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Report Links Lack of Basic Freedoms and Social Underdevelopment
A United Nations report released July 2 on human development in Arab countries shows that countries lacking fundamental freedoms are also likely to suffer underdevelopment in key areas, including education, technology, and the economy.
International Conference Advances Battle Against HIV/AIDS
Representatives from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International are participating in the 14th International AIDS Conference currently underway in Barcelona, Spain.
Colombian Kidnapping Victim Returned; One Remains Missing
After being held for eight days by one of Colombia's largest guerilla groups, Camilo Ramirez, a student of the Adventist University in Colombia, was released July 4, report church leaders in the region.
July 8, 2002
ANN Feature: Uzbekistan Adventists Celebrate New House of Prayer
After a decade of work and financial sacrifice, Seventh-day Adventists in the Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan now have a spiritual center of their own in the capital city of Tashkent.
July 8, 2002
Hispanic Festival in Los Angeles Starts Month of Personal Evangelism
More than 12,000 Hispanic Seventh-day Adventist lay people were on hand at the Los Angeles Convention Center July 4 to 6 for the launch of Un Million de Amigos, a campaign to take 1 million copies of a special issue of the Adventist magazine El Centinela