New items have been added to my Daily Update pages for Monday morning, located here:http://www.his-forever.com/daily_update_09_18_06.htm
and are as follows:
AMERICA:
Kissinger warns of possible "war of civilizations"
Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned that Europe and the United States must unite to head off a "war of civilizations" arising from a nuclear-armed Middle East.CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION:
2 West Bank Churches Hit by FirebombsConvert from Islam to Christianity killed
Refused to join crowd chanting verses from Quran during lunar eclipseFive Palestinian Area Churches Attacked
CHRISTIANITY:
'Apprentice 5' star's clothing features Christian symbols
LionheartApparel to make a faith statement, give to pro-life causesGrateful Lubbock calls day of prayer
Since then, 6.55 inches of rain has fallen, even triggering some flooding. And now the council has declared Sunday a day of prayer and thanksgiving.Soap opera star tells of life transformed by God
Known for roles on "The Young and the Restless," "One Life to Live"DAYS OF LOT:
Catholic Priest Accused of Sex Abuse Dies Mysteriously
The body of Donald Wren Kimball, 62, was found in his friend's home in Windsor, about 54 miles north of San Francisco, Sheriff's Sgt. Tim Duke said. Police have not as of now found the cause of his death, he said.ISLAM:
Gunmen Slay Italian Nun In Somali Capital
Gunmen shot and killed an elderly Italian nun at a children's hospital in the Islamist-controlled Somali capital amid outrage over Pope Benedict XVI's comments about Islam, witnesses said.Iran Seminaries Shut In Protest At Pope Remarks
Religious seminaries across Iran shut to stage protests over remarks by Pope Benedict XVI that linked Islam to violence, as the hardline press scented signs of an Israeli-US plot.THE ISLAMOBILE - Allah's Mobile Information Point
Concerned about Islam's image problem in much of the Western world, some Muslims in Germany have come up with a solution -- The Islamobile. But the mobile information station also raises new questions.Level Of Alert In Italy Raised Fearing Attack On Pope
Italian Interior Ministry instructed the police in the country to raise the level of security to be ready for any potential attempts to harm Pope Benedict XVI.Muslim leaders demand apology for Pope's 'medieval' remarks
Pope Benedict XVI was last night facing angry demands from Muslims that he apologise for a speech in which he appeared to say the concept of jihad was "unreasonable" and quoted a medieval ruler who said Muhammad's innovations were "evil and inhuman". Protests swept across the Islamic world and the furore threatened a scheduled visit by the Pope to Turkey.Muslim nations must have nukes: Mahathir <- FEATURE!
Muslim nations in the Middle East should arm themselves with nuclear weapons to deter Western enemies from attacking them, former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said. "They should have tanks, warplanes, warships, guns and missiles," Mahathir said.Salah: Caliph will sit in Jerusalem <- FEATURE!
Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Raed Salah tells rally of 50,000 in Umm al-Fahm: Jerusalem will be the capital of the new Muslim caliphate sooner than is thought; says Sharon, Katsav, Clinton punished by Allah for wanting to divide al-Aqsa mosque siteSomali cleric calls for pope's death <- FEATURE!
A HARDLINE cleric linked to Somalia's powerful Islamist movement has called for Muslims to "hunt down" and kill Pope Benedict XVI for his controversial comments about Islam.ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:Aliyah -
Why are French Jews leaving France?
Ask people outside the French immigrant community why the Jews are leaving their country, and the usual answer is that they are making aliya to escape the rising tide of anti-Semitism. Ask the French olim themselves, however, and the responses become more diverse and complex.Ezekiel 38-39 Players -
Anti-U.S. allies back Iran nukes
"The United States is attempting to deprive other countries of even their legitimate right to peaceful nuclear activities," said North Korea's second-ranking leader, Kim Yong-nam. Mr. Kim blamed Washington for "threatening Korea using all sorts of maneuvers, accusing it of being part of an 'Axis of Evil.'" He added: "Korea has nuclear arms as a deterrent to firmly guarantee the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula and the region."Iran, Venezuela try to forge anti-US front at summit
Iran, Venezuela and other states opposed to U.S. policy sought to forge a common front on Friday at a Non-Aligned summit that Cuban leader Fidel Castro was declared too ill to chair.More than 40 heads of state and government and leaders from countries including North Korea are due to debate a document that backs Iran's right to nuclear technology and another sharply critical of Israel's recent war in Lebanon.Neo-Nazis poised to win seats in German state parliament
Putin: Russia’s Next Czar?
"Freedom is getting in Putin's way. Putin wants to be the new czar of Russia,” said Rosenberg. “He is not interested in a democracy. He is rolling back freedoms. [His goal is] to be a czar and to rebuild the Russian empire."Russians run migrants from town in race violence
KONDOPOGA, Russia (Reuters) - Dozens of wrecked market stalls rot in the rain and a restaurant stands burned and looted, its windows boarded up. This is the scene of Russia's latest explosion of race violence in which, for the first time, an alliance of locals and Moscow-based extremists appears to have driven almost an entire ethnic group from a town.Miscellaneous -
Corruption Scandals Wrack Israel
An unrelenting wave of corruption scandals--which many blame on an increasingly selfish political culture--has further disillusioned Israelis already furious with their leaders over the devastating war in Lebanon.Peering through a lens into Jerusalem's past
From wizened Ashkenazi Jews studying the Torah in the early 1900s, to camel trains leaving Damascus Gate on their way to Bethlehem, and British General Edmund Allenby standing at the entrance to the Holy City in 1917, the grainy photographs capture centuries of religion, politics and conflict.Temple Mount -
Islamic Movement Head: Jerusalem Destined Capital Of Caliphate <- FEATURE!
