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The pro-life group Care Net has a new president. Melinda Delahoyde, formerly of Americans United for Life, says she sees a strong future for the pro-life movement irrespective of Congress and the courts.
A senior meteorologist with AccuWeather.com has posted an open letter to the 2008 presidential candidates challenging them to conduct an honest debate over climate change.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NATO will continue to rotate command of its troops in the violent South of Afghanistan despite U.S. generals' concerns that the arrangement disrupts operations, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's presidential bid fell deeper in debt in April despite a strong fundraising effort in her increasingly unlikely effort to defeat rival Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination, campaign finance records show.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish police detained two men on suspicion of planning to sabotage a nuclear power station on Wednesday after one of them was discovered entering it with small amounts of a highly explosive material.
An attempt in the Senate to grant amnesty to illegal alien guest workers has failed once again -- and a grassroots activist group is hailing the death of that measure.
Mississippi political scientist Tom Lansford says former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's decision to back failed Republican congressional candidate Greg Davis in the GOP primary contributed to his party's recent election defeat in the Magnolia State.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's government promised to "gradually" pull out troops from the northwestern valley of Swat after signing a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has opened an 8-point national lead on Republican John McCain as the U.S. presidential rivals turn their focus to a general election race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki gave approval on Wednesday for the army to help end attacks on foreigners that have killed more than 40 people.
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas still differ on terms for a ceasefire that Egypt is mediating, a Palestinian official familiar with the talks said on Wednesday.
DirectTV's Hometown Heroes series this Sunday will focus on Camp Barnabus in Missouri, a Christ-centered camp for handicapped children.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi troops set up checkpoints and patrolled strategic streets in Moqtada al-Sadr's Baghdad stronghold on Wednesday, testing a truce with the Shi'ite cleric's Mehdi Army militia.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will soon veto the $289 billion U.S. farm bill, a White House spokesman said Wednesday, despite signs Congress will override the veto to enact the bill into law.
KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni killed two soldiers from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and one civilian interpreter, ISAF said in a statement on Wednesday.
BOSTON (Reuters) - As U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy battles a brain tumor in Massachusetts General Hospital, his home state is hoping his illness will not bring a swift end to the Kennedy era.
Fallout in the Christian community from the document known as "An Evangelical Manifesto" is causing concern for the president of National Religious Broadcasters.
A member of House Armed Services Committee says he hopes the full House will approve a bill that will increase the size of the military by 12,000 troops.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Growing anxiety about their economic prospects and deep unhappiness with President George W. Bush and the U.S. Congress plunged Americans into a dark mood this month, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
ISTANBUL, May 20 (Compass Direct News) – Iraqi church leaders have spoken out against the death sentence given to the alleged murderer of a Chaldean bishop kidnapped in northern Iraq in March.
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