Thursday, October 27, 2005

• Traumatized earthquake victims still unreached in Kashmir, waiting for help

  by Joshua Newton, posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 (18 years ago)

  Makeshift shelter A woman slumps down by her six-month-old daughter in a makeshift shelter in Indian-administered Kashmir, awaiting her husband's return from a relief center. Photo by Joshua Newton

  SRINAGAR, Kashmir (BP)--Thousands of quake victims in Kashmir remained huddled on hillsides and in the valleys awaiting help, shivering in an onslaught of snow and unrelenting rains.

        Salamat Mir hugged his children close as the thin polythene sheet he had secured to protect his family fluttered in the chilling wind in the Uri sector of Indian-administered Kashmir, which sustained massive destruction in the Oct. 8 earthquake that left 70 percent of the houses severely damaged. Read More

• Christians win hearts among India’s quake victims

  by Joshua Newton, posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 (18 years ago)

  Suddenly homeless A girl child stands in front of her destroyed house in the Uri sector of Indian-administered Kashmir, where the Oct. 8 earthquake collapsed about 70 percent of the houses. Photo by Joshua Newton

  SRINAGAR, Kashmir (BP)--In the Muslim-majority, Indian-administered area of Kashmir, parts of which were devastated by the Oct. 8 earthquake, Christian relief agencies actively attend to the hapless.

        NGOs have supplied rice millet, utensils, mattresses, and milk powder to most affected villages. Christian agencies are sending relief mostly through the churches in the valley. Read More

• Miers withdraws nomination to Supreme Court

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 (18 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--Embattled nominee Harriet Miers withdrew Oct. 27 as President Bush’s selection for associate justice of the Supreme Court. Bush said in a written statement he “reluctantly accepted” Miers’ decision and would submit a new nominee in “a timely manner.” Read More

• 15 Baptist kitchen units begin post-Wilma operations in Fla.

  by Mickey Noah, posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 (18 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--An estimated 500 Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are now in the middle of Hurricane Wilma’s devastation in South Florida, while 7,000 SBC volunteers are still serving along the Gulf Coast.

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• Guardsman deployed in Afghanistan thankful for LifeWay

  by Sarah Phelan, posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--In his yearlong deployment to Afghanistan with the 1128 Finance Detachment of the Tennessee National Guard, Kenny Washington said it was prayer that sustained him and served as his lifeline. Read More

• Southern Seminary launches historical archives website

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 (18 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Information about a collection of rare Baptist history materials housed in the Boyce Library at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is now accessible online. Read More

• WORLDVIEW: Celebrating ‘unsung heroes’ of church-planting

  by Erich Bridges, posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 (18 years ago)

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--The early church had its share of superstars, the Peters and Pauls who led the way as the Gospel began to spread from Jerusalem across the Roman world. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: An open letter to President Bush

  by Brent Thompson, posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 (18 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Negative conservative reaction to Harriet Miers' nomination was never about her gender, education or other known qualities. It has always been about what was not known. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Dress code the right move for NBA

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Thursday, October 27, 2005 (18 years ago)

  JACKSON. Tenn. (BP)--Those poor NBA players. Read More