Rev Mary McLauchlan told the board: "It cannot be good stewardship to invest all world mission finances in one set of buildings"
From LYNNE ROBERTSON, The Herald, May 23, 2001
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TOP STORIES \ May 15, 2001
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Moslems loose patience waiting for goverment approval for disputed mosque construction, to be built near the church of Annunciation in Nazareth
Based on Jalal Bana, Haaretz, May 14, 2001
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SYRIA \ May 15, 2001 5228
Leader of the Greek Catholic Church confined to remark on the refusal of the Maronite patriarch Nasrullah Butrous Sfeir to visit Syria to welcome the Pope.
Syria, Religion, 5/15/2001
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LEBANON \ May 14, 2001 4387
The conference has recommended further changes to the law to remove the possibility of the perpetrators benefiting from carrying out 'honour killings', when men kill female relatives to redeem the family's name
BBC, From Kim Gattas in Beirut
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ISRAEL \ May 14, 2001 3627
A new encyclopedia on the Qumran scrolls provides an exciting treasure hunt into the ever-intriguing mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
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TOP STORIES \ May 10, 2001 4935
Village local in Maloula that lies only 65 kilometres north of Damascus helps German academic record Aramaic - the language Jesus spoke
Philip Sherwell, The Sunday Telegraph,8th May 2001
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NORTH AFRICA \ May 10, 2001 4436
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SYRIA \ May 09, 2001 5455
State Department spokesman says that Assad's statement including that Jews betrayed Jesus,were regrettable .
The Associated Press ,9th May,2001
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ISRAEL \ May 09, 2001 4438
A virtual experience of the Second Temple enables visitors to go up to the Temple and actually walking into the precinct, where they can "walk" in the royal stoa.
The Jerusalem Post
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