Achtung! Prosecutor says only jail deters homeschooling
wnd.com - 25/11/2009

GERMANY - A prosecutor demanded jail time for two parents accused by German authorities of homeschooling their children, and he erupted in anger when the Nazi foundations of the ban on parents teaching their children at home was cited.

The secret £62billion
dailymail.co.uk - 25/11/2009

UK - The Bank of England secretly loaned £61.6 billion to two banks at the height of the financial meltdown last year. A 'dire emergency' meant covert crisis loans were extended to stricken lenders Royal Bank of Scotland and Halifax Bank of Scotland at the beginning of October 2008 - before they were partly nationalised.

Update:- Cumbria Flood
BBC - 25/11/2009

UK - Cumbria has been warned to expect more flooding after heavy rain raised water levels on already swollen rivers. But the Environment Agency said river levels were expected to peak later, before a spell of drier weather. There are still a dozen flood warnings in the region and the possible collapse of a bridge in Workington threatens to knock out up to 2,000 telephone lines.

The War on Soy
alternet.org - 25/11/2009

USA - Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare. Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days - including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.

Philippines imposes emergency; massacre toll reaches 46
reuters.com - 25/11/2009

AMPATUAN, PHILIPPINES - The Philippines placed two southern provinces and a city under emergency rule on Tuesday after gunmen killed 46 people in a brutal election-related massacre that has shocked the country. Many of the victims in the killings in Maguindanao province were women from the powerful Mangudadatu clan. About a dozen journalists were also among the dead.

A paradox of plenty / hunger in America
reuters.com - 25/11/2009

USA - Call it a paradox of plenty. In the world's wealthiest country, home to more obese people than anywhere else on earth, almost 50 million Americans struggled to feed themselves and their children in 2008. That's one in six of the population. Millions went hungry, at least some of the time. Things are bound to get worse.

Hindu sacrifice of 250,000 animals begins
guardian.co.uk - 25/11/2009

NEPAL - The world's biggest animal sacrifice began in Nepal today with the killing of the first of more than 250,000 animals as part of a Hindu festival in the village of Bariyapur, near the border with India.

Canada's doctors told to stop using swine flu vaccine
BBC - 25/11/2009

CANADA - GlaxoSmithKline has advised doctors in Canada to stop using a batch of its swine flu vaccine, amid reports of severe side-effects in some patients. The batch of some 170,000 doses was put on hold because of the reported higher than usual number of patients having anaphylactic reactions.

Profile:- Herman Van Rompuy
rtbf.be/telegraph.co.uk - 25/11/2009

EUROPE - Herman Van Rompuy was born in Etterbeek (Brussels) on October 31, 1947. He got a Bachelor in Philosophy from THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN in 1968. In 1971 he got a Master's degree in Applied Economics, also from Leuven. Both of these fields were to have substantial influence on his life: both spiritually and politically.

MEP clashes with bishop over 'climate alarmism'
independent.co.uk - 24/11/2009

UK - A controversial Conservative Euro MP has careered into a clash with a bishop over his claim that the Church of England has "abandoned religion" to preach the gospel of climate change. Roger Helmer, Tory MEP for the East Midlands, has infuriated the Church with the accusation that it is more interested in "climate alarmism" than its traditional teachings.

Brown accused of secretive deal with Sarkozy
Open Europe Press Summary - 24/11/2009

UK - Over the weekend it emerged that France has secured the job of EU Internal Market Commissioner for Michel Barnier as part of the deal that saw Lady Ashton become EU Foreign Minister, following reports in French newspaper Le Monde. The paper reported, that, according to a source at the European Commission, "The French supported the British to lead European diplomacy, with Catherine Ashton's nomination. In return, they obtained the guarantee that the French MEP Michel Barnier would become Vice President of the European Commission in charge of the internal market and financial services."

Feds find association between drywall, corrosion
money.aol.com - 24/11/2009

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, USA - The federal government said Monday that it has found a "strong association" between problematic imported Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports complaints by thousands of homeowners over the last year.

What's really in Glade, Windex and Pledge?
dailyfinance.com - 24/11/2009

USA - The dirty little secrets of Glade, Pledge and Windex are all coming clean courtesy of venerable consumer products company SC Johnson. The Racine, Wisconsin outfit said last week it had launched a new website that lists the ingredients of more than 200 of its products. The WhatsInsideSCJohnson site represents the most significant disclosure to date of the ingredients found in household cleaning products.

Climategate
newmediajournal.us by Alan Caruba - 24/11/2009

USA - For those of us "skeptics" and "deniers" who have been jumping up and down, pointing at the Sun, and saying, "See, it's the Sun that determines how warm or cool the Earth is. See it? Up there in the sky?" The truth about some of the scientists behind the global warming hoax has finally arrived.

The ObamaCare Juggernaut Continues
newmediajournal.us - 24/11/2009

USA - As the Congress continues to rewrite and introduce new versions of so called health care reform legislation in both houses of Congress the citizens of the United States are treated to longer and longer bills that are more and more confusing.

“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)