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Iran: We’re optimistic about nuclear talks

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 05:11 PM PST

Iran seeks changes to UN plan, but says deal can be reached; China urges patience in nuclear [...]


Iran: We’re optimistic about nuclear talks

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 05:11 PM PST

Iran seeks changes to UN plan, but says deal can be reached; China urges patience in nuclear [...]


ChinaAid Releases Annual Persecution Report 2009

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:25 PM PST

Contact: Annee Kahler, Media Coordinator, 267-210-8278, Annee@ChinaAid.org; Jenny McCloy, Directory of Advocacy (Washington, DC), 202-213-0506, Jenny@ChinaAid.org; www.ChinaAid.org, www.MonitorChina.org WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today, ChinaAid released its Annual 2009 Persecution Report, covering Christian persecution, specifically of House Churches, in China. Results indicate a 19% overall increase in persecution in comparison with the data from 2008. This marks a total Source: China Aid Association, [...]


ChinaAid Releases Annual Persecution Report 2009

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:25 PM PST

Contact: Annee Kahler, Media Coordinator, 267-210-8278, Annee@ChinaAid.org; Jenny McCloy, Directory of Advocacy (Washington, DC), 202-213-0506, Jenny@ChinaAid.org; www.ChinaAid.org, www.MonitorChina.org WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- Today, ChinaAid released its Annual 2009 Persecution Report, covering Christian persecution, specifically of House Churches, in China. Results indicate a 19% overall increase in persecution in comparison with the data from 2008. This marks a total Source: China Aid Association, [...]


Talent, Cunningham, Beck among speakers at Education Policy Conference 21 in St. Louis, Missouri

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:20 PM PST

National Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly, former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent and state Sens. Jim Lembke (left) and Jane Cunningham (right) are among the prominent area conservatives slated to speak at the three-day Educational Policy Conference conducted by the Constitutional Coalition. Cable television commentator Glenn Beck is the conference's headliner, and is scheduled to address attendees [...]


Talent, Cunningham, Beck among speakers at Education Policy Conference 21 in St. Louis, Missouri

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:20 PM PST

National Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly, former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent and state Sens. Jim Lembke (left) and Jane Cunningham (right) are among the prominent area conservatives slated to speak at the three-day Educational Policy Conference conducted by the Constitutional Coalition. Cable television commentator Glenn Beck is the conference's headliner, and is scheduled to address attendees [...]


Hamas: We regret harming Israeli civilians in rocket attacks

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:49 PM PST

Hamas, in an unusual move, has expressed regret for the deaths of Israeli civilians in Palestinian rocket attacks during fighting in Gaza a year [...]


Hamas: We regret harming Israeli civilians in rocket attacks

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:49 PM PST

Hamas, in an unusual move, has expressed regret for the deaths of Israeli civilians in Palestinian rocket attacks during fighting in Gaza a year [...]


MOPS Challenges Moms to Fast for a Cause: to See No Mom Alone

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:30 PM PST

Contact: Christine Geerts, MOPS International, Inc., 800-929-1287, Press@MOPS.org DENVER, Feb. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- MOPS International President Naomi Cramer Overton, moms and those who care about them begin a prayer-and-fasting challenge today to move toward a world where No Mom is Alone. MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers, yearns to see each mom in real community that prevent the dangers of isolation and strengthens them, their kids, marriages, and extended families. "About 3 million Source: MOPS International, [...]


MOPS Challenges Moms to Fast for a Cause: to See No Mom Alone

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:30 PM PST

Contact: Christine Geerts, MOPS International, Inc., 800-929-1287, Press@MOPS.org DENVER, Feb. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- MOPS International President Naomi Cramer Overton, moms and those who care about them begin a prayer-and-fasting challenge today to move toward a world where No Mom is Alone. MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers, yearns to see each mom in real community that prevent the dangers of isolation and strengthens them, their kids, marriages, and extended families. "About 3 million Source: MOPS International, [...]


The Tim Tebow Ad Will Be ‘Pro-Choice;’ Child Killers Have Nothing to Fear. ‘Choose Life’ is a ‘Pro-Choice’ Message; it Presumes it is Ethically and Legally Legitimate to Choose Murder. We Want to Take the ‘Choice’ of Murder Away. — Randall Terry

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:23 PM PST

"The goal of the pro-life movement is the criminalization of murder (abortion) from conception until birth; the Tebow ad will not address this in any way." Contact: Randall Terry, Insurrecta Nex, 904-687-9804; www.overturnroe.com WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, makes the following statement: "Many pro-lifers and advocates of child killing have been in a frenzy over the Tim Tebow ad to run during the Super Bowl. Their Source: Society for Truth and [...]


