Archive for September, 2008

Sep 27 2008

Ahmadinejad and a group of ultra-religious Jews who seek the dismantling of the state of Israel

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By Claudia Parsons, Wed Sep 24, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A day after being accused of making anti-Semitic comments at the United Nations, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met a fringe group of ultra-religious Jews who seek the dismantling of the state of Israel. Continue Reading »

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Sep 26 2008

The greatest economic crisis

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The last two weeks have seen the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression hit the United States. Large Wall Street financial firms went bankrupt and the government nationalized others. The stock market lost nearly a thousand points and gained most of it back in less than a week of trading. Panic and fear seized the markets, prompting massive government intervention.

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Sep 19 2008

Heart disease and diabetes and plastic drink containers and baby bottles

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By Michael Kahn, Reuters, Tuesday, 16 September 2008

British researchers have linked a common chemical used in plastic drink containers and baby bottles to health problems, specifically heart disease and diabetes.

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Sep 17 2008

Palin’s Pastor, Larry Kroon, Urges Flock to Pray for the Press

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by Martha Mendoza WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - A little sermon about - and for - the messenger seemed to Pastor Larry Kroon an appropriate message on Sunday morning.

“It’s been an interesting week,” laughed Kroon, pastor at the Wasilla Bible Church, as he welcomed attendees. The nondenominational congregation where Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her family worship was carrying on services as usual this Sunday, but with a few extra guests.

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Sep 17 2008

Palin’s Pastor, Larry Kroon, Urges Flock to Pray for the Press

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by Martha Mendoza WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - A little sermon about - and for - the messenger seemed to Pastor Larry Kroon an appropriate message on Sunday morning.

“It’s been an interesting week,” laughed Kroon, pastor at the Wasilla Bible Church, as he welcomed attendees. The nondenominational congregation where Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her family worship was carrying on services as usual this Sunday, but with a few extra guests.

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Sep 17 2008

Palin’s Pastor, Larry Kroon, Urges Flock to Pray for the Press

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by Martha Mendoza WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - A little sermon about - and for - the messenger seemed to Pastor Larry Kroon an appropriate message on Sunday morning.

“It’s been an interesting week,” laughed Kroon, pastor at the Wasilla Bible Church, as he welcomed attendees. The nondenominational congregation where Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her family worship was carrying on services as usual this Sunday, but with a few extra guests.

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Sep 17 2008

Palin’s Pastor, Larry Kroon, Urges Flock to Pray for the Press

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by Martha Mendoza WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - A little sermon about - and for - the messenger seemed to Pastor Larry Kroon an appropriate message on Sunday morning.

“It’s been an interesting week,” laughed Kroon, pastor at the Wasilla Bible Church, as he welcomed attendees. The nondenominational congregation where Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her family worship was carrying on services as usual this Sunday, but with a few extra guests.

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Sep 17 2008

‘White Light’ Near-Death Experiences

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Many reports of near-death experiences sound the same: a welcoming white light and a replay of memories.

Now scientists aim to study what really happens to the brain and consciousness when someone is on the verge of dying.

In a new study called AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation), doctors will examine patients in hospitals in Europe and North America who reach a state called cardiac arrest.

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Sep 17 2008

‘White Light’ Near-Death Experiences

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Many reports of near-death experiences sound the same: a welcoming white light and a replay of memories.

Now scientists aim to study what really happens to the brain and consciousness when someone is on the verge of dying.

In a new study called AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation), doctors will examine patients in hospitals in Europe and North America who reach a state called cardiac arrest.

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Sep 17 2008

‘White Light’ Near-Death Experiences

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Many reports of near-death experiences sound the same: a welcoming white light and a replay of memories.

Now scientists aim to study what really happens to the brain and consciousness when someone is on the verge of dying.

In a new study called AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation), doctors will examine patients in hospitals in Europe and North America who reach a state called cardiac arrest.

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Sep 17 2008

‘White Light’ Near-Death Experiences

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Many reports of near-death experiences sound the same: a welcoming white light and a replay of memories.

