New items have been added to my Daily Update pages for Tuesday morning, located here:

http://www.his-forever.com/daily_update_09_19_06.htm
 

 

and are as follows:

2 TIMOTHY 3:

Mentally ill filling Aussie prisons: chaplain

PEOPLE who in previous decades were housed in asylums and mental institutions are now filling the nation's jails, says a Melbourne prison chaplain.

Mom's throat cut, infant missing
A composite sketch of a woman suspected of stealing a newborn and slashing the mother's throat was made public Monday by police in Missouri.

One preacher's message: Have hotter sex
But then Beam, a portly, silver-haired basso profundo dressed in khaki slacks, a sweater vest and brown tasseled loafers that make him look like a retired country-club golf pro, walks to the front of the room and proceeds to tell the men in the audience how to make their semen taste better.

Rape in the Sanctuary: It's Time for Outrage
Last month a bizarre drama unfolded in a courtroom in Fort Worth, Texas, involving a flamboyant prosperity preacher and the women he raped. But you probably didn’t hear anything about this on Christian television. We don’t talk about the church’s mistakes if they make us look bad.

AMERICA:

Judges could be fired for bench decisions

Now comes the newest statement on morals and conservative values from the roughly 800,000 people who live between Nebraska and North Dakota, Minnesota and Wyoming: A South Dakota Judicial Accountability plan that would require judges to follow the Constitution.

ARCHAEOLOGY:

Pyramids Older Than Egyptian Allegedly Found in Ukraine

It is thought they were laid about five millennia ago during the early Bronze Age by animists who worshipped a sun god. The “pyramid” is in fact a complex of temples and sacrificial altars topping a sculpted hillside with steps on its sides.

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION:

Pope Remarks Worry Christians In Mideast

Extra security guards around churches in Egypt and Lebanon. Armed officers surrounding at least one. With the tensions over Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on Islam still high, many in the Mideast's large Christian communities are worried about a backlash.

EARTHQUAKES:

Israel Shaken by Second Quake in 8 Days <- FEATURE!

Jerusalemites reported the tremors to local municipal hotlines in the minutes following the quake – the epicenter of which was in the Dead Sea region.

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."

Damascus Official: Syria Losing Patience With Israel
Syrian information minister warns that foot-dragging in implementation of UN resolutions regarding Golan Heights may trigger violence in region.

Israel: Few months To Avoid Nuclear Iran
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Sunday that the world may have as little as “A few months” to avoid a nuclear Iran and called for sanctions. “The crucial moment is not the day of the bomb. The crucial moment is the day in which Iran will master the enrichment, the knowledge of enrichment,” she said on CNN’s “Late Edition.”

Putin: Russia, West working to resolve Iran nuclear issue
President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia and the western powers are working together to resolve the conflict with Iran over its nuclear program.

GLOBAL UNREST:

Japan OKs more Sanctions on N. Korea

TOKYO - Japan's Cabinet approved a new set of financial sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday in response to the communist nation's missile tests in July, the government's top spokesman said.

Shots fired at Oslo synagogue: police
Shots were fired at a synagogue in central Oslo early on Sunday and police said they were investigating whether the incident was linked to religious hatred.

ISLAM:

Arab leader: Muslims will rule 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 site

Iranian Leader Urges More Papal Protests
CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida in Iraq warned Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that its war against Christianity and the West will go on until Islam takes over the world, and Iran's supreme leader called for more protests over the pontiff's remarks on Islam.

Islam is Evil
The Pope publicizes a 14th century Catholic letter calling Mohammed and his movement evil, and Islam responds with... evil. Churches burn throughout Israel, and Islam vows more - is Islam going to war against Catholicism?

Palestinians attack more West Bank churches
Palestinians attacked more churches in the occupied West Bank on Sunday in reaction to parts of a speech made by Pope Benedict that referred to Islam, witnesses said.

The Pope must die, say Muslims
A notorious Muslim extremist told a demonstration in London yesterday that the Pope should face execution.

ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:

Temple Mount -

Indonesia: Muslims want control of Temple Mount <- FEATURE!

Hundreds of Indonesians took part in an all-night march to demand that Muslims be given full control of the Al Aqsa Mosque (the Temple Mount) in Jerusalem, some carrying banners saying "Give it back, it's ours."

MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS:

Arthritis -

Gleevec for Rheumatoid Arthritis

For many years, only the pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis (RA) could be treated and not the deterioration of the joints caused by inflammation. Now, researchers report a new way to stop the progression of the disease.

Diabetes -

Type 2 Diabetes: Treatment and Prevention <- FEATURE!

Two new studies reveal promising new ways to treat and prevent type 2 diabetes. A drug used to treat type 2 diabetes may also be the way to prevent the disease from developing in people at high risk, reveals one of the studies. The other study demonstrates how a different medication can reduce the risk of heart disease and strokes.

Muscular -

Potential Treatment for Muscular Dystrophy <- FEATURE!

A drug doctors are testing for breast cancer has been shown to reverse symptoms of muscular dystrophy in animals.

NATURAL DISASTERS:

At Least 5 Dead, Missing in Japan Storm

Hurricane Lane slams into Mexico's Pacific coast

Lightning bolt hits village tea shop in Bangladesh; 6 men killed

Tropical Storm Helene becomes fourth hurricane of Atlantic season

Tropical Storm Nears Bermuda, Azores

Typhoon Batters Japan With Wind, Rain

Typhoon leaves 3,000 houses without power in South Korea

PLAGUES:

Bird flu pandemic could cost 2 trillion dollars

A severe bird flu pandemic among humans could cost the global economy up to $2 trillion (about 1 trillion pounds), the World Bank said on Sunday, sharply raising earlier estimates.

India Polio rates rising
Polio is making a comeback in India, needlessly crippling hundreds of children and threatening global efforts to eradicate the disease, health officials said yesterday.

STRANGE EARTH SIGNS:

Drought is The New Norm For The World's Weather <- FEATURE!

Droughts are slow, tortuous emergencies that seem to sneak up on us. It doesn't have to be that way, say a climatologist and a political scientist who point to a better way. It's perfectly possible to plan for droughts and minimize the losses they cause. In fact Australia has set in place policies that blaze a trail for the US follow to some extent, says Linda Botterill, a political scientist at the Australian National University in Canberra.

Earth in the hands of an Angry Sun <- FEATURE!
HUMANITY is about to get its first early-warning system against solar flares, the massive explosions that periodically erupt from an angry sun, with the launch of three satellites to study the phenomenon.

World water demand surging due rising population <- FEATURE!
Surging demand for irrigation to grow crops for food and biofuels will add to pressure on water supplies in a world where one in three people already suffer from shortages.

TERRORISTS/TERRORISM:

Qaeda-Led Group Vows "Jihad" Over Pope's Speech

An Iraqi militant group led by al Qaeda vowed a war against the "worshippers of the cross" in response to a recent speech by Pope Benedict on Islam that sparked anger across the Muslim world.

WARS & RUMORS OF WAR:

North Korea: We need nukes because of U.S. threat

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Tuesday's article, "How Much Worse Can Things Get?" by Todd Strandberg, will also be linked to the Daily Update page.
 

 

EXCERPT:

For the third time this year, a region of the globe has been visited by a tropical storm of unusual strength. This time around, supertyphoon Ioke made its mark in the central Pacific.

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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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