Fears rise over side effects of Tamiflu
dailymail.co.uk - 03/08/2009

UK - Fears over the side effects of Tamiflu grew last night as it was revealed that the number of suspected adverse reactions had doubled in one week. Figures from the drugs safety watchdog, seen by the Daily Mail, show there have been 293 reports of side effects from the powerful antiviral since the beginning of April, when the swine flu outbreak began.

China moves to internationalise its currency
business.timesonline.co.uk - 03/08/2009

CHINA - China is rapidly accelerating its efforts to internationalise its currency with a series of manoeuvres that could see the renminbi soar to become one of the top three traded monetary units in the world.

Expedition Sets Sail to the Great Plastic Vortex
time.com - 03/08/2009

USA - On film, many a desert island castaway has put a message in a bottle and cast it out to sea, hoping it would someday reach land. Sorry, all you modern-day Robinson Crusoes - try that with a plastic bottle in real life, and your message will likely end up in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, bobbing in a floating collection of trash known as the Plastic Vortex.

Wall Street profits from trades with Fed
ft.com - 03/08/2009

USA - Wall Street banks are reaping outsized profits by trading with the Federal Reserve, raising questions about whether the central bank is driving hard enough bargains in its dealings with private sector counterparties, officials and industry executives say.

Warning: Oil supplies are running out fast
independent.co.uk - 03/08/2009

LONDON - The world is heading for a catastrophic energy crunch that could cripple a global economic recovery because most of the major oil fields in the world have passed their peak production, a leading energy economist has warned.

Second plague death in west China
BBC - 03/08/2009

CHINA - A second man has died of pneumonic plague in a remote part of north-western China where thousands of people have been quarantined. The man, 37, was identified by Chinese state media as a neighbour of the first victim, who was 32, in Ziketan, near Xinghai in Qinghai Province.

Thousands of British troops are too fat
dailymail.co.uk - 03/08/2009

UK - Thousands of British troops cannot be sent to Afghanistan because they are too fat to fight, a leaked army memo revealed. The war effort is being hampered by the number of front-line troops who are either obese or too unfit to be deployed to Helmand in the south of the country.

Barack Obama's support falls among white voters
telegraph.co.uk - 03/08/2009

USA - US President Barack Obama's support among white voters has plummeted, imperilling his ambitious political agenda. His support among white voters fell to below 50 per cent for the first time in his presidency following his accusation the police "acted stupidly" in arresting a black Harvard professor,

Fires rage across Canary island
BBC - 03/08/2009

CANARY ISLANDS - A huge forest fire is out of control on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, forcing the evacuation of up to 4,000 people, including tourists. Military aircraft are fighting the flames but firefighters have been pulled back from the worst-hit areas.

Scientists find new strain of HIV
BBC - 03/08/2009

UK - Gorillas have been found, for the first time, to be a source of HIV. Previous research had shown the HIV-1 strain, the main source of human infections, with 33m cases worldwide, originated from a virus in chimpanzees.

High frequency fuzzy math
reuters.com - 02/08/2009

USA - One of the many mysteries swirling around high-frequency trading is just how profitable the lightning-fast buying and selling of stocks, options and commodities really is.

'Dire shortage' at UN food agency
BBC - 02/08/2009

UNITED NATIONS - The UN food agency says it is facing critical funding shortages that have forced it to cut aid deliveries to millions of people facing starvation. The World Food Programme (WFP) said it could have to close parts of its airway, used to fly aid workers to humanitarian trouble-spots.

The last judgment
uk.news.yahoo.com - 02/08/2009

UK - Thursday (30th July) saw another little bit of Britain slip away quietly, as the Law Lords delivered their final judgments in the Lords chamber. The House of Lords will be replaced as the highest court in the land when the doors open for business at the UK's first separate Supreme Court in October.

Skype could be cut off for good over dispute
business.timesonline.co.uk - 02/08/2009

SWEDEN - Skype might have to shut down because of a dispute over the core technology used to make the internet telephone system work. EBay, which paid $2.6 billion (£1.6 billion) for the voice-over-the-internet system in 2005, is facing a court battle with the original founders of the company who retained the rights to the technology at the heart of the system.

Praying man let his daughter die
BBC - 02/08/2009

USA - A US jury has found a man guilty of killing his sick 11-year-old daughter by praying for her recovery rather than seeking medical care. The man, Dale Neumann, told a court in the state of Wisconsin he believed God could heal his daughter.

“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)