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6/15/06
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peaceful day in the Lord!
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Today
we have the following updates:
NEW
FOR TODAY:
AMERICA:
CHRISTIANITY:
-
Southern
Baptists refuse to back pullout
(GREENSBORO, N.C.
- There will almost certainly be no Southern Baptist exodus from the
nation's public schools — at least for now. Leaders of the
nation's largest Protestant denomination Wednesday refused to
support a resolution that would have urged the denomination to form
an "exit strategy" for pulling Southern Baptist children
from public schools in favor of home schools or private Christian
schools.)
EZEKIEL
38-39/ARMAGEDDON PLAYERS:
-
Ahmadinejad
to Meet Russian, Chinese Leaders
(Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans separate meetings this week with
leaders of China and Russia, key players who have resisted US
efforts to seek tougher UN action in the standoff over Iran's
nuclear program. Those meetings were expected to take place Friday
following a summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,
or SCO, although host China, has said the Iranian nuclear issue
won't be on the summit's agenda.) <-
FEATURE!
ISRAEL
HAPPENINGS:
-
Israel
prime minister OKs arms for Abbas
(Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday he had given the go ahead for a
shipment of weapons to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, whose
loyalists are engaged in bitter infighting with the militant Islamic
Hamas.)
-
Olmert
Says West Bank Plan Unstoppable
(Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday that plans to set Israel's borders
unilaterally were irreversible, but he still hoped to negotiate a
border deal with Palestinians.) <-
FEATURE!
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PR
blitz for Israel after Gaza strikes (Armed
with the IDF's findings that the seven Palestinian deaths on a Gaza
beach Friday were not caused by Israel, the Foreign Ministry
launched an information campaign Tuesday night to change the minds
of a world that has already largely blamed Israel.)
MEDICAL
BREAKTHROUGHS:
-
Is
It Really Epilepsy? (Nearly
a third of patients diagnosed with epilepsy may really be suffering
from another condition called psychological nonepileptic seizures
instead, report researchers in three new studies aimed at better
differentiating the two.)
-
New
Diabetes Marker Identified
(When doctors want to identify people at risk
for diabetes they assess them for insulin resistance. In the future,
they may also look at blood levels of the RBP4 protein.)
-
Rage
Disorder Running Rampant?
(We've
all heard of "road rage" -- those inexplicable situations
where someone overreacts to a minor traffic incident with violent
behavior. But it's not just bad manners. According
to researchers, many of these people actually suffer from a real
medical condition known as intermittent explosive disorder (IED). In
addition, it's far more common than anyone ever believed.)
-
Two
New Drugs Beat Leukemia, Too
(Most
people with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) respond well to the
breakthrough drug Gleevec, with 93 percent still doing well five
years after treatment. Now there's new hope for the minority of
patients whose cancer can't be cured by the drug. Researchers
publishing two new papers report promising results for the drugs
dasatinib and nilotinib (also known as AMN107).)
<-
FEATURE!
-
U.S.
Finally Gets Hip to Replacement Surgery
(The procedure, using something called the
Birmingham hip resurfacing system, won federal approval in May as an
alternative to the total hip replacement for suitable candidates.)
<-
FEATURE!
SCIENCE:
SIGNS
OF THE TIMES/NATURAL DISASTERS:
-
Indonesian
villagers flee after eruption
(A large eruption
of searing hot gas and volcanic debris sent more than 1,000
villagers fleeing from the slopes of Indonesia's Mount Merapi on
Wednesday, a day after government scientists lowered the alert level
at the volcano.)
<-
FEATURE!
NEW
FOR YESTERDAY:
GLOBAL
ECONOMY:
-
Global
Markets Plunge on Fed Worries
(Renewed worries over the outlook for U.S.
interest rates sent global markets tumbling again on Tuesday, with
the Japanese stock market plunging more than 4 percent, its biggest
one-day loss in two years.)
EZEKIEL
38-39 PLAYERS:
INTERNAL
STRIFE:
-
Palestinian
Security Men Go on Rampage
(Hundreds of Palestinian security men loyal to
President Mahmoud Abbas went on a rampage against the Hamas-led
government Monday, riddling the parliament building and Cabinet
offices with bullets before setting them ablaze in retaliation for
an attack by Hamas gunmen in the Gaza Strip.)
ISRAEL
HAPPENINGS:
-
Al
Aqsa official: Jewish temples existed
(Says
proof passed down over the centuries by mosque custodians)
<-FEATURE!!!
-
Israeli
Army Pushing For Major Gaza Assault
(With more than 50 rockets flying from the
Gaza Strip toward nearby Jewish communities the past three days, the
leadership of the Israeli Defense Forces last night proposed a major
ground and air assault deep inside Gaza, WND has learned.)
<-FEATURE!!!
LAST
DAYS DECEPTIONS:
MEDICAL
BREAKTHROUGHS:
-
Alzheimer's
Vaccine Shows Promise
(An
experimental vaccine is showing promise against Alzheimer's disease,
reducing brain deposits that are blamed for the disorder.The
deposits have been cut by between 15.5 percent and 38.5 percent in
mice, with no major side effects, researchers said Monday in the
online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.)
<-FEATURE!!!
-
Effects
of Coffee on Persuasion and Cirrhosis
(Two new studies analyze the effects of coffee
on our mind and body.)
-
Fish
Oils may Not Protect Hearts
(Epidemiological studies have suggested
Omega-3 fatty acids present in fish oils could reduce one's
susceptibility to cardiac arrhythmias -- abnormal heart rhythms.
However, new research from the Netherlands reveals fish oils do not
have this protective effect.)
-
Intestinal
Bacteria May Explain Obesity
(Bacteria live throughout the body, but some
intestinal bacteria appear to be better than others at helping their
hosts turn food into energy, say researchers Buck S. Samuel and Dr.
Jeffrey I. Gordon.) <-FEATURE!!!
-
More
Fungal Eye Infections
(All infections were linked to contact lens
use, and some were linked to Bausch & Lomb's ReNu MoistureLoc
contact cleanser solution. The company permanently pulled the
product from the shelves.)
-
A
Sight for Weak Eyes (Now,
a new option is available for when corneal transplants are just not
enough.)
-
Wrinkles
Mean Added Lung Problems for Smokers
(Smokers with extensive facial wrinkles are
five-times more likely to have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) than other smokers, even after taking into account other
factors, according to researchers from England.)
<-FEATURE!!!
SCIENCE:
-
Study
Reveals Who Hears Best
(The
nation's hearing hasn't changed all that much from 35 years ago,
despite significant changes in society and technology. A new study
also revealed that non-Hispanic blacks have better hearing on
average compared to non-Hispanic whites and Hispanic adults in the
United States, and that women tend to have better hearing than men.)
Have
a blessed, peaceful day in the Lord! Peg.
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