Wesley Willmer, Authority on Faith-Based Nonprofits Contact: Ty Mays, 770-256-8710 WINCHESTER, Va., June 22 /Standard Newswire/ -- Wesley Willmer, Ph.D., has been named senior vice president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). Willmer comes to ECFA from founding

Contact: Lauren Newhouse, PATH, 206-285-3500, lnewhouse@path.org; Meng Li, China National Biotec Group, +86-10-8466 3876, mengli@cnbg.com.cn; Lei Zhang, Chengdu Institute of Biological Products, +86-28-8441 8887, gjmyb@cdibp.com BEIJING, June 22 /Standard Newswire/ -- China National Biotec Group (CNBG), the leading vaccine manufacturer

Pro-Life Women to Call on Congress to Oppose Taxpayer Funding for Abortion. Susan B. Anthony List Joins House Pro-Life Women's Caucus to Oppose Taxpayer-Funded Abortion in the District of Columbia Press Conference - Wednesday, June 24, 2009 -- 10:00 a.m.

A U.S. District Court in Oakland last week struck down regulations in two California cities pitting international law against U.S. military policy. Judge Saundra Armstrong announced Thursday that based on briefs and other documents submitted to the court, the measures

With more than 10 million people in Kenya facing starvation due to drought and political unrest, World Gospel Mission (WGM) is helping Christians in the United States get much-needed food supplies to the hardest hit areas. "Today, about a third

Non-profit organizations and churches are feeling the economic crunch as charitable giving has decreased over the past year, but one church in Orange County has found a creative way to counter that trend. According to an annual report by Giving

Barely half of Americans are now confident that President Obama's $787billion stimulus measure will boost the economy, and the rapid rise inoptimism about the state of the nation that followed the 2008 electionhas abated, according to a new Washington Post-ABC

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown faces the prospect of a stringof public hearings on Labor's role in backing the war in Iraq,after the chairman of the independent inquiry, Sir John Chilcot, saidit was essential that as much of it as

Intellpuke: This commentary was written by Prof. GeorgeMonbiot and appeared in the Guardian's online edition for Monday, June22, 2009. In his commentary, Prof. Monbiot writes: "Our brains struggle with big, painful change. The rational, least painful change is to stop

The emergency war funding bill that President Barack Obama isexpected to sign soon has mushroomed into a catch-all for manylawmakers' favorite projects. Obama originally sought$83.5 billion in April, mostly to fund the wars in Iraq andAfghanistan. By the time Congress

The 86-year-old TV personality died this morning at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Ed McMahon, best known for his role as Johnny Carson's No. 2 on the "Tonight Show," died at a hospital in Los Angeles this morning, his agent

Last fall Anastasia whether a troubling economic situation would lead teens to turn away from privileged teen characters on TV and seek out more relatable middle and working class icons instead. Meanwhile, Bravo, the purveyors of "The Real Housewives" franchise...

KYIV, June 23 /UKRINFORM/. US Vice President Joe Biden will pay a visit to Ukraine late in June, Ukraine's President press secretary Iryna Vannykova has announced on Tuesday. During the visit, Ukraine and the United States are expected to confirm

KYIV, June 23 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is hoping for deepening of economic cooperation with India, in military and transport area in particular, she was speaking at a meeting with India's Ambassador to Ukraine Debabrata Saha in Kyiv.

KYIV, June 23 /UKRINFORM/. Biddings on the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market completed at 7.6580-7.6680 UAH/USD. According to the InterBusinessConsulting Company, biddings on euro ended at 10.6940-10.7125 UAH/EUR, biddings on ruble - 0.2425-0.2433 UAH/RUR. Biddings on dollar opened with a rise

KYIV, June 23 /UKRINFORM/. Ferrari, a member of the Fiat group, announced a bidding procedure for the right to officially sell its cars on the Ukrainian market, according to Modena Auto that claims to get a Ferrari dealer status. Today,

KYIV, June 23 /UKRINFORM/. The Verkhovna Rada toughened requirements for smokers. A new tobacco control law envisages new 'no-smoking' areas, rise in smoking fines and placing on the pack of cigarettes the images demonstrating a smoking effect. The law was

KYIV, June 23 /UKRINFORM/. 2009 Eurovision Song Contest winner Alexander Rybak will attend the gala concert of Ukraine's Got Talent show on June 26. Rybak is expected to sing a song in the final after the winner of the show

KYIV, June 23 /UKRINFORM/. Ukraine's Defense Ministry is conducting the 13th rotation of peacekeepers in Liberia, the ministry press-service reported. A regular rotation of the 56th separate helicopter unit of Ukraine's Armed Forces, which has been fulfilling tasks of the

KYIV, June 23 /UKRINFORM/. A total of six draft resolutions to dismiss the Cabinet members have been registered in the Verkhovna Rada, Oleksandr Yefremov, the Deputy Head of the opposition Party of Regions faction, has announced on Tuesday. In particular,