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: One in three British men are criminals by age 40

Buried in the British Crime Survey published recently by the British Home Office was this startling conclusion: "By the time they reach the age of 40, fully 40 percent of men in Britain have a criminal record for a non-motoring...
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World News and Trends: Britain leads Europe in auto thefts

The United Kingdom leads Europe in the incidence of auto thefts, with car owners there more than twice as likely to lose their vehicles to theft as are other European drivers.
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An Overview of Conditions Around the World
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The Global Economy's Uncertain Future

What lessons should we learn from Asia's economic difficulties?
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Israel at 50: A Saga of War and Peace

Much of Israel's 50-year history is a chronicle of wars and other conflicts with her Arab neighbors. What does the future hold for this nation?
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World News and Trends: More troubling trends in the Middle East

A disturbing recent communiqué reveals that "teams of technicians have arrived in Teheran to work on the final stages of Iran's long-range missile programme, providing the ayatollahs with the ability to pose a substantial threat to the entire Middle East."
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World News and Trends: World to share Asian financial pains

The ongoing Asian financial firestorm will affect virtually the entire world in 1998, according to projections issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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World News and Trends: Like to buy a used church?

Shrinking church attendance throughout much of Europe is forcing church leaders to face a troubling question: What can be done with the thousands of enormous churches, chapels and monasteries that no longer receive enough use to justify the high costs...
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World News and Trends: Sidelining the Ten Commandments

Says one British newspaper: "The Ten Commandments have been sidelined by the Church of England ... in a controversial attempt to make services less 'sombre' and more populist. The move has prompted a storm of protest from [conservative] clergy who...
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World News and Trends: Genital herpes infects 45 million Americans

In the last two decades genital herpes has doubled among white adults in their 20s while increasing fivefold among white teenagers, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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History's Verdict on Marshall's Plan

Perhaps Winston Churchill himself summed it up most memorably when he called the Marshall Plan "the most unsordid act in history."
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The Marshall Plan Revisited

At the end of World War II much of Europe lay in ruins. Here is the story of how one man's vision helped restore much of the Continent to health and prosperity.
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World News and Trends: Adultery and divorce stalk China

In China the ratio of divorce to marriage has quadrupled in the last decade.
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World News and Trends: Christians exit the Middle East

The Christian exodus from the Mideast is unprecedented.
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World News and Trends- Lost: 100 nuclear weapons

According to a senior advisor to Russian president Boris Yeltsin, an unspecified number of small nuclear weapons were diverted to the KGB in the late 1970s and early 1980s-subsequently being omitted from arms inventories.
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World News and Trends: War allows deadly epidemic's return

Sleeping sickness, an ancient disease doctors once hoped to eradicate from Africa, is making a deadly return visit courtesy of the 15-year civil war in Sudan.
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World News and Trends: Britain's violent-crime rate equals America's

According to recent reports, British muggings and other robberies and sexual assaults on women rival U.S. rates.
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World News and Trends: Record number of Americans in jail

The number of adults in U.S. jails, on parole or on probation grew to 5.5 million in 1996, up from 5.3 million in 1995, according to U.S. Justice Department reports.
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World News and Trends: Gay movement continues to make inroads

This summer some 250,000 people converged on central London to celebrate the 26th annual Gay Pride Festival. All three major British political parties sent their warm regards.
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World News and Trends: Pope reminds Europe of its Christian roots

The pope is from Poland, the first non-Italian pontiff for more than 400 years.
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