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Let the Headlines Speak
Oct 20th, 2013
Daily NewsFrom the Internet
Categories: Today's Headlines;Contemporary Issues

Chinese Scientists Invent Lightbulbs That Emit Wi-Fi
A group of Chinese scientists at Shanghai’s Fudan University have a bright idea: A lightbulb that produces its own Wi-Fi signal. According to Xinhua, the technology is called Li-Fi, and the prototype actually works better than the average connection in China. As many as four computers placed near a Li-Fi bulb can connect to the net, using light frequencies rather than the usual radio waves.  

Assassination pushes Libya towards civil war two years after Gaddafi death
Libya marks the second anniversary of the death of Muammar Gaddafi with the country on the brink of a new civil war and fighting raging in the eastern city of Benghazi, birthplace of its Arab spring revolution. Violence between radical militias and regular forces broke out on Friday night and continued yesterday, while the capital Tripoli is braced for fallout from the kidnapping earlier this month of prime minister Ali Zaidan.  

Iran: Only removal of all sanctions will provide hope for successful nuke talks
Iran views the West's removal of punitive measures as the sole signifier of progress...on its nuclear issue, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said Saturday. "(Only) the removal of all sanctions can be a sign of practical step... otherwise we cannot be hopeful about the results of the talks,"...  

Third earthquake in days shakes northern Israel
The third earthquake in Israel in recent days was felt in the Tiberias area on Sunday morning. According to initial reports, the earthquake was 3.6 on the Richter scale, and was felt east of Kibbutz Ginossar. There were no reports of injuries or damage.  

Pot legalization effort moves eastward to Maine
Advocates of recreational marijuana use are looking to an upcoming vote in Maine as an indicator of whether the East Coast is ready to follow in the footsteps of Colorado and Washington by legalizing cannabis. Voters in Portland are being asked whether they want to make it legal for adults 21 and over to possess — but not purchase or sell — up to 2.5 ounces of pot. The Nov. 5 vote is being eyed nationally as momentum grows in favor of legalizing marijuana use.  

Double whammy drenching in Japan? Super typhoon Francisco may follow Wipha’s path
Just one week following a deadly dousing from Typhoon Wipha, a second typhoon could deluge Japan. On the heels of Wipha comes super typhoon Francisco, about 250 miles west-northwest of Guam, tracking north-northwestward.  

Tehran hard-liners say Iran was asked to slow, not halt, enrichment
The six world powers negotiating with Iran over its disputed nuclear program asked Tehran in an opening proposal earlier this week to slow, rather than halt, low-level uranium enrichment at its two enrichment facilities, a hard-line website in Iran reported.  

Turkey: Israel behind ‘campaign’ to discredit us
Turkey pointed to Israel late Friday as being behind a “media campaign” against Ankara, following a Washington Post report Thursday that the Turkish government in early 2012 deliberately blew the cover of several Iranian intelligence assets who had secretly been meeting with Mossad handlers in Turkey.  

50 senators: UN Arms Trade Treaty could harm Israel
A bipartisan group of 50 senators have warned US President Barack Obama that they will not ratify the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty signed last month by Secretary of State John Kerry. The lawmakers, who comprise half of the Senate, signed on to a letter this week that expressed concern that ratifying the treaty could limit America’s ability to provide military aid to Israel.  

Abbas invites pope to visit Holy Land
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday invited Pope Francis to visit the Holy Land, matching an earlier invitation from Israel. The pope, who has made many appeals for peace in the Middle East since his election in March, has already told Israel he will visit, and is widely expected to make the trip next year.  

Car bomb, clashes kill over 30 near Syrian capital
Syrian rebels blew up an army checkpoint outside Damascus on Saturday and more than 30 combatants from both sides died in the blast and ensuing clashes, a monitoring group said. The pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 15 rebels and at least 16 soldiers were killed. The British-based Observatory said the checkpoint explosion, near the suburbs of Mleiha and Jaramana, was detonated by a suicide bomber from the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.  

Syrian activist in Britain keeps grim toll of civil war
The founder of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, rages at the "hypocrisy" of the international community in focusing on chemical weapons and overlooking the "endless bloodbath" in war-ravaged Syria. Day after day, from a base in the drab central English city of Coventry, the exiled Rahman and his volunteers have counted the human toll of Syria's civil war ever since the conflict erupted in March 2011.  

Australia bushfires: New South Wales declares state of emergency
A state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales as Australian firefighters battle bushfires that have already destroyed more than 200 homes. The announcement comes as conditions look set to deteriorate with soaring temperatures and strong winds expected to fan the flames in the coming days.

God Expects Gratitude when He Gives Us Gifts
Oct 20th, 2013
Thought For The WeekA.W.Tozer
Categories: Commentary;Exhortation

Because we are so very human there is real danger that we may inadvertently do the human thing and turn our blessings upside down. Unless we watch and pray in dead earnest we may turn our good into evil and make the grace of God a trap instead of a benefit!

Men are notoriously lacking in gratitude. Bible history reveals that Israel often took God's gifts too casually and so turned their blessings into a curse. This human fault appears also in the New Testament, and the activities of Christians through the centuries show that as Christ was followed by Satan in the wilderness so truth is often accompanied by a strong temptation to pride.

Among the purest gifts we have received from God is truth. Another gift, almost as precious, and without which the first would be meaningless, is our ability to grasp truth and appreciate it.

For these priceless treasures we should be profoundly grateful; for them our thanks should rise to the Giver of all good gifts throughout the day and in the night seasons. And because these and all other blessings flow to us by grace without merit or worth on our part, we should be very humble and watch with care lest such undeserved favors, if unappreciated, be taken from us!

The very truth that makes men free may be and often is fashioned into chains to keep them in bondage e. Never forget that there is no pride so insidious and yet so powerful as the pride of orthodoxy. (2 Cor. 9:13)