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The WCC has forcefully denounced the series of bombings which targeted Christian churches in Iraq on 1 August 2004.

Free photos of the hunger strike tent available, see below.

By Nick Kerr (*)

cf: WCC Press Release PR-04-16 of 1 July 2004

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Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, commented today on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture being commemorated tomorrow, Saturday, 26 June 2004:

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The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia will visit Germany from 28 June to 2 July. This is Kobia’s first official visit to Germany since taking office in January 2004.

Baldwin Sjollema, first director of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Programme to Combat Racism (PCR), received the Oliver Tambo Order from South African president Thabo Mbeki on 16 June 2004 in Pretoria.

By George Martinson *

Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture leaders

By Larry Fata

Cf. Press Release PR-04-07 of 17 May 2004

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Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary, commented today on the situation in Sudan's Darfur region:

Annan welcomes proposal to mark International Day of Peace with prayer

The WCC general secretary, Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, has called on the Indonesian Government to "take immediate steps to put an end to the violence in the Malukus".

Cf. Press Release PR-03-22 of 11 June 2003