Iran seeks changes to nuclear plan, says deal is possible

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:21 PM PST

China: Negotiations with Iran have entered a crucial stage; Russia: UN may have to toughen line on [...]


Iran seeks changes to nuclear plan, says deal is possible

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 03:21 PM PST

China: Negotiations with Iran have entered a crucial stage; Russia: UN may have to toughen line on [...]


Stocks claw out a gain after late rally – CNN

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:52 PM PST


Stocks claw out a gain after late rally – CNN

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:52 PM PST


Turkish girl ‘buried alive for talking to boys’

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:37 PM PST

Teenager's father and grandfather arrested over suspected 'honor killing' after police unearth shackled [...]


Wear Your Tim Tebow Super Bowl Mask Sunday — Make a Statement for Life!

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:36 PM PST

Contact: Barbara Lyons, Executive Director, Wisconsin Right to Life, 414-778-5780, 414-476-8507 MILWAUKEE, Wisc., Feb. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- To demonstrate support for the message of an issue ad to be aired during Sunday's CBS broadcast of the Super Bowl, a Wisconsin pro-life group is urging spectators at the game and viewers at home to wear a Tim Tebow mask to show their appreciation for life and strong family values. Tim Tebow was a college football star who won the Heisman trophy Source: Wisconsin Right to Life, [...]


Gilad Shalit campaigners plan new protests to break talks deadlock

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:36 PM PST

Activists announce wave of demonstrations after Hamas declares 'deep freeze' on negotiations to free captured [...]


Report: Assassins of Hamas official used Irish passports

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:23 PM PST

The assassins of senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was found dead January 20 in Dubai, traveled to the Gulf country using Irish passports, according to a report in the Irish [...]


FM on Syria feud: Grave issues in Mideast require a response

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:08 PM PST

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday defended his controversial comments warning Syria not to attack Israel, saying that grave issues in the Middle East cannot go without [...]


FM on Syria feud: Grave issues in Mideast require a response

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:08 PM PST

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday defended his controversial comments warning Syria not to attack Israel, saying that grave issues in the Middle East cannot go without [...]


China FM urges patience in Iran nuclear talks

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:03 PM PST

Russia FM: UN Security Council may have to toughen line on Iran if it does not offer 'constructive [...]


China FM urges patience in Iran nuclear talks

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 02:03 PM PST

Russia FM: UN Security Council may have to toughen line on Iran if it does not offer 'constructive [...]


FM on Syria row: Grave issues in Mideast require a response

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 01:57 PM PST

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday defended his controversial comments warning Syria not to attack Israel, saying that grave issues in the Middle East cannot go without [...]


FM on Syria row: Grave issues in Mideast require a response

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 01:57 PM PST

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday defended his controversial comments warning Syria not to attack Israel, saying that grave issues in the Middle East cannot go without [...]


Lieberman: Grave issues in the Mideast require a response

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 01:49 PM PST

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday defended his controversial comments warning Syria not to attack Israel, saying that grave issues in the Middle East cannot go without [...]


Lieberman: Grave issues in the Mideast require a response

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 01:49 PM PST

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Friday defended his controversial comments warning Syria not to attack Israel, saying that grave issues in the Middle East cannot go without [...]


Church Life Can be Messy When Family Members Have a Hand in the Action and a Hand Out for a Paycheck

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 01:19 PM PST

Contact: Ronald E. Keener, Church Executive, 800-541-2670 ext 204 MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- While hiring family members on the staff of a church doesn't necessarily have negative consequences, it can have an impact "when regular employees find themselves having to 'clean up' behind the unqualified family employee or when that employee brings unethical practices into the organization while more senior family members turn a blind eye," says Dr. Kent B. Rhodes, consult Source: Church Executive [...]


Church Life Can be Messy When Family Members Have a Hand in the Action and a Hand Out for a Paycheck

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 01:19 PM PST

Contact: Ronald E. Keener, Church Executive, 800-541-2670 ext 204 MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 5 /Christian Newswire/ -- While hiring family members on the staff of a church doesn't necessarily have negative consequences, it can have an impact "when regular employees find themselves having to 'clean up' behind the unqualified family employee or when that employee brings unethical practices into the organization while more senior family members turn a blind eye," says Dr. Kent B. Rhodes, consult Source: Church Executive [...]


