Whitehall lines up 'doomsday' cutbacks
timesonline.co.uk - 05/07/2009

WESTMINSTER - Secret "doomsday" plans for 20% cuts in public spending are being prepared by senior civil servants, who fear politicians are failing to confront the scale of the budget black hole.

Council halts plans to put boy with gay foster parents
dailymail.co.uk - 05/07/2009

UK - A council has halted plans to place a ten-year-old Catholic boy in the care of homosexual foster parents against the wishes of his mother. The case was highlighted last month by The Mail on Sunday, the day before the boy was due to arrive at his new home, a hotel in Brighton run by a middle-aged male couple.

Young children 'should be taught evolution'
dailymail.co.uk - 05/07/2009

UK - Children as young as five should be taught about evolution to prevent pupils mistaking Barney the Dinosaur and Fred Flintstone for scientific fact, an academic has claimed.

Euro zone ministers to raise fears of slow recovery
uk.reuters.com - 05/07/2009

BRUSSELS - Euro zone finance ministers are expected to voice fears on Monday that a recovery from the economic crisis could be slow as the region's ability to generate new wealth will shrink, diplomats said.

Free the Fed! - to issue bonds
reuters.com - 05/07/2009

NEW YORK - The powers of the Federal Reserve have become so vast that the central bank could almost qualify as the fourth branch of government.

Is Iraq stable enough to cope without US troops?
reuters.com - 05/07/2009

IRAQ/USA - For the US military, it's the million dollar question — or rather the $687 billion question, according to a recent estimate of the Iraq war's total cost. Is Iraq now stable enough for them to take a permanent back seat?

India Joins Russia, China in Questioning US Dollar Dominance
bloomberg.com - 05/07/2009

INDIA - Suresh Tendulkar, an economic adviser to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, said he is urging the government to diversify its $264.6 billion foreign-exchange reserves and hold fewer dollars.

North Korea Test-Fires Seven Missiles
bloomberg.com - 05/07/2009

NORTH KOREA - North Korea test fired seven short-range missiles, two days after launching four rockets, spurring condemnations from the US, South Korea and Japan. The launches took place between 8am and 5:40pm today, from Kitdaeryong in Kangwon province, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in statements.

Gay row 'may cause Church split'
BBC - 05/07/2009

UK - A traditionalist Anglican group has warned the issue of homosexuality could split the Church of England the way the Episcopal Church has done in the US. The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans will be launched in the UK on Monday.

Homosexual 'weddings' should be celebrated in church
telegraph.co.uk - 03/07/2009

UK - Homosexual "weddings" should be celebrated in churches, a Government minister has said in defiance of religious teaching. Chris Bryant, who once posed in his underpants on a gay dating website, said he wanted clergy to be "much more open" to the idea of treating civil partnership ceremonies like traditional marriages.

El Niño Is Changing for the Stormier
time.com - 03/07/2009

USA - El Niño, that meteorological trickster with the deceptively innocent name, wreaks havoc on the world's weather. Caused by an unusual warming of the eastern Pacific Ocean, El Niño can trigger storms, droughts and other weather disturbances around the planet, drying out normally wet areas and flooding dry parts.

Minister in Tory homophobia claim
BBC - 03/07/2009

UK - Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has said "a deep strain of homophobia still exists on the Conservative benches". Mr Bradshaw, one of three gay men currently in the cabinet, made the comments as a new poll suggested more gay people were turning to the Tories.

Saying Auf Wiedersehen to a Strong Europe
spiegel.de - 03/07/2009

GERMANY - Euro-skeptics have plenty of reasons to celebrate. By strengthening national parliaments vis-a-vis the EU, Germany's highest court has ended the dream of a 'United States of Europe.' And that's good news for Eastern European countries, who often feel bullied by Germany, the alliance's heavyweight.

Japanese scientists to breed 'super tuna'
telegraph.co.uk - 03/07/2009

JAPAN - Japanese scientists will have bred a new "super-tuna" within a decade that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin presently in the oceans.

'We're in the Middle of a Crash'
cnbc.com - 03/07/2009

USA - The financial system is crashing and action must be taken by the US government to convert debt into equity to produce a more stable environment, Nassim Taleb, author of "The Black Swan," told CNBC Thursday.

“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)