April 2008 Headlines
Nearly every resident of the Albanian village of Gredec is homeless after a Communist-era ammunition dump located near the town blew up last month.
BANGKOK - Former police and security officers in North Korea told a U.S. government body that their superiors had instructed them to play the role of Christians and infiltrate "underground" prayer meetings in order to incriminate, arrest, imprison and sometimes execute believers in North Korea.
"Get ready to change America forever."
By the end of this summer, more than 5.2 million mosquito nets will be freely distributed to Africans, an effort that is part of President Bush's special initiative to fight malaria on that continent.
By the end of this summer, more than 5.2 million mosquito nets will be freely distributed to Africans, an effort that is part of President Bush's special initiative to fight malaria on that continent.
Here in the U.S., thousands of people are expected to take part in a service of prayer and repentance in Washington D.C., Saturday April 26.
The United Nations says the conflict in Sudan's ravaged Darfur region is getting worse with no hope of some kind of political settlement.
With news of higher food prices, teens in North Carolina are doing their part to help feed hungry families.
CWN.org-JAPAN--Staring out her bedroom window, 49-year-old Michiko didn't have much to live for in the spring of 2005. Ravaged by a critical illness and depression, Michiko's only source for answers -- her 10-year membership in Shinnyo-en, a Buddhist-derived cult -- even threatened to punish her if she quit the group over her disillusionment.
CWN.org - COCOA BEACH, Fla. --Ryan Harris brought his best friend and a skim board to his baptism.
CWN.org - A grieving husband and his two children, unaware their mother will never come home again, stand over an unmarked grave. It's the place where Christiana Oluwasseesin, wife, mother, and Christian martyr was laid to rest.
WASHINGTON - Pope Benedict XVI returned safely to the Vatican after completing his six day tour in the United States.
Messianic Jews in Israel have been more vocal in demanding their rights since Ami Ortiz, a messianic teen, was injured in a bomb attack last month.
It's a problem that's plunging several countries around the world into crisis, and the United Nations says it could wipe out years of progress in the fight against poverty.
CWN.org - Family members are beginning the funerals for more than 44 people killed when a plane crashed in Goma, a neighborhood in eastern Congo.
New York City is the last stop for the Pope on his first visit to the U.S.
The Supreme Court of Israel ruled Wednesday that being a Messianic Jew cannot prevent Israeli citizenship if the Jewish descent is from the person's father's side.
There have been an alarming 22 murders so far in 2008. It's a record no city wants. But it's the reality for Birmingham, Ala.
WASHINGTON - The head of the Roman Catholic Church arrived in Washington today for his first trip to the U.S. as pope.
CWN.org --As teaching pastor of Epiphany Fellowship Church in inner-city Philadelphia, William "Duce" Branch also is a Christian rap artist. The group he co-founded, The Cross Movement, has received two Grammy nominations.
CWNews.com - Evangeline Varona tearfully gives a vivid account of her husband's murder.
CWNews.com - Five months after the earthquake that struck southern Peru, the appearance of Pisco is changing.
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Faith-based prison groups providing help and support for ex-inmates and their families can get some extra help from the government.
CWN.org --A Baptist congregation housed about 80 women and children in the days following a raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints near Eldorado, Texas.
Hundreds of Christians mourned an Assyrian Orthodox priest shot dead outside his home in Baghdad this weekend.
CBNNews.com - JERUSALEM, Israel - Likud chairman and opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu called Christian Zionists the best friends Israel has in the world.
A pastor's son who was injured by a terrorist bomb is recovering in Israel.
A new web-based ministry allows Christians an opportunity to have a prominent role in the war on terror. But its not for the faint of heart.