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VISITS TO HEAVEN

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 05:23 PM PST

TBC:

We have seen in recent times a proliferation of purported visions of and visits to heaven. The Bible expressly forbids necromancy, or the practice of talking to the dead. Lev. 19:31; Deut. 18:9-12, 15; 1 Sam. 28; 1 Chron. 10:13-14; Isa. 8:19 are some of the scriptures which may be cited. The [...]


VISITS TO HEAVEN

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 05:23 PM PST

TBC:

We have seen in recent times a proliferation of purported visions of and visits to heaven. The Bible expressly forbids necromancy, or the practice of talking to the dead. Lev. 19:31; Deut. 18:9-12, 15; 1 Sam. 28; 1 Chron. 10:13-14; Isa. 8:19 are some of the scriptures which may be cited. The [...]


Prop 8 Sponsors Designate Communications Director to Coordinate Media Inquires During the Federal Court Challenge to Proposition 8

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 04:31 PM PST

Contact: Carla Hass, 916-834-9969 SACRAMENTO, Jan. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- ProtectMarriage.com, the sponsors of Proposition 8, today dedicated Carla Hass to serve as their Communications Director during the highly-anticipated and nationally significant Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial beginning on January 11 in the United States District Court, Northern District of California. The Perry case seeks to invalidate California's definition of marriage as only being between a man and a woman on fe Source: [...]


Prop 8 Sponsors Designate Communications Director to Coordinate Media Inquires During the Federal Court Challenge to Proposition 8

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 04:31 PM PST

Contact: Carla Hass, 916-834-9969 SACRAMENTO, Jan. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- ProtectMarriage.com, the sponsors of Proposition 8, today dedicated Carla Hass to serve as their Communications Director during the highly-anticipated and nationally significant Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial beginning on January 11 in the United States District Court, Northern District of California. The Perry case seeks to invalidate California's definition of marriage as only being between a man and a woman on fe Source: [...]


Mitchell: Mideast stagnation endangers US aid – January 8

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 03:16 PM PST

On eve of visit to region, American special envoy threatens Israel with sanctions if it fails to advance peace talks, two-state solution. Secretary of State Clinton says working to restart negotiations ‘without preconditions’ View Full [...]


Mitchell: Mideast stagnation endangers US aid – January 8

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 03:16 PM PST

On eve of visit to region, American special envoy threatens Israel with sanctions if it fails to advance peace talks, two-state solution. Secretary of State Clinton says working to restart negotiations ‘without preconditions’ View Full [...]


U.S., Jordan press for Mideast peace talks

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:54 PM PST

The Obama administration and Jordan laid out a new tack in Mideast peace efforts on Friday, pressing Israel and the Palestinians to take on the tough issues of borders for a Palestinian state and the status of Jerusalem before addressing other [...]


U.S., Jordan press for Mideast peace talks

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:54 PM PST

The Obama administration and Jordan laid out a new tack in Mideast peace efforts on Friday, pressing Israel and the Palestinians to take on the tough issues of borders for a Palestinian state and the status of Jerusalem before addressing other [...]


Winds carry snow, chill into the East – Wind chill hits 52 below in North Dakota as Midwest stays in deep freeze – MSNBC

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:27 PM PST


Winds carry snow, chill into the East – Wind chill hits 52 below in North Dakota as Midwest stays in deep freeze – MSNBC

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:27 PM PST


Are Churches Building the Wrong Space

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:12 PM PST

Church Facilities Expansion Survey reveals disparity between what unchurched say they look for in a church and what church leaders plan to build. Contact: Louise Ferrebee, Christianity Today, 630-260-6200 ext 4246, lferrebee@christianitytoday.com CAROL STREAM, Ill., Jan. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- When church leaders envision their next building project, many are selecting interior and exterior styles that may deter the very people they're trying to reach--the unchurched--from visiting. Source: Christianity [...]


Are Churches Building the Wrong Space

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:12 PM PST

Church Facilities Expansion Survey reveals disparity between what unchurched say they look for in a church and what church leaders plan to build. Contact: Louise Ferrebee, Christianity Today, 630-260-6200 ext 4246, lferrebee@christianitytoday.com CAROL STREAM, Ill., Jan. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- When church leaders envision their next building project, many are selecting interior and exterior styles that may deter the very people they're trying to reach--the unchurched--from visiting. Source: Christianity [...]


Israel complains: Palestinians honor terrorists, US turns a blind eye – January 8

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:09 PM PST

Over the past two weeks, Israel registered official complaints with the US over ongoing incitement by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in the form of honoring deceased terrorists. Apparently, those complaints went in one ear and out the other. View Full [...]


Israel complains: Palestinians honor terrorists, US turns a blind eye – January 8

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:09 PM PST

Over the past two weeks, Israel registered official complaints with the US over ongoing incitement by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in the form of honoring deceased terrorists. Apparently, those complaints went in one ear and out the other. View Full [...]


