Apocalypse threatens to engulf Burma but junta seizes aid

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10 million child deaths a year preventable, charity says

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Hezbollah militants take over West Beirut

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http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/09/beirut.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/09/beirut.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText
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First Snowflake Family

After years of infertility and being diagnosed with premature ovarian failure, Marlene Strege of California began to explore adoption. Her doctor recommended embryo adoption, and she and her husband, John, posed the idea to longtime friend Ron Stoddart, executive director of Nightlight Christian Adoptions. Stoddart investigated the idea and eventually created the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption program.After prayer and research, the Streges adopted a frozen embryo, and on Dec. 31, 1998, they became the proud parents of the world’s first snowflake baby, Hannah.Ten years after her first Mother's Day, Marlene Strege spoke with CitizenLink about the adoption of their little snowflake.
1. Why did you choose embryo adoption?
It seemed like it would be OK before God because we knew that it was already a human life, but I wanted to get confirmation so I contacted three Lutheran pastors we knew, and then we contacted Focus on the Family. I sent a letter to Dr. Dobson, and the following Saturday he called me at home. He sought counsel from three people and agreed that if the original family is not going back to the embryos then yes, (people) need to adopt them. So that was total confirmation for me.Legally, we didn’t need an attorney because the legal status of the embryos is personal property, which I find horrifying because we know scientifically that these are human lives. But I’m not telling some child some day that she was donated, so we went though everything to adopt that the state of California requires. I wanted to know that as parents whatever we did was going to be honorable, first and foremost, before God, and then honorable before man.
2. How have you been involved in protecting these tiny humans?
We just wanted to grow our family; we had no idea this thing was on the horizon. We were asked to testify before Congress when Hannah was 2 years old. We’ve been to Washington several times to educate legislators on embryo adoption, and there’s now federal grants to raise public awareness. And, we stood with President Bush for his first veto (to limit federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research). So Hannah had been to the White House three times and met the president twice by the time she was 7. The president called her a pioneer.God’s plan was well in place for these embryos, and that was a plan of adoption instead of destruction. And that’s His plan for mankind-a plan of adoption instead of destruction.
3. Does Hannah understand what it means to be a snowflake?
Hannah says, “I was adopted as a seed and put in my mommy’s stomach to grow.” And she does have an awareness of this whole stem-cell thing. She’s been with me when we talk to legislators. When we came back from one of our trips she said, “Mommy, I just don’t understand. Why do scientists want to kill snowflakes? You can’t kill snowflakes; they’re kids.”Then she drew 22 posters of the same thing, and when I looked at it, it took my breath away because she had captured this whole debate. She drew three pictures of embryos and put faces on them. She said, “The first one is a little girl, and it’s me, and I have a happy face because I was adopted. The second one has a sad face because he’s still waiting for a mommy and daddy to get him. And the third one has a straight line for his face and he’s saying, ‘Are you going to kill me?’ ”I showed it to Senator (Sam) Brownback, and he actually used it in his speech before the Senate.
4. How many snowflakes have been adopted through Nightlight’s Snowflake Embryo Adoption Program?
Hannah was 22 months old when the second and third snowflakes were born-they were twins. Then in June of 2006, we celebrated the 100th and 101st snowflakes-twin girls.Now the number is 170 children born, and 26 (moms) are due.
5. What advice would you give to an infertile couple exploring their options?
You need to know where God is leading you and really prayerfully consider it.There are no guarantees; just lean on where God is leading you.Through our adoption agency, we do a lot of activities with families that have adopted, whether it’s international or domestic adoption or snowflake or some of them have even done foster.So I wouldn’t say that embryo adoption is better than the others.I think they’re all valid forms of building your family.
1. Why did you choose embryo adoption?
It seemed like it would be OK before God because we knew that it was already a human life, but I wanted to get confirmation so I contacted three Lutheran pastors we knew, and then we contacted Focus on the Family. I sent a letter to Dr. Dobson, and the following Saturday he called me at home. He sought counsel from three people and agreed that if the original family is not going back to the embryos then yes, (people) need to adopt them. So that was total confirmation for me.Legally, we didn’t need an attorney because the legal status of the embryos is personal property, which I find horrifying because we know scientifically that these are human lives. But I’m not telling some child some day that she was donated, so we went though everything to adopt that the state of California requires. I wanted to know that as parents whatever we did was going to be honorable, first and foremost, before God, and then honorable before man.
2. How have you been involved in protecting these tiny humans?
We just wanted to grow our family; we had no idea this thing was on the horizon. We were asked to testify before Congress when Hannah was 2 years old. We’ve been to Washington several times to educate legislators on embryo adoption, and there’s now federal grants to raise public awareness. And, we stood with President Bush for his first veto (to limit federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research). So Hannah had been to the White House three times and met the president twice by the time she was 7. The president called her a pioneer.God’s plan was well in place for these embryos, and that was a plan of adoption instead of destruction. And that’s His plan for mankind-a plan of adoption instead of destruction.
3. Does Hannah understand what it means to be a snowflake?
Hannah says, “I was adopted as a seed and put in my mommy’s stomach to grow.” And she does have an awareness of this whole stem-cell thing. She’s been with me when we talk to legislators. When we came back from one of our trips she said, “Mommy, I just don’t understand. Why do scientists want to kill snowflakes? You can’t kill snowflakes; they’re kids.”Then she drew 22 posters of the same thing, and when I looked at it, it took my breath away because she had captured this whole debate. She drew three pictures of embryos and put faces on them. She said, “The first one is a little girl, and it’s me, and I have a happy face because I was adopted. The second one has a sad face because he’s still waiting for a mommy and daddy to get him. And the third one has a straight line for his face and he’s saying, ‘Are you going to kill me?’ ”I showed it to Senator (Sam) Brownback, and he actually used it in his speech before the Senate.
4. How many snowflakes have been adopted through Nightlight’s Snowflake Embryo Adoption Program?
Hannah was 22 months old when the second and third snowflakes were born-they were twins. Then in June of 2006, we celebrated the 100th and 101st snowflakes-twin girls.Now the number is 170 children born, and 26 (moms) are due.
5. What advice would you give to an infertile couple exploring their options?
You need to know where God is leading you and really prayerfully consider it.There are no guarantees; just lean on where God is leading you.Through our adoption agency, we do a lot of activities with families that have adopted, whether it’s international or domestic adoption or snowflake or some of them have even done foster.So I wouldn’t say that embryo adoption is better than the others.I think they’re all valid forms of building your family.
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"IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH RISE UP AND WALK"
"Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him."
Acts 3:1-10
And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him."
Acts 3:1-10
Famine fears for North Korea, aid group warns

