World News and Prophecy: March - April 2001

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  • by Cecil Maranville, John Ross Schroeder
Young adults have found another substance to give them a rush, but it's rushing some to their graves. Ever vulnerable to the unscrupulous pushers of potions, young people in their late teens and early 20s are buying laughing gas to get high.
  • by Cecil Maranville, John Ross Schroeder
If you visit Time Magazine's Internet site, scan the main menu on the left side of the screen until you come to "Special Features." Click on "AIDS in Africa." A photo essay will appear, headlined by the starkly sobering graphic of a red chronometer. The numbers change every 25 seconds, marking the infection of another African with HIV. The clock reads over 25,500,000.
  • by Paul Kieffer
In a nationally televised speech February 27, President Bush announced to a cheering Congress his intention to move forward with his national missile defense plan. Will this plan, which does not protect Europe, goad the Europeans toward independence from any U.S. military shield?
  • by Darris McNeely
The hand of God—the "angel in this storm"—has blessed America, yet how much longer will that angel stand guard over the nation? How much longer can we count on God's material blessings on the nation? Are the current good times merely an Indian summer of prosperity before a winter of tribulation? The time has come to understand.
  • by Melvin Rhodes
The close historic ties between Britain and the United States continue, yet a cloud hangs over the alliance. Britain is increasingly caught in the middle between the United States and Europe.
  • by Robin Webber
Today we are confronted with headlines regarding athletes who are overpaid, over-privileged and disconnected from the realities of ordinary people. But there is a wonderful story about a loving family on the high plains of Kenya that is truly making a difference.
  • by Cecil Maranville
Concerns over mad cow disease are growing rapidly with the discovery of infected animals in France and Germany. The EU and the U.S. have stepped up control measures, but is it too late to contain the strange and cruel illness that could turn into an international catastrophe?