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The US Episcopal Church has agreed to halt ordination of gay bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions, straining to try to prevent a painful split in the global Anglican Communion. http://www.worthynews.com/news/afp-google-...ioQ0xVk4t6Ed6A/

Sales of existing homes, depressed by turmoil in credit markets, fell for a sixth straight month in August, pushing activity to the lowest point in five years an industry trade group said Tuesday. A separate report showed that t he nationwide decline in home prices accelerated in July, posting the steepest drop in 16 years. http://www.worthynews.com/news/msnbc-msn-com-id-20970287-/

In a case typical of false accusations that Hindu extremists file against Christian workers, a pastor and his sister have been cleared of charges of rape and forced abortion in Chhattisgarh state. http://www.worthynews.com/christian/india-...istian-workers/

Pastor Zhang Rongliang, one of China's top Christian leaders and authors, "will likely die soon" if he is not released from prison, fellow believers and human rights activists said Tuesday, September 25. http://www.worthynews.com/christian/jailed...r-death-report/

President Bush on Monday criticized the Democratic-led Congress for failing to pass spending bills on time, saying they might be trying to "sneak in all kinds of special projects." http://www.worthynews.com/news/cbn-com-CBNnews-237357-aspx/

The Parents Television Council is backing a House bill aimed at restoring the FCC's ability to prohibit profanity and indecency on television during children's viewing hours. http://www.worthynews.com/news/onenewsnow-...lify_contr-php/

At least one million North Koreans, many of them Christians, are believed to be held in North Korea's concentration camps, more than previously thought, investigators revealed Monday, September 24. http://www.worthynews.com/christian/one-mi...estigators-say/

“Caught amid the infighting between Hamas and Fatah and Israel’s retaliation for rockets launched at its southern cities is an easily overlooked segment of the population: Christians number only 2,000 among 1.5 million in the Gaza Strip -- less than 1 percent of the population.” [url="http://www.worthynews.com/christian/gaza

The US secretary of state has said the upcoming Middle East peace summit must address substantive issues and advance the cause of a Palestinian state. http://www.worthynews.com/news/newsvote-bb...st-7003860-stm/

Even members of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's own party are upset by Vice Premier Chaim Ramon's call to give up Israeli control over a large part of Jerusalem. http://www.worthynews.com/news/cbn-com-CBNnews-235137-aspx/

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday that he will seek tougher U.N. sanctions on Iran for continuing to produce nuclear fuel, but backed away from his foreign minister's warning that Europe should prepare for war. http://www.worthynews.com/news/cnn-com-200...ran-index-html/

Tensions remained high Wednesday, September 19, in an area of the Indonesian city of Tangerand on the island of Java, after several Christians were injured when a congregation of the Protestant Batak Church was attacked by an angry Muslim mob, investigators said. http://www.worthynews.com/christian/angry-...donesia-church/

A Pakistani Christian teenager remained in hiding Tuesday, September 18, a day after a court overturned his prison sentence and acquitted him on blasphemy charges. http://www.worthynews.com/christian/pakist...blasphemy-case/

The security cabinet voted unanimously to declare the Gaza Strip a "hostile entity," a headline that dominated the local press on Wednesday. The new status, which was imposed following an escalation of Qassam rocket strikes against Israel, will likely allow Israel to cut off electricity to the Strip as a retaliatory measure against attacks. http://www.worthynews.com/news/web-israeli...rity-12079-htm/

Cancer sufferers could be cured with injections of immune cells from other people within two years, scientists say. http://www.worthynews.com/news/telegraph-c...-site-5-page-0/

President Bush said Wednesday he wants Congress to expand and make permanent a law that temporarily gives the government more power to eavesdrop without warrants on suspected foreign terrorists. http://www.worthynews.com/news/foxnews-com...297391,00-html/

The Palestinian Authority continues a long tradition of celebrating the 2001 World Trade Center terror attacks by publishing cartoons in its official daily that glorify Osama Bin Laden and the attacks, or mock the suffering of the U.S. http://www.worthynews.com/christian/palest...terror-attacks/

Supporters of the "Zionist regime" will receive a response from Iran during the world Qods Day rallies on October 12, the IRNA news agency reported government spokesman, Gholam-Hossein Elham, saying Wednesday. Related: Source - Islamic Republic News Agency http://www.worthynews.com/news/jpost-com-s...rticle-Printer/

When every known speaker of the language Amurdag gets together, there's still no one to talk to. Native Australian Charlie Mungulda is the only person alive known to speak that language, one of thousands around the world on the brink of extinction. From rural Australia to Siberia to Oklahoma, languages that embody the history and traditions of people are dying, researchers said Tuesday. http://www.worthynews.com/news/ap-google-c...rPt2j8TcNYgawQ/

Plaintiffs vowed to take the fight over gay marriage in Maryland to the Legislature after the state's highest court threw out a suit challenging a law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. http://www.worthynews.com/news/abcnews-go-...int-id-3618474/

Many conservative Republican voters were disappointed when the top four candidates were no-shows at the Values Voter Presidential Debate held Monday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. http://www.worthynews.com/news/cbn-com-CBNnews-233421-aspx/

Six hundred Iranian Shihab-3 missiles are pointed at targets throughout Israel, and will be launched if either Iran or Syria are attacked, an Iranian website affiliated with the regime reported on Monday. http://www.worthynews.com/news/jpost-com-s...rticle-Printer/

President Hugo Chavez threatened on Monday to take over any private schools refusing to submit to the oversight of his socialist government, a move some Venezuelans fear will impose leftist ideology in the classroom. http://www.worthynews.com/news/ap-google-c...3iaFzG7MTpow7w/

Nebraska Democratic State Senator Ernie Chambers has decided to go straight to the top in an effort to stop natural disasters from befalling the world. http://www.worthynews.com/news/foxnews-com...297121,00-html/

A prominent house church leaders who was convicted of illegally printing up to 40 million Bibles and other Christian writings was home Saturday, September 15, after three years detention, family members and Christians involved in the case said. http://www.worthynews.com/christian/china-...s-imprisonment/