Former Iraq hostage returns to ‘normal’ life in Mississippi

May 20, 2004

In an attempt to return to a normal life in his hometown of Macon, Miss., Thomas Hamill attended a morning worship service at Calvary Baptist

Cleric detained in Pakistani Christian death

May 20, 2004

ISTANBUL — Pakistani police reluctantly detained a Muslim cleric last week after a Christian university student savagely tortured inside an Islamic madrasseh (seminary) died of

Leaders issue appeal for Holy Land Christians

May 20, 2004

WASHINGTON — Fifty Catholic and Protestant leaders have appealed to President Bush on behalf of the dwindling Christian population in the Holy Land, who they

Young mothers risk death of self, infants

May 20, 2004

WESTPORT, Conn. — More than 1 million infants and about 70,000 teenage mothers die each year in developing countries because adolescent girls are marrying and

U.S. executions rank third in world, report says

April 22, 2004

WASHINGTON — The United States ranks third, behind only China and Iran, in reported executions, according to a new report by a human-rights group that