Iran test-fires missiles in Persian Gulf

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D91QFFG00&show_article=1

Iran test fires 9 missles
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/09/mideast/iran.php

Union for Mediterranean

French President Nicholas Sarkozy has proposed a Mediterranean union that comprises many nations along the Mediterranean Sea. This plan is designed to improve relations with Middle Eastern states such as Israel and promote peace. The map I have linked below looks eerily like the map for the Roman Empire. For more info read all the links I have below. Now I’m not saying this is a revived Roman Empire or this is what is spoken of in the bible but it is pretty incredible some of the similarities.

Wikipedia entry for Mediterranean Union
Recent news story On the MedU
Map of the Roman Empire
Medu Map
Jerusalem Post article from March
Shimon Peres supports Med Union

Third Temple preparations begin with priestly garb

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1214726180915&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

On Monday, the Temple Institute started preparing to build a Third Temple on Jerusalem’s Mount Moriah, the site of the Dome of the Rock and the Aksa mosque, by inaugurating a workshop that manufactures priestly garments.

This group is very interesting as they have been attempting to push the rebuilding of the Jewish temple for a number of years and have not been successful. I also don’t think Muslims and Arabs are going to be as supportive as the article seems to suggest.

Will religion end on Mars?

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorials/Will_religion_end_on_Mars/articleshow/3169948.cms
The above linked article seems to suggest that if life is found on Mars that somehow religions will have to adapt and change their scripture to fit the new discovery. If they find life on Mars I will say the same thing about life here on Earth. “God did it.”

Iran ready to strike at Israel’s nuclear heart

Iran has moved ballistic missiles into launch positions, with Israel’s Dimona nuclear plant among the possible targets, defence sources said last week.
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Ok this is a little creepy

If the throngs of fainting fans and incredible popularity of Obama makes you raise an eyebrow this news story will too.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Hanuman_idol_for_Obama/articleshow/3160730.cms

NEW DELHI: With Democrat senator Barack Obama busy in the run-up to the US presidential polls, a group of well-wishers in the capital have decided to send him a symbol of his lucky charm, Lord Hanuman, to help him emerge victorious.

Are we living in the last century of our civilization?

Are we living in the last century of our civilization? Is it possible that all of our technology, knowledge and wealth cannot save us from ourselves? Could our society actually be

heading towards collapse?

A dramatic preview of an unprecedented ABC News event called “Earth 2100.”
According to many of the world’s top scientists, the answer is yes, unless we take action now.

Funny, if a Christian said these are the ‘last days’ he would be called a kook!

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Israel rushing to make peace deal

JERUSALEM – Israel must push to complete a deal with the Palestinians before President Bush leaves office, because the next U.S. president might not be as friendly toward the Jewish state, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned today.

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Jordan archaeologists unearth ‘world’s first church’

Archaeologists in Jordan have unearthed what they claim is the world’s first church, dating back almost 2,000 years, The Jordan Times reported on Tuesday.
“We have uncovered what we believe to be the first church in the world, dating from 33 AD to 70 AD,” the head of Jordan’s Rihab Centre for Archaeological Studies, Abdul Qader al-Husan, said.

He said it was uncovered under Saint Georgeous Church, which itself dates back to 230 AD, in Rihab in northern Jordan near the Syrian border.

“We have evidence to believe this church sheltered the early Christians — the 70 disciples of Jesus Christ,” Husan said.

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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080610132718.9c6r9ify&show_article=1

Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control

A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election in November.

The terms of the impending deal, details of which have been leaked to The Independent, are likely to have an explosive political effect in Iraq.

Is anyone actually shocked by this? Click here for the full story.