Russia: President Putin Meets Religious Leaders to Counter Terrorism Moscow/Russia | 20.10.2004 | International Nine religious leaders, including Pastor Vasily Stolyar, Seventh-day Adventist Church president for West Russia, were part of a September 29 summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in which the state leader called on pastors to help stop terrorist activities by promoting tolerance and understanding. The meeting, held in the Kremlin's famed "Catherine's Hall," was the first involving religious leaders with President Putin in three years, Pastor Stolyar noted. "Your words and
Iraq: Synod of Chaldean Church in Baghdad postponed Baghdad/Iraq | 19.10.2004 | International Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel Delly decided to postpone the Synod of the Chaldean Church scheduled for October 19-21 in Baghdad, according to the news agency "AsiaNews". The decision became necessary as result of the increasing violence and worsening security situation in the country. The procurator of the Chaldean Church in Rome Philip Najim told AsiaNews of the decision stressing that it was made before the multiple attack against five Baghdad churches in the night from October 15 to 16. Ac
Thailand: ADRA to help prevent trafficking of children Bangkok/Thailand | 19.10.2004 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has launched a DVD to raise awareness of a project to prevent the trafficking of children in northern Thailand. The DVD, called "Keep Girls Safe", uses the story of Nowarat to illustrate the issue of trafficking. Two ADRA Thailand employees installing a water system in Ban Maenawang in the mid-1990s noticed Nowarat appeared to be the only 12-year-old girl in the village. Most, they learned, had been "recruited" to serve as sex workers in t
ADRA-Kenya Selected As Lead Agency In Kitui Emergency Operations Nairobi/Kenya | 17.10.2004 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency in Kenya "ADRA-Kenya" has once again been selected to be the Relief Lead Agency in the Kitui district during the current joint efforts by the Government of Kenya and international donors represented by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to respond to the threat on human life posed by the ongoing drought. WFP will sign an agreement with ADRA-Kenya anytime this week. ADRA will collaborate with three other local NGOs who will be implementing Partners takin
Five churches bombed in Baghdad, no casualties reported Baghdad/Iraq | 16.10.2004 | International A string of bombs exploded at five churches across Baghdad early Saturday though no casualties have been reported, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. [img id=253 align=right]The explosions rang out in quick succession over an hour and half starting at 4:00 am (0100GMT) at St. Joseph Church in the Nafaq Al-Shurta area, said ministry spokesman Col. Adnan Abdul-Rahman. The other churches hit were St. Jacob's Church and St. George's Church in the Doura neighborhood, the Church of Rome in the Ka
USA: Southern Adventist University Professor Receives Fulbright Grant Collegedale, Tennesse/USA | 15.10.2004 | International Michael G. Hasel, professor at the Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennesse (USA), received the Fulbright Scholar grant for the 2004-2005 academic year. Hasel will be researching and writing the book The Name Equation: Designating Eastern Mediterranean People, Places and Polities in New Kingdom Egypt. Currently Hasel directs the Institute of Archaeology and is curator of the Lynn H. Wood Archaeological Museum. He will be conducting his research at the Cyprus-American Archae
