Russia...!
1) January 21, 2007:
Russian president's dog interrupts Putin-Merkel talks
...an unusual appearance....
“....causing the German chancellor apparent discomfort...”
Putin: “I don’t think the dog will scare you...” ...
“How old is she?” Merkel asked. „Five years old,“ Putin, who worked as a KGB agent in former East Germany in the 1980s, responded in German.....”
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1169397199.59
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=putin+merkel+dog&ei=UTF-8&fr=sfp&c=news_photos
2) February 10, 2007:
“Peace Through Dialogue 9.-11. Febr 2007” http://www.securityconference.de/index.php?sprache=en&
“Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-frontal attack on the United States on Saturday, saying it had made the world a more dangerous place and left successive conflicts unresolved.....” http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2343749,00.html
here is Putin’s speech
U.S. Sec o D Robert Gates’ answer you find at
http://www.securityconference.de/konferenzen/rede.php?sprache=en&id=192&
Robert Gates: “....One Cold War was quite enough....”
and...alluding to Putin : “Many of you have backgrounds in diplomacy or politics. I have, like your second speaker yesterday, a starkly different background - a career in the spy business. And, I guess, old spies have a habit of blunt speaking...”
“A Hint of the Cold War in Munich.......” http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2344553,00.html
3) February 11 – 13, 2007
Putin's Middle East visit focuses on Palestine
"no matter what we started to discuss with our partners during the trip, we invariably began and ended with Palestine." It is no accident that the visit resulted in Putin's previously unannounced talks with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who made a special trip to the capital of Jordan for this purpose.
http://en.rian.ru/analysis/20070215/60766111.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070211/wl_mideast_afp/russiasaudijordanqatardiplomacy_070211034931
http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&p=Putin+Middle+East&fr=sfp&c=news_photos
Ezekiel, chapter 38
....O Gog, the chief
prince of Meshech and Tubal:
And I will turn thee back,.... ?
...His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His sovereignty is from generation to generation! Daniel 4:3
http://www.dailytext.com/php/dailytexts/dailytexts.php?shortdate=20070215
...and His kingdom rules over all. Psalm 103:19
http://www.dailytext.com/php/dailytexts/dailytexts.php?shortdate=20070214
Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16
Shalom
Maranatha
Come Lord Jesus