Now scientists aim to study what really happens to the brain and consciousness when someone is on the verge of dying.

In a new study called AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation), doctors will examine patients in hospitals in Europe and North America who reach a state called cardiac arrest.

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Sep 14 2008

Russian plane crash kills 88

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By Yevgeny Malychev

PERM, Russia, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Engine failure caused an Aeroflot Boeing 737-500 plane crash in Russia on Sunday which killed all 88 people on board, officials said, dismissing fears terrorists had attacked the airliner.

The dead included 21 foreign nationals flying on the plane from Moscow to Perm in the Urals when it plunged into scrubland and railway on the edge of the city, narrowly missing houses.

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Sep 14 2008

Los Angeles train crash kills 25

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By Deena Beasley

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At least 25 people were killed in the head-on crash of a commuter train and a freight train near Los Angeles that officials on Saturday attributed to the failure of the passenger train engineer to stop at a red light.

The crash, which occurred in the Los Angeles suburb of Chatsworth, was the worst U.S. rail tragedy since 1999.

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Sep 13 2008

Pope Benedict XVI and Islamic leaders

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Pope Benedict is to hold an unprecedented meeting with Islamic leaders and scholars in Rome in November following an agreement reached on Wednesday to establish a regular official dialogue between the two religions.

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Sep 13 2008

Pope Benedict XVI cautions against fanaticism

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September 12, 2008

Pope Benedict XVI encouraged a greater role for religion in European society but cautioned against fanaticism as he met Friday with political, Jewish and Muslim leaders in his first papal visit to France.

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Sep 12 2008

Next gay wedding in British Government

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MERSEYSIDE MP Angela Eagle has announced she will “marry” her female partner in a civil partnership ceremony.

The Wallasey MP, who is the only openly gay woman in the House of Commons, will tie the knot with BT engineer Maria Exall.

The couple met 18 years ago through the Labour party in London.

Ms Eagle and Ms Exall confirmed they will register their relationship on September 27 shortly after Commons leader Harriet Harman unexpectedly revealed the news at a trade union conference in Brighton yesterday (WED).

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Sep 10 2008

Thinking too much could lead to obesity

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By Indo-Asian News Service on Friday, September 5, 2008

A new Canadian study shows that thinking too much can lead to overeating and thus obesity.

In their study at University Laval in Quebec City, Canadian researchers found that the stress of intellectual work makes people eat more, thus raising their calorie intake and causing obesity.

As part of their study, the researchers asked 14 students to eat at a buffet after performing three easy but different tasks: Just sitting and relaxing; reading and summarizing a text, and doing memory tests on a computer.

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Sep 10 2008

Fearing end of world, Madhya Pradesh girl commits suicide

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By Indo-Asian News Service on Wednesday, September 10, 2008

A 17-year-old girl committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district fearing the end of the world in the most ambitious scientific experiment in Geneva to fathom the mysteries of creation, the police said Wednesday.

Chhaya, resident of Rajgarh district’s Sarangpur town, consumed tablets of sulphas (an insecticide) Tuesday after watching news on TV channels about the Geneva experiment in which the world’s largest collider will recreate conditions of the earliest universe.

“She was immediately rushed to M.Y. Hospital in Indore where she breathed her last Wednesday,” a police official told IANS. Continue Reading »

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Sep 09 2008

Tests clear way for “Big Bang” experiment - September 10

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By Robert Evans Reuters - Monday, August 25

GENEVA (Reuters) - Tests have cleared the way for the start-up (september 10) of an experiment to restage a mini-version underground of the “Big Bang” which created the universe 15 billion years ago, the project chief said.

Lyn Evans of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said weekend trials in the vast underground LHC machine in which the particle-smashing experiment will take place over the coming months and years “went without a hitch”.

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Sep 09 2008

Tests clear way for “Big Bang” experiment - September 10

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By Robert Evans Reuters - Monday, August 25

GENEVA (Reuters) - Tests have cleared the way for the start-up (september 10) of an experiment to restage a mini-version underground of the “Big Bang” which created the universe 15 billion years ago, the project chief said.

