Standing/surfing on the virtual wall of Israel ...
not being blinded by being among the trees ...
but seeing the whole forest as it is ...
watching the horizon and using over-the-horizon radar ...
for signs of the coming storm ...
THE HOLY ROMAN ...
Benedict XVI accepted the invitation of Austria's president to visit the shrine of Mariazell, where he had gone on pilgrimage shortly before being elected Pope.
There is another, less publicized aspect of his remarks that has also raised hackles in some quarters: his understanding of the inability of physical science to resolve issues in epistemology (the theoretical exploration of just what we can genuinely claim to know, and the path(s) by which we have come to that knowledge).
Here is the text of an address given by Monsignor Pietro Parolin, a representative of the Holy See, at the 50th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
... EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION
With 2,800 of its soldiers deployed in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul and northern Afghanistan, Germany has thus far refused to be drawn into ISAF's growing role of doing battle with the Taliban in the south and southeast of the country.
EUROPE/RUSSIA
EU Industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen told a German newspaper that his job is a constant bureaucratic power struggle.
Just as countries around the world are often uncertain whether they prefer to deal with a Europe that is fragmented or united, Hubert Védrine, France’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, notes that Europeans are themselves deeply divided over how to position themselves in today’s fast-changing world. "Hopes of a European-led alternative to US hegemony have been dashed."
[WAR: Good-bye European Union ... hello Germany!]
Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, outspoken and influential televangelists in the US, are joining forces with Serbia's Christian Orthodox church to campaign against independence for the mainly Muslim province of Kosovo.
A great deal is at stake in this conflict. The South Caucasus region is a geographic fulcrum for the entire Eurasian landmass. Georgia sits atop the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline running from the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan and ending on the Turkish Mediterranean coast. It is situated between the Black and Caspian Seas on the immediate periphery of the Middle East and Central Asia, where the overwhelming majority of remaining energy reserves are located. The US government is determined to secure its control over Caspian oil and gas, which make up 3-4% of world reserves. But Russia has demonstrated that it is just as determined to hold onto them.
MIDEAST/AFRICA/ASIA
Hundreds of Jews from a group of thousands in India that believes it is one of the 10 "lost tribes" of Israel has been granted permission to immigrate here next month.
[WAR: Just because they believe something doesn't make it fact or true!]
Represented by literally hundreds of small denominations and churches today, particularly in America, Christian Zionism is today a formidable force and a major actor in global politics.
The United States demanded an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday over a letter in which Sudan's government said it would view any troop commitments to a future peacekeeping force in Darfur as a "hostile act" and a "prelude to an invasion."
POUNDING PERSIA
Reality behind the "Righteous Republican Rhetoric"...
Director General for Caspian Sea's oil and gas at the Ministry of Oil Mahmoud Khaqani said on Thursday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is considered as the best route for transfer of oil and gas to global markets.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that despite the abundant potentials and material talents of such world continents as Africa and South America, the world powers have deprived these countries and nations of their certain rights.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday hoped that the Europeans will seize the opportunity created by the Islamic Republic of Iran and return to the right track.
The West should be open to further talks with Iran despite an impasse over its nuclear aspirations, the EU's top diplomat said, hinting at lingering European hesitation to pursue sanctions sought by Washington.
What's going on with the current bustle around U.S. naval stations? According to Time, the Navy has issued "Prepare to Deploy Orders" (PTDOs) to a strike group.
HOUSE OF ISRAEL
"What has happened the last five years has brought discouragement and sometimes international disgrace to our great country."
How far have we gone from Constitutional government under President Bush? We are basically back in the days of a king.
With the help of three posturing Senators and a spineless, corrupt Congress, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 has been imposed upon the Republic. George W. Bush got exactly what he wanted: he is a dictator.
ECONOMY
Coincidence? A lot of Americans don't think so. The roller coaster in oil prices this year without any supply disruption has fueled conspiracy theories about why gasoline prices went up and why they are coming down now.
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