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By Elizabeth S. Tapia (*)

by Aruna Gnanadason (*)

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Middle Eastern church leaders have condemned attacks on Iraqi churches and called for solidarity following bombings at churches yesterday.

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

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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