Beijing blanketed by snow after China seeds clouds to beat drought
timesonline.co.uk - 20/02/2009

CHINA - A carpet of snow blanketing the Forbidden City and the ancient halls and courtyards of the Lama Temple has transformed China's capital into a fairyland. Hundreds have played truant from offices to sneak a peak of the first snowfall of the winter.

Czech president compares EU to Soviet Union
AP - 20/02/2009

BRUSSELS – The European Union has turned into AN UNDEMOCRATIC AND ELITIST PROJECT COMPARABLE TO THE COMMUNIST DICTATORSHIPS of eastern Europe that forbade alternative thinking, Czech President Vaclav Klaus told the European Parliament on Thursday.

Wholesale inflation takes biggest jump in 6 months
AP - 20/02/2009

WASHINGTON - Inflation at the wholesale level surged unexpectedly in January, reflecting sharply higher prices for gasoline and other energy products.

World Bank calls for eastern Europe bail-out
euobserver.com - 20/02/2009

USA - World Bank president Robert Zoellick said the bank was attempting to help the region along with the International Monetary Fund but needed more backing from Brussels, he admitted in an interview with the Financial Times on Wednesday.

Australian - bushfires and floods
BBC - 20/02/2009

AUSTRALIA - The number of people known to have died in the Australia bushfires has risen to 208, but police say they do not expect the death toll to go much higher. Police recovered bodies in Flowerdale and in Marysville, one of the worst-hit towns in south-eastern Victoria state.

Accused Financier Under Federal Drug Investigation
abcnews.go.com - 20/02/2009

USA - The SEC's fraud charges may be the least of accused financial scammer R. Allen Stanford's worries. Federal authorities tell ABC News that the FBI and others have been investigating whether Stanford was involved in laundering drug money for Mexico's notorious Gulf Cartel.

Vatican visit for Gordon Brown
BBC - 20/02/2009

VATICAN - The Vatican Newspaper L'Osservatore Romano carries an unusual editorial on its front page. It's an article on the global economic crisis signed by Britain's prime minister, Gordon Brown. Mr Brown will be received in private audience by Pope Benedict at the Vatican later.

'Licence to print money' is last weapon to fight inflation, claims Bank of England
dailymail.co.uk - 19/02/2009

UK - The Bank of England is set to take the HISTORIC STEP OF EFFECTIVELY PRINTING MONEY as it grapples with the catastrophic economic collapse. The process of 'quantitative easing' could begin as early as next month after leading Bank officials unanimously agreed to ask Chancellor Alistair Darling for the go-ahead.

"Spies" Smear As European Commission Targets Journalists
europe.ifj.org - 19/02/2009

BRUSSELS - The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the International Press Association (API) representing foreign press correspondents in Brussels, today condemned a recent statement by the European Commission's security services which hints that journalists and lobbyists can provide cover for potential spies to search for sensitive and classified information.

California: One Vote Short of Averting Catastrophe
time.com - 19/02/2009

USA - As California engages in a budget battle that has left the government of the world's eighth largest economy slipping toward insolvency, Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democratic legislative majority continue to search for one last Republican vote to pass a budget.

Dates Confirmed for Pope's Israel Trip
zenit.org - 19/02/2009

JERUSALEM - A spokesman for the Church in Jordan says Benedict XVI's visit to Israel will take place May 8-11. Father Rifaat Bader made this announcement today, following Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's confirmation Sunday of the papal trip.

Homeowners fight back against evictions
iht.com - 19/02/2009

NEW YORK - As resistance to foreclosure evictions grows among homeowners, community leaders and some law enforcement officials, a broad civil disobedience campaign is starting in several American cities to support families who refuse orders to vacate their homes.

Sir Allen Stanford 'attempts to leave US'
telegraph.co.uk - 19/02/2009

USA - Fraud investigators are searching for Sir Allen Stanford, the Texan cricket tycoon facing multi-billion pound fraud charges in the United States, after he made an aborted attempt to leave the country on a private jet.

Economy could begin to recover in April, claims Gordon Brown
telegraph.co.uk - 19/02/2009

LONDON - The economy could begin to recover as early as April 2, Gordon Brown has signalled. The Prime Minister is pinning his political future on agreeing a global response to the crisis with the G20 group of world leaders at a London summit at the start of that month.

Germany may rescue debt-laden EU members
telegraph.co.uk - 19/02/2009

GERMANY - Germany has acknowledged for the first time that it may have to rescue eurozone states in acute difficulties, marking a radical shift in policy by the anchor nation of Europe's monetary union.

“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)