Weekly News Review

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks with Russ Bravo, editor of  Inspire Magazine,  about the latest news from a Christian perspective. Today, the fakery of the Beijing Olympics draws a lot of criticism, as China bans a girl from singing because she is “not pretty enough”.  They also fake firework displays and “bus in” fake crowds to make up the numbers.  Also today, the power of celebrity as Prince Charles speaks out on GM crops, and the price some athletes may pay for success.

 

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Olympic fakes

canada.com  Beijing Olympics fireworks, singer revealed as fakes

welt.de  China Song ceremony Fake

Beijing 2008 official site

Prince Charles and GM:

guardian.co.uk Charles warns GM farming will end in ecological disaster

timesonline.co.uk Prince Charles: GM crops would be ‘biggest ever environmental disaster’

greenpeace.org GM food - The Problems

Athletes with anorexia:

timesonline.co.uk Anorexia athletica, the price that many female athletes pay for gold

nhsdirect.nhs.uk Anorexia Nervosa

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks with Russ Bravo, editor of  Inspire Magazine,  about the latest news from a Christian perspective. Today, the Church of England’s prayer for the Olympic Games makes no mention of human rights in China, Masab Yousef, the son of a Hamas leader converts to Christianity, and swarms of tiny robots could be the next big thing!

 

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Anglican Olympics Prayer

cofe.anglican.org Church of England  Special Prayer for Fair Play marks the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (Pic - 2Kplus)

telegraph.co.uk Church of England issues prayer for British athletes

persecutionblog.com President Bush receives Olympic Prayer band

Hamas leader converts:

haaretz.com  Hamas’ Christian convert

Swarming robots:

bbc.co.uk Smart future for swarming robots

wikipedia.org Swarm robotics

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

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks with Russ Bravo, editor of  Inspire Magazine,  about the latest news from a Christian perspective. Today,  the “back from the dead” man’s wife lived a lie, cracking down on downloads, and the terrorist who changed…

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“back from the dead” man’s wife lived a lie:

bbc.co.uk Canoe fraud couple sent to jail

timesonline.co.uk Assets of John and Anne Darwin frozen..

Illegal downloads crackdown:

guardian.co.uk Latest Post Against Illegal Downloads

afp.google.com British clampdown on illegal downloads

radiohead.com  Officlal radiohead website

The Terrorist who changed:

inspiremagazine.org.uk.  Former terrorist is now a Manchester pastor

 

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Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks with the Russ Bravo editor of  Inspire Magazine,  about the latest news from a Christian perspective. Today, the Pope speaks out against popular culture, poverty in rural areas of the Uk is getting worse, and the end of the computer mouse is at hand.

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Pope and culture:

independent.co.uk Pope hits out at consumer culture during Australia trip

bbc.co.uk Pope hits out at consumer culture

Rural Poverty:

church-poverty.org.uk  Poverty growing in rural areas

countryside-alliance.org.uk  more on rural poverty

End of the mouse:

crunchgear.com Analyst predicts computer mouse dead in 3 - 5 years

bbc.co.uk  Say goodbye to computer mouse

abovetopsecret.com Canon, Panasonic and Sony are developing TVs with facial recognition software

 

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Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks with the editor of  the Mothers Union “Families First” magazine,  about the latest news from a Christian perspective. Today, the row over gas-guzzling car tax shows what we really think about green issues, the Islington Marriage Registrar wins her right not to conduct gay “weddings”, and the new iPhone spurs a conversation about our love of technology.

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Car tax row:

telegraph.co.uk “Green” Car Tax Will Hit Poorest hardest

guardian.co.uk  Cameron tells PM to apologise after car tax revelation

Islington Marriage Registrar:

independent.co.uk Registrar Wins Right to Refuse Gay Weddings

eauk.org Truibunal ruling for Christian registrar “a triumph for the place of conscience in public duties”

iPhone rush:

telegraph.co.uk The Apple iPhone 3G and me

wikipedia.org iPhone

 

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Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks with the editor of Inspire Magazine, Russ Bravo,  about the latest news from a Christian perspective. Today, will the G8 face up to major world issues, former Iraq hostage Norman Kember speaks out on non-violence, and Vatican officials expose a fake priest on the premises!

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G8

g8summit.go.jp  G8 Japan official site

bbc.co.uk Summit Ends with Climate “vision”

Norman Kember

Christian Peacemaker Teams

inspiremagazine.org.uk  Norman kember discusses non-violent protest

Fake Priest

cnn.com Fake priest infiltrates St Peter’s

 

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29th June 2008

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks with the editor of the Mothers Union ‘Families First’ magazine, Catherine Butcher, about the latest news from a Christian perspective. Today, how the Mothers Union is helping prisoners not to re-offend when they leave jail,  comparing Nelson Mandela - world statesman, with Robert Mugabe - a different sort of African leader, and how Bill Gates plans to use his time and money as he retires from Microsoft.  Is there a new philanthropy directing the lives of the super-rich?

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Prisoners and re-offending:

themothersunion.org -  Mothers’ Union Prison Initiatives

bbc.co.uk -   Violence Bucks Reoffending Trend

Nelson Mandela

bbc.co.uk -  Profile: Nelson Mandela

afp.google.com - Mandela marks 90th Birthday with london Concert

Bill Gates

guardian.co.uk -  BIll Gates Logs Off Today

microsoft.com -  Bill Gates - Biography

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22nd June 2008

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks with Editor of the Inspire Magazine Russ Bravo about the latest news from a Christian’s perspective. Today, 17 Teenage girls from the same school fall pregnant at the same time, Men and woman think differently and Prince Charles’ meeting with ‘a million hours of kindness’ volunteers

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17 Teenage girls from the same school fall pregnant at the same time
time.com - Pregnancy Boom at Gloucester High
news.bostonherald.com - Gloucester High teens involved in pregnancy pact
nytimes.com - Spike in School’s Pregnancies … Resulted From Girls’ Pact
itv.com - US teen ‘pregnancy pact’ probed

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Men and woman think differently
timesonline.co.uk - Scientists say genetic variations show that men think differently
business-standard.com - Men and women ‘think differently’

Prince Charles’ meeting with ‘a million hours of kindness’ volunteers

inspiremagazine.org.uk - Special Report: Prince Charles backs Hope08

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15th June 2008

Weekly News Review from a Christian Viewpoint.

Patrick Woodward talks with Editor of the Mothers Union ‘Home and Family’ magazine, Catherine Butcher about the latest news from a Christian’s perspective. Today, British Government fails to meet poverty targets, Liar hired as Apprentice to Alan Sugar and Wayne Rooney marries his Childhood sweetheart.

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British Government fails to meet poverty targets
guardian.co.uk - Ministers risk missing key Labour target
bbc.co.uk - More children living in poverty
inspiremagazine.org.uk - Child poverty – time for a major policy rethink says charity

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Liar hired as Apprentice to Alan Sugar
dailymail.co.uk - The Liar is hired! Apprentice winner Lee: Now I want to buy a Porsche
thisislondon.co.uk - He should have told the truth: Now even Gordon Brown criticises Lee the lying Apprentice

Wayne Rooney marries his Childhood sweetheart
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