France's Sarkozy vows strong nuclear arms policy
reuters.com - 21/03/2008

CHERBOURG, FRANCE - French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged on Friday to maintain a strong nuclear weapons program in order to defend his country against threats such as the possibility of a nuclear-armed Iran.

Filipinos mark Good Friday with whips and nails
reuters.com - 21/03/2008

CUTUD, PHILIPPINES - Filipinos including a 15-year-old were nailed to crosses and scores more whipped their backs into a bloody pulp on Friday in a gory ritual to mark the death of Jesus Christ.

Saudis to retrain 40,000 clerics
BBC - 21/03/2008

SAUDI ARABIA - is to retrain its 40,000 prayer leaders (also known as imams) in an effort to counter militant Islam. Details of the plan were revealed in the influential Saudi newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat.

Brown criticised over embryo bill
BBC - 21/03/2008

UK - The leader of the Catholic church in Scotland has urged Gordon Brown to rethink "monstrous" plans to allow hybrid human-animal embryos.

A Run on America
eurointelligence.com - 20/03/2008

USA - "THIS RECESSION WILL BE LONG AND DEEP and when we get out of it, we'll have inflation." Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University. THIS IS CLEARLY A RUN ON AMERICA, its financial institutions, and of course the dollar.

Traders at top investment bank 'covered up losses'
dailymail.co.uk - 20/03/2008

LONDON - A leading City investment bank has uncovered a £1.4 billion scam by rogue traders desperately trying to protect their bonuses.

Osama bin Laden Urges Holy War for Liberation
foxnews.com - 20/03/2008

CAIRO, EGYPT - Pan-Arab Al-Jazeera TV on Thursday broadcast what it described as excerpts from a new audio tape by Osama bin Laden in which the Al Qaeda leader slammed Palestinian negotiations with Israel and urged holy war for the liberation of Palestine.

Extra cash on offer to UK banks
BBC - 20/03/2008

LONDON - The Bank of England has injected an extra £5bn into the money markets in an attempt to ease concerns about the liquidity of the banking system. The loans were added to the normal weekly funds offered to commercial banks, making £11bn now available.

Archaeologists Find Half Shekel from Temple Times
IsraelNN.com - 20/03/2008

JERUSALEM - Archaeologists working in the City of David in what was once the main drainage channel in Jerusalem have found a silver coin used to pay the half-shekel head tax.

Vatican rejects bin Laden's new "crusade" charges
reuters.com - 20/03/2008

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican rejected on Thursday fresh accusations from Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden that the publication of cartoons mocking Islam's Prophet Mohammad was part of a "new crusade" involving Pope Benedict.

Dutch refuse to sign off on EU accounts
ft.com - 20/03/2008

THE HAGUE - The Netherlands is to refuse to sign off on the European Union's accounts in an attempt to force national governments to take more responsibility for the European money they spend.

Hunt for rogue traders
dailymail.co.uk - 20/03/2008

LONDON - The hunt was on last night for greedy City traders who made hundreds of millions of pounds by forcing a dramatic plunge in the share price of Britain's biggest mortgage lender.

Bin Laden warns EU over Prophet cartoons
reuters.com - 20/03/2008

DUBAI - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden threatened the European Union with grave punishment on Wednesday for publication of cartoons mocking Islam's Prophet Mohammad.

British authorities try to quell damaging financial rumors
iht.com - 20/03/2008

LONDON - In a rare move to calm investors' nerves, British financial authorities stepped forward on Wednesday to quench a string of "unfounded rumors" that had sent some financial stocks in London into a tailspin.

Will the fat cats suffer?
dailymail.co.uk by Max Hastings - 19/03/2008

LONDON - Will the fat cats who've got us into this financial mess suffer? You bet they won't . . . But WE will.

“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)