WASHINGTON,Jun 16(IPS)-Forty-two million people were forcibly uprooted byconflict and persecution worldwide in 2008, said a new report bythe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)released Tuesday.

NEW DELHI, May 1– With elections underway in India, its 2.3 percent Christian minority – which faced a deadly spate of attacks in the eastern state of Orissa last year – is praying for a secular party to come to power.

The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has said he wants sectarianism stamped out in Scotland. The debate about bigotry has been a long one.

The Wish Me A Merry Christmas Campaign is mobilizing advocates from Alaska to Florida, energized for a return to the traditional, convivial Christmas greeting, bearing buttons that make a clear statement - "It's OK, Wish Me A Merry Christmas"(TM)

The female shark -- not quite a year old now -- was starting to act like a hunter in the huge display tank where she has lived 198 days with a number of smaller sharks, tuna and other fishes and turtles, aquarium scientists said.

After two HIV vaccine trials were halted for safety reasons last year, a new trial is set to commence within the next few months in South Africa and the United States. Scientists will test a new vaccine formula produced in South Africa. It will be the first time a HIV vaccine manufactured in a developing country will be trialed in the developed world.

Contact: Joe Nasser, 818-415-5767MEDIA ADVISORY, June 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- Nasser Entertainment Premiers the film,"WWJD?"in Denver during the ICRS convention."WWJD?"Stars John Schneider. The film is based on one of the best-selling novel of all time"In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do", by Charles Sheldon. Over 40 Million copies of the book have been sold, making it the second best-selling Christian book of all time, behind only the Bible itself.The movie will screen (fre Source: nasser group

Visitors to Philadelphia looking for music might think of only two options: the world-class orchestra, or national tours performing in big stadiums. But it's the smaller clubs in between where they'll find dance parties, open-mic nights, songwriter showcases, even the rare concerts where hip kids don't mind if their parents tag along.

SuperFunScience.com will be awarding at least $10,000 of college scholarships within the next 12 months. These merit based scholarships will be available for students enrolled in one of SuperFunScience.com's new science programs to be released on Tuesday November 11, 2008. Bring science home, and make it fun with SuperFunScience.com.

 

NEW DELHI,Jun 16(IPS)-As the annual scrimmage for coveted seats inIndia’s engineering and medicalcolleges gets underway, whatmany students dread is the sadistic ritual ofragging - orhazing - that they expect to undergo at the hands of theirseniors.