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Watch Casper and Bestie Ten Boom Honored by Israel

Casper ten Boom and Betsie ten Boom, father and sister of Corrie Ten Boom, were admitted last month (April, 2008) into Yad Vashem’s list of the Righteous Gentiles Among the Nations. Corrie ten Boom and Oscar Schlinder are already in the Hall of the Righteous Gentiles.
Casper ten Boom, Corrie’s father, gave his life […]

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J.W.N. Exclusives

Posted May 2nd, 2008 at 10:36 am
President Bush organizes summit to divide Jerusalem»

By Dr. Mike Evans
I am writing you after having an emergency meeting with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom I have known since he was 26 years old. I was horrified to learn that when President Bush comes to Israel for its 60th Anniversary in May, he has made the decision to mobilize Arab nations […]

Middle East News

Posted July 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Rise of Awakening Groups Sets Off A Struggle for Power Among Sunnis»

RAMADI, Iraq — After inspecting a prison, police chief Tariq Yousef al-Asaal returned to his spacious office, where U.S. military officers and Iraq’s power brokers have sought his advice. A week earlier, the governing council, the ruling body here in this dust-swept capital of Anbar province, had…

U.S. News

Posted July 4th, 2008 at 4:36 am
Wildfire chases July 4th visitors from Big Sur»

BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — Independence Day is normally a booming time for tourism here, with visitors settling into cliffside vacation homes or trekking out to campgrounds nestled among the redwoods. But this year, the only out-of-towners in Big Sur are firefighters working around the clock to save the storied community from flames….

Iran Watch

Posted July 3rd, 2008 at 8:10 am
Just In: Iran Considering Suspending Nuclear Program»

UNITED NATIONS –Story developing Iran’s senior diplomat said Tuesday that Tehran was seriously considering a new offer from six world powers to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program, and he praised the package as `constructive.” The unusually positive remarks by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to a small group of reporters raised hope.