Female religious leaders urge Bush administration to seek peaceful resolution with Iraq
Washington | January 29, 2003

Hundreds of female religious leaders from various faiths urged President Bush on Wednesday to use diplomacy rather than force in dealing with Iraq.
The women, representing groups of Buddhists, Jews, Muslims and Christians, have formed a coalition to press for a negotiated settlement.

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The mayor of the small town of Kinston, North Carolina, says a plastics factory explosion there has left two people dead and 37 injured.
Kinston, North Carolina | January 29, 2003

Three people remain unaccounted for and the fear is that they're trapped in the burning ruins.
The first emergency crews to arrive on the scene say they rescued workers they found dangling from steel beams, many with third-degree burns.
Workers who escaped the fireball and the choking smoke say they thought they were under terrorist attack.

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Pressure on for proof against Iraq
New York | January 30, 2003

President Bush challenged the United Nations on Wednesday "to be something more than an empty debating society," but U.N. envoys said they need to see strong evidence next week from Secretary of State Colin Powell that war may be necessary to disarm Iraq.

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PBS: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Television | February 2, 2002

Bob Abernathy, Anchor:
In his State of the Union address this week, President Bush laid out his agenda for the nation here at home and overseas. He proposed new domestic policies and promised war unless Saddam Hussein disarms. Kim Lawton has our report on religious responses to what the President had to say.

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Bush's Iraq Stance Fails to Convince Some Religious Leaders
Washington

Despite President Bush's State of the Union warning that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has missed his "final chance" for peace and with war looking more and more likely, a group of women religious leaders says Bush has failed to make a convincing case that force is the only way to disarm Iraq -- and they've organized to protest the looming war.

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Women Put Faith To Work For Peace
Washington | January 30, 2003

From around the world, 250 gather for a prayer breakfast in the district.

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Women Put Faith To Work for Peace; From Around the World, 250 Gather For a Prayer Breakfast in the District
Washington | January 30, 2003

Sara Smith gave a "feather blessing" and called upon her Native American ancestors. Rabbi Laura Geller recited from the Jewish mourning prayer. Sana Afandi chanted the opening verse of Islam's holy book. And Mae Chee Sansanee, a Buddhist nun, led a group meditation.

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