Lyn Evans of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said weekend trials in the vast underground LHC machine in which the particle-smashing experiment will take place over the coming months and years “went without a hitch”.

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Sep 09 2008

Tests clear way for “Big Bang” experiment - September 10

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By Robert Evans Reuters - Monday, August 25

GENEVA (Reuters) - Tests have cleared the way for the start-up (september 10) of an experiment to restage a mini-version underground of the “Big Bang” which created the universe 15 billion years ago, the project chief said.

Lyn Evans of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said weekend trials in the vast underground LHC machine in which the particle-smashing experiment will take place over the coming months and years “went without a hitch”.

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Sep 09 2008

Tests clear way for “Big Bang” experiment - September 10

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By Robert Evans Reuters - Monday, August 25

GENEVA (Reuters) - Tests have cleared the way for the start-up (september 10) of an experiment to restage a mini-version underground of the “Big Bang” which created the universe 15 billion years ago, the project chief said.

Lyn Evans of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) said weekend trials in the vast underground LHC machine in which the particle-smashing experiment will take place over the coming months and years “went without a hitch”.

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Sep 06 2008

A Dark Chocolate a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

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Daily Dark Chocolate Good for the Heart, Loaded With Flavonoids

By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News

Here’s news that’s hard not to like. Eating a small, 1.6-ounce bar of dark chocolate every day is good for you. Very good for you, find Mary Engler, PhD, RN, of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues.

Now here is a medical experiment you would love to volunteer for. Engler’s team divided 21 healthy adults into two groups. One group got a Dove Dark Chocolate bar every day for two weeks. Like other dark chocolate bars with high-cocoa content, this one is loaded with something called epicatechin. Epicatechin is a particularly active member of a group of compounds called plant flavoniods. Flavoniods keep cholesterol from gathering in blood vessels, reduce the risk of blood clots, and slow down the immune responses that lead to clogged arteries.


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Sep 04 2008

Top Hamas leader’s son converts to Christianity

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by Ethan Cole, Christian Post

The son of a top Hamas leader has converted to Christianity and prays some day his family will also accept Jesus Christ as their saviour, according to an Israeli newspaper.

Masab Yousef, son of West Bank Hamas leader Sheik Hassan Yousef, revealed for the first time in an exclusive interview with Haaretz newspaper that he has left Islam and is now a Christian. Continue Reading »

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Sep 04 2008

India to receive next Great Crate

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USA (MNN) - Christian Resources International has announced that the October 2008 Great Crate will be sailing to India. The Eleanor and Russell Ruch family is sponsoring this crate and the $10,900 cost of shipping the materials overseas. Book drives will be organized across eastern Pennsylvania to gather the needed resources, such as Bibles and other Christian materials. The materials will then be organized and packed into a 40-ft. crate that will be sent to India.

The goal of CRI is to equip every man, woman and child with the Word of God. This is accomplished by shipping gently-used resources to countries that request them–resources such as Bibles, Christian books, Sunday School materials, and tracts. Also included in past crates has been copying machines, projectors, computers, typewriters, and scanners. These materials help to equip pastors and missionaries overseas for their ministries.

If you would like to help the Ruch family meet their goal, please click here.

www.mnnonline.org

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Sep 04 2008

Ministry goes back to school in the U.S.

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USA (MNN) - Millions are students in the United States are heading back to school this week. Many are facing incredible problems. Many are lonely. Many are searching. One ministry is getting ready to reach out to them.

Mark Jevert with Youth for Christ says this is a busy time of year. “With almost 200 locations around the country, that represents probably 2,000 different campuses, middle school and high school, around the country. The next two weeks are important as we kick off and make impressions with new freshman and also sophomores, juniors and seniors.” Continue Reading »

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Sep 03 2008

Fish oil lubricates the brain

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Omega-3 fatty acids in fish and fish oil, already known to reduce heart risk, might also help preserve thinking ability, two observational studies have found. The studies, which involved 2,250 middle-aged people and 210 older people, suggest that omega-3s help prevent mental decline possibly by reducing inflammation and promoting the regeneration of nerve cells.

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