Idol’s New Judge Will Lose Middle America

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:00 PM PST

Contact: Christian Newswire, 202-546-0054 OPINION, Jan. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- Gary McCullough, Director of Christian Newswire submits the following: Idol's New Judge Will Lose Middle America The FOX hit TV show American Idol had families across the country watching somewhat wholesome singers compete for votes from mostly tween girls. Last season's loss of the more talented performer, Adam Lambert to Kris Allen may be attributed to a wholesomeness factor often ignored by the enterta Source: [...]


Idol’s New Judge Will Lose Middle America

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 01:00 PM PST

Contact: Christian Newswire, 202-546-0054 OPINION, Jan. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- Gary McCullough, Director of Christian Newswire submits the following: Idol's New Judge Will Lose Middle America The FOX hit TV show American Idol had families across the country watching somewhat wholesome singers compete for votes from mostly tween girls. Last season's loss of the more talented performer, Adam Lambert to Kris Allen may be attributed to a wholesomeness factor often ignored by the enterta Source: [...]


Judge Frees Terrorist Whose Confession Was Tainted By Torture

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:44 PM PST

The federal judge who made headlines in 2008 for liberating more than a dozen Guantanamo Muslim terrorists in the U.S. has ordered the release of an admitted Al-Qaeda operative because the jihadist's confessions were tainted by torture.

The self-professed Yemeni terrorist, Saeed Mohammed Saleh Hatim, has been incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay military prison since 2002. He was an Al-Qaeda operative in Afghanistan who supported Taliban fighters near Bagram, among others. His admissions to U.S. military interrogators closely parallel those of other young Yemeni men recruited by Al-Qaeda to wage jihad, according to military officials.  

Hatim trained at the al-Farouq terrorist camp, stayed in Al-Qaeda safe houses and fought against U.S. and coalition forces at the Battle of Tora Bora in Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the government's complaint. He was captured near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in 2002 and subsequently taken to the military prison in Cuba. 

This week U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina in Washington D.C. ordered Hatim be freed, ruling that the terrorist's confession is unreliable because he now claims it was obtained under torture. "The government's allegations rest almost entirely upon admissions made by the petitioner—admissions that the petitioner contends he made only because he had previously been tortured while in U.S. custody," Urbina wrote in his 31-page decision.  

The judge further points out that Hatim claims that he was held for six months at a U.S. military base in Kandahar and severely mistreated, repeatedly beaten, kicked in the knees and blindfolded. Only after he was threatened with rape, the judge writes, did Hatim confess to being a member of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The terrorist made an identical confession two years later out of fear that he would be punished for changing his story, the opinion says. 

This is the same Clinton-appointed judge who in late 2008 ordered the release of 17 Chinese Muslim Uighur prisoners captured in Afghanistan. The jihadists couldn't be repatriated to their home country because Beijing considered them terrorists and would torture them and Judge Urbina, determined to liberate them, released them in the United States. 

The Chinese Muslims had trained at camps sponsored by the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, a terrorist organization, and military and intelligence officials deemed them a national security threat. The judge insisted they be brought to his chambers in order to liberate them on his courthouse steps and ordered immigration officials to neither question nor detain the [...]


Judge Frees Terrorist Whose Confession Was Tainted By Torture

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:44 PM PST

The federal judge who made headlines in 2008 for liberating more than a dozen Guantanamo Muslim terrorists in the U.S. has ordered the release of an admitted Al-Qaeda operative because the jihadist's confessions were tainted by torture.

The self-professed Yemeni terrorist, Saeed Mohammed Saleh Hatim, has been incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay military prison since 2002. He was an Al-Qaeda operative in Afghanistan who supported Taliban fighters near Bagram, among others. His admissions to U.S. military interrogators closely parallel those of other young Yemeni men recruited by Al-Qaeda to wage jihad, according to military officials.  

Hatim trained at the al-Farouq terrorist camp, stayed in Al-Qaeda safe houses and fought against U.S. and coalition forces at the Battle of Tora Bora in Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the government's complaint. He was captured near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in 2002 and subsequently taken to the military prison in Cuba. 

This week U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina in Washington D.C. ordered Hatim be freed, ruling that the terrorist's confession is unreliable because he now claims it was obtained under torture. "The government's allegations rest almost entirely upon admissions made by the petitioner—admissions that the petitioner contends he made only because he had previously been tortured while in U.S. custody," Urbina wrote in his 31-page decision.  

The judge further points out that Hatim claims that he was held for six months at a U.S. military base in Kandahar and severely mistreated, repeatedly beaten, kicked in the knees and blindfolded. Only after he was threatened with rape, the judge writes, did Hatim confess to being a member of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The terrorist made an identical confession two years later out of fear that he would be punished for changing his story, the opinion says. 

This is the same Clinton-appointed judge who in late 2008 ordered the release of 17 Chinese Muslim Uighur prisoners captured in Afghanistan. The jihadists couldn't be repatriated to their home country because Beijing considered them terrorists and would torture them and Judge Urbina, determined to liberate them, released them in the United States. 