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Pressure mounts on Zimbabwe amid fresh violence claims

The editor, of Zimbabwean independent weekly newspaper The Standard, was arrested Thursday for publishing an opinion piece written by an opposition leader, his colleagues said.In comments in the state-run Herald newspaper on Thursday, police spokesman Wayne Bvudzijena cast doubt on the MDC's claims about the numbers of dead, saying "three of the cases had no basis whatsoever while others were under investigation."The run-off should in theory take place on May 24, but the electoral commission has indicated the deadline will be missed and the head of a South African observer mission has said the country is too violent to hold an election.The MDC says figures released last Friday were doctored to save Mugabe's skin. The 84-year-old, Africa's oldest leader, has been in power since independence from Britain in 1980.Once seen as a post-colonial success story, Zimbabwe has been in economic meltdown since 2000 when Mugabe embarked on a programme of land reforms which saw thousands of white-owned farms expropriated.Inflation now stands at over 165,000 percent and unemployment is above 80 percent, while around a third of the 13 million population has left the country.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080508/ts_afp/zimbabwevote_080508193210;_ylt=AlKs6O4QV4bZQ.u2MXYowH6FOrgF
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Shiite Militias Seize Beirut Neighborhoods

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/world/middleeast/10lebanon.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin
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In Visit to Israel, Bush Can Prevent A War With Iran

By Mort Kondracke-Executive Editor of Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955
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Mosques: We will not bury this Muslim

By KITTY CAPARELLA
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/18756679.html
PS:Congrats to this muslim leader....!!!!We need more like this in our country
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Western nations start planning Lebanon evacuations

Opposition Hezbollah gunmen seized control of predominantly Muslim west Beirut from pro-government forces on Friday-the third day of sectarian violence which has seen at least 11 people killed and dozens wounded.Rome's new foreign minister, who was sworn in on Thursday, asked that "special attention be paid to the central part" of Beirut where the fighting has been the heaviest, Belloni said.The foreign ministry said some 600 Italians live in Beirut, including about 50 in the city centre.Italy's 2,500 soldiers make up the largest contingent in the 13,000-strong UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which was beefed up in 2006 following a war between Hezbollah fighters and Israel in southern Lebanon that left more than 1,200 people dead.Hours after taking the oath of office, Frattini said Italy may rethink the rules of engagement for its UNIFIL soldiers.Britain meanwhile warned its citizens on Friday to give Lebanon a wide berth, amid concerns that the conflict will deepen."We advise against all travel to Lebanon. The violent exchanges on the streets of Beirut and elsewhere between opposition and pro-government groups...continue to pose a danger to bystanders," the Foreign Office said.It cautioned Britons currently in Lebanon to "exercise particular vigilance at this time and wherever possible avoid areas where there has been fighting in recent days."London also warned that visitors to the country were likely to get stuck there, with roads to neighbouring Syria subject to closure.Other countries took broadly similar lines, with the Slovak foreign affairs ministry said all non-essential travel should cease immediately. "In case of imperative journeys they should contact the Slovak embassy in Damascus," foreign ministry spokesman Igor Skocek told AFP.In the Netherlands, the Dutch foreign ministry said it was prepared for the eventuality of evacuations, adding: "It's not on the agenda for the moment, but if it becomes necessary, we're ready."The Hague had already advised against travel to Beirut, but extended the warning to the rest of Lebanon on Friday, with Norway following a similar course.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080509145502.hyy81m31&show_article=1
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"...REPENT,AND BE BAPTIZED EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS,AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST"
"Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved."
Acts 2:37-47
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved."
Acts 2:37-47
US says Syria, Iran behind Lebanon violence

