December 2002 Vol.5, No. 10 Contents Praying More Than Ever, "Thy Kingdom Come" by Roy Holladay Restoration: Will One Good Man Stand Up? by Darris McNeely Bin Laden's Letter Offers Insight Into Islamic Fundamentalism by Melvin Rhodes Troubling Times for Three British Institutions by John Ross Schroeder The Great Disappointment by Gary Petty In Brief... World News Review by John Ross Schroeder and Jim Tuck This Is the Way...Couldn't Get It Out of My Head by Robin Webber Dec '02 Main In Brief... World News Review A United States of Europe? Echoes of an Old German Nightmare: the Weimar Republic Iran's Latest Long-Range Missiles Famine Stalks Africa Affairs Becoming More Commonplace Australia Now a "Prime Target" Contributors: John Ross Schroeder and Jim Tuck A United States of Europe? According to a recent report, "The European Union could be renamed the United States of Europe...Without suggesting a preference, M. Giscard d'Estaing's report said the union could be called the European Community, the European Union, United Europe or the United States of Europe" (The Daily Telegraph, Oct. 29, 2002). Apparently this suggestion was part of the first draft of a new constitution for the EU. "Christopher Booker's Notebook," a regular column in The Daily Telegraph, headlined a recent article with the provocative titleñ"A Superstate Half a Century in the Making." Mr. Booker pointed out that "this constitution was planned more than 50 years ago, as the concluding move in a secretive process intended to take decades. Only now is it emerging just how carefully planned this project has been; and how deliberately its instigators decided to pretend that it was concerned only with economic co-operation, until their political agenda could be brought into the open. Drawing on thousands of published and unpublished documentary sources, Dr. Richard North, a research director with the European Parliament, has been assembling evidence for a 'secret history' of the European Union" (Nov. 3, 2002). Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0212/inbrief0212.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "World News Review Dec 2002" Australia: _The View From Down Under _World News Review Jan 2002 _The Growing Menace of Gambling _Massive Drought Grips Australia _Australia: A Nation Changes Direction _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Sep/Oct 2000 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Sep/Oct 2001 _Australia: An Underappreciated Nation _Gambling: Why It's a Bet Nobody Wins _World News and Trends - January/February 2008 _Australia's Identity Crisis: A Foretaste of What's to Come? _World News & Trends Jan 2009 Sexual immorality: _Dancing With Indecency _The Cost of Immorality in the War on Terror _Modern Israel Has Sown the Wind and Will Reap the Whirlwind _Compromising With Morality _Protect the Marital Relationship _The Visionary Insight of J.B. Priestley _Society's Slide Into Immorality _Sex Outside of Marriage: What's the Big Deal? _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Jul/Aug 2002 _Christian Values Under Attack: Will Yours Survive the College Challenge? _The Day the World Ended: Lessons From Pompeii _Questions and Answers - Apr/Jun 2003 Famine: _The Population Bomb Keeps Ticking Away _Visions of Judgment: The Ride of the Third Horseman -- Famine _Food Insecurity in a Hungry World _Worldwide Food Crisis _Seeking Security in a Dangerous Age _Jesus Christ's Olivet Prophecy: Where Are We Now? _The Population Explosion and Prophecy _Story Flow of the Book of Revelation _Coming Calamities: Does God Offer Protection? _The Horsemen of Revelation: The Black Horse of Famine _World News and Trends - May/June 2008 _What's Behind the Growing Food Crisis? _World News and Trends - September/October 2008 _A Return to Eden: An End to Hunger and Disease Africa: _Still a Troubled and Dangerous World _10 Million Orphans - an AIDS Holocaust in Africa _World News Review March 2000 _The Little Country That Could _World News Review March/April 2001 _Reversal of Fortune for Two African Countries _Fifty Years of the African Queen _Money Won't Solve These Problems _African AIDS Epidemic: Made Worse by Political Correctness _'Mr. Smith' Takes on Washington _Democracy Is More Than a Word _Ghana's Election Signifies Progress for Africa _African Debt--Is Wiping the Slