RAMALLAH,Jan 11(IPS)-Two separate bomb attacks on Internet cafes in Gazalast week have served as an uncomfortable reminder that extremistgroups within the coastal territory may be stronger than themoderate Hamas organisation which rules the strip.

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.

Rally in Protest to Attempted Assassination of Coptic Bishop&Christmas Day Massacre of Coptic Christians in EgyptContact: Caroline L. Doss, 201-418-9090MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 11 /Christian Newswire/ -- In a horrific attack in Qena, Egypt on a Coptic Church after Christmas Eve mass on January 6, 2010, three Muslim gunmen opened fire on churchgoers in an attempt to assassinate Coptic Bishop Kirollos of the Nag Hamadi Diocese. The attack led to the death of seven young Coptic Christians an Source: Doss&Associates, PC

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: Sandra Tarver, 404-654-3112, 404-723-0023 cell, sandrat@superbowlgospel.comMIAMI, Jan. 11 /Christian Newswire/ -- The producers of the 11th Annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration, Results Inc. and the Board of the Gospel Complex for Education and Preservation, have joined resources to launch a special ticket promotion to energize ministers and their congregations to participant in the activities surrounding the most anticipated game of the year, Super Bowl XLIV.The"Faith&Foo Source: Results Inc.

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.

 

KUALA LUMPUR,Jan 10(IPS)-Days of simmering religious tension over a NewYear’s Eve court ruling allowingCatholics to use the Arabicword‘Allah’to denote the Christian God have boiledover afterunknown individuals tried to burn down three churches in thecapital.