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_lebanon;_ylt=Ak.17Tc9u67D_AJlcofcB3Ws0NUE
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Hezbollah overruns west Beirut as Lebanon on brink

Lebanon was largely cut off from the outside world, with the international airport and Beirut port shut and some roads to neighbouring Syria blockaded by burning tyres.Arab nations led by regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia are pushing for a special session of foreign ministers to tackle the crisis and some Middle East states have begun trying to evacuating residents.President Shimon Peres of Israel-whose country fought a devastating war against Hezbollah in 2006-claimed the violence was fomented by Iran to further what he said was Tehran's goal to control all of the Middle East.In Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad-whose country is Iran's closest regional ally-said the unrest was a purely "internal affair."Witnesses reported fierce gunbattles in several parts of west Beirut as the Sunni neighourhoods considered bastions of Lebanon's ruling bloc fell to militants from Hezbollah and its ally Amal."Everyone is running away," said 35-year-old businessman Imad as people rushed to stores that remained open to stock up,while others remained trapped in their homes by the fighting."It was a hellish night.The armed militants were everywhere shooting all over the place," said Rima, another west Beirut resident.Hezbollah, the most powerful armed movement in Lebanon, has also forced the shutdown of all media belonging to the family of parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri, while a rocket hit the outer perimeter of his Beirut residence.Hariri, whose father Rafiq Hariri was assassinated in 2005, had made a television appeal to try to calm the situation but this was rejected by Hezbollah.Gunmen firing rocket-propelled grenades surrounded the headquarters of the Hariri's Future Television and his movement's Al-Mustaqbal newspaper early Friday, forcing all its media outlets to close."The army is in control of institutions placed under its authority, such as the media outlets of the Future Movement," the army said."It also controls the area around the government headquarters, the central bank, major roads and the area where Hariri and Jumblatt's residences are located in west Beirut," referring to prominent Druze leader Walid Jumblatt.Air traffic was paralysed for the third straight day with no flights scheduled to land or take off from Beirut international airport, an airport official said, after Hezbollah supporters blocked access with mounds of earth and burning tyres.Nasrallah delivered his defiant speech on Thursday after the government launched a probe into a private communications network run by Hezbollah, which is seen in the West as a terrorist outfit and which critics say has become a "state within a state.""The decisions are tantamount to a declaration of war and the start of a war...on behalf of the United States and Israel," Nasrallah charged. "The hand that touches the weapons of the resistance will be cut off."The United States delivered a blunt warning to Hezbollah to stop its "disruptive activities" while UN Security Council members said they were "deeply concerned" over the crisis, a view reflected by other Arab and European leaders.The crisis will be the focus of talks between President George W. Bush and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora in Egypt next week during the US leader's tour of the Middle East.Regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia, which backs the Siniora government, called for an urgent meeting of Arab foreign ministers, while Yemen suggested army chief Michel Sleiman be mandated to chair a dialogue to resolve the crisis.The long-running political standoff, which first erupted in November 2006 when six pro-Syrian ministers quit the cabinet, has left the country without a president since November, when pro-Syrian Emile Lahoud stepped down.
While the rival factions have agreed on Sleiman as a consensus candidate, they disagree on the make-up of the new cabinet and so far 18 sessions of parliament to choose a president have been cancelled.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080509105422.jjz1rrtf&show_article=1
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British Airways takes beef off the menu to avoid offending Hindus

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CIA:China's military could get 'adversarial'

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"...GOD HAS MADE THE SAME JESUS,WHOM YOU HAVE CRUCIFIED,BOTH LORD AND CHRIST"
"Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ."
Acts 2:29-36
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ."
Acts 2:29-36
Nuclear missiles parade across Red Square

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080509113625.2fytcrew&show_article=1
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PESTILENCE WATCH:Train quarantined in Canada after passenger dies

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080509161808.628kb3e4&show_article=1
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UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90I5P2G0&show_article=1
PS:The JUNTA is the worst SCUM BAGS I've ever seen!!!!!!Let's PRAY for the poor people suffering and dying right now in Burma,Just BECAUSE the government wants them DEAD....!!!!UNBELIEVABLE!!
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Burma death toll worse than Tsunami

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UN to resume food aid flights to Myanmar

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90I6TT05&show_article=1
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PERSECUTION WATCH:Pastor’s daughter gang-raped in Bangladesh
"JESUS OF NAZARETH,A MAN APPROVED OF GOD AMONG YOU BY MIRACLES AND WONDERS AND SIGNS...."
"Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance."
Acts 2:22-28
For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance."
Acts 2:22-28
LEWDNESS WATCH:Military porn problem

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