A fire at the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Pacific Press on January 27 was quickly extinguished and did not cause significant damage to the plant, reports Robert Kyte, president of the Pacific Press Publishing Association.
Anthony Alexander, the Seventh-day Adventist pastor imprisoned in a Sri Lankan jail for more than two years, has been granted refugee status in Canada, along with his wife, Saratha. The January 24 decision ends more than 18 months of uncertainty.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency has started a new HIV/AIDS program in the town of Mooi River in KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa.
Election officials in Uganda have rescheduled a national election following a public protest by local leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
An estimated one million homes tuned in to view a series of programs produced by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Serbia and broadcast by 14 cable television stations December 3 to 22.
A group of Czech churches is protesting a new law they say reflects an attitude to religion reminiscent of the country's communist past.