Subthema 'Reformed Daily'

LONDON - In Stratford, in the farthest reaches of East London, a band of guerrillas has taken over a plot of land. It’s the wrong side of 11 p.m. on a hot, sticky night, the air heavy with rain that refuses to fall. Passersby gawp at the guerrillas as they lay claim to a patch ofground at the entrance to a small block of apartments.

ATLANTA - Flooding in Europe, which started in March and worsened as the Danube River and its tributaries swelled, has created a state of emergency in eight Serbian municipalities, with estimated damage totaling $45 million.

HONOLULU - A powerful floating radar that will be part of the national missile defense system is making its second attempt to reach its home port in Alaska (USA) after being shipped back to Hawaii for repairs to its platform.

NEW YORK - A growing number of parents, teachers and city lawmakers are demanding that the New York City school system reverse its longtime ban on students’ cell phones inside school buildings.

STILLWATER - President Bush advised college graduates recently to use technology but not become enslaved by it. „Science offers the prospect of eventual cures for terrible diseases - and temptations to manipulate life and violate human dignity.”

ST ANDREWS - New research by marine biologists at the University of St Andrews (Scotland) has revealed that dolphins name themselves using unique ’signature’ whistles.

WASHINGTON - Peace talks aimed at ending the ”genocide” in Darfur faltered last Tuesday, just days after thousands of protesters rallied in Washington for beefed up measures to help the people of the Sudanese region.

LOUISVILLE - The Presbyterian Church (USA) said this week that 75 employees at its headquarters will lose their jobs as $9.15 million in budget cuts have forced the denomination to reorganize its mission program.

PRINCETON - Pro abortion vandals have destroyed yet another campus pro life display, this time at an Ivy League university.

„According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.”Ephesians 1:4