A renegotiation of Britain's membership of the EU?
Open Europe Press Summary - 13/05/2009

LONDON - In an article for the Spectator, Foreign Secretary David Miliband argues that Conservative Party policy to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty if it has not passed into EU law is dangerous because, "IT RESTARTS AN INSTITUTIONAL DEBATE IN EUROPE when that is the last thing the people of the UK need."

Dry Taps in Mexico City
time.com - 13/05/2009

MEXICO - The reek of unwashed toilets spilled into the street in the neighborhood of unpainted cinder block houses. Out on the main road, hundreds of residents banged plastic buckets and blocked the path of irate drivers while children scoured the surrounding area for government trucks. Finally, the impatient crowd launched into a high-pitched chant, repeating one word at fever pitch: "Water, Water, Water!"

Neo-Nazis attack concentration camp survivors
dailymail.co.uk - 12/05/2009

AUSTRIA - Survivors of a Nazi death camp were shot at and abused as they gathered to remember their liberation. Masked neo-Nazi thugs screamed 'Heil Hitler!' and 'This way for the gas!' at ten elderly Italian men and women, who returned to the site of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.

BBC appoints Muslim to top religious post
dailymail.co.uk - 12/05/2009

LONDON - The BBC yesterday appointed a Muslim as its head of religious programming in a radical departure from broadcasting tradition. The post - considered one of the most influential religious roles in the country - has gone to Aaqil Ahmed, who has been working as an executive at Channel 4.

Egypt to Be Center Stage in Obama's Address to Arabs
nytimes.com - 12/05/2009

CAIRO - President Obama's decision to deliver a speech here next month has given significant encouragement to a once powerful ally that has grown increasingly frustrated over its waning regional influence and its inability to explain to its citizens why it remains committed to a Middle East peace process that has failed to produce a better life for Palestinians.

Netanyahu meeting with Obama decides Mid-East's future
timesonline.co.uk - 12/05/2009

JORDAN - President Obama's critical meeting with Binyamin Netanyahu next week has become the acid test for the Administration's commitment to peace in the Middle East, King Abdullah of Jordan said yesterday.

Obama's New Middle East Diplomacy
spiegel.de - 12/05/2009

WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration is hoping to revive the peace process in the Middle East. Part of the strategy is to distance Washington from Israel.

Shortages stir coffee and sugar prices
ft.com - 12/05/2009

LONDON - Caffeine addicts face higher prices for their daily fix as the wholesale cost of both coffee and sugar rise sharply because of poor crops and robust demand. "We are in a dangerous situation," Andrea Illy, chief executive of Italy's leading coffee company, told the Financial Times, warning that prices could "explode" due to supply shortages.

US red ink rising even higher, to $1.8T
AP - 12/05/2009

WASHINGTON - The government will have to borrow nearly 50 cents for every dollar it spends this year, exploding the record federal deficit past $1.8 trillion under new White House estimates.

Zardari Says Pakistan Isn't Adding Nuclear Weapons
bloomberg.com - 12/05/2009

PAKISTAN - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said his country isn't adding to its nuclear arsenal and doesn't have to disclose the location of its weapons to the US. Pakistan is "not adding to our stockpile as such," Zardari said today on NBC's "Meet the Press" program. "Why do we need more?"

No help to those who oppose the Lisbon Treaty
Open Europe Press Summary - 12/05/2009

GERMANY - At a CDU campaign meeting in Berlin for the June European elections, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that, "WE REFUSE TO STRETCH OUT OUR HAND TO THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE LISBON TREATY… that allows the entry of new members, but who at the same time talk about enlargement. Those who want more Europe must cooperate."

Sheikh attacks Israel, pope walks out
jpost.com - 12/05/2009

ISRAEL - Chief Islamic Judge of the Palestinian Authority, Sheikh Tayseer Rajab Tamimi, launched a poisonous verbal attack at Israel at a Monday night gathering attended by Pope Benedict XVI.

Pope in Israel
telegraph.co.uk - 11/05/2009

ISRAEL - Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Israel at the start of the most controversial leg of his week-long tour of the Middle East.

Most teenage pregnancies now end with an abortion
dailymail.co.uk - 11/05/2009

UK - Most pregnancies among girls under 18 ended in abortion last year. Out of around 40,000 pregnancies more than 20,000 were terminated - the first time more had chosen this option than become mothers.

Taboo broken in US Middle East offensive
ft.com - 11/05/2009

USA - A period of high-level diplomacy on the Middle East opens in New York on Monday, promising further insights into an emerging strategy from Barack Obama's administration that is already raising concerns among Israel's supporters.

“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)