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HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (BP)--During his deployment in Iraq, Air Force Maj. Chris Gay learned firsthand that a key component of succeeding in the war is befriending Iraq's youth and showing them a level of kindness and goodwill they may never encounter otherwise.
Gay now is stationed at Hill Air Force Base in northern Utah and is a member of Mountain View Baptist Church in Layton. A division chief with the 507th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron, he was deployed with an Army unit based in Baghdad from last September through April.
During that time, he visited the largest of eight internally displaced persons camps in Iraq. The camp housed more than 2,500 Iraqis who fled their homes during terrorist and sectarian violence.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Democrat Barack Obama may have wanted to sound reasonable on the issue of abortion during a recent interview with Relevant Magazine, but legal experts say his statements conflict with both his current positions and his past actions on the issue.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Official registration figures for the 2008 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis have been released by SBC registration secretary Jim Wells.
RALEIGH, N.C. (BP)--Uncertain times bring anxiety into the church and, as Wayne Oakes has observed, the conflict that often results can be traced to loss of control.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Archaeology is in the news again. An interesting juxtaposition of news stories ...
Christian Science Monitor | World
The Beijing Organizing Committee has enlisted cheerleaders from the New England Patriots football team to hone the Chinese elite squad's skills.
The three-day conference of religious leaders will start July 16 in Madrid.
Passport confusion, a weak US dollar, and high gas prices appear to be fueling the steady decline.
In India, one temple had a rent-a-wedding scam to help couples get faster residency in Canada.
Human rights activist John Caulker looks beyond the high-profile and costly prosecutions to village-level reconciliation.
One of the last cities remaining under the Israeli blockade hosts a rare showing of race cars – some of which predate the second intifada.
The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq aims to capitalize on the disarray within Moqtada al-Sadr's movement ahead of provincial elections planned for October.
The president's approval rating skyrocketed to 90 percent after the military freed 15 high-profile hostages from a jungle rebel camp.
Employee cutbacks in the US force firms to shift overseas, creating as many as 600,000 new jobs for Filipinos.
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