WASHINGTON (BP)–Congress’ annual review of China’s human rights record before granting the Beijing government favored trade status came to an end Sept. 19 when the Senate resoundingly approved permanent relations with the communist giant.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Christian hymns should follow the biblical example found in Deuteronomy 31-32, where God gave Moses a song to teach the Israelites, said Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Daniel Block.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–With a heart institute study showing that prayer helps patients improve, two Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professors warn against depending upon scientific verification of a spiritual exercise.
On Wednesday night Carlos Santana walked away with 9 Grammy’s and eleven nominations at the American Music Awards. With top honors, album and record of the year, Santana’s Supernatural album (1999, Arista) tied the record set by Michael Jackson in 1983 for most trophies in a single night.
SACRAMENTO-The recent decision by Judge A. James Robertson II to allow a wrongful death lawsuit to go forward in a case filed by a surviving same-sex partner defies not only California law but also paves the way for passage of Assembly Bill 25, claims Capitol Resource Institute (CRI), a leading pro-family organization based in Sacramento.
OXFORD, ENGLAND (ANS) – According to the as yet unpublished official Ministry of Justice figures, 20,215 religious organizations were re-registered in Russia by the deadline of 31 December 2000. Speaking to Keston on 2 April, head of the department for re-registration of religious organizations, Viktor Korolyov, confirmed that 10 per cent of those registered before the adoption of the 1997 law on religion, or approximately 1,500 organizations, had failed to re-register. He stressed, however, that no one was rushing to liquidate them, but that this would take place ‘in accordance with the law’.
WASHINGTON (BP)–The latest congressional attempt to block RU 486 from approval by the federal government did not even get out of the House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON (BP)–The federal government has approved the abortion drug RU 486, ending a controversial effort that required nearly all eight years of the Clinton administration to complete.
The Borg (“Cyborg”) are considered by Star Trek fans to be the greatest villains ever introduced to television audiences. The biological and technological terrors made their debute on May 8th, 1989 in the “Q, Who?” episode of The Next Generation. “This is the Borg Collective,” they said menacingly. “Prepare to be assimilated. We will add your biological and technological distinctives to our own. You will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.”
WASHINGTON (BP)–Legislation protecting religious freedom in two categories was introduced July 13 in Congress after a more expansive bill stalled.
DALLAS (BP)–The board of the National Religious Broadcasters voted unanimously Feb. 9 to formally end its relationship with the National Association of Evangelicals, an organization that recently began a dialogue with the National Council of Churches.
“The United States will sponsor the creation of hemispheric centers for teacher excellence. These centers will provide teacher training for improving literacy and basic education, both in person and over the Internet.”[1] President George W. Bush, remarks at Summit of the Americas, Working Session, Quebec City, Canada (April 21, 2001).
Whether the Biblical Exodus ever happened was questioned recently in a speech by Rabbi David Wolpe in which he asserted that “many scholars have quietly concluded that the epic of Moses never happened, and even Jewish clerics are raising questions.”
WASHINGTON (BP)–Both houses of Congress adopted legislation July 27 to provide protection for religious liberty in two arenas where discrimination has been a particular problem in recent years.
WASHINGTON (BP)–The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation Sept. 26 to provide legal protection to all newly born infants, including those who survive abortions.
Earlier this week the president of the Nuclear Control Institute testified before the Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Subcommittee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that “important questions about Iraq’s nulear-weapons program remain unanswered.” He further charged that “Key nuclear-bomb components and weapons designs that were known to exist were never surrendered by Iraq to UN inspectors.”
Appearing on the GAYBC Radio Network (www.gaybc.com) on Saturday, former senator and presidential hopeful Bill Bradley criticized Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s stand on homosexuality.
LOUISVILLE — With the U.S. presidential campaign in full swing, both major-party candidates are talking about the most potent foreign-policy question in domestic politics: Israel. While Republican candidate George W. Bush has said more so far, Al Gore, the Democrat, has a track record that is widely considered downright “hawkish” on Israel.
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LIMA,PERU (ANS) — “We’re praying for the liberation of my husband,” Chely Heredia de Vinatea told a Christian leader who visited her husband David, an evangelical imprisoned six years for narco-trafficking crimes he did not commit. “Maybe the Lord has us praying for the liberation of a country.”