Aimee Herd - News Staff ? BBC News - (Feb 9, 2009) "?we watched the town burn." EDITOR'S NOTE: In the midst of this terrible tragedy, may the people of Australia know that people all over the world are praying for them. And may they take comfort in the words of Psalm 34:18?"The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit." -Aimee Herd, BCN.  (Australia)?BCN is asking our readers to be praying for Australia in light of what is being called the country's "worst natural disaster," as wildfires have devastated areas in the southeast; the death toll still climbing.
According to news reports, officials suspect that some of the fires were deliberately set, causing Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to refer to the calamity as "mass murder." John Brumby, the Victoria State Premiere described the horror saying, "We have had whole communities just completely wiped out, completely obliterated, by what people would describe as literally a fireball that just came over the hills and devoured everything before them.
"It's the largest natural disaster in our state's history and Australia's history," Brumby added.
A BBC News video report is available for viewing at the source link provided. The BBC report included information for the status of family members or friends who may have been affected: Relatives concerned about family members in the affected areas can contact the Australian Red Cross 24-hour helpline on (0061) 393283716 or, from the UK, the British Red Cross international tracing and message service on 0845 053 2004....(more)
Troy Newman - Christian Newswire, Operation Rescue - (Feb 9, 2009) "We are very grateful to the Florida Medical Board for stripping Renelique of his medical license. His incompetence led to the brutal death of an innocent baby born alive, and we are grateful that he will not be afforded the opportunity of hurting anyone else?"  (Tampa, Florida)?On Friday morning, the Florida Board of Medicine revoked the medical license of Pierre Renelique, a Florida abortionist who failed to show up for a scheduled late-term abortion at a Hialeah clinic in July, 2006. As a result, unlicensed workers delivered a live 23-week old baby girl, shoved the struggling baby into trash bag, and stashed her body on the roof.
The Board found Renelique guilty of medical malpractice and delegating responsibility to unlicensed personnel. "We are very grateful to the Florida Medical Board for stripping Renelique of his medical license. His incompetence led to the brutal death of an innocent baby born alive, and we are grateful that he will not be afforded the opportunity of hurting anyone else," said Operation Rescue Troy Newman. "Justice was delayed but justice has been at least partially served. We will continue to work to hold the abortion industry accountable until women and babies are safe from these incompetent, predatory abortionists." Police, working on an informant's tip, were able to recover the little girl's body. An autopsy determined that she had air in her lungs and had therefore been born alive. A second evaluation of the autopsy determined that actions taken by unlicensed abortion worker Belkis Gonzalez caused her death....(more)
Michael Ireland - ASSIST News Service - (Feb 9, 2009) "This is a great victory for Mrs Petrie, and for common sense. Today's decision highlights the importance of being able to take personal faith into the workplace rather than being forced to leave it at the door for fear of being silenced by equality and diversity policies.... (more)
Aimee Herd - Laurie Goering - Chicago Tribune - (Feb 9, 2009) "?people put them on, they look at a chart on the wall, you see them dialing and suddenly their smirk turns to a smile. They say, 'Wow! I can see!' It's mind-boggling." (United Kingdom)?Oxford University atomic physicist, Joshua Silver had been "tinkering" with an optics experiment he'd done using a water-filled lens. He noticed the power of the lens changed according to the amount of water he added or removed.... (more)
Aimee Herd - Staff - KUSA TV, 9News.com - (Feb 9, 2009) "I mean it is kind of like a family. You get close to people and you don't want to see anyone go." (Golden, CO)?It's been said that "necessity is the mother of invention." An aspect of that adage seems to be at play for one Colorado company whose creative alternatives to cutting jobs landed them in the news recently. Vision Land Consultants in Golden, Colorado, was?like everyone else?feeling the effects of the worsening economy.... (more)
Teresa Neumann - Kevin Morrow - Washington Times - (Feb 8, 2009) "It is a miracle how God does heal people. This is not something you can manufacture, not something money can buy. It's something only God can do...[yet] it is also a process.... (more) |
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