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Outwitting The Russians On The Kabul Road
Christopher Howse talks to a Catholic journalist about his epic 400-mile trip through Russian roadblocks in Afghanistan. THE ONLY journalist to have succeeded in passing Soviet......
News In Brief
THE GREEK Catholic Archbishop of Jerusalem, Mgr Marion Cappucci was the first independent person permitted to visit the American hostages in Iran, since their Christmas day......
Polish State Labels Nuns As Parasites
THE POLISH government has described cloistered nuns as "parasites", and is attempting to make life unbearably difficult for them. The international charity, Aid to the Church in......
Guatemalan Jesuits Threatened With Death
Fifty - two Jesuit priests in Guatarnala have been threatened with death by rightists and with expulsion by the military government after publishing a denunciation of large......
Christian Leaders Condemn Attacks
A SERIES of violent attacks on Christian institutions in Jerusalem has provoked a strong backlash from three Christian leaders. A joint statement was issued on January 31 and......
British Scientists Urged To Aid Dissident
by John Carey ON MONDAY eight top British scientists are due in Hamburg, West Germany, for an international forum aimed at "improving and broadening scientific learning." There......