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Perfume vials from time of Christ unearthed in Israel

(YNET NEWS, ISRAEL)  Franciscan archeologists digging in Israel find vials that may have been used by Mary Magdalene to wash Jesus’ feet.

A team of Franciscan archaeologists digging in the biblical town of Magdala in what is now Israel say they have unearthed vials of perfume similar to those that may have been used [...]

(All) big U.S. banks “bankrupt”

By Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jim Rogers, one of the world’s most prominent international investors, on Thursday called most of the largest U.S. banks “totally bankrupt,” and said government efforts to fix the sector are wrongheaded.

Speaking by teleconference at the Reuters Investment Outlook 2009 Summit, the co-founder with George Soros of [...]

More Troops in Afghanistan under Obama

NEW YORK TIMES

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here on Thursday that the Pentagon, which plans to send 20,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, was trying to get thousands of them into the country as soon as next spring, a sign of the seriousness of the threat by the Taliban.

The [...]

Obama offers Israel “nuclear umbrella”

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Barack Obama plans to offer Israel a strategic pact designed to fend off any nuclear attack on the Jewish state by Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday.

Quoting an unnamed American source close to Obama’s administration, the Haaretz daily said Washington would pledge under the proposed “nuclear umbrella” [...]

Russia Attacking Christian Ministries

Russia plans ‘liquidation’ of ministries

Dozens of Christian organizations on the list

Dozens of Christian organizations that have been providing social services, ministry and other help inside Russia are being targeted for “liquidation” by the nation’s Ministry of Justice, according to a new report.

The information comes in a newsletter from a leader with [...]