The British Parliament gave anti-smoking forces a special "Valentine" on Feb. 14, voting to ban smoking in public places. Seventh-day Adventists in the United Kingdom were among those petitioning the government to enact the rule.
Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
To be a poor girl in Thailand can sometimes mean being dispensable, a "possession" easily traded for money, and then used for sex.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
In China, Seventh-day Adventist Church Gains Notice ... A 500-word entry about the Seventh-day Adventist Church appears in the new edition of the "Christianity Dictionary," a reference book ...
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Whether they were 12-years-old, or 87, they came from Poland, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Austria and the Czech Republic to the 11th STAonline forum in Muehlenrahmede, Germany Feb. 9 to 12.
Muehlenrahmede, Germany
A nighttime fire at the North Valley Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church in Phoenix, Arizona is being blamed on arson, with city and federal officials investigating. The Feb. 7 blaze gutted the church, and caused a reported $200,000 in damage.
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Excitement is growing among Seventh-day Adventists in Pilon, Cuba, as their new house of worship is nearing completion for a Mar. 25 dedication. Adventist pastor Israel Leito, president of the church's Inter-America region, is expected to preside at the ceremony.
Havana, Cuba
The nearly-intact hull of the "Candace," a 188-year-old, 100-foot-long, three-masted barkentine ship that once carried Seventh-day Adventist pioneer Capt. Joseph Bates on a memorable journey from Peru to Boston, has been found buried under a site for a new high-rise building in San Francisco, California.
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
In a historic ruling, Peru's national ombudsman spoke out in favor of an Adventist university student who was denied the right to freely practice his religion in the private university he was attending.
Lima, Perú
At the first formal conference of its kind to be held on a Seventh-day Adventist university campus, some 170 people gathered to talk about ways to increase peacemaking. The one-day conference, "Talking Peace, Making Peace: An Adventist Conversation," was held on the campus of La Sierra University, an Adventist institution, on Jan. 28.
Riverside, California, United States
Less than a year after hitting the bookshelves, the textbook "Atlas of Clinical Gross Anatomy" started showing up in classrooms at Harvard Medical School, the University of Connecticut Medical School, and University of Southern California's physical therapy program. And on Feb. 7 it received the R. R. Hawkins Award for Outstanding Professional, Reference or Scholarly Work of 2005 from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP) of the Association of American Publishers.
Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States