Thousands of jobs threatened as US reneges on £18bn defence deal
business.timesonline.co.uk - 10/07/2008

UK - More than 11,000 British jobs were under threat last night after the Pentagon tore up the world's biggest defence contract to allow an American company to rebid.

California fire forces 10,000 to evacuate
uk.reuters.com - 10/07/2008

SAN FRANCISCO - Authorities ordered more than 10,000 residents of Paradise, California, to leave their homes on Wednesday as a stubborn wildfire threatened to jump a river and spread into town where a blaze destroyed 74 homes in June.

UK turning into a globalization loser
reuters.com - 10/07/2008

LONDON - Britain, one of the big winners from the free flow of capital and services globally in the last decade, is rapidly becoming one of globalization's losers due to its reliance on property and finance.

Anglican Bishop Asks Pope for Magnanimity
zenit.org - 10/07/2008

LONDON - Since the Church of England will now allow women bishops, one of its prelates is looking for "magnanimous gestures" from Benedict XVI to facilitate the entrance of Anglicans into the Catholic Church.

Bishop of Ebbsfleet set to be first to leave Church of England
telegraph.co.uk - 10/07/2008

ENGLAND - A bishop in the Church of England has become the first to announce he is ready to convert to Roman Catholicism following the decision to ordain women bishops without compromise measures for traditionalists.

'Big Six' banks £50m loss over Bradford & Bingley rescue
dailymail.co.uk - 10/07/2008

UK - Britain's biggest High Street banks and pension funds are set to lose tens of millions of pounds from bailing out the stricken buy-to-let mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley. Bradford & Bingley's shares have collapsed in recent weeks amid fears for its future.

Toddlers who dislike spicy food 'racist'
telegraph.co.uk - 10/07/2008

UK - Toddlers who turn their noses up at spicy food from overseas could be branded racists by a Government-sponsored agency.

Iran test-fires missiles in Persian Gulf
AP - 10/07/2008

TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran test-fired nine long- and medium-range missiles Wednesday during war games that officials said aimed to show the country can retaliate against any U.S. and Israeli attack, state television reported.

Iran tests missiles amid tensions
reuters.com - 10/07/2008

TEHRAN - Iran test fired nine long- and medium-range missiles on Wednesday, state media said, including one which it has said could reach Israel and U.S. bases in the region.

Government asks stores to stockpile food
The Sunday Times - 10/07/2008

UK - Ministers are in talks with supermarkets about emergency food reserves in case fuel protests lead to shortages at shops. The government wants to ensure retailers and suppliers can continue to sell basics such as meat, bread and milk if hauliers bring the country to a halt.

Shock bracelets for all airline passengers
worldnetdaily.com - 09/07/2008

USA - A columnist at the Washington Times has issued a warning that the U.S. government actually has considered having airline passengers wear electronic bracelets that could be triggered like Tasers to stun the victim into immobility.

How Germany Is Dismantling Civil Rights
spiegel.de By Jochen Bölsche - 09/07/2008

BERLIN - Germany has so far been spared a bloody Islamist terror attack. But it only took two planned attacks in Germany to persuade a majority of the population to support a massive dismantling of civil rights.

Austria faces snap September elections
euobserver.com - 09/07/2008

AUSTRIA - Austria's governing coalition of social democrats and conservatives has collapsed following wrangling over EU policy and health care issues.

Joint police stations proposed
euobserver.com - 09/07/2008

PARIS - EU presidency France has suggested that popular tourist destinations in member states be staffed with police from all over the bloc.

Iran says does not fear U.S. attack
reuters.com - 09/07/2008

KUALA LUMPUR - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday his country did not fear an attack by the United States over its disputed nuclear activities.

“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)