Half of world to live in cities by end '08
reuters.com - 27/02/2008

UNITED NATIONS - By the end of this year one half of the world's population will be living in cities for the first time in human history, the United Nations said in a new report released on Tuesday.

Annan to hold crisis talks with Kenyan leaders
breitbart.com - 27/02/2008

Former UN chief Kofi Annan will push Kenyan leaders Wednesday to end the country's deadly political crisis after suspending talks between their representatives when they failed to reach a deal.

Drug-Resistant TB Spreads Fast
time.com - 27/02/2008

(LONDON) - Drug-resistant tuberculosis is spreading even faster than medical experts had feared, the World Health Organization warned in a report issued Tuesday. The rate of TB patients infected with the drug-resistant strain topped 20 percent in some countries, the highest ever recorded, the U.N. agency said.

Lebanon crisis getting more complex: mediator
reuters.com - 27/02/2008

BEIRUT - Lebanon's political crisis is becoming more complicated and foreign influence over the struggle between the Beirut governing coalition and Hezbollah-led opposition is unprecedented, a mediator has said.

Vatican broaches Cuba prisoners with Raul Castro
reuters.com - 27/02/2008

HAVANA - Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone raised the Catholic Church's concern about prisoners in Cuba in a meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro on Tuesday.

Earthquake felt across much of UK
BBC - 27/02/2008

The biggest earthquake in the UK for nearly 25 years has shaken homes across large parts of the country.

Dollar Falls to Record Low of $1.50 per Euro
bloomberg.com - 27/02/2008

The dollar fell to a record low of $1.50 per euro on speculation Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will indicate the U.S. central bank is prepared to keep lowering interest rates.

Philippine floods kill 35, survivors rebuild homes
reuters.com - 27/02/2008

MANILA - Residents in central and southern Philippine were rebuilding houses as floods subsided after two weeks of heavy rains that killed 35 people and left 10 missing, officials said on Wednesday.

Kosovo warns Serbia as riots continue
reuters.com - 27/02/2008

PRISTINA - Kosovo told Serbia on Tuesday it would not yield one inch of its territory, and a violent protest by ethnic Serbs in Bosnia against Kosovo's secession highlighted continued volatility in the Balkan region.

Wall Street Bank Run
Washington Post - 26/02/2008

It doesn't look like an old-fashioned bank run because it involves the biggest financial institutions trading paper assets so complicated that even top executives don't fully understand the transactions. But that's what it is -- a spreading fear among financial institutions that their brethren can't be trusted to honor their obligations.

Food Riots already happening
New York Times - 26/02/2008

AMMAN, Jordan - Even as it enriches Arab rulers, the recent oil-price boom is helping to fuel an extraordinary rise in the cost of food and other basic goods that is squeezing this region's middle class and setting off strikes, demonstrations and occasional riots from Morocco to the Persian Gulf.

A New Challenge to Mugabe
time.com - 26/02/2008

Democracy will not unseat him; the joint presidential and parliamentary election scheduled for March 29 will be neither free nor fair. Still, recent weeks have witnessed a series of events that suggest Mugabe is facing a concerted challenge from within his own Zanu PF party.

Fresh records for price of wheat
BBC - 26/02/2008

Wheat prices have hit record levels as supplies dwindle, raising concerns about growing food inflation.

Forget global warming: Welcome to the new Ice Age
nationalpost.com - 26/02/2008

Snow cover over North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than at any time since 1966.

America's Unfaithful Faithful
time.com - 26/02/2008

A major new survey presents perhaps the most detailed picture we've yet had of which religious groups Americans belong to. And its big message is: blink and they'll change.

“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)