The Chinese Muslims had trained at camps sponsored by the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, a terrorist organization, and military and intelligence officials deemed them a national security threat. The judge insisted they be brought to his chambers in order to liberate them on his courthouse steps and ordered immigration officials to neither question nor detain the [...]


Mind-reading systems could change air security – January 8

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:31 PM PST

 CHICAGO (AP) – A would-be terrorist tries to board a plane, bent on mass murder. As he walks through a security checkpoint, fidgeting and glancing around, a network of high-tech machines analyzes his body language and reads his mind. Screeners pull him aside. Tragedy is averted. View Full [...]


Mind-reading systems could change air security – January 8

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:31 PM PST

 CHICAGO (AP) – A would-be terrorist tries to board a plane, bent on mass murder. As he walks through a security checkpoint, fidgeting and glancing around, a network of high-tech machines analyzes his body language and reads his mind. Screeners pull him aside. Tragedy is averted. View Full [...]


Report: Turkey, Iran plan joint industrial area

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:11 PM PST

While the West is discussing sanctions against Iran, Turkey is discussing the establishment of a joint industrial area with Iran on their shared border the Iranian state news agency, Fars, reported on [...]


Report: Turkey, Iran plan joint industrial area

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:11 PM PST

While the West is discussing sanctions against Iran, Turkey is discussing the establishment of a joint industrial area with Iran on their shared border the Iranian state news agency, Fars, reported on [...]


Rutland Banned from Abortions but Retains License for Now

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:18 AM PST

Contact: Troy Newman, President, 316-841-1700; Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, 316-516-3034; both with Operation Rescue, info@operationrescue.org   SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- Abortionist Andrew Rutland has been ordered by a judge to stop doing abortions and delivering babies until the California Medical Board can determine whether his medical license should be permanently revoked. The CMB asked for an emergency suspension of R Source: Operation [...]


Rutland Banned from Abortions but Retains License for Now

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 11:18 AM PST

Contact: Troy Newman, President, 316-841-1700; Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, 316-516-3034; both with Operation Rescue, info@operationrescue.org   SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- Abortionist Andrew Rutland has been ordered by a judge to stop doing abortions and delivering babies until the California Medical Board can determine whether his medical license should be permanently revoked. The CMB asked for an emergency suspension of R Source: Operation [...]


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Deciphered etching sheds new light on Bible’s origin – Haaretz

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:26 AM PST


Deciphered etching sheds new light on Bible’s origin – Haaretz

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:26 AM PST


Taiwan firm says China sent Iran part with nuclear applications – J’lem Post

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:25 AM PST


Taiwan firm says China sent Iran part with nuclear applications – J’lem Post

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:25 AM PST


Video Gaming Leader Partners with Prominent Ad Agency to Create ‘Universe’

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:03 AM PST

Contact: Renee Graham, 404-889-2282 ATLANTA, Jan. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- Entertainment Arts Research, Inc. (EARI), an Atlanta based, 3D graphics and video gaming publisher has aligned with international advertising and media partner, Legacy Group Global (LGG) to develop what experts are calling the most dynamic browser based virtual world targeting a faith-based universal audience. Legacy Group Global was selected from major competing agencies to support EARI and its "Universe of Fait Source: Legacy Group [...]


Video Gaming Leader Partners with Prominent Ad Agency to Create ‘Universe’

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:03 AM PST

Contact: Renee Graham, 404-889-2282 ATLANTA, Jan. 8 /Christian Newswire/ -- Entertainment Arts Research, Inc. (EARI), an Atlanta based, 3D graphics and video gaming publisher has aligned with international advertising and media partner, Legacy Group Global (LGG) to develop what experts are calling the most dynamic browser based virtual world targeting a faith-based universal audience. Legacy Group Global was selected from major competing agencies to support EARI and its "Universe of Fait Source: Legacy Group [...]


Halle Berry and Boyfriend Bypass Airport Line

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:16 AM PST

Canadian police say it was wrong for one of their officers to whisk Halle Berry, her model boyfriend and baby through airport [...]


Halle Berry and Boyfriend Bypass Airport Line

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:16 AM PST

Canadian police say it was wrong for one of their officers to whisk Halle Berry, her model boyfriend and baby through airport [...]


The Bomber’s Wife Speaks Out – Newsweek

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 08:59 AM PST


Cold grips nation; crash in snowy Ohio kills 4 – As accidents mount, officials tell people to stay home if possible – MSNBC

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 08:59 AM PST


U.S. May Post First Monthly Job Gain in 2 Years – Fox

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 08:56 AM PST


4 Churches Hit With Firebombs in ‘Allah’ Dispute – Fox

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 08:56 AM PST


4 Churches Hit With Firebombs in ‘Allah’ Dispute – Fox

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 08:56 AM PST


U.S. May Post First Monthly Job Gain in 2 Years – Fox

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 08:56 AM PST


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