treatment centre near the capital Freetown. The World Health…
Thursday, 18 September 2014 01:00
Nigeria: Boko Haram 'seize' Michika in Adamawa state
Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has captured the key north-eastern town of Michika, residents say, gaining more territory in its efforts to create an Islamic state. People fled into bushes as gunfire rang out in…