June 2001 Vol.4, No. 5

Contents New Proposal for Europe's Future   by Paul Kieffer All the News That Fits-Into One Minute    by Melvin Rhodes Day Care Debate: More Than Aggressive Babies   by Cecil E. Maranville In Brief...World News Review    by Cecil E. Maranville, Darris McNeely and John Ross Schroeder This is the Way...Dancing With Death    by Robin Webber In Brief... World News Review Indonesia Unravels Water Shortages Worsening Marriage Failure and Television-Any Connections? America's Greatest Problem News About Homosexuality and AIDS Military Developments Around the World England: a Nation in Religious Decline Italy Goes Right Indonesia Unravels Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has failed to retain the loyalty of a majority of the People's Representative Council. As a result, the parliament voted overwhelmingly-by a 365 to 4 margin-May 30 to initiate impeachment hearings. Wahid's ouster, which most likely will come before the end of the summer, will send his supporters into a frenzy; indeed, many have pledged to fight to the death in support of the president. As the military and police focus their efforts on restoring stability in the capital and island of Java, separatist forces in Aceh, Borneo and Sulawesi will increase their attempts to secure independence. Wahid's government is likely to fall sometime this summer, no later than autumn. Two important events have shifted the ground under Wahid's feet. First, he persistently undercut the military that once guaranteed the power of the president. Second, Wahid played so many political factions against one another that now none will stand with him. Already the military is warning civilian leaders, cracking down on separatists and arresting opponents. Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0106/inbrief0106.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "World News Review Jun 2001" Italy: _World News and Trends - Sep/Oct 2005 Indonesia: _World News Review June 1999 _The View From Down Under _World News Review November 1999 _Another Sea Gate Threatened? _Indonesia's Bashir a Lightning Rod _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Mar/Apr 2001 Water shortage: _World News Review March 1999 _World News Review May 1999 _Problems, Politics and Prophecy About Water _Running Dry _Biofuels Might Be "Bio-folly" _Coming Food Crises Threaten Mankind Japan: _Turning Swords Into Plowshares: Starting Now _World News Review January 2000 _World News Review May 2001 _World News Review March/April 2002 _World News Review Jul 2002 _World News Review August 2006 _North Korea's Nuclear Blast: What Does It Mean? _Are We on the Threshold of a New Age? _North Korean Nukes: What's Next? Television, influence of: _Mass Culture's Horrendous Consequences _World News Review August 2003 _Has America Lost Its 'Moral Mind'? _Reality TV - NOT! _Why Do People Hate Us So Much? _A Front-Row Seat for Suffering _The Battle for Your Mind (3/97) _Lead Us Not Onto Temptation Island _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 2001 _Can You Believe the Bible? (5/2002) _Michael Medved on Media and the Family _Is Your Family Manipulated by Mass Media? _Who's Telling You What to Think? _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - May/Jun 2002 _Choosing Movies and Music: What's Going Into Your Mind? _How Mass Media Sells Sex _World News and Trends - May/Jun 2004 _The Culture of Narcissism _You Can Win the War Against the Family _Before You Turn on the TV _Television Facts _In the News Jan/Mar 2005 _Building a Solid Foundation--Part 3 _In the News... AIDS: _World News Review August 1998 _World News Review August 1999 _10 Million Orphans - an AIDS Holocaust in Africa _World News Review Dec 2000 _World News Review March/April 2001 _Doctor's Firsthand Account of South African Aids Crisis _World News Review Sep/Oct 2001 _Money Won't Solve These Problems _African AIDS Epidemic: Made Worse by Political Correctness _World News Review Dec 2003 _World News Review March 2005 _Is Africa Dying Before Our Eyes? _A Look at the Current State of the World _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Sep/Oct 1997 _World News and Trends - Jan/Feb 1998 _Could It Happen Again? _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 1999 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World Nov/Dec 1999 _World News and Trends - Mar/Apr 2000 _AIDS: How a Killer Plague Can Be Stopped _10 Million AIDS Orphans: A Disaster for Africa _Letters From Our Readers - Jan/Feb 2001 _A Firsthand Account: Africa's Deadly AIDS Crisis _Coming: An End to Suffering _World News and Trends - Mar/Apr 2002 _The Dark Shadow Over Illicit Sex _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 2002 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Sep/Oct 2002 _The High Cost of Ignorance _2004: The World's Superpower Faces Powerful Challenges _The Biblical Solution for Africa's Biggest Crisis _Why Isn't Sex Safe? _God, Science and the Bible (11/05) _World News and Trends - Nov/Dec 2005 _World News and Trends - March/April 2006 _A World in Need of Hope _AIDS Can Be Stopped -- Now! _Africa's AIDS Crisis: A Doctor's Firsthand Account Key Subjects Index General Topics Index Biblical References Index Home Page of this site