New items have been added to my Daily Update pages for Friday morning, located here:http://www.his-forever.com/daily_update_09_15_06.htm
and are as follows:
2 TIMOTHY 3:
'Bioethicist': OK to kill babies after they're born <- FEATURE!
'Animal-rights' promoter asserts actual birth makes no differenceKenya now cocaine trafficking hub
Until recently a backwater producer of marijuana and hashish, Kenya has become a cocaine distribution hub, according to the U.S., the U.N. and British diplomats. Traffickers from South America are taking advantage of Nairobi's extensive air links to Europe and Asia, and spending piles of cash to minimize government interference, they say.Montreal killer obsessed with death
The gunman who went on a shooting spree at a Montreal college, killing one woman and wounding 19 other people, had an obsession with guns and death, according to his online journal.'Peaceful pill' would give patients permanent rest <- FEATURE!
Australian founder of suicide group promotes plan at conferenceWiccan Sign Allowed on Soldier's Plaque
The widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan won state approval Wednesday to place a Wiccan religious symbol on his memorial plaque, something the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs had refused.ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS:
Rosie: Radical Christians pose Islamofascist threat <- FEATURE!
Rosie O'Donnell says "radical" Christians in America are just as much of a threat as the followers of radical Islam who piloted hijacked jetliners into New York's Twin Towers and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.APOSTASY:
Jesus Beer image used in TV ad for church <- FEATURE!
A MIRACULOUS image of Jesus Christ in the froth of an almost empty pint of beer will be used as an advert to encourage more Britons to go to church this Christmas.Ordaining Gays Divides Anglican Bishops
Anglican/Episcopal bishops at odds over homosexuality ended a private meeting Wednesday saying they had failed to reach agreement over dioceses that reject the authority of the church's incoming national leader, who supports gay relationships.CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION:
Chaplain convicted of saying prayers 'in Jesus' name'
Klingenschmitt jury to resume work in morning on punishmentPastors seek police help, get beatings
Hindu mobs attack Christian leaders, who are harassed by authoritiesPorn drove me out of Navy, says chaplain
A Royal Navy chaplain quit the service after being told to turn a blind eye to pornography on board two warships, an employment tribunal was told yesterday.DAYS OF LOT:
Uruguay to legalize Gay Marriages
URUGUAY'S Congress will pass a law to legalise gay and heterosexual civil unions, granting those couples the same rights as married ones, a ruling party Senator said today.EUROPEAN UNION:
Prodi Proposes To Chop Down EU Constitution
Italy's prime minister Romano Prodi has called for a slimmed-down version of the EU constitution, echoing proposals for a "mini treaty" made by French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy.ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:Anti-Semitism -
Cartoons mocking Holocaust prove a flop with Iranians
An exhibition of cartoons about the Holocaust, some suggesting it was fabricated or exaggerated, has been a flop in Tehran. It drew audiences of fewer than 300 a day in its first week and now, three weeks after sparking international furore when it opened, attracts just 50 people a day.Ezekiel 38-39 Players -
Ahmadinejad: We can better lead the world <- FEATURE!
Iranian president says nuclear standoff with West can be resolved peacefully; adds: ‘there is no need for UN sanctions against his country; US should moderate its language’Nearly 100 bodies found in two days in Baghdad
Police found the bodies of 32 more death squad victims scattered around Baghdad on Thursday, bringing the two-day total to nearly 100, and a Sunni leader said the slayings could destroy the political process.Miscellaneous -
Ex-Israel Army Chief: Olmert Must Resign
Moshe Yaalon joined a growing chorus of military figures who have questioned the wartime decisions of political and defense officials."Peace" Plan -
Jordan king urges Arabs to focus on Israeli-Palestinian deal
Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Wednesday appealed to Arab leaders to make the Palestinian question their top priority over the next six months.Inviting Arab governments to work together to find a final settlement for the Palestinian question over the next six months, Abdullah warned that the current opportunity “could be the last”.NATURAL DISASTERS:
Eight killed by storm as floods continue
The new fatalities brought the nationwide toll from unusually heavy seasonal rains and flash floods since last month to at least 647 and came in Dire Dawa, which is still recovering from deadly August flooding, officials said.Hurricane Gordon Strengthens As Helene Forms
Tropical Storm Helene developed from a tropical depression in the open Atlantic late Wednesday, while Hurricane Gordon strengthened into a powerful Category 3 hurricane and the remnants of Hurricane Florence brought high winds and heavy rain to Newfoundland in Canada, forecasters said.Montana WildFire Doubles; Evacuation Ordered
A wildfire in an area peppered with property owned by celebrities nearly doubled in size Wednesday, prompting evacuation orders for about 325 homes.Tropical Storm Hits Acapulco Resort
A tropical depression unleashed heavy rain and crashing waves on the Mexican resort city of Acapulco on Wednesday, flooding streets and forcing authorities to close the port to small boats.Typhoon Ioke devastates Wake Island
The Central Pacific's biggest storm in a decade damaged 70 percent of the buildings on Wake Island when it slammed ashore last month, the U.S. Air Force said Wednesday.ONE WORLD CURRENCY:
IMF Identifies Risk of `Disorderly' U.S. Dollar Drop (Update1)
A "disorderly" drop in the dollar is the biggest risk to world financial markets, the International Monetary Fund said, urging policy makers to prepare and act quickly when asset prices slump.STRANGE EARTH SIGNS:
Europe To Continue To See Extreme Summer Conditions <- FEATURE!
Devastating floods struck parts of Europe in 2002 and 2005 (a cemetary in Romania in the the 2005 floods, pictured) while in 2003, the continent was gripped by a record heatwave that claimed as many as 35,000 lives.Mystery Disease kills off Aspen Trees
Aspen trees have been dying off, leaving dwindling numbers of the white-barked fixture of the Western mountain landscape. Nobody is quite sure why.TERRORISM/TERRORISTS:
'Hezbollah youth scouts' train in terrorism
Thousands of children, teens prepare for apocalyptic battle against 'evil'Latest al-Qaeda tape made France a target: report
Deputy al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged a militant Algerian Islamist group to punish "Crusader nation" France, even though it vehemently opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq, a newspaper said on Thursday.--------------Friday's article, "Evil Trees" by Jack Kinsella, will also be linked to the Daily Update page.
EXCERPT:
And we learned a new lesson. Never underestimate the enemy's capacity for evil. In his hands, even the trees can be a weapon against the Kingdom.--------------
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I pray you are blessed by all, and that you have a blessed day in the Lord!
YSIY!
Peggy
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