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UK charitable giving last year rose by 7.5 per cent in real terms, according to figures released by the Charities Aid Foundation. Charity Trends 2004 shows that the top 500 fundraising charities generated a total income of £8.6bn. Of this £4.6 bn was from voluntary sources.
Money	The Baptist Times - 8th July 2004



The amount of money owed by consumers in Britain has edged closer to £1 trillion. According to the Bank of England, money owed on cards, mortgages, loans and overdrafts rose by £10.2 billion in May. Now, we owe £993bn.
Money	The Baptist Times - 8th July 2004



With a population of 400,000, Malta has 91 per cent of Catholics.
Religion/Spirituality	Scottish Catholic Observer - 9th July 2004



The Broadcasting Standards Commission reports that 66 per cent of children said they had seen a video or TV programme that they felt contained too much sex, and 64 per cent they kept on watching.
Sex	Good News - July 2004



Some 91 per cent of those who took part in the survey conducted by the Christian Socialist Movement (CSM) believe that the Government should legislate to force companies to improve their social and environmental impact. Of the 180 CSM members surveyed, 97 per cent claimed that ethical issues influenced their decisions about which products to buy, and 95 per cent said they would be prepared to pay at least 25 per cent more for products made by socially responsible companies.
Politics	Christian Herald - 10 July 2004



Around 20 per cent of the population say they actually use fortune telling to help live their lives.
Religion/Spirituality	Christian Herald - 10 July 2004



The Teenage Pregnancy Unit has reported that teenage pregnancies in England and Wales have risen by more than 1,720 in 12 months. Teenage birth rates in Britain are the highest in western Europe. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STIs) are on the increase. Despite investing £60 million to tackle the issue, the figures continue to rise.
Sex	Christian Herald - 3rd July 2004



Christian radio network Vision FM, now has 174 regional stations across Australia.
Entertainment	Christian Herald - 3rd July 2004



Record numbers of children in Northern Uganda are fleeing their homes each night in fear of abduction and death as the country's 18 year conflict worsens, according to Tearfund partner Noah's Ark. Every night more than 25,000 night communters walk to Gulu town to escape the Lord's Resistance Army, which is waging war against the Ugandan government. A further 20,000 sleep in the neighbouring town of Kitgum.
Disasters/War	Christian Herald - 3rd July 2004



A representative from the Church of Sweden spoke out at H&M's general meeting in Stockholm about the objectification of women in their advertisements. A member of Church of Sweden Women, said "We want to promote equality in the companies where we are joint owners. They exhibit women as objects and have a sexualised view of women in posters and advertisements. This especially affects young women, working on their identitiy as females.
Sex	Christian Herald - 3rd July 2004



Iraqi Baptists have made huge gains since the fall of Saddam Hussein, according to the pastor of the Baghdad's National Baptist Church, the Revd Nabit Sara. "We have had 140 baptisms in our church so far", said Mr Sara. "We are having to build a bigger hall, the church is growing so fast.
Church	The Baptist Times - 8th July 2004



A poll by handbag.com asked thousands of women about their attitudes towards their bodies. The results reveal that women's confidence in their bodies come from adopting traditional habits, such as maintaining a healthy lifestyle and eating well balanced meals (35 per cent) or exercising three times a week (18 per cent). Only 10 per cent favoured regimes such as Weight Watchers and the Atkins and Cabbage Soup diets. Women almost unanimously agreed (91 per cent) that they are under more pressure than men to have a good body. Yet only 2 per cent of women are entirely confident with their body shape. The poll revealed that 60 per cent blame the media for their negative body image while 21 per cent blame themselves. Lack of body confidence affected the general behaviour of 32 per cent of the women in the survey, making them less outgoing and more reluctant to draw attention to themselves. A large proportion (61 per cent) admitted to buying clothing that was too small in order not to go up a size.
Health	The War Cry - 3rd July 2004



The UNICEF website tells the grim reality for millions of children right now, today. 246 million children around the world are engaged in exploitative child labour. 13.4 million children have been orphaned by HIV/Aids. 1.2 million children are trafficked for labour or sex every year. This is not just a problem for developing countries in the grip of poverty. According to the Daily Mirror, every week an average of 88 children are expelled from US schools for carrying a gun. 61 per cent of British teenagers believe aliens have landed on Earth while only 39 per cent have any belief in Christianity.
Social Issues	Salvationist - 3rd July 2004



The early morning explosion of reactor 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear plant on 26th April 1986 caused the worst man made peacetime catastrophe the world had ever seen. Some 190 tons of radioactive debris was blown around the world. Belarus, a country just north of Chernobyl, received 70 per cent of the fallout, subjecting its 10.2 million inhabitants to high levels of radioactivity - (equivalent to 90 times greater than that created by the Hiroshima bomb). Although this happened over 20 years ago, the children have inherited a terrible, tragic legacy. They live, drink, eat, breathe and sleep radioactive contamination. Many suffer from acute gastritis, as the food is often rotten. The childen also suffer from cancers, leukaemia, headaches, nose bleeds, dizziness, skin problems, and are extremely prone to infections as their immune systems are very weak.
Disasters/War	The Plain Truth - June / August 2004



Is space exploration worth the money? In 1967, as America geared up for the Moon landings, Martin Luther King declared that if our nation can spend ...twenty billion dollars to put a man on the Moon, it can spend billions of dollars to put God's children on their own two feet right here on Earth. NASA's Mars rovers each cost £545 million. Bush's Moon hopping dreams come with a $12 billion price tag!
Space	The Plain Truth - June / August 2004

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