When the Beijing Olympic Games kicked off two weeks ago with a four-hour spectacular, more than 840 million people in China tuned in, perhaps the largest television audience in history for a single event.
When the Beijing Olympic Games kicked off two weeks ago with a four-hour spectacular, more than 840 million people in China tuned in, perhaps the largest television audience in history for a single event.
Four horses and their riders were suspended from Olympic show jumping on Thursday after preliminary tests suggested that the skin of the horses may have been treated with a banned derivative of chili peppers.
The Amish are expanding their presence in states far beyond Pennsylvania Dutch country as they search for affordable farmland to accommodate a population that has nearly doubled in the past 16 years, a new study found.
The future for Pakistan's minority Christian community is an uncertain one after the resignation of Pervez Musharraf this week, says Glenn Penner of Voice of the Martyrs Canada.
The Leadership Factor, a leader in online customer satisfaction surveys, has added a bespoke group to its online consumer panel in the hope of attracting more Christians to offer their opinions.
Once Upon a Time in the West is everything you’ve heard it was and more. I almost don’t want to watch another Western because I’m sure all the rest will pale in comparison.
A proposed Bush administration regulation on contraception and abortion would stop California from enforcing a state law that requires Catholic hospitals and charities to provide birth control coverage for thousands of female employees, state Attorney General Jerry Brown and family-planning advocates said Wednesday.
In American Savior,Roland Merullo presents this intriguing scenario: What if Jesus returned to Earth and ran for president? In this contemporary Second Coming, Jesus is a half-Navaho spiritual seeker who runs as the Divinity Party's candidate.
A Fairfax County judge dealt the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Virginia a third defeat in their efforts to retain millions of dollars of church property being held by 11 breakaway congregations.
Households worried about the high cost of keeping warm this winter will draw little comfort from the Farmers' Almanac, which predicts below-average temperatures for most of the U.S. "Numb's the word," says the 192-year-old publication, which claims an accuracy rate of 80 to 85 percent for its forecasts that are prepared two years in advance.
A hilarious new study of late-night political jokes, due to be released later today, finds the network comedians clearly avoiding humor about Democratic candidate Barack Obama, while piling the jokes on President Bush and Sens. John McCain and Hillary Clinton.
The Italian edition of Vanity Fair said that it had found George Hussein Onyango Obama living in a hut in a ramshackle town of Huruma on the outskirts of Nairobi. Mr Obama, 26, the youngest of the presidential candidate's half-brothers, spoke for the first time about his life, which could not be more different than that of the Democratic contender.
McCain's former captors now root for him to win the presidency.
MANASSAS, Virginia, Aug. 20 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is an open letter from Richard A. Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com, to Senator John McCain in regard to news reports that the Republican presidential candidate may select a vice presidential running mate who supports abortions rights:
Dear Senator McCain:
The Purple Book is proving to be a strategic weapon in the battle for a million souls in Baja California, Mexico, a ministry said. fter just a little more than a year, Baja Christian Ministries’ Purple Book Discipleship Program has graduated about 2,300 people with more than 9,500 currently participating in the program.
Already in its second printing, a newly released book by one of the country's most innovative pastors is fast-becoming a must-read for church leaders who really want to have it.
A group of American Christians who had more than 300 Bibles confiscated by Chinese customs officials said they got them back when they returned to the airport Wednesday to leave the country.
MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 20 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Life Education And Resource Network (LEARN ) is demanding that Planned Parenthood remove the racist depiction of an African American youth giving oral sex to a White youth under the auspices and instruction of a White guidance counselor.
http://ppgi.blogspot.com/2008/07/planned-parenthood-and-obama.html
Coca-Cola plans to celebrate Ramadan this year by decorating cans with a crescent moon and star – a widely recognized Islamic symbol. The moon and star can be found on at least 11 flags of Muslim countries, and now it will be featured on packaging in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Morocco, Tunisia and other Islamic countries.
