A Yemeni court is holding a trial for the Yemeni man accused in the slaying of the three American missionaries at a Baptist hospital last December.

Kathleen Gariety's brother said he wanted justice, not vengeance.

Although the prosecutor has asked for the death penalty against Abed Abdul Razak Kamel, Jerome Gariety Jr. said he and his two surviving sisters don't want Kamel executed.

By MEG JONES, mjones@journalsentinel.com, April 20, 2003

Miss Christie went to meet the Lord. For Christians in the Middle East she is known for serving in an orphanage in Egypt for 38 years. Later-on, she established a Christian Bookstore in East Jerusalem.

Special for Come and See, April 20, 2003

The Muslim World League warned that "non-Muslim organisations," a term used for Christian missionaries, were preparing to work in Iraq under the cover of providing humanitarian aid.

Sify, Riyadh, April 16

Christians in Iraq say their prayers for peace had been answered, but what comes after the fall of Saddam Hussein is what worries them now. Christians feel they have something to lose now that Saddam has been ousted from power and U.S. forces promise democracy in a largely Muslim country.

Iraq's Christians say their roots go back to the first century when the apostle Thomas evangelised Iraq, which was then Mesopotamia

By Mike Collett-White, www.cmep.org, April 14, 2003

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams spent Palm Sunday with the Christians in Jerusalem, issuing a pastoral letter to Christians in the Middle East and preaching at the Anglican Cathedral of St. George the Martyr in Jerusalem.

by James Solheim, April 12, 2003, Episcopal News Service

It is a strange thing for a non-Jewish, American Christian girl to grow up in Israel, and even stranger for her to melt so well into the fabric of Israeli society.

An Israeli church elder writes about Abigail Lytle, the 14 year old girl that was killed in the Haifa blast a month ago.

by Baruch Maoz, Banner of Truth, April 8, 2003

Evangalical Christians are generating the spiritual energy fueling George Bush's war on global terrorism. According to a poll, 63 percent of American Jewry supports active involvement by the U.S. administration in the peace process.

Akiva Eldar, one of Israel's leading columnists, explains why "With Christian friends like these, the right-wing government in Israel does not need Jewish friends to rebuff political initiatives like the road map"

Akiva Eldar, Haaretz, April 7, 2003

A Palestinian arrested by the Palestinian Authority says he received a large amount of money by a Metropolite inside the Patriarchate of Jerusalem to assassinate Patriarch Erineos.

Athens, Mecodanian Press Agency, 4 April 2003

Peace in the Middle East is not an impossible dream to the Rev. Alex Awad. As a Palestinian Christian, Awad knows firsthand that not all Muslims hate Christians and not all Arabs hate Jews.
"Arabs and Jews are not eternal enemies," he said. "One day, the Palestinians and the Jews will live in the Middle East without fighting."

By Darice Williams, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, PA - 3 Apr 2003