Italy dissolves parliament, election looms
reuters.com - 06/02/2008

ROME - Italy's president dissolved parliament on Wednesday and the caretaker government prepared to call a snap election, likely in mid-April, that could mark a return to power of media magnate Silvio Berlusconi.

Economist: Expect Fed to lower Dow to 8,000
WorldNetDaily.com - 05/02/2008

Consumers should expect a deep recession, triggered by the "stealth methodology" of the Federal Reserve to "depress" the market even while lowering interest rates in an ostensible effort to stimulate economic growth, an economic analyst is charging.

Three-parent embryo formed in lab
BBC - 05/02/2008

Scientists believe they have made a breakthrough in IVF treatment by creating a human embryo with three separate parents.

A garbage tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan
independent.co.uk - 05/02/2008

A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said.

Bush Budget Would Bring Record Deficits
AP - 05/02/2008

WASHINGTON - The record $3.1 trillion budget proposed by President Bush on Monday would produce eyepopping federal deficits, despite his attempts to impose politically wrenching curbs on Medicare and eliminate scores of popular domestic programs.

Paralysis Outbreak In Meat Workers Handling Pigs' Brains
medicalnewstoday.com - 05/02/2008

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an update last week to its investigation of an outbreak of a paralysing condition that is affecting certain meat processing plant workers who use compressed air to remove the brains from the heads of pig carcases.

Egypt and Palestinians trade fire at border
reuters.com - 05/02/2008

RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Palestinian gunmen and Egyptian forces exchanged fire at the Gaza-Egypt border on Monday, killing one person and wounding 59 others a day after Cairo closed the breached frontier with the Hamas-run enclave.

Catholic nuns and monks decline
BBC - 05/02/2008

The Vatican has reported a further dramatic fall in the number of Roman Catholic monks and nuns worldwide.

£4bn to research killer diseases
BBC - 05/02/2008

Britain's largest medical research charity has announced a 60% increase in its spending on investigating the most common killer diseases.

The "New" Plagues
worldnetdaily.com - 05/02/2008

Americans have long taken the wonders of medical science for granted, watching as disease after disease has been conquered with antibiotics, vaccines, better nutrition and pharmaceutical "miracle drugs". But today, the magic isn't working - and something scary is happening.

Mayor asks for emergency help
kgw.com - 05/02/2008

In Idahna, Oregon - there is so much snow, residents' roofs are starting to collapse. The mayor has requested that Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski declare the area a state of emergency and send help.

Suicide bombers strike in Israeli nuclear town
timesonline.co.uk - 04/02/2008

Palestinian suicide bombers struck in Israel for the first time in a year today, attacking a crowded shopping parade in the desert city which hosts the country's secretive nuclear programme.

Iran fires rocket from space center
cnn.com - 04/02/2008

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran fired a rocket from its newly inaugurated space center Monday, laying the groundwork for what it says will be the future launch of its first domestically produced satellite, the semi-official FARS news agency reported.

MoD stalls Gordon Brown's wind farm plans
telegraph.co.uk - 04/02/2008

Gordon Brown's plans for up to 30 per cent of Britain's energy needs to be met by wind farms are under threat because of opposition from the Ministry of Defence.

La Niña sweeps across the globe
timesonline.co.uk - 04/02/2008

Britain enjoyed a brief respite from its downpours yesterday, but more were forecast at the end of the week in the latest episode of flooding linked to La Niña, a climate phenomenon engulfing much of the globe.

“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)