Tropical Storm Stan kills 276 in Central America, Mexico
AFP - 08/10/2005

GUATEMALA - Devastating Tropical Storm Stan has killed at least 278 people in Central America and Mexico after lashing the region for days with relentless rain, authorities said on Friday.

 
Huge earthquake hits South Asia
MES ONLINE - 08/10/2005

PAKISTAN - A massive earthquake rocked South Asia today, causing devastation across a wide area of Pakistan, northern India and Afghanistan.

Five million face death as famine grips Malawi
The Observer - 02/10/2005

MALAWI - Famine is once again stalking Africa's poorest nations as new figures released on Friday show that the food crisis in Malawi is much worse than anticipated.

 
El Salvador volcano kills two, thousands flee
Reuters - 02/10/2005

PALO CAMPANA, EL SALVADOR - El Salvador's largest volcano erupted for the first time in a century on Saturday, killing two people and forcing thousands to flee their homes.

 
Dozens killed, wounded in Bali blasts
Aljazeera - 01/10/2005

BALI, INDONESIA - Three near simultaneous blasts on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, triggered by human bombers, have killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 100, including many foreign tourists.

 
India's economy posts 8.1 per cent first-quarter growth
News International - 01/10/2005

INDIA - India's economy expanded by 8.1 per cent in the three months to June, beating market forecasts,

Turkey - on Europe's doorstep, but still so far from joining the club
The Independent - 01/10/2005

TURKEY - Joining the European Union is the great Turkish dream.

US defers sanctions on Saudi
AP - 01/10/2005

USA - The United States has postponed punishing Saudi Arabia, its close ally and key oil supplier, for restricting religious freedom.

Northern Vietnam reels from typhoon, 57 dead
AFP - 29/09/2005

VIETNAM - Northern Vietnam was reeling from the aftermath of Typhoon Damrey which triggered landslides and flooding that left at least 57 people dead and caused widespread destruction.

 
Powerful Earquake Rocks Northern Peru
AP - 26/09/2005

LIMA, PERU - A powerful earthquake hit northern Peru late Sunday, causing power outages and cutting phone service throughout much of the region. At least one person was killed, officials said.

 
Merkel urges Schroeder to concede
CNN - 19/09/2005

GERMANY - Conservative leader Angela Merkel has urged Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's party to enter talks to form a "grand coalition" under her leadership.

 
Norway votes to spend oil riches on welfare state
AP - 13/09/2005

NORWAY - The Norwegian opposition party regained power in the oil-rich country's general election yesterday, according to exit polls, after wooing voters with pledges to plough cash into their already generous welfare state system.

 
North Korea adamant on nuclear power as talks resume
Reuters - 13/09/2005

BEIJING, CHINA - North Korea clung to its right to a civilian nuclear programme on Tuesday, a position that has prevented progress in breaking a deadlock over its nuclear ambitions, as crisis talks opened in Beijing.

 
Strong earthquake rocks Aceh
AP - 11/09/2005

INDONESIA - A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia's tsunami-battered Aceh province, causing residents to flee their homes in panic, seismologists said Sunday, AP reported.

 
Nations divided over UN reform
The Scotsman - 09/09/2005

UNITED NATIONS - United Nations members are deeply divided over proposals for an urgent overhaul of the world body. The reform proposals were made this week in the report into the troubled Iraq oil-for-food programme.

 
“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)