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

http://www.his-forever.com/daily_update_09_08_06.htm
 

 

and are as follows:

AMERICA:

New Yorkers need to be ready to evacuate: experts

New Yorkers are growing complacent about safety and evacuation planning and training is the key to the city combating another September 11-style attack or natural disaster, experts said on Wednesday.

CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION/ANTI-CHRISTIAN BIAS:

Christian beaten for drinking water

Man suffers broken collarbone, dislocated shoulder

Scottish Broadcaster Wary of Edinburgh's Bible-Ban Plan
A Christian radio broadcaster in Scotland says Edinburgh University is displaying extreme intolerance for Christianity by planning to ban Bibles from its student residence halls.

University to ban Bibles / original report
Edinburgh University in Scotland will begin banning Holy Bibles from its student halls of residence due to concern they are the source of discrimination against students of other faiths.

EUROPEAN UNION/UNITED NATIONS:

Ahmadinejad to take part in UN General Assembly

MK Dan Naveh (Likud) called on Israel Wednesday evening to demand that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad be barred from attending next week's United Nations General Assembly.

Popular Opinion Backs EU Foreign Minister Post
A majority of EU citizens are in favour of having a single EU foreign minister for the bloc, the results of a new survey have shown.Conducted by the German Marshall Fund in June across several member states including France, Germany, the UK and Italy, the survey showed that 65 percent of respondents would like to see the post created.

World powers to discuss Iran's nuclear defiance
Senior diplomats from six world powers meet in the German capital on Thursday to discuss what to do with Iran after it ignored a U.N. Security Council deadline to freeze its nuclear enrichment program.

ISRAEL HAPPENINGS:

Anti-Semitism -

Inquiry highlights rise in anti-Semitism in Great Britain

Britain's Jewish community faces an unprecedented level of anti-Semitism and feels more threatened than ever, according to the report of the all-party parliamentary inquiry into anti-Semitism, which is to be released Thursday.

EU Involvement -

EU Calls for "Settlement Freeze"

The European Union today called upon Israel to initiate a freeze on continued construction and plans for expansion in Judea and Samaria.

Ezekiel 38-39 Players -

Iran President Urges West To Follow God's Path <- FEATURE!

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged the West to turn to God's path and said on Wednesday that failure to do so would tempt fate.

Iraq takes military command
The United States formally handed over control of Iraq's new military to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government on Thursday just as rebels unleashed a fresh wave of deadly bomb attacks on Iraqi security forces.

Israel's Enemies -

Israel Lifts Aerial Blockade Of Lebanon

An Israeli official on Thursday said its aerial blockade of Lebanon has been lifted, but a naval blockade will continue until the international forces arrive."The aerial blockade has been removed. In coordination with the United Nations, the naval blockade will continue until the international naval force is in place," said Miri Eisin, spokeswoman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

"Peace" Plan -

Arab States To Push Mideast Peace Plan

Arab foreign ministers met Wednesday to promote a plan to revive the deadlocked Middle East peace process amid widespread Arab fears the recent war in Lebanon helped boost the influence of Iran and the militants it supports.

NATURAL DISASTERS:

Mont. Firefighters Battling Blaze, Bees

Firefighters battling a wildfire that has blackened nearly 290 square miles and burned 26 homes faced a new challenge, authorities said Wednesday: bees.

PESTILENCE:

Potato Disease Prompts Quarantine

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) -- Federal and state regulators, trying to limit the spread of a potato root-eating pest, have restricted the handling and movement of potatoes and farm machinery in a 3,500-acre area in southeastern Idaho.

PLAGUES:

Cancer Surge Overwhelming AIDS-Crisis Botswana

Doctors in Botswana, already battling one of the highest levels of HIV per capita in the world, are being overwhelmed by a dramatic rise in cancer cases as a result of the epidemic.

STRANGE EARTH SIGNS:

Global Warming: Planet going back to dinosaur era <- FEATURE!

Global warming over the coming century could mean a return of temperatures last seen in the age of the dinosaur and lead to the extinction of up to half of all species, a scientist said on Thursday.

Siberia's pools burp out nasty surprise <- FEATURE!
Northern Siberia's thaw lakes are belching out up to five times as much methane as previously thought. And as global warming causes the permafrost to melt, lakes worldwide could emit even more methane, reinforcing climate change.

TERRORISM/TERRORISTS:

Al-Jazeera airs video of Al-Qaeda preparing 9-11 attacks

The Arab television channel Al-Jazeera broadcast video footage it said showed Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda suicide candidates preparing the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States.

Kidnapped Sudan editor beheaded
Last year, he was put on trial for blasphemy after his pro-government paper reprinted an article questioning the parentage of the prophet Muhammad.

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Friday's article, "Where America Actually IS In Bible Prophecy" by Jack Kinsella, will also be linked to the Daily Update page.
 

 

EXCERPT:

While I generally try not to rise when somebody baits me like this, my correspondent DOES have a point. I've said it was 'obvious' why America isn't mentioned in Bible prophecy, I AM a bit cryptic when it comes to the reason why.

The reason is partly because I don't know for sure --- I can only speculate -- but also, it is partly because when I DO speculate, it terrifies ME.

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I pray you are blessed by all, and that you have a blessed day in the Lord!

YSIY!
Peggy
www.his-forever.com