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Anthony Alexander, the Seventh-day Adventist pastor imprisoned in a Sri Lankan jail for more than two years, has been granted refugee status in Canada, along with his wife, Saratha. The January 24 decision ends more than 18 months of uncertainty.

Anthony Alexander, and Adventist pastor, was jailed in a Sri Lankan prison on charges of terrorism in March of 1998. He was released two years later and has now received refugee status in Canada.

Sri Lankan Pastor Receives Refugee Status in Canada

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency has started a new HIV/AIDS program in the town of Mooi River in KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa.

New HIV/AIDS Program Benefits South African Community

Election officials in Uganda have rescheduled a national election following a public protest by local leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Ugandan Government Responds to Pleas of Sabbath-Keepers

An estimated one million homes tuned in to view a series of programs produced by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Serbia and broadcast by 14 cable television stations December 3 to 22.

Serbia: Adventist Television Series Captures Public Attention

A group of Czech churches is protesting a new law they say reflects an attitude to religion reminiscent of the country's communist past.

Czech Religion Law Reflects Communist Past, Say Churches

The opening of a School of Pharmacy at Loma Linda University this September will mark a new era in the institution's 100-year history of health education.

California: Long-Planned Pharmacy School Set to Open

Plans by a group of Protestant churches in Novomoskovsk, Tula, to screen a film about the life of Jesus has drawn sharp opposition from some of the city's religious leaders.

"Jesus Film" Stirs Controversy in Russian City

Raising taxes on cigarettes will significantly cut rates of child smokers, say members of a coalition who this week launched an initiative aimed at getting religious groups more involved in the fight against tobacco.

Roy Branson, right, professor of public policy at the Adventist Church's Columbia Union College, moderates a press conference urging tougher tobacco legislation. A 50 cent tax increase on cigarettes would keep 1.4 million kids from taking up smoking, according to Peter Fisher of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, seated left.

Effort to Raise Cigarette Taxes Launched in United States

Adventist President's Parsonage Purchased ... France: Marriage Will Be a "Testimony of Hope"

Parsonage home, center, purchased by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

[Copyright: Ray Dabrowski/Adventist News Network]

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Education Initiative Protects Children from Thailand's Sex Industry

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) network is providing emergency relief to those devastated last week by the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano near Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Adventist Humanitarian Agency Responds to Goma Volcano

More than 450,000 people are homeless following a volcanic eruption near the Rwandan-Congolese border January 17.

Congo: Volcanic Eruption Devastates Cities, Destroys Church Headquarters

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