by Sean Reilly | Feb 29, 2008
Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Tether has secured a House of Commons debate on the impact of the proposed National DNA Database, which takes place today. It has been welcomed by human rights, mental health and church groups. The campaigning organisation Black Mental Health...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 29, 2008
A delegation from the Church of the Brethren has made a historic visit to North Korea, to make direct contact with four farm enterprises that have received support from the church – an act yet rarely extended to people from the United States. The delegation that...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 28, 2008
Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s headquarters, has rejected claims made in a speech earlier this week by Conservative leader David Cameron, that Dr Rowan Williams was seeking the incorporation of Sharia law in the UK. The row goes back to the...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 28, 2008
Rival political leaders in Kenya have reached an agreement on a coalition government after weeks of bitter negotiations, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan announced today, before a major press conference. Full details on the deal between President...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 28, 2008
Terrorism, oppression and violence has been declared un-Islamic by around 20,000 Muslim leaders following a scholars’ meeting at an Indian madrassa, according to a senior cleric quoted in The Times newspaper in the UK. In a declaration, leaders representing...
