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“Let the Headlines Speak”
by From the Internet
November 23rd, 2012

Earthquake felt in South Jersey
The USGS website reports the epicenter of the quake was about 3.2 miles below the Earth's surface. While most people are either fast asleep with full stomachs from the holiday, or out shopping at the mall for Black Friday deals, there are many South Jersey residents who were still awake at that hour and are reporting via social media that they felt -- and heard -- a rumble.

Egypt protesters torch Muslim Brotherhood offices
Protesters in Egypt have set fire to Muslim Brotherhood offices in several cities, according to state TV. They were demonstrating against President Mohammed Mursi's decision to grant himself sweeping new powers. His decree states, among other things, that the president's decisions cannot be revoked by any authority - including the judiciary.

Man dies as torrential rain and wind cause UK flood havoc
Torrential rain and high winds across much of the UK have resulted in widespread flooding, with more stormy weather predicted for the weekend. A man died in floods in Chew Stoke near Bath on Thursday as downpours led to evacuations and road closures. The Environment Agency has issued 83 flood warnings for England and Wales.

US school tag tracker project prompts court row
A court challenge has delayed plans to expel a Texan student for refusing to wear a radio tag that tracked her movements. Religious reasons led Andrea Hernandez to stop wearing the tag that revealed where she was on her school campus. The tags were introduced to track students and help tighten control of school funding.

'Over 40,000 killed since start of Syria conflict'
More than 40,000 people have been killed in 20 months of conflict between Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces and those fighting for his overthrow, a violence monitoring group said on Friday. Rami Abdelrahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said about half the fatalities were civilians and the other half split about evenly between rebels and government soldiers.

China supports Palestinian statehood bid, says Palestinian envoy
A Palestinian envoy said Friday that he hoped China would play a greater role in supporting his people in their conflict with Israel as a counterweight to the United States’ influence over the peace process.

Blogger's death in Iran offers look into government's cyber patrols
In his last blog entry, activist Sattar Beheshti wrote that Iranian authorities had given him an ultimatum: Either stop posting his "big mouth" attacks against the ruling system or tell his mother that she will soon be in mourning. "We will tear down your cruel cage," Beheshti typed on Oct. 29 before signing off.

Russia criticizes Turkey's request for NATO missiles on Syrian border
Moscow is criticizing Turkey's request to NATO for missiles to defend against Syria's civil war spilling over the border, as Russia's Foreign Ministry accused Turkey of "muscle flexing." "The militarization of the Syrian-Turkish border is an alarming signal," spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said. "We have different advice for our Turkish colleagues -- use their influence with the Syrian opposition to accelerate the start of a political dialogue."

1 killed, 9 wounded in Israeli gunfire near Gaza
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man and wounded nine along Gaza's border fence with Israel on Friday, a Gaza health official said, reporting the first violence since a truce between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers took hold a day before.

Mursi draws fire with new Egypt decree
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi triggered controversy on Thursday by issuing a decree likely to lead to retrials of Hosni Mubarak and his aides but which was compared to the ousted leader's autocratic ways. As well as ordering retrials for Mubar

Israel PM defends Gaza truce before sceptical public
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held firm on Thursday, although both sides have vowed to retaliate if they are attacked. Israeli reservists, who had been called up in their thousands, began leaving the border where increasing numbers had been sent in anticipation of a possible land offensive into Gaza

Black voters look to leverage their loyalty
When black voters gave President Barack Obama 93 percent support on Election Day in defiance of predictions that they might sit it out this year, black leaders breathed a collective sigh of relief. That encouraged those leaders to try to leverage more attention from both Obama and Congress. Although they waver over how much to demand from the president — particularly in light of defeated GOP challenger Mitt Romney's assertion that Obama gave "gifts" to minorities in exchange for their votes — they are delivering postelection wish lists to the president anyway.

Israel says it arrests Tel Aviv bus bomber
Israeli authorities arrested an Arab Israeli on Thursday on accusations he planted a bomb on a bus in Tel Aviv that wounded 27 people and threatened to sabotage efforts to broker a cease-fire to end the fighting in Gaza, police said.

Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13