Islamic Movement leader Sheik Ra'ad Salah said that Jerusalem will soon become the capital of an Islamic nation and that Israel's occupation of the Temple Mount is nearing its end, Israel Radio reported on Friday.LAST DAYS DECEPTIONS:
Slain goat ‘became dead brother’
. . . a goat, which later magically transformed into his sibling's corpse, officials said yesterday. . . . spirits tricked them into killing.NATURAL DISASTERS:
Drought punishes crops in US South
"Three weeks ago, we were wishing for rain," says Nick McMichen, 36, who farms 1,200 acres with his father, Randall, 59. "Now, we're not wanting rain. Any rain now would be detrimental for our crops. A hurricane was what we needed in July. In years past, the active hurricane season has meant good rain for us. But this is just too little, too late."Floods leave thousands homeless in West Africa
Hurricane Lane builds near Mexico
Hurricane Lane is gaining power as it roars up Mexico's Pacific coastline, and has now strengthened into a Category 2 storm, authorities said.Our Thirsty World
A third of the world's population faces water shortages because of poor management and soaring water usage, driven mainly by agriculture, the International Water Management Institute has said. Both rich and poor nations are vulnerable.Raging Fire Storm Roars across Ontario Forests
Super typhoon Shanshan Heads for Japan
Shanshan is expected to bring 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around 157 km/h (97 mph). Wind gusts in the area may be considerably higher.Tropical Storm Helene becomes fourth hurricane of Atlantic season
OCCULT:
Hate-filled VampireFreaks website linked to several violent crimes
MONTREAL - A website that revels in pain, blood, death and darkness is the common link between several homicides, rapes, a church arson and now the Dawson College rampage.PLAGUES:
Banned pesticide backed for malaria control
DDT, a pesticide banned in the developed world, should be used to spray houses in all countries where people suffer from malaria, the World Health Organisation said yesterday, 30 years after it phased the practice out.Deadly malaria infects half a billion
They calculate that one in three in the world - a total of 2.2 billion people - are at risk from the mosquito-borne parasite Plasmodium falciparum.E. Coli outbreak hits 20 states
An outbreak of E. coli has been linked to a California spinach processor, but government investigators are looking into other producers as well.E. Coli outbreak hits 8 states
An outbreak of E. coli in eight states has killed one person and sickened at least 49 others, federal health officials said Thursday in warning consumers nationwide not to eat bagged fresh spinach.Nigeria battles polio epidemic
These are the victims of Nigeria's crumbling health care system, crippled by polio and abandoned by the government. With no hope of work, the thousands of polio survivors are a familiar sight in Nigerian streets, weaving through traffic on tiny homemade skateboards, cheap plastic flip-flops on their hands.STRANGE EARTH SIGNS:
Fast Dying glaciers draw curious to Swiss Alpine peaks
INSIDE THE RHONE GLACIER, Switzerland (Reuters) - Tourists are flocking to Switzerland's highest peaks to see formidable Alpine glaciers melt away before their eyes -- and sometimes, onto their heads.Polar bears die as islands appear in Arctic thaw
Polar bears are drowning and receding Arctic glaciers have uncovered previously unknown islands in a drastic 2006 summer thaw widely blamed on global warming.U.S. climate researcher: We've got 10 years left
NASA scientist urges action to stop catastrophe, but records show summer of '36 hotter than '06STRANGE HEAVENLY SIGNS:
Crescent Solar Eclipse <- VERY strange!!!
When the day begins in South America on Friday, Sept. 22nd [TWO days before RAMADAN], something won't be quite right: the rising sun will be shaped like a crescent. It's the beginning of an annular solar eclipse.Scientists discover puzzling giant planet
Scientists said on Thursday they have spotted an unusually large and light planet orbiting a distant star -- a discovery that could force them to reexamine theories about how planets are formed. "We have discovered a very bizarre new object," research astrophysicist Robert Noyes said at a news conference. "The people who do theoretical models are left scratching their heads as to what's going on."TERRORISM:
Al-Qaeda 'issues France threat'
Al-Qaeda's deputy leader has claimed that a radical Algerian Islamist group has joined al-Qaeda and is being urged to punish France, it has emerged.al-Qaida Joins Algerians Against France
Al-Qaida has for the first time announced a union with an Algerian insurgent group that has designated France as an enemy, saying they will act together against French and American interests.Al-Qaida warning: Muslims leave U.S.
The new al-Qaida field commander in Afghanistan is calling for Muslims to leave the U.S. – particularly Washington and New York – in anticipation of a major terror attack to rival Sept. 11, according to an interview by a Pakistani journalist.Sahara seen as potential terrorist breeding ground
The vast Sahara has long sheltered rebels and bandits but security experts fear its remote oases and mountain hideouts may also be an ideal recruitment and training ground for al Qaeda-linked militants.Suicide Bombers Kill 21 in Kirkuk
Two suicide vehicle bombs, including one targeting a U.S.-Iraqi army patrol, killed at least 21 people and wounded 63 in the northern city of Kirkuk Sunday, police said.--------------Monday's article, "The End Times According to Daniel, Part 2" by Jack Kelley, will also be linked to the Daily Update page.
EXCERPT:
Two years after Daniel's vision of the four beasts that we described in chapter 7, he had another vision, this one of a ram and a goat. As we'll see, it was intended to give both him and us more detail on the things to come, because the vision has a dual fulfillment. For Daniel this vision was all in the future, but for us the first fulfillment is now history, assuring the final one, still in our future.--------------
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YSIY!
Peggy
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