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  1. Joel Cadbury seeks a Colony

    telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph News - Nov 15, 2008

    It is the drinking den whose patrons have included such artists as Francis Bacon and Tracey Emin but the Colony Room in Soho may be about to have a surprising new owner.

    Also tagged: club, soho, groucho club, cadbury s, peter cadbury, joel cadbury, third space, divia lalvani, michael wojas, colony room, graphite capital

  2. Peace protesters successfully blockade Atomic Weapons Establishment

    ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Oct 28, 2008

    Hundreds of peace demonstrators, including Christian groups and nonviolence activists, blockaded the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston yesterday, to protest Britain's weapons of mass destruction.

    Also tagged: nuclear weapons, uk news, news brief, peace and war, mennonites, peace protest, campaign for nuclear disarmament

  3. Peace protesters lead blockade of Atomic Weapons Establishment

    ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Oct 27, 2008

    Hundreds of peace demonstrators, including Christian groups and nonviolence activists, blockaded the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston yesterday, to protest Britain's weapons of mass destruction.

    Also tagged: nuclear weapons, uk news, news brief, peace and war, mennonites, peace protest, campaign for nuclear disarmament

  4. Quaker week will focus on story telling in good faith

    ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Oct 1, 2008

    Building bridges with storytelling is the focus for a week beginning on Saturday when Quakers in Britain will profile their life, faith and practice as a distinct and viable commitment in a divided world.

    Also tagged: uk news, stories, news brief, religion and society, education and culture, patrick gale, society of friends in the uk

  5. Guess Who's Coming for Dinner

    muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com » Muslims Against Sharia - Sep 24, 2008

    By Kayvan Kaboli and Hassan Daoleslam On September 25th 2008, five American religious groups will host the Iranian president Mahmood Ahmadinejad, as they did last year during his 2007 visit to the UN. It is safe to

    Also tagged: mahmoud ahmadinejad, hitler, world council of churches, mennonite central committee, american friends service committee, dhimmi award, religions for peace

  6. New model for dealing with sex offenders launches in UK

    ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Jun 16, 2008

    A new charity is being launched in London tomorrow to pioneer an award-winning community response to sex offending, in the UK. Circles UK aims to support the development and effectiveness of Circles of Support and

    Also tagged: uk news, sex offenders, news brief, restorative justice, crime and justice, circles, circles of support and accountability

  7. Quakers express support for campaigners arrested over Diego Garcia protest

    ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Mar 13, 2008

    British Quakers today lent their support to the concerns of the two human rights campaigners arrested off Diego Garcia after protesting about the island's use in British and US military operations.

    Also tagged: world news, news brief, ecology and environment, peace and war, diego garcia

  8. Churches prepare to mark fifth anniversary of Iraq invasion

    ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Mar 13, 2008

    In the run up to the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, churches are reiterating their call for British troops to withdraw from the country and will join in a 'Christian Peace Witness for Iraq'

    Also tagged: iraq, uk news, iraq war, news brief, peace and war, united reformed church

  9. Books of The Times: Say What? It Wasn’t a Just War After All?

    nytimes.com » NYT > Books - Mar 12, 2008

    Nicholson Baker’s muddled and often infuriating pacifist interpretation of the events leading to World War II sounds its single, solemn note incessantly: war is bad.

    Also tagged: jews, pacifism, books and literature, world war ii 1939 45, baker nicholson, nazi policies toward jews and minorities

  10. Army under fire for recruitment that glamourises war

    ekklesia.co.uk » Latest News from Ekklesia - Jan 8, 2008

    Representative's of Britain's armed forces are reacting with fury to a report which says that some of their recruitment advertising is giving young people, in particular, a misleading and glamourised picture of

    Also tagged: uk news, violence, navy, alternatives, militarism, news brief, peace and war, nonviolence, joseph rowntree charitable trust

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