Jobless Rate Falls Unexpectedly to 9.7 Percent in January – Fox

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:27 PM PST


Jobless Rate Falls Unexpectedly to 9.7 Percent in January – Fox

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:27 PM PST


Massive snowstorm bears down on Mid-Atlantic – USA Today

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:27 PM PST


Massive snowstorm bears down on Mid-Atlantic – USA Today

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:27 PM PST


Jail For N.Y. Lawmaker With “Godfather” Syndrome

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:07 PM PST

A prominent New York politician who served in the state assembly for three decades is the latest on a growing list of corrupt state lawmakers who in recent years have been convicted of crimes or forced to quit by allegations of wrongdoing.

Democrat Anthony Seminerio will go to jail for six years for operating a massive, decade-long bribery scheme in which he shook down individuals and organizations doing business with the state. The popular and highly influential legislator, who represented southwest Queens, took at least $1 million in exchange for actions he took as a public official.

The FBI has wiretaps of Seminerio, who regularly used profanity to accentuate his thug-like antics, referring to himself as a sort of mafia "godfather" and bluntly asking for a bribe from a health executive who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for his influence in the state legislature. A lot of the money was funneled through a "consulting" firm Seminerio created years ago.  

At his sentencing this week, a Manhattan federal judge chastised the disgraced politician, reminding him that he "decided to take a piece of the action." The judge described in detail how the corrupt lawmaker "accepted bribes and engaged in extortion as part of a decade-long scheme to use his office—both literally and figuratively—for personal gain and at the expense of the public trust."

Just few months ago another veteran New York politician, former senate majority leader Joseph Bruno, was convicted for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. The Republican legislator also abused his position as one of New York's most powerful political leaders to make millions more in "consulting fees" that he failed to [...]


Jail For N.Y. Lawmaker With “Godfather” Syndrome

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:07 PM PST

A prominent New York politician who served in the state assembly for three decades is the latest on a growing list of corrupt state lawmakers who in recent years have been convicted of crimes or forced to quit by allegations of wrongdoing.

Democrat Anthony Seminerio will go to jail for six years for operating a massive, decade-long bribery scheme in which he shook down individuals and organizations doing business with the state. The popular and highly influential legislator, who represented southwest Queens, took at least $1 million in exchange for actions he took as a public official.

The FBI has wiretaps of Seminerio, who regularly used profanity to accentuate his thug-like antics, referring to himself as a sort of mafia "godfather" and bluntly asking for a bribe from a health executive who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for his influence in the state legislature. A lot of the money was funneled through a "consulting" firm Seminerio created years ago.  

At his sentencing this week, a Manhattan federal judge chastised the disgraced politician, reminding him that he "decided to take a piece of the action." The judge described in detail how the corrupt lawmaker "accepted bribes and engaged in extortion as part of a decade-long scheme to use his office—both literally and figuratively—for personal gain and at the expense of the public trust."

Just few months ago another veteran New York politician, former senate majority leader Joseph Bruno, was convicted for taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. The Republican legislator also abused his position as one of New York's most powerful political leaders to make millions more in "consulting fees" that he failed to [...]


China FM: Iran nuclear row must be resolved through diplomacy

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 12:04 PM PST

Russia FM: UN Security Council may have to toughen line on Iran if it does not offer 'constructive [...]


Tension with Syria can turn into war in an instant

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 11:32 AM PST

About three weeks ago the New York Times published a list of recommended tourist sites for 2010. Damascus came in seventh and the writer wondered whether the Syrian capital was the "new Marrakesh." Ancient buildings in the Syrian capital are turning into boutique hotels, trying to emulate the popular Moroccan city, he wrote. The Old Vine Hotel, a luxurious 17th-century, nine-bedroom boutique hotel, a two-minute walk from the Grand Mosque of the Umayyads, is offering a room for 140 euros a night. Cheaper than Eilat. [...]


Tension with Syria can turn into war in an instant

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 11:32 AM PST

About three weeks ago the New York Times published a list of recommended tourist sites for 2010. Damascus came in seventh and the writer wondered whether the Syrian capital was the "new Marrakesh." Ancient buildings in the Syrian capital are turning into boutique hotels, trying to emulate the popular Moroccan city, he wrote. The Old Vine Hotel, a luxurious 17th-century, nine-bedroom boutique hotel, a two-minute walk from the Grand Mosque of the Umayyads, is offering a room for 140 euros a night. Cheaper than Eilat. [...]


North Korea Says It Will Free Detained U.S. Missionary – Fox

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 11:08 AM PST


Consumer Credit Down 11th Month in a Row in November

Posted: 05 Feb 2010 10:48 AM PST

Americans borrowed less for an 11th consecutive month in December, paying off credit cards while increasing borrowing for cars and other [...]


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