Drescher: Admiring Billy Graham The Rev. Billy Graham celebrated his 94th birthday this week with his family at his home in Montreat. “I never expected I would live this long, outliving my beloved wife Ruth as well as many friends and loved ones,” Graham said recently. “I believe God must still have a purpose for keeping me here, and I look forward to seeing what that might be.” Graham uses a wh..
International Antorcha pilgrimage stops off in Durham DURHAM -- A pilgrimage crossing national, cultural and religious lines came to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on Thursday night with arrival of the Guadalupe torch on its way from Mexico City to New York. Several hundred people gathered at the church steps to welcome the Antorcha Guadalupana, which relays of runners carry more than 3,0..
Foreign Office: Britons should leave Benghazi immediately British nationals have been urged by the Foreign Office to leave the Libyan city of Benghazi immediately in response to a "specific and imminent threat to westerners". Germany's government issued a similar warning to its citizens on Thursday. No details were given by the UK of the nature of the threat, likely to have been issued in respon..
George Osborne ignores IMF's warnings on austerity plans George Osborne insists he will press ahead with the government's austerity plans despite a warning from the International Monetary Fund that the chancellor should slow the pace of cuts. On the eve of the latest GDP growth figures for the UK economy, the chancellor said the credibility Britain had built up by setting out a tough package of ..
Gay marriage bill to be published A bill to legalise gay marriage is being published by the government on Friday. The legislation is likely to provoke strong debate in the House of Commons, where a significant number of Conservative MPs are opposed to same-sex marriage. But the culture secretary, Maria Miller, insisted it would ensure "equal and fair" treatment of gay couples, while providing ad..