Young People Volunteer to Benefit Brazil's Karajás Indians
More than 400 young people participated in a four-day volunteer project to benefit the Karajás Indians of Bananal Island, Tocantins State, Brazil.
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The world's largest manufacturer of cigarettes has issued an apology for a study commissioned by one of its affiliates showing that the Czech Republic saves money on health care, housing, and pensions due to smokers dying prematurely.
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Adventist Youth in Brazil Begin Evangelistic Series Recife, Brazil… [ANN] Seventh-day Adventist youth in Brazil began an evangelistic series July 22 that is being broadcast nationally via satellite each Sunday until September 2. In churches unable to downlink the program, youth are organizing l...
Micro-Loans Give Communities New Economic Life
Representatives from more than thirty countries attended the first Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) Economic Development Summit in Prague, Czech Republic, June 25 to 29, where participants focused on economic development progra
Anti-Drug Effort Stepped Up in Southeast Asia
Seventh-day Adventist Church health leaders in the Southern Asia-Pacific region have established 19 new regional and national branches of the International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Addictions (ICPA) as part of an effort to stem risi
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New Spirit of Tolerance Needed in Indonesia, Says Leader
Deadly religious conflicts in Indonesia can only be avoided by "building bridges of understanding" between the country's different religious and ethnic groups, says Ulil Abshar Abdalla, senior officer of the Indonesian Commission on Religion and Peace.