World News and Prophecy

World News and Prophecy was published from 1998 to 2011 by the United Church of God. It was created to look at world events from a Biblical perspective and give insight on what is happening in the world. If you're interested in these back issues, you should also check out the World News and Prophecy section of the Beyond Today magazine.

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In Brief... World News Review: APEC, East Timor and the New Asian Reality

Asia focuses on casualties.
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In Brief... World News Review: Diseases Find Easy Pathways Into U.S.

Viruses know no borders.
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In Brief... World News Review: Back From the Dead

Prehistoric viruses are lying dormant in the polar ice caps.
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In Brief... World News Review: Israel Looks to the Skies

Without rainfall Israel would be in dire straits.
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In Brief... World News Review: Poll: Teens Fear Violent Rampages

Columbine leaves teens fearful of a similar attack.
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In Brief World News Review: British Farming Worst Crisis Since the Thirties

Family farms will likely be lost.
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In Brief... World News Review: Jerusalem Should Be Returned, Says Jordan's King

Jordan backing Palestine in Jerusalem debate.
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In Brief... World News Review: Austria and Switzerland Move Right

Controversy over politicians ideas about the Holocaust.
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In Brief... World News Review: Canal Returns to Panama

Will American ships be blocked when a crisis arises?
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Review of The Abolition of Britain

A review of journalist Peter Hitchens' book, The Abolition of Britain, published by Quartet Books, London, 1999, 351 pages.
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Global Power Shifts Not All Change Is Good

Nations are drifting more and more towards becoming one world, but the result will not be the utopia that many expect!
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The Population Bomb Keeps Ticking Away

Should we celebrate that the world's population now tops six billion-or should we be alarmed? The population explosion portends problems that may crescendo into the end of this present age!
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Ten Years After the Wall Came Tumbling Down

How is Germany faring a decade after the Berlin Wall? Is the eastern half better off? Is the western half pleased with the results of the added costs of unification? What will fully solidify this country?
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This Is the Way... "A Father to the Fatherless"

Orpans living in a palace might seem incongruent to some, but not to the late King Hussein of Jordan.
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In Brief... World News Review: The Legacy of Kim Il-Sung

Fifth anniversary of the death of Kim Il-Sung.
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In Brief... World News Review: Ukraine Struggles Now for Neutrality

Neutrality at the root of Ukraine's foreign policy.
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In Brief... World News Review: Hezbollah Vows to Continue the Fight

But may be willing to reconsider.
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In Brief... World News Review: China, Falun Gong and the Politics of Economic Depression

If China's economy can't recover, can the regime survive?
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In Brief... World News Review: Kashmir Crisis Was Defused on Brink of War

Easily could have escalated.
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In Brief... World News Review: When Terrorists Turn to the Internet

Cyber-terrorism may be the next step.
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