by Sean Reilly | Jul 11, 2008
Campaigners say that the US Senate has administered the ‘last rites’ to the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW). The Senate Appropriations Committee passed an annual spending bill yesterday that rejected all funding for the new weapon. The Senate’s...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 10, 2008
If you are looking for an innovative and creative gift or present, then you used to need to look no further than the Oxfam Unwrapped Gift Collection. The full range of Oxfam gifts is available from the Oxfam Unwrapped website. But for a list of the top 10 Oxfam gifts,...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 10, 2008
A United Nations committee meeting here has determined that two Baha’i shrines in Israel possess “outstanding universal value” and should be considered as part of the cultural heritage of humanity as a whole. The decision today by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 10, 2008
The Methodist Conference has received a major report challenging the Church to eliminate discrimination in an increasingly diverse Christian community. This report is the result of a project initiated in 2004 by the Conference and carried out by the Equalities and...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 10, 2008
A major report on abortion, assisted reproductive technologies and stem cell research has been received by the Methodist Conference. The report, Created in God’s Image, also discusses embryo screening and egg and sperm donation. The report was jointly produced by the...
