World Regions

"So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city" (Genesis 11:8).

Long ago, an ancient civilization revolted against God, gathering together and attempting to build a tower to the heavens. In response, God divided their languages and caused them to scatter across the globe. Now, millennia later, each world region has its own unique history...and shared future. Find out more below, or focus on a specific region with the links on the right.

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World News and Trends: Golan Heights Now on Offer

According to The Sunday Times, Israel's prime minister-elect, Ehud Barak, will push to offer Syria the Golan Heights in return for peace in an important step ending 50 years of hostility between the Jewish state and the Arab world.
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This Is the Way, Walk in It: Ready, Aim-Peace!

Will modern day Turkey and the Kurds have the same vision as Esau in dealing with their nemesis?
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In Brief... World Looking Better Prepared for Y2K

Six months after the first global conference on the millennium bug, experts from over 170 countries met at the United Nations to assess progress in dealing with Year 2000 problems and preparations for coping with possible computer glitches.
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In Brief... Dissent in the Ranks of Iraq's Republican Guard

On June 2, the London-based newspaper Al-Zaman reported that a fatal clash erupted on May 24 between two Iraqi Republican Guard units.
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In Brief... England: Census of Homosexual Couples

For the first time in the history of England, a census of homosexual couples will be made.
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In Brief... EU Orders Belgian Poultry Destroyed

In its biggest food scandal since mad cow disease, the European Union called June 2 for the destruction of Belgian chickens, eggs and any byproducts that could be laced with cancer-causing dioxin.
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In Brief... Anthrax "Time Bomb" Ticking in Aral Sea, Researchers Say

In the 1960s, Vozrozhdeniye was merely a tiny island in the vast Aral Sea.
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Another Doomsday Clock Is Ticking, Ticking

U.S. and European intelligence agencies are reporting mounting evidence that Russia and China have massively violated the 1972 Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention, and subsequent international and bilateral agreements to control biowarfare weapons.
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In Brief... "It's the Russians, Stupid"

President Bill Clinton had a sign taped to his desk at the beginning of his first term in office that read, "It's the Economy, Stupid."
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"It's the Russians, Stupid"

President Bill Clinton had a sign taped to his desk at the beginning of his first term in office that read, "It's the Economy, Stupid."
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In Brief... Venezuela and Brazil Step up Latin American Integration Efforts

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Brazilian President Henrique Cardoso have agreed on concrete measures that would lead to the establishment of a Latin American free trade zone.
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In Brief... India Wages War on Polio

India is fighting an ancient war in a desert village, not against an armed enemy, but against the scourge of polio.
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In Brief... Israel, Ehud Barak and the non-Revolution in Israeli Foreign Policy

Outside Israel, from Damascus to Washington, the election of Ehud Barak is being hailed as the rebirth of the peace process.
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Still a Troubled and Dangerous World

The end of the Cold War promised a safer time, but our planet has become more perilous. Why?
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India and Pakistan at War Again

A potentially more dangerous conflict than Kosovo continues to brew in South Asia.
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What to Watch to Discern the Times

A look at three key trends: globalization, religious ecumenism and global power shifts.
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A Personal View of the Kosovo Conflict

Commentary on the events in Yugoslavia
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King Hussein's Uncertain Legacy

Power passes to the next generation in a key Middle Eastern kingdom.
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Crisis In Kosovo A Mixture of Iron and Clay

The Balkans has a long and complex history. What is the story behind the headlines?
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United States Morality What Lies Ahead

Does morality matter? What are the long-term consequences to a people and a nation when its moral foundation crumbles?
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