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World News and Prophecy: March - April 2002

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In Brief...World News Review The Intensification of Global Instability

  • by Ken Martin
This is a time of destabilization in the world. Colombia has fallen deeper into the ranks of the unstable with the outbreak of civil war. Iran appears to be moving toward internal crisis, Venezuela's political problems are deepening and conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is entering a new phase.

In Brief...World News Review Can We Shrug Off Japan's Economic Crisis?

  • by Jim Tuck, Ken Martin
The fact that Japan's 12-year slump has fallen into a full-scale crisis is beginning to be realized by the world. The downward slide of various indicators in the second most powerful economy resembles the United States during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The Last Battle for the British Empire

  • by John Ross Schroeder
Great Britain is presently sustaining a massive assault on its Anglo-Saxon legacy of empire and culture. The current conflict is wide-ranging on several fronts and British tradition is gradually losing out.

Restoration...A Dangerous World

  • by Darris McNeely
The world continues to be a very dangerous place. Bomb-laden Palestinians turn themselves into walking missiles that kill Israeli citizens. Hindus rage against Muslims in India as both sides argue over "holy ground." And America pushes ahead in its War on Terror, trying to preempt the next big attack. Those who seethe with anger toward America will not cease and desist from their goal of complete...

America's Growing Isolation

  • by Melvin Rhodes
America's commitment to the War on Terror is increasingly in conflict with European and Asian interests.
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This Is the Way, Walk in It: Forgiving the Unforgivable

  • by Robin Webber
Today our world is besieged with a seemingly never-ending cycle of violence. Unfortunately, this cycle of "payback time" appears alive and well wherever humans draw breath and are willing to use their last ounce of energy to exercise their own perceived right to exact revenge.

Debate About Islam Continues: Is It a Religion of Peace?

  • by Cecil Maranville
Muslim officials have declared their peaceful intentions through messages at their annual hajj. U.S. President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair have publicly praised Islam as a religion of peace. Others challenge that assertion, as the debate goes on.