-
Dallas County News - 1 hour 13 minutes ago
Bob Eschliman, Editor Two separate votes with regard to homosexuality taken in mid-August at the biennial Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Churchwide Assembly held in Minneapolis have shaken the congregation to its core.
-
The Ottawa Times - 2 hours 2 minutes ago
Opportunity School in Ottawa recently had a very special visitor in class. The Rev. Robert Nabulere of Uganda observed the Opportunity School classes in order to learn more about the education of preschool children. Nabulere is the director of a
-
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Fri Nov 27, 4:07 pm ET
The first line of "defense" at the 400 Iraqi police checkpoints in Baghdad are small wands with antennas that supposedly detect explosives. U.S. officials say they are about as useful as Ouija boards.
-
The Morning Call - Fri Nov 27, 2:43 pm ET
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas dismissed an Israeli plan to temporarily halt new construction of West Bank settlements as insufficient on Friday, saying Palestinians don't accept Israel's tack in trying to restart peace negotiations.
-
Converge! Network Digest - Fri Nov 27, 1:47 pm ET
Zain Outsource Mobile Operations in East Africa to NSN Zain has agreed to outsource its mobile network operations in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to Nokia Siemens Networks. The operator currently serves over 9 million customers across these three countries.
-
INO News - Fri Nov 27, 1:26 pm ET
(AP:PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad) An approaching global climate summit has raised the temperature at what is usually a low-key meeting of leaders from Britain's former colonial empire.
-
Journal of Commerce Online - Fri Nov 27, 1:09 pm ET
North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
-
The Ames Tribune - Fri Nov 27, 12:37 pm ET
Elks Lodge Pancake Day will be Dec. 5 Boy Scout Troop 196 will hold its 41st-annual Pancake Day from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Elks Lodge of Ames, 522 Douglas Ave. Tickets are $6 and are available at the door. Pancake Day is cooked and served by the scouts and parents of Troop 196. The menu includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, plus sausage, juice, milk and coffee. A bake sale also ...
-
Fox News - Fri Nov 27, 12:26 pm ET
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is stepping squarely into Middle East politics, hosting the leaders of Iran and the Palestinians while trading barbs with Israel's president.
-
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 12:08 pm ET
Somali's national team may be starting the East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup, which gets underway here Saturday, as underdogs but the players will be feeling at home away from home.
-
The Greyhound - Fri Nov 27, 11:45 am ET
On Tuesday, Nov. 17, the Children in Need Club welcomed two of the people involved in the production of "The Rescue of Joseph Kony's Child Soldiers," a documentary that exposes the tragic realities of northern Uganda's night commuters and child soldiers, to the Loyola community.
-
National Catholic Reporter - Fri Nov 27, 11:42 am ET
As Spiderman has always understood, with great power comes great responsibility. In Catholicism, that’s a point with particular relevance these days for Africa.
-
Stars and Stripes - Fri Nov 27, 11:25 am ET
In this undated file photo, Army Capt. Benjamin Sklaver and fiancee Beth Segaloff are shown at their engagement party in New Haven, Conn. Sklaver was killed in southeastern Afghanistan when his civil affairs unit was ambushed.
-
Time Magazine - Fri Nov 27, 10:39 am ET
The U.N. has failed to stop rebels from smuggling gold out of eastern Congo or cut off the funding they receive from foreign charitable groups, a new report says. The result: unending violence in the region
-
Leesburg Today - Fri Nov 27, 9:20 am ET
Ashburn Farm's early morning Thanksgiving tradition continues to grow, as nearly 2,000 runners participated in the annual 10K, 5K and Fun Run hosted by the Crossroads United Methodist Church.