Expenses scandal hits MPs families, more troops in the firing line in Afghanistan, and Artic sea thaw danger

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint. Patrick Woodward talks to Jon Hargreaves, (pictured)  of FEBA Radio, about the latest news from a Christian standpoint.  Today,  how the MPs expenses scandal has affected their families – and the public’s trust, where now for the Afghan war, and danger looming as Arctic seas thaw out.

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Expenses:

bbc.co.uk Cameron says MP ‘right to quit’

telegraph.co.uk MPs’ expenses: James Arbuthnot offers to pay back £1,000 more than initially requested by Sir Thomas Legg

Afghanistan:

mirror.co.uk Time to Quit Afghanistan

cbsnews.com Will We Stay 50 Years In Afghanistan?

Arctic Ice:

nationalgeographic.com Arctic Largely Ice Free in Summer Within Ten Years?

bbc.co.uk Artic to be ice free in summer

"Little media" have big impact in Iran, MP's come clean with expenses – mostly, and how compulsive gamblers might get help from rats

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint. Patrick Woodward talks to Jon Hargreaves, (pictured) International Director of FEBA Radio, about the latest news from a Christian standpoint.  Today, with protests in Iran gathering pace, and mainstream media restricted, the story is getting out on the internet, mobiles and Twitter. MP’s expenses are now online, but will it help regain trust in Parliament?  And a tail of drugs and risk, as experiments on rats are set to help compulsive gamblers.

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Iran:

washingtontimes.com  Iran’s Twitter revolution

timesonline.co.uk Iran dissidents organise protests and talk to the world on Twitter

google.com Clinton says Twitter is important for Iranian free speech

MP’s expenses:

bbc.co.uk MPs expenses made public online

telegraph.co.uk Kitty Ussher resigns from Government over £17,000 tax dodge: MPs’ expenses

Rats help gamblers:

cbc.ca B.C. scientists turn lab rats into problem gamblers

bbc.co.uk Rats play odds in gambling risk

Who's most sorry about MP's expenses, the Pope's views on Israel/Palestine, and man flu – its official!

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint. Patrick Woodward talks to Jon Hargreaves, (pictured) International Director of FEBA Radio, about the latest news from a Christian standpoint.  Today, more damaging revelations about MP’s expenses prompt apologies and fears for democracy, the Pope makes plain his views on the middle east, and scientists confirm what men have always believed, that they get flu worse than women!

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MPs’ expenses:

telegraph.co.uk MPs’ expenses

bbc.co.uk  More MPs face expenses scrutiny

Pope in Palestine:

usatoday.com Pope decries Israel-Palestine wall, calls both sides to show courage

belfasttelegraph.co.uk Pope calls for independent Palestine state

Man Flu:

ananova.com  Man Flu really exists

bbc.co.uk  Women “fight off disease better”

World united over Swine Flu, British leave Basra, and shock defeat for Brown over Gurkhas

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint. Patrick Woodward talks to Jon Hargreaves, (pictured) International Director of FEBA Radio, about the latest news from a Christian standpoint.  Today, the world gets its act together over the latest flu scare, the British pull out of Iraq and focus on Afghanistan, and Gordon Brown suffers defeat over the fate of Gurkha soldiers.

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Swine flu:

who.int.en World Health Organisation “Current level of influenza pandemic alert raised..”

guardian.co.uk Many more UK swine flu cases likely, warns chief medical officer

bbc.co.uk Swine flu plans being stepped up

Iraq:

bbc.co.uk  Iraq UK combat operations to end

timesonline.co.uk Military loses battle over Afghanistan troop boost

Gurkhas:

telegraph.co.uk  Gordon Brown suffers humiliating defeat in Gurkha vote as Labour MPs rebel

news.scotsman.com  Neil Griffiths: Fight must continue for the rights of Gurkhas

en.wikipedia.com Gurkhas

Challenges facing the new President, hope in tragic DR Congo, and economic progress, Bhutan-style

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks to Jon Hargreaves, the International Director of FEBA Radio (pictured) about the latest news from a Christian perspective.  Today, what challenges face Barack Obama as he prepares for the Presidency, how there is hope for the Democratic Republic of Congo as the international community steps up its role, and why a small remote Asian state has got better ideas than the rest of the world, when it comes to thinking about the economy.

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Barack Obama:

barackobama.com  Official site

telegraph.co.uk  Victorious president-elect picks White House team

DR Congo:

oxfam.org.uk Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo

bbc.co.uk UN Caught in new DR Congo clashes

Bhutan and national happiness:

afp.google.com Bhutan’s turn to celebrate with crowning of young king

bhutan.gov.bt  Official site

Gas price hike spells more trouble for Brown, Sikh schoolgirl wins bangle fight, and is homosexuality in the church "irrelevant?"

August 3rd, 2008

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks with Jon Hargreaves, International Director of Feba Radio,  about the latest news from a Christian perspective. Today, the latest rise in energy prices adds to the woes of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and could lead to his fall.  The Sikh schoolgirl’s court victory over her right to wear a religious bangle prompts questions over what people really believe, and the contrast with helping orphans in India makes the Church of England’s debate on gay bishops seem irrelevant to the world.

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Energy Prices and Gordon Brown:

bbc.co.uk Miliband denies ‘leadership’ bid

forbes.com Centrica announces retail energy price rises

Watchdog energywatch

Wikipedia.org “It’s the economy, stupid”

Sikh Schoolgirl bangle victory:

guardian.co.uk Sikh girl wins her court battle…

wikipedia.org  kara

Is Church sex debate irrelevant?:

Lambeth Conference official site

independent.co.uk Gay bishop defies his Lambeth Conference ban