Michelle A. Vu

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• Jul 3, 2006

  Yokota’s Daughter Claims No Memory of Mother; Husband Back N. Korea

  The daughter of Japanese abductee Megumi Yokota told her paternal aunt that she does not remember her mother at all, as her South Korean father backs North Korea’s claims that his first wife committed suicide.

• Jul 3, 2006

  Interview: ABHE Executive Director on Stepping Down, Future Plans

  The Association for Biblical Higher Education’s (ABHE) executive director for the past five-and-a-half years announced last month that he would step down from the position and assume the role as president of Simpson University in Redding, Calif., this fall.

• Jul 3, 2006

  World Religion, NGO Summits Open Ahead of G8

  Representatives of faith groups and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are gathering in Moscow for two separate summits ahead of the Group of Eight (G8) summit in St. Petersburg later this month.

• Jul 1, 2006

  USCIRF Testifies to Killing, Harassment of Mideast Christians

  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) vice chair testified Friday before a house subcommittee that Christian minorities in the Middle East are killed and harassed by governments.

• Jul 1, 2006

  Embryonic Stem Cell Research ‘Far Behind’ Adult, Says Ethics Group

  A recently revived bill expanding the funding for embryonic stem cell research is opposed by a research ethics coalition that calls instead for greater funding of adult stem cell research that it says have shown greater results than its counterpart.

• Jun 30, 2006

  Christian Groups Applaud U.S. Resolution on World Cup Sex Trafficking

  Christian social concern groups are applauding the Congressional Resolution urging Germany to combat sex trafficking during the World Cup games.

• Jun 30, 2006

  Hopegivers Schools, Offices Reopen After 4-Month Closure

  After more than four months of forced closure, Emmanuel Mission’s schools, bank accounts and offices reopened in India’s largest state on Wednesday.

• Jun 29, 2006

  Adults Are the Problem, Says Children Defense Fund President

  Founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman, declared Wednesday during an awards acceptance speech that ‘‘adults are what’s wrong with our children.”

• Jun 29, 2006

  Sen. Obama Dissects Dilemmas Facing Christian Politicians

  Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in front of a large Christian crowd yesterday combined philosophy, politics, and Bible stories to analyze the decision process and struggles of a Christian politician trying to keep Biblical teaching while living in a pluralistic society.

• Jun 28, 2006

  Poverty Brings Christians, Politicians to Capitol Hill

  Faring through the rain, hundreds of Christians marched, lobbied Congress, and gathered in the Senate building to hear the efforts and promises of Christian politicians on Tuesday.