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"You don't bring that kind of subject," Cudaback said of Swartley's prayer. "You're here to make us feel good." http://www.worthynews.com/news/wowt-com-ne...s-2223346-html/

Both Fatah and Hamas had good reason to be satisfied with the results of Wednesday's parliamentary election. http://www.worthynews.com/news/jpost-com-s...icle%2FPrinter/

U.S. President George W. Bush said Wednesday the United States will not deal with Hamas until the group renounces its position calling for the destruction of Israel. http://www.worthynews.com/news/ynetnews-co...206676,00-html/

Senior Hamas figures, including the group's leader Mahmoud al-Zahar, said Thursday morning the organization has likely won the Palestinian Authority elections. http://www.worthynews.com/news/ynetnews-co...206675,00-html/

Defense lawyers for Saddam Hussein Wednesday distributed copies of a lawsuit against President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair for destroying Iraq. http://www.worthynews.com/news/washingtont...1155-3468r-htm/

A pastor and his cousin charged with attempted forced conversion in Matiapada village, Orissa state, were released on bail yesterday, while five Hindu villagers charged with assault and setting fire to the pastor's house are still in custody. http://www.worthynews.com/christian/christ...n-orissa-india/

A pastor and his cousin charged with attempted forced conversion in Matiapada village, Orissa state, were released on bail yesterday, while five Hindu villagers charged with assault and setting fire to the pastor’s house are still in custody.

The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed group affiliated with Fatah, says it has developed a new type of missile with a range of 27 kilometers, or 16 miles. http://www.worthynews.com/news/ynetnews-co...206493,00-html/

Noting that most of the successes at the National Security Agency are never acknowledged, President Bush Wednesday tried to boost morale of the agency's employees, many of which are carrying out his controversial electronic eavesdropping program. http://www.worthynews.com/news/foxnews-com...182753,00-html/

Hamas made a stronger-than-expected showing in the Palestinians' first parliamentary election in a decade Wednesday, and the ruling Fatah Party may have to include the Islamic militants in a coalition government, according to exit polls. http://www.worthynews.com/news/abcnews-go-...int-id-1541220/

Were Israel to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, Iran would respond so strongly that it would put the Jewish state into "an eternal coma" like Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's, the Iranian defense minister said Wednesday. http://www.worthynews.com/news/haaretzdail...es-674719-html/

Global infrastructure should be established to give all interested countries access to nuclear energy with reliable guarantees that the nuclear non-proliferation regime will be observed, President Vladimir Putin was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying Wednesday. http://www.worthynews.com/news/mosnews-com...utinnuke-shtml/

China is in the grip of a worsening HIV-AIDS epidemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned, even as new official figures were released showing fewer cases than previously estimated. http://www.worthynews.com/news/breitbart-c...-pnx3pzek-html/

Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, has vowed to push ahead with Government plans for ID cards, despite defeat in the House of Lords on Monday. http://www.worthynews.com/news/news-telegr...uid-xml-site-5/

The Evangelical Alliance United Kingdom (EAUK), an umbrella group representing one million evangelical Christians in the UK, prepared Tuesday, January 24, a major campaign to "alert" believers to "the dangers of the proposed religious hatred (law) and other legislation." http://www.worthynews.com/christian/uk-eva...ats-in-britain/

A university Christian Union has been suspended and had its bank account frozen after refusing to open its membership to people of all religions. http://www.worthynews.com/news/timesonline...8732-2,00-html/

Iran is racing to dig a network of tunnels and upgrade its air defences to protect its nuclear facilities from possible attacks by America or Israel, it was reported yesterday. http://www.worthynews.com/news/news-telegr...n25-xml-site-5/

The U.S. missile defense shield is still under construction for around billion a year, but this week, lawmakers are playing with a simulation of the single most expensive U.S. weapons program. http://www.worthynews.com/news/msnbc-msn-com-id-11014101-/

China's economy maintained its stellar growth last year, official figures have confirmed, expanding 9.9% in 2005. http://www.worthynews.com/news/newsvote-bb...ss-4645874-stm/

The alliance serving as Africa's voice to the world recoiled yesterday from making Sudan's military ruler its chairman but chose instead another dictator who seized power by force. http://www.worthynews.com/news/news-telegr...u25-xml-site-5/

The Bush administration said Tuesday it would provide 9 million in funding for research into hydrogen fuel cells, touting the automotive technology as a way to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil. http://www.worthynews.com/news/foxnews-com...182697,00-html/

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia says the ruling Fatah party is ready to "stand behind" Hamas if the Islamic movement wins Wednesday's parliamentary vote. http://www.worthynews.com/news/ynetnews-co...205895,00-html/

Senior physicians not connected to the treatment of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon say his condition can now be defined as "a vegetative state." However, they stressed that the possibility of Sharon regaining consciousness cannot be ruled out, and some even said it is possible Sharon will recover some of his physical and mental functioning. http://www.worthynews.com/news/haaretz-com...es-674651-html/

Judges at Indonesia's Constitutional Court on January 17 ruled that the Child Protection Act is in line with the constitution and should not be amended. The Rev. Ruyandi Hutasoit had challenged Article 86 of the Act, used as the basis for sentencing Dr. Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti and Ratna Bangun to three years in prison on September 1, 2005. The Christian Sunday School teachers were arrested in May 2005 after members of a local Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI or Muslim Clerics Council) in West Java accused them of trying to convert Muslim children. Judge Jimly Asshiddique said Rev. Hutasoit had no right to contest the Child Protection Act, since he had not experienced any 'direct losses' under it. http://www.worthynews.com/christian/indone...ailed-teachers/

Judges at Indonesia’s Constitutional Court on January 17 ruled that the Child Protection Act is in line with the constitution and should not be amended. The Rev. Ruyandi Hutasoit had challenged Article 86 of the Act, used as the basis for sentencing Dr. Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti and Ratna Bangun to three years in prison on September 1, 2005. The Christian Sunday School teachers were arrested in May 2005 after members of a local Majelis Ulama Indonesia (MUI or Muslim Clerics Council) in West Java accused them of trying to convert Muslim children. Judge Jimly Asshiddique said Rev. Hutasoit had no right to contest the Child Protection Act, since he had not experienced any 'direct losses' under it.