Obama says Pakistan nukes in safe hands
ft.com - 30/04/2009

WASHINGTON - US president Barack Obama on Wednesday has backed assurances from Pakistan's military, saying he believed the country's nuclear arsenal of as many as 100 warheads was in safe hands.

UK combat operations end in Iraq
BBC - 30/04/2009

IRAQ - A ceremony has been held in Basra to mark the official end of the six-year British military presence in Iraq. UK combat operations ended as 20 Armoured Brigade took part in a flag-lowering ceremony with a US brigade.

Obama sows seeds of demise
thehill.com By Dick Morris - 30/04/2009

USA - When the Obama administration crashes and burns, with approval ratings that fall through the floor, political scientists can trace its demise to its first hundred days. While Americans are careful not to consign a presidency they desperately need to succeed to the dustbin of history, the fact is that this president has moved in precisely the opposite direction of what the people want him to do.

Obama disowns deficit he helped shape
AP - 30/04/2009

WASHINGTON - "That wasn't me," President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One. It actually was him - and the other Democrats controlling Congress the previous two years - who shaped a budget so out of balance.

Obama, on 100th Day, Says He Is 'Remaking America'
bloomberg.com - 30/04/2009

USA - President Barack Obama marked his 100th day in office by telling Americans that "we've begun the work of remaking America." The president said that while the U.S. still faces challenges in recovering from a recession, the country is making progress.

WHO raises pandemic alert level
BBC - 30/04/2009

GENEVA - The UN's World Health Organization has raised the alert over swine flu to level five - a "strong signal that a pandemic is imminent", it says. A phase five alert means human-to-human transmission in at least two countries.

Egypt orders slaughter of all pigs over swine flu
AP - 29/04/2009

CAIRO - Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precautionary measure against the spread of swine flu even though no cases have been reported here yet, the Health Ministry said.

Only 7 swine flu deaths, not 152, says WHO
smh.com.au - 29/04/2009

GENEVA - A member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has dismissed claims that more than 150 people have died from swine flu, saying it has officially recorded only seven deaths around the world.

Israel to Transfer Control of Mt. Zion Site to Catholic Church?
Arutz Sheva News Service 28-04-09 - 29/04/2009

VATICAN/JERUSALEM - Reports in the Catholic media, buttressed by information from sources in Israel who are close to a ten-year-long negotiation between Israel and the Vatican, imply that an agreement is close on the handover of a holy room on Mount Zion to the Catholic Church.

Fears for world economy as flu risk rises
uk.reuters.com - 29/04/2009

SINGAPORE - Renewed fears about the health of the global economy spooked markets on Tuesday as risks rose that Mexican swine flu may become a pandemic and a newspaper report said U.S. banks may need to raise fresh capital. The Wall Street Journal said that after "stress tests," regulators had told Citigroup and Bank of America that they needed to raise billions of dollars.

Engineered maize's vitamin boost
BBC - 29/04/2009

SPAIN - A genetically modified (GM) maize fortified with three vitamins has been created by European researchers. The modifications make the growing maize, or corn, produce large amounts of beta carotene and precursors of vitamin C and folic acid.

Pupils aged 11 to learn about gay sex
timesonline.co.uk - 28/04/2009

UK - Compulsory sex and relationships lessons for 11-year-old children are to include classroom discussions on gay unions and civil partnerships. Secondary pupils will learn about contraception and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), while primary school children will learn about their bodies and friendships, a review of sex education has concluded.

Death knell sounds for Europe's beekeepers
reuters.com - 28/04/2009

BRUSSELS - Europe's beekeeping industry could be wiped out in less than a decade as bees fall victim to disease, insecticides and intensive farming, international beekeeping body Apimondia said on Monday. "With this level of mortality, European beekeepers can only survive another 8 to 10 years," Gilles Ratia, president of Apimondia, told Reuters.

Has globalisation made us more catastrophe-prone?
reuters.com By Andrew Marshall - 28/04/2009

EUROPE - As the world grapples with the worst economic downturn in decades and the possibility of a flu pandemic, a growing body of research suggests the complexity of the modern global economy may make us more vulnerable than ever to catastrophe.

Big Brother climbdown
dailymail.co.uk - 28/04/2009

LONDON - Jacqui Smith put a brake yesterday on Labour's obsessive drive to build vast Big Brother databases. The Home Secretary axed plans to store data on all our communications, including phone calls and emails, on a government-run computer system.

“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)