http://news.bahai.org/ RSS 2.0 Headline Feed of the Bahá’í World News Service Copyright 2008 Bahá’í International Communityhttp://news.bahai.org/story/711IQALUIT, Nunavut, 25 April 2009 -- Beth McKenty moved to sparsely populated northeast Canada – to Iqaluit on Baffin Island – in 1999 to fulfill a pledge, made 45 years earlier, to devote part of her life to reducing youth suicide. Within two weeks of arriving she had begun a...Sat, 25 April 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/711http://news.bahai.org/story/709BUENOS AIRES, 23 April 2009 -- This week, for the 70th year, the Baha'is of Buenos Aires gathered to elect their local Spiritual Assembly – one of the two oldest of what are now 600 such Baha'i governing councils throughout South America. A special program featuring...Thu, 23 April 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/709http://news.bahai.org/story/710LONDON, 23 April 2009 -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has sent a message to UK Baha'is to mark Ridvan, the most important Baha'i festival. In it he expressed his "respect and admiration" for the British Baha'i community which, he said, "makes a contribution to British...Thu, 23 April 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/710http://news.bahai.org/story/708GENEVA, 18 April 2009 -- The Baha’i International Community joined two human rights organizations in calling on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to address discrimination in his own country when he speaks this week at the conference known as Durban II. The...Sat, 18 April 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/708http://news.bahai.org/story/707CAIRO, 16 April 2009 -- Egypt’s Ministry of Interior this week published a decree that allows individuals to obtain government documents without identifying themselves as belonging to a particular religion. The decree is the result of a recent Egyptian Supreme...Thu, 16 April 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/707http://news.bahai.org/story/706OTTAWA, 1 April 2009 -- Canada's House of Commons has unanimously adopted a strongly worded motion condemning the persecution of Baha'is in Iran and calling on the Iranian government to release Baha'i leaders imprisoned in Tehran. The motion, which was approved on 30...Wed, 1 April 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/706http://news.bahai.org/story/705HAIFA, 18 March 2009 -- A new Web site with information for visiting the Baha'i shrines and gardens in Haifa and Acre was introduced today by the Baha'i International Community. The Web site gives details about tours, hours, and the gardens themselves, as well as...Wed, 18 March 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/705http://news.bahai.org/story/704HAIFA, 17 March 2009 -- On March 21, Baha'is around the world will mark Naw-Ruz - their new year - a date that this year coincides with the 100th anniversary of the interment of the remains of the Bab on Mount Carmel. On Naw-Ruz in 1909, 'Abdu'l-Baha, then the head of...Tue, 17 March 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/704http://news.bahai.org/story/703GENEVA, 15 March 2009 -- A court in Egypt today removed any grounds for preventing Baha'is from receiving proper official identity documents, clearing the way for an end to years of deprivation for Egyptian Baha'is - and opening the door to a new level of respect for...Sun, 15 March 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/703http://news.bahai.org/story/702NEW YORK, 5 March 2009 -- The Baha'i International Community has issued an open letter to Iran's prosecutor general outlining the tragic history of the persecution of Baha'is in that country, explaining their innocence in the face of accusations made by the government, and...Thu, 5 March 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/702http://news.bahai.org/story/701KIEV, 2 March 2009 -- The historic series of 41 Baha’i conferences that began four months ago in southern Africa wrapped up last weekend in eastern Europe with a gathering in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. Some 730 people – mostly from Ukraine, Russia, Moldova,...Mon, 2 March 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/701http://news.bahai.org/story/700ACCRA, 23 February 2009 -- Accra was host this last weekend to the largest of the nine regional conferences held in Africa with 1,700 participants from eight countries. The Accra gathering was held concurrently with the regional conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. They were the...Mon, 23 February 2009 00:00:00 EDT http://news.bahai.org/story/700