Sarat Kamal Sammaddar, a Bengali Seventh-day Adventist writer and pastor, was recognized at an interdenominational ceremony on February 10 for his work in promoting "an amiable relationship and understanding among Muslims and Christians."
The French Senate has postponed final approval of a widely criticized "anti-sect bill" until March
The greatest damage was done in the regions of Cuscatlan, La Paz, and San Vicente.
Speaking at a press conference on February 19, Pastor Jan Paulsen said that the church should play a role in convincing and influencing those who are still in possession of arms and stolen properties to return them to the authorities.
Paulsen also met with the 14-member Peace Monitoring Council, representing the ethnic groups and provinces of the Solomon Islands
Meropi Gjika, who under the communist regime of Albania was forced to wait 50 years for baptism, died February 17