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World News and Prophecy: January 1999

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In This Issue

In Brief...World News Review - Russia Looks East

  • by David Palmer, John Ross Schroeder, Peter Eddington
On Monday, December 21, Russia called for a strategic triangle with India and China, and its defense minister urged closer military cooperation between former Soviet republics after U.S.-British air attacks on Iraq.

In Brief...World News Review - New Era of European Defense

  • by David Palmer, John Ross Schroeder, Peter Eddington
Britain and France took a step toward "a new era" of European defense without America by signing a bilateral accord Friday to allow joint operations outside their territories and those of their NATO allies.

The Message of Mitch

  • by Darris McNeely
A tragic example of the poor's vulnerability to natural disasters.

The Panama Canal: A Sea Gate Changes Hands

  • by Fred Nance
In December 31, 1999, the world's richest nation, the United States of America, will transfer ownership of the Panama Canal into the hands of a small, relatively poor country, Panama, after a presence of more than 90 years.

Atheism and Secularism Grow: Religion Wanes In Britain and Europe

  • by John Ross Schroeder
Author Ludovic Kennedy has been a shaper of British opinion for many years. But, until fairly recently, he has not blatantly trumpeted his atheistic position to the general public. Now he is making up for lost time by authoring a major book titled "All in the Mind," as well as writing feature articles for national newspapers.
Brown tree trunk on brown soil.

This Is the Way, Walk in It: Seeing Through the Trees

  • by Robin Webber
Over a century ago as America was embarking forward into the global phenomenon of the Industrial Revolution, a young man from New England ventured into the nearby woods to learn a lesson of personal worth that he felt might soon be lost in an ever increasing complex society. At stake was man's ability to access his proper role within the Creation.