by Archive | Oct 3, 2006 | Stories
A European network of Christian churches has launched a new plan to tackle global warming from the standpoint of North/South equity. Called Climate Justice Now, the new climate initiative will build on work already begun in the Netherlands. A European network of...
by Archive | Oct 3, 2006 | Stories
Russia’s school year began recently with debate raging about the appropriateness and efficacy of a course on Orthodox Christian culture amid reports that four regions were making it mandatory and another 11 introducing it as an optional subject ‚Äì writes Sophia...
by Archive | Oct 3, 2006 | Stories
For many years my Lenten season reading has included Emmanuel Charles McCarthy’s booklet, The Stations of the Cross of Nonviolent Love [PDF file here]. When George W. Bush responded to the court decision declaring his recent war-on-terrorism wiretapping...
by Archive | Oct 3, 2006 | Stories
The coup in Thailand (19 September, 2006) remains a great puzzle for many. The issue is not so much why it has happened, but its popularity. There were reports of people giving flowers and cold drinks to soldiers on the streets. In Chiangmai, kids would not stop...
by Archive | Oct 3, 2006 | Stories
Toward the beginning of the Saddam Hussein’s second trial for genocide against the Kurdish people, three different coloured posters appeared on the streets of Suleimaniya. On one, the face of a frightened Saddam Hussein peered out behind jailhouse bars. The...
