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Melburnians turn to ‘Soul Food’ for nourishment
MELBOURNE, Australia, September 28, 2008
Melbourne stands out as a multicultural metropolis – Malaysian restaurants, Japanese paper shops, music venues with bands from Senegal to Indonesia,...
Youth program in tough town offers key ingredient – hope
PORTICI, Italy, September 15, 2008
Alberto Liccardi, 12, lives in the southern Italian city of Portici and says he has some advice for friends that hang out in the streets. “Instead...
A musical life that goes on and on
RIED, Austria, August 29, 2008
Composer Russell Garcia is 92 years old and still making music. Not only that, he’s touring internationally. This week, in the town of Ried in...
Baha'is imprisoned in Yemen may face imminent deportation to Iran
NEW YORK, United States, August 27, 2008
Three Baha’is currently imprisoned in Yemen are facing the possibility of imminent deportation to Iran, where Baha’is are intensely persecuted...
Iranian media attacks on Baha'is and Nobel Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi seek to stir "irrational fears and prejudices"
NEW YORK, United States, August 12, 2008
Fraudulent claims in the Iranian news media about seven imprisoned Baha'i leaders and the efforts of Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi and...
American jazz musicians compose winning song for Olympics
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, United States, August 5, 2008
Two U.S. jazz musicians combined their knowledge of Chinese music, Brazilian samba, and American jazz to write one of the songs being featured...
Baha’is reject allegations of subversive activity in Iran
NEW YORK, United States, August 3, 2008
The Baha’i International Community categorically rejects statements by an Iranian prosecutor that seven Baha’is detained in Tehran have “confessed”...
Vietnam recognizes Baha’is as religious community
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, July 31, 2008
The government of Vietnam has given full recognition to the Baha’i community as a religious organization. A certificate was presented to representatives...
Most Holy Book of Baha’i Faith published in Norwegian
BEITOSTOLEN, Norway, July 29, 2008
The Baha’i book known as the Kitab-i-Aqdas, the “Most Holy Book,” has been published in Norwegian for the first time, bringing to about 30 the...
Arsonists in Iran target Baha’i homes, vehicles
NEW YORK, United States, July 28, 2008
Acts of arson targeting homes and vehicles are the latest violent tactics directed against the Baha’is of Iran. “In the early hours of the morning...
Baha’is commemorate martyrdom of the Bab
HAIFA, Israel, July 6, 2008
This week Baha’is mark the 158th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Bab, one of the two central figures in the founding of their religion. On...
"People can sense the presence of God"
ACRE, Israel, July 8, 2008
Muslims to Mecca, Jews to Jerusalem, Christians to Bethlehem, Buddhists to Lumbini - and Baha'is to Acre. The holiest spots on earth to Baha'is...
Baha’i shrines chosen as World Heritage sites
QUEBEC CITY, Canada, July 8, 2008
A United Nations committee meeting here has determined that two Baha'i shrines in Israel possess "outstanding universal value" and should be...
Nobel laureates call for release of Iranian Baha’i prisoners
NEW YORK, United States, June 30, 2008
Six Nobel Peace Prize laureates have issued a statement calling on the Iranian government to free immediately seven prominent Iranian Baha’is...
Seven jailed Iranian Baha’is make brief contact with families
NEW YORK, United States, June 19, 2008
Seven prominent Baha’is imprisoned in Iran have each been allowed a brief phone call to their families, the Baha’i International Community has...
Quiet revolutionaries
DASDOI, UTTAR PRADESH, India, June 22, 2008
At first glance nothing about these eight people would tell you that they are founders of schools. They come from the unlikeliest of backgrounds....
Ethiopian children’s TV show receives honor
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 12, 2008
“Tsehai Loves Learning," an Amharic-language educational television show that is produced and broadcast in Ethiopia, received an award at the...
Holy day marks 116th anniversary of the passing of Baha’u’llah
ACRE, Israel, May 28, 2008
Four hundred Baha’i pilgrims will be among the thousand followers of Baha’u’llah from around the world who gather at His burial site on 29 May...
Iranian Baha’i leaders being held incommunicado; growing concern for their fate
NEW YORK, United States, May 27, 2008
Six Baha’i leaders who were arrested nearly two weeks ago are being held incommunicado, without access to lawyers or relatives, and the Baha’i...
Bahá'í International Community rejects Iranian allegations on recent arrests
NEW YORK, United States, May 21, 2008
Allegations by Iran that six Bahá’ís were arrested last week “for security reasons and not for their faith” are utterly baseless and without...