New items have been added to my Daily Update pages for Wednesday morning, located here:http://www.his-forever.com/daily_update_09_13_06.htm
and are as follows:
CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION:
Blood used to vandalize church
AUSTRALIA - VANDALS have used sheep's blood to scrawl anti-religious writings on a New South Wales church, police said today.Eritrea Jails Nearly 2,000 Christians
Nearly two thousand Christians spent another Sunday, behind bars in Eritrea where they are allegedly subjected to torture and forced labor because of their religious beliefs.Navy chaplain pleads not guilty in prayer case <- Read what Judge Roy Moore said in this article!!!
A Navy chaplain has pleaded not guilty at his court-martial today to a charge of disobeying orders by wearing his uniform at a protest on the steps of the White House in which he prayed "in Jesus name."Vietnam Detains Dozens Of House Church Christians And Activists
Vietnamese security forces have detained 24 house church Christians who support a religious rights group which investigates the reported persecution of members of the, predominantly Christian, Montagnard Degar ethnic minority, friends told BosNewsLife Monday, September 11.DAYS OF LOT:
Australia plans first all-gay cruises
Tour group All Gay Cruises said it had finalized charter details with P&O Cruises Australia for the three-day cruise aboard Pacific Sun out of Sydney next March, which it hopes will attract up to 1,800 passengers, including 600 from overseas.ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:EU Involvement -
Abbas Says Deal Reached On Unity Govt
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Monday reached a deal to form a unity government that the Palestinians hope will end their international isolation and revive aid.EU Welcomes Palestinian Unity Government Plan
The European Union welcomed on Tuesday an agreement on the formation of a Palestinian government of national unity and said it hoped it would lead to the resumption of Palestinian-Israeli talks.Israel's Enemies -
Cyprus finds air defense systems on Syria-bound ship
A ship bound for Syria from North Korea and detained in Cyprus on an Interpol alert for suspected arms smuggling was carrying air defense systems, Cypriot authorities said on Monday.Jerusalem -
Report: OK for Jerusalem "gay" parade
"Gay" activists in Jerusalem have petitioned Israel's High Court of Justice to require city officials to permit them to hold an annual "gay" parade."Peace" Plan -
Hamas: 'No problem' with peace talks
Speaking in Hebrew, Hamad also said the Palestinians are ready for an independent state in territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war.Jordan, Egypt say Israel, Palestinians need to resume talks as soon as possible
Jordan and Egypt Sunday urged the Palestinians and Israelis to resume peace talks as soon as possible and said efforts to form a new unity government between the militant Hamas group and more moderate factions were critical.President Hosni Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah II — key U.S. allies in the Mideast and Israel's only Arab peace partners, said "reviving the Palestinian-Israeli peace process" was a top priority.NATURAL DISASTERS:
New Wildfire Threatens California
A fast-moving wildfire had charred more than 30 square miles Tuesday and threatened to jump Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles and march into the Angeles National Forest.WildFire burns 1,200 hectares of Spanish island
A wildfire that has destroyed more than 1,200 hectares on El Hierro, the smallest of Spain's Canary islands, was still burning out of control on Tuesday, local authorities said.PLAGUES:
Experts Urge Fight Against TB in Africa
Public health experts accused the World Bank Tuesday of neglecting Africa's fight against tuberculosis, saying the institution should spend more fighting a disease whose resurgence in recent years has been linked to AIDS.Horse Show Attendees Alerted to Rabies outbreak
Tennessee's Department of Health has alerted about 4,200 people who attended a horse show several weeks ago that animals had tested positive for rabies, but an official said it is unlikely the disease spread during the show.No treatments helped SARS Virus victims, study finds
None of the treatments used to treat SARS patients appears to have helped, researchers reported on Tuesday in a study that illustrates how difficult it is to battle newly emerging viruses.STRANGE EARTH SIGNS:For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. (Romans 8:22)
Climate change seen pushing plants to extinction
Thousands of plant species are being pushed to the brink of extinction by global warming, and those already at the extremes are in the greatest danger, a leading botanist said on Tuesday.Human Activity 'causing stronger storms' <- Or NOT!!!
Increases in hurricane intensity are down to humanity's greenhouse gas emissions, according to new analysis.Study Ties Warming to Intense Hurricanes <- Or NOT!!!
Most of the increase in ocean temperature that feeds more intense hurricanes is a result of human-induced global warming, says a study that one researcher says "closes the loop" between climate change and powerful storms like Katrina.STRANGE HEAVENLY SIGNS:
Large Meteor causes panic in New Zealand <- FEATURE!!!
A LARGE METEOR streaked across a large swathe of New Zealand's South Island today, creating a sonic boom which sent people running from their workplaces and homes, witnesses said.TERRORISM:
Another 9/11 on it's way
The Americans even now are doing everything to bring our hostility and hatred to higher levels and bring us to wait impatiently for the next great big event," said Abu Muhammad, a senior leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.Conference: Iran wants to be nuclear empire
Global terrorism conference at Interdisciplinary Center examines regional, global implications of Hizbullah war; experts: Lebanon war was a new kind of confrontation with emerging Islamist revolutionary axisLivni: If Abbas joins Hamas terror government, we will have a problem
The current Hamas-led Palestinian government will be dissolved within 48 hours and a new prime minister appointed, a Palestinian Authority spokesman said Monday. The new government is expected to be a unity government including both Hamas and Fatah factions.WARS & RUMORS OF WAR:
The World Today - Al-Qaeda conflict described as World War IV <- FEATURE!!!
A former CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) director and chief adviser to New York's Terrorism Preparedness Taskforce has described the conflict against al-Qaeda as the "fourth world war", and he predicts it will go on for decades.--------------Wednesday's article, "When Up is Down and Black is White..." by Jack Kinsella, will also be linked to the Daily Update page.
EXCERPT:
In the natural, events follow a certain, discernible logic. That is why we use terms like, “following the natural turn of events” to describe an outcome that is predictable and expected. Like in politics. When the polls indicate a particular voter trend, then following the natural turn of events, the votes will reflect that trend.Spiritually, things tend to work in the exactly opposite of what one would expect in the natural.
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YSIY!
Peggy
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