Markets tumble as auto bail-out collapses
ft.com - 12/12/2008

ASIA - Equity markets across Asia tumbled on Friday as the proposed bailout for US automakers collapsed in the US Senate, wiping out the tentative signs of improved sentiment in the region and sending the dollar to a fresh 13-year low against the yen.

most big U.S. banks "bankrupt"
reuters.com - 12/12/2008

NEW YORK - Jim Rogers, one of the world's most prominent international investors, on Thursday called most of the largest U.S. banks "totally bankrupt," and said government efforts to fix the sector are wrongheaded.

Second attack on UK fiscal moves
BBC - 12/12/2008

BRUSSELS - A second German politician has broken with diplomatic convention and criticised the UK government's response to the economic downturn. Steffen Kampeter, of Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party, said moves to raise debt "were a failure of Labour policy".

Brown in 'suicide bomb plot'
dailymail.co.uk - 12/12/2008

BRUSSELS - Fourteen suspected al Qaeda terrorists were detained by Belgian police today amid fears that they were plotting a suicide mission on Gordon Brown and other EU leaders at a summit in Brussels.

New unemployment claims surge
AP - 12/12/2008

WASHINGTON - New claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, exceeding even gloomy expectations for an economy stuck in a recession that seems to be deepening.

Senator Warns of 'Riots' if Automakers Are Bailed Out
businessandmedia.org - 12/12/2008

USA - Time and again we've heard about the lost jobs and economic impact of failing to bail out the beleaguered American auto manufacturers. But little mention has been made of the consequences of going through with the bailout, and how such an action would be viewed by other Americans.

Greek protests spread with arrests across Europe
telegraph.co.uk - 12/12/2008

EUROPE - Anger over the fatal shooting of a Greek schoolboy by a policeman has spread across Europe with protests as far afield as Moscow and Madrid.

'Iran wants to devour the Arab world'
jpost.com - 12/12/2008

EGYPT - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak spoke out against Iran during a meeting with members of the Egyptian ruling party, according to a report in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida on Thursday

Obama's atomic umbrella
haaretz.com - 12/12/2008

USA - President-elect Barack Obama's administration will offer Israel a "nuclear umbrella" against the threat of a nuclear attack by Iran, a well-placed American source said earlier this week.

Greek economy woes fuel backlash
BBC - 12/12/2008

GREECE - The government has said that its banking system is stable. To reinforce confidence, it has given a 100,000-euro (£87,800) guarantee on banking deposits - double the 50,000 euros insisted upon by the EU. But it is going into a global economic crisis with precarious finances.

Childcare is bad for your baby, working parents are warned
timesonline.co.uk - 11/12/2008

UK - A Unicef study suggests that government policy is at odds with the developmental needs of children under 12 months

Primary school teacher tells class that Father Christmas isn't real
telegraph.co.uk - 11/12/2008

UK - A primary school teacher left a class of 25 pupils in tears when she told them Father Christmas does not exist. The supply teacher blurted out: "it's your parents who leave out presents on Christmas Day" when excited youngsters got rowdy as they talked about Christmas.

UK economic slowdown 'worsening'
BBC - 11/12/2008

UK - The UK economy contracted 1% between September and November, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has estimated. This fall followed after a 0.8% drop in the three months to the end of October, said the think tank.

Passports will be needed to buy mobile phones
timesonline.co.uk - 11/12/2008

UK - Everyone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a national database under government plans to extend massively the powers of state surveillance.

Investor Steinhardt asks who are the villains?
reuters.com - 11/12/2008

NEW YORK - A failure to prosecute the "villains" responsible for the financial crisis that brought the United States to its knees will leave the country without the moral compass needed to avert future crises, a Wall Street luminary said.

“Just what is an APOSTLE?”
Just what is an Apostle?

Today we find the Church of God in a “wilderness of religious confusion!”

The confusion is not merely around the Church – within the religions of the world outside – but WITHIN the very heart of The True Church itself!

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Listen to Me, You who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My Law: …I have put My words in your mouth, I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, “you are My people” (Isaiah 51:7,16)