Farmers' Almanac says cold winter ahead
AP - 22/08/2008

USA - Households worried about the high cost of keeping warm this winter will draw little comfort from the Farmers' Almanac, which predicts below-average temperatures for most of the U.S.

MoD to offload fighter to avoid cash crisis
telegraph.co.uk - 22/08/2008

LONDON - The Ministry of Defence is attempting to offload a £5 billion order of Eurofighter aircraft to save desperately needed cash with British defence spending plans in chaos.

Syria strengthens military alliance with Russia
timesonline.co.uk - 22/08/2008

SYRIA - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad headed to Moscow today to discuss an expansion of his pariah state's military cooperation with Russia.

Grave water shortage in the West Bank
btselem.org - 21/08/2008

JERUSALEM - The chronic water shortage in the West Bank, resulting from an unfair distribution of water resources shared by the Palestinians and Israel, will be much graver this summer because of this year's drought. In the northern West Bank, water consumption has fallen to one-third of the minimal amount needed.

Water shortages and drought are the next scourge, warns US group
guardian.co.uk - 21/08/2008

BRUSSELS - The next scourge to afflict the global economy after soaring oil and food prices will be a surge in the cost of water brought on by growing scarcity, one of the world's biggest companies warned yesterday.

Australian government races to save river system
radioaustralia.net.au - 21/08/2008

AUSTRALIA - The Australian Government has announced a plan to speed up relief of the country's main Murray-Darling river system.

Water truck – after two days
nationnews.com - 21/08/2008

BARBADOS - Residents in the Mellows Hill, Parks Road and surrounding areas in St Joseph gave a sigh of relief yesterday at their first sighting of a water truck, after being without water for two days.

Fiji families use water from polluted streams
icenews.is - 21/08/2008

FIJI - Several small towns in Fiji have had no access to clean water for the past six days, reports the Fiji Daily Post News.

UK residents use over 1000 gallons of water a day
telegraph.co.u - 21/08/2008

UK - The average person in the UK uses over 1000 gallons of water a day, making the country one of the biggest water importers in the world, a report claims.

Int'l conference on water challenges begins in Stockholm
news.xinhuanet.com - 21/08/2008

STOCKHOLM - Some 2500 scientists, politicians and officials from 140 countries gathered here Monday to begin a week-long conference to seek ways to address global water challenges.

Water shortages threaten farms' future
cfbf.com - 21/08/2008

CALIFORNIA - For Lex Iyer, the shock came in early June, when he learned that water deliveries to his orchard would be cut from 45 percent of contract amount down to 40 percent. For Shawn Coburn, the challenge is to prepare to keep his trees alive - and his employees in their jobs - if allocations drop as low as 10 percent next year.

Midland water shortages lead to bans
abc.net.au - 21/08/2008

TASMANIA - Tasmania's Northern Midlands Council is asking Campbell Town residents to restrict their water use.

Where Has All the Water Gone?
Arutz Sheva News Service - 21/08/2008

ISRAEL - The Arabs have been stealing some 3 million cubic meters of water each year in parts of Judea, south of Jerusalem, and the government has now taken action. The Civil Administration confiscated some 50,000 kilometres' worth of water piping this week from Arabs living in the South Mt. Hevron region.

EU needs Lisbon Treaty to deal with Georgia crisis
Open Europe press summary - 20/08/2008

GEORGIA - The IHT reports that the Kremlin announced on Sunday that Russia's President, Dmitri Medvedev, promised in a conversation with French President Nicolas Sarkozy to begin the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia, starting today from noon local time.

Zimbabwe inflation rockets to 11.2 million per cent
telegraph.co.uk - 20/08/2008

ZIMBABWE - The Central Statistical Office in Harare said that inflation in the year to June stood at 11,268,758.9 per cent, a rise of 9,035,045.5 per cent from May. The monthly inflation rate stood at 839.3 per cent, it added.

“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)