Live updates on faith, culture, politics, and humanitarian issues impacting Christians across the globe.
Barak To Be Questioned About Rich Pardon
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
Investigators in the congressional probe into former US President Bill Clinton's controversial pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich plan to formally question ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak about his role in the possible pardon-for-money scandal.
Iran Closing In On Entry To Nuclear Club
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
According to Iran's state-run radio, the country is receiving help from Russia to complete its nuclear power plant at Bushehr, which is expected to be operational within two years.
Lebanon Arrests Twelve “Spies” For Israel
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
The Lebanese army has detained 12 people, including a Palestinian officer, accusing them of spying for Israel, the military said Thursday. The army statement did not say when or where the 12 were arrested, but said they were…
Donors Balk at Funding PA Corruption
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
United Nations and European Union officials increasingly fear that the worsening economic conditions in the Palestinian Authority will only increase poverty and lead to more violence. But for the first time, the EU is seriously threatening to withhold…
Taliban Crushes Statues Despite Pleas of Fellow Muslims
Posted on Monday, August 28, 2000
Despite universal outrage and even widespread condemnation from leading Muslim circles, the ruling Taliban faction in Kabul has proceeded with the destruction of non-Islamic statues in Afghanistan.
Sharon on Track to Beat Barak or Peres
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
The gnawing debate inside Israel's peace camp about whether arch-dove Shimon Peres should replace Ehud Barak as the Labor party's candidate for prime minister seemed less relevant on Friday, as the latest polls showed Likud chairman Ariel Sharon…
New WAQF Tunnel on the Temple Mount
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
Fresh eye-witness accounts indicate the Muslim Waqf has added a new tunnel accessing the ancient Hulda Gates corridor to its growing list of "archaeological crimes" on the Temple Mount.
Sharon More Worried About Post-Election Moves
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
With elections only a week away, the biggest concerns in the Likud camp of front-runner Ariel Sharon have less to do with what will happen on election day, and more about how Sharon can ensure a stable government…
Hot and Cold Reactions to the Sharon Victory
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
QUOTES FROM SHARON SUPPORTERS: "[The Oslo Accords were] illusions that one-sided concessions to an authoritarian regime, who is ready to use terror as the leverage on us, can really bring peace. Ariel Sharon will no doubt try to…
Saddam Blames Air Strikes on Zionist Plot
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
Following the US-British air strikes on Iraq's air defense system Friday night, Baghdad threatened to retaliate, intensifying not only its anti-US rhetoric, but also its continued campaign to eliminate the Jewish state.
Labor Crisis Puts Unity Government on Hold
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
It looked like smooth sailing, but the bid by Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon for a quick national unity government has run into rough waters due to sharp divisions within the Labor party over outgoing PM Ehud Barak's decision…
UN Body Supports Anti-Israel Map
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
A key United Nations agency has lent its support to a Palestinian Authority Ministry of Tourism map that completely obliterates Israel, CNSNEWS.com reported.
Clinton urges Nigerians to view diversity as blessing, not curse
Posted on Sunday, August 27, 2000
LAGOS, Nigeria, 27 August 2000 (Newsroom) – U.S. President Bill Clinton, during what may be his last official visit to Africa’s most populous nation, urged Nigerians to learn to live together despite their religious differences.
The Trouble with Digital Angels Added: Jul 20th, 2000 3:07 AM
Posted on Saturday, August 26, 2000
Several weeks ago a disturbing secular news story grabbed my attention. Applied Digital Solutions (ADS) received patent rights to new technology named Digital Angel (TM). What's bothersome is that Digital Angel is a miniature digital transceiver specifically designed…
Barak Axes Religious Affairs Ministry
Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2000
Pushing a key element in its alternate agenda for survival, the shrunken cabinet of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud decided to close the Religious Affairs Ministry by the end of the month. The move is a key plank in…
Borno becomes seventh Nigerian state to adopt Sharia
Posted on Wednesday, August 23, 2000
Borno becomes seventh Nigerian state to adopt Sharia 23 August 2000 (Newsroom) — Borno has become the seventh state in Nigeria’s mostly Muslim north to formally adopt Islamic law, or Sharia. Police in the state capital of Maiduguri…
Return to the Killing Fields
Posted on Friday, August 18, 2000
SAN JOSE, CA (August 18, 2000) -- Faith Shaw was born in Rwanda, a country that between 1959-64 saw more than 500,000 people killed and a similar number or more fled the country. She was horrified when in…
Report Says UN Summit Seeks to Implement One-World Government
Posted on Wednesday, August 16, 2000
(AgapePress) - The United Nations Millennium Summit is set to get under way in a few weeks. Many Christians regard the agenda as an organizational meeting for a one-world government. The UN calls it the largest single gathering…
