Oil falls below $94 on falling global demand
AP - 03/10/2008

NEW YORK - Oil prices closed at their lowest level in two weeks Thursday, tumbling below $94 a barrel on doubts that a revamped financial bailout plan will be enough to avoid a protracted economic slump and revive dwindling U.S. energy demand.

Archbishop: Mankind Needs the Church
zenit.org - 02/10/2008

RIMINI, ITALY - Mankind needs the Church because the Church has the answers to life's toughest questions, says the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

Vatican Police Force to Join Interpol
zenit.org - 02/10/2008

CASTEL GANDOLFO, ITALY - With the Vatican gendarme corps set to be the 187th member of the international security force Interpol, the Pope and pilgrims should enjoy even greater protection.

France seeks €300bn rescue fund for Europe
business.timesonline.co.uk - 02/10/2008

PARIS - France heaped pressure on Gordon Brown last night by floating an ambitious plan for a €300 billion (£237 billion) bailout fund to rescue crippled banks across Europe.

Once 3 pages, bailout bill now length of novel
AP - 02/10/2008

USA - Two Saturdays ago, it totaled just three pages — the White House's request for $700 billion to rescue tottering financial institutions by buying their devalued mortgage-related assets.

US Senate backs new bail-out bill
BBC - 02/10/2008

USA - The Senate has approved a new version of a $700bn (£380bn) rescue plan for the troubled US financial system. Senators voted 74 to 25 in favour of the emergency legislation designed to stabilise volatile markets and limit further damage to the economy.

Solution to financial crisis may "hinge on joining the euro
timesonline.co.uk - 02/10/2008

UK - In an article in the Guardian, Will Hutton suggests that Britain's solution to the financial crisis "may hinge on joining the euro".

Europe scrambles to save banking system
euobserver.com/ - 01/10/2008

EUROPE - Banking stocks took a major hit across Europe after news the US bailout had failed

Conservatives may hold 'retrospective' referendum on Lisbon Treaty
timesonline.co.uk - 01/10/2008

UK - In an interview with the Sunday Times, Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the Conservatives may hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, even if the Treaty has been ratified before the party can form a Government.

EU - new financial regulations
Open Europe Press Summary - 01/10/2008

BRUSSELS - EU to bring forward new financial regulations within weeks; Germany unveils shopping list of new legislation.

U.S. Textbooks: 'Jesus was Palestinian'
israelnationalnews.com - 01/10/2008

USA - "Christianity was started by a young Palestinian named Jesus." This is one of hundreds of distortions, misrepresentations and outright lies found about Judaism and Jewish history by a comprehensive study of the 28 most widely used Social Studies textbooks in the United States.

France to test depth of EU's defence ambitions
eubusiness.com - 01/10/2008

BRUSSELS - EU Defence ministers, led by France, will meet informally to discuss how to address "shortfalls" in Europe's military capacity.

Congress is the best advert for dictatorship
timesonline.co.uk - 01/10/2008

USA - Welcome to the post-American world. It has come sooner than we expected.

Severe fuel shortage grips parts of US southeast
alertnet.org (Reuters) - 01/10/2008

ATLANTA - A severe fuel shortage has gripped parts of the southeastern United States, causing long lines at filling stations and symbolizing for some people their fears about the wider economy.

Senate urged to back crisis bill
BBC - 01/10/2008

USA - Democratic and Republican Senate leaders have appealed for a new version of a $700bn (£380bn) Wall Street bail-out to be approved in a key vote. Republican Mitch McConnell said it would shield Americans from "shockwaves of a problem they didn't create".

“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)