U.S. worries Russia-Georgia dispute may get violent
reuters.com - 09/05/2008

WASHINGTON - The United States fears there could be bloodshed in the dispute between Russia and ex-Soviet Georgia, a State Department official said on Thursday, as he urged Moscow to stop intimidating its southern neighbor.

Fighting rocks Beirut
reuters.com - 09/05/2008

BEIRUT - Fierce clashes raged in Beirut on Thursday after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the U.S.-supported Lebanese government had declared war by targeting its military communications network.

'Respect atheists', says Cardinal
BBC - 09/05/2008

LONDON - The Archbishop of Westminster has urged Christians to treat atheists and agnostics with "deep esteem".

Judicial review of Brown's refusal to hold a referendum
BBC - 09/05/2008

LONDON - This morning businessman Stuart Wheeler was granted a judicial review of the Government's decision to break its promise of a referendum on the EU Constitution. Reflecting on the Government's claim that the Lisbon Treaty is completely different to the rejected EU Constitution.

The scramble for jobs
The European Foundation Intelligence Digest - 08/05/2008

BRUSSELS - Leading European politicians are quietly lobbying for the top jobs in the new structures which the EU intends to create by means of the Lisbon treaty.

'No' campaign gets under way in Ireland
The European Foundation Intelligence Digest - 08/05/2008

DUBLIN - Campaigners against the Lisbon treaty are focussing their attention on the Republic of Ireland, the only country in the European Union which is having a referendum on it.

Abortion by pill from nurses
dailymail.co.uk - 08/05/2008

LONDON - Abortion by pill from nurses at doctors surgeries comes a step closer, sparking fears of 'emotional scarring' to young girls

6.8 earthquake shakes Tokyo
cnn.com - 08/05/2008

TOKYO, Japan - A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan early Thursday, the national Meteorological Agency said, waking up people 100 miles away in Tokyo.

Third Coyote Attack in Five Days
AP - 08/05/2008

LAKE ARROWHEAD, CALIFORNIA - A coyote grabbed a 2-year-old girl by the head and tried to drag her from the front yard of her mountain home in the third incident of a coyote threatening a small child in Southern California in five days, authorities said.

U.S. Religious Right reacts to "Evangelical Manifesto"
reuters.com - 08/05/2008

USA - A group of mostly centrist U.S. evangelicals released a lengthy manifesto on Wednesday which called for the movement to pull back from explicit partisan political activity, saying faith was being used to express "political points that have lost touch with biblical truth."

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable cruise missile
reuters.com - 08/05/2008

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan successfully tested a nuclear-capable, air-launched cruise missile with a range of 350 km (220 miles) on Thursday, the military said, a day after India tested a long-range missile.

China willing to engage on Tibet: Dalai Lama envoy
reuters.com - 08/05/2008

DHARAMSALA, INDIA - An envoy to the Dalai Lama said on Thursday Chinese negotiators had shown a willingness to engage with the Tibetan side during recent talks, despite major differences on important issues.

Israel marks its 60th anniversary
BBC - 08/05/2008

JERUSALEM - Celebrations are under way across Israel to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish State.

Olympic flame lit at Everest peak
BBC - 08/05/2008

MOUNT EVEREST - Chinese climbers bearing the Olympic flame have reached the summit of Everest, the world's highest mountain.

EU Commissioner Wants New Powers
spiegel.de - 07/05/2008

BRUSSELS - The EU's monetary affairs commissioner has called for far-reaching new powers for the European Commission.

“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)