COGwriter While many Egyptians are rallying against the USA for its historical support for Hosni Mubarak, many in Israel and other nations believe that Barack Obama has betrayed a long-time ally: Israel shocked by Obama’s “betrayal” of Mubarak Reuters – Jan 31, 2011 If Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak is toppled, Israel will lose one of […]
Month: January 2011
Many Anglicans in UK Expect to Become Roman Catholic
Pope Benedict XVI COGwriter Apparently many Anglicans are now considering accepting the Vatican’s offer acceptance as Roman Catholic: British Anglicans Preparing Mass Defection to Roman Catholic Church FOX News – Jan 30, 2011 LONDON — Hundreds of disillusioned Anglicans were preparing Sunday to defect from the Church of England to the Roman Catholic Church in […]
Mohamed ElBaradei Getting Some Muslim Brotherhood Support in Egypt
Mohamed ElBaradei COGwriter Mohamed ElBaradei is getting more support for some of his ideas for Egypt: By IBTimes Staff Reporter | January 31, 2011 2:19 AM EST Nobel Peace laureate, Mohamed ElBaradei took a stand in Tahrir, or Liberation Square on Sunday calling for the ruling Mubarak regime to resign. Fragments of the opposition group […]
UCG Conference Starts Today, Elder Loss Now 163
COGwriter The Abigail Cartwright (AC) site listed two more losses to UCG’s eldership: Mr. Howard Wills (Local Elder, Miami, Florida), January 10, 2011, resigned from UCG ministry Mr. Paul Cebrian (Local Elder, Mindanao, Philippines) January 30, 2011, resigned from UCG ministry According to the list at the AC site, UCG has lost 163 elders/pastors/ministers since […]
LCG Floods in Australia & South Africa. Pakistan Hunger
COGwriter In its update read yesterday, LCG reported: Water Everywhere! The record rains that flooded huge parts of Australia’s northeast state of Queensland are now moving across the southeast state of Victoria toward the sea. The flood waters have created an “inland sea” some 55 miles long and 24 miles wide that has closed coal mines […]
Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Egypt’s President and V.P.
Muslim Brotherhood الإخوان المسلمون Al-Ikhwān Al-Muslimūn COGwriter The Muslim Brotherhood has rejected Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak and his Vice Presidential designee Omar Suleiman: …tens of thousands of protestors were making their way to the Tahrir Square in central Cairo. Al-Jazeera said the protestors were carrying signs calling on President Hosni Mubarak to resign and throwing […]
Malaysia Released Genetically-Modified Mosquitoes
Asian Tiger Mosquito COGwriter Malaysia has a new biological weapon against dengue fever: Malaysia became the second country in the world to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes into the wild in a trial whose timing has surprised international and local scientists as well as protesters. The country’s Institute for Medical Research announced this week (26 […]
Egypt Protests Continue, Mohamed ElBaradei and Muslim Brotherhood Rising Up
Mohamed ElBaradei COGwriter Protests are continuing in Egypt: CAIRO — Egypt was engulfed in a fifth day of protests on Saturday but an attempt by President Hosni Mubarak to salvage his 30-year rule by firing his cabinet and calling out the army appeared to backfire as troops and demonstrators fraternized and called for the president […]
COGWA Lists 142 Congregations
COGwriter COGWA has now listed its international congregations. It listed 40 of them, mainly in Latin America, but also in South Africa, Barbados, and New Zealand. In addition, it listed 102 congregations in the United States. The congregation’s city, state, and minister/leading elder are in that list. The Latin American list is shorter than I […]
LCG: Protests in Middle East; Egypt Changing
Gamal Mubarak (http://brucesmideastsoundbites.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html) COGwriter In today’s World News & Prophecy, LCG reported: Spreading Arab protests. The “Tunisian wind” that toppled an authoritarian regime in Tunisia is spawning similar protests across the Arab world. Thousands demonstrated in Yemen over corruption, lack of freedom, lack of jobs and authoritarian rule (telegraph.co.uk, January 23, 2011). In Egypt, protesters […]