Subthema 'Reformed Daily'

BEIJING - A spokesman with Voice of the Martyrs (VOM), a ministry to the persecuted Church around the world, says Communist China's government is ramping up persecution against Christians as the 2008 Olympic games approach.

VEENENDAAL - The "Waarden en Normen Wijzer" of the Reformatorische Maatschappelijke Unie (RMU) is now also available in English as the "Values and Norms Guide".

LONDON - Prince Charles suggested Tuesday on a visit to the United Arab Emirates that banning McDonald's fast food was crucial for improving people's diets, a British news agency reported.

Police in seven European countries have broken up a network that carried out more than 200 carefully choreographed armed robberies of jewelry stores, and channeled $53 million in loot into drugs and real estate, Europol said Wednesday.

Three young brothers who fell through ice into a frigid creek were rescued by a teenage neighbor who heard his mother’s frightened screams for help, police said.

The three hikers rescued after a fall and an icy night on Mount Hood said Wednesday their survival techniques included exercise and pep talks.

Midway through the month when influenza typically peaks, health officials were monitoring four hospitalized Nebraska children, while three North Carolina schools remained closed over widespread symptoms of the illness.

Action is needed now to enable Wales to adapt to rising sea levels -a new National Trust report highlights challenges ahead on Welsh coast.

Despite the human and financial toll of traffic fatalities annually in the United States -43,000 deaths and 2.7 million injuries at a cost of about $230 billion- such accidents are often viewed as an inevitable, if tragic, byproduct of driving. Now a small but growing number of safety advocates and transportation researchers want to change that perception, partly by borrowing proven strategies from Europe and Australia.