World News and Prophecy: December 2009

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Citing conscience issues with several social trends, 145 religious leaders have signed what they call the Manhattan Declaration, saying they will not...
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World markets went into a near panic during the recent Thanksgiving weekend over news that Dubai World, a key subsidiary of the nation of Dubai, could...
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A rock climber's hands gripping onto rock cliff.
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Nearly 2,000 years ago, Jesus Christ gave a genuine compliment to one of the seven churches of Asia Minor mentioned in the book of Revelation. It is...
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How do China's amazing transformation and increasing global power fit into prophesied end-time events?
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Iran is getting closer to having a viable nuclear weapon capable of reaching Israel and Western nations. Negotiations to curb Iran's project are...
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Why does the Roman Catholic Church now seek to recruit disenchanted Anglican priests and lay members? How will Pope Benedict's ostensibly generous...
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This historic demand, delivered by U.S. President Ronald Reagan in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on June 12, 1987, came to symbolize the Eastern...
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Great powers come and go. For more than six decades the United States has been the world's dominant power. Seventy years ago, Great Britain—with its...
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Turkey has been a longtime strategic ally of the West—including Israel—having the second-largest military force in NATO. But Turkey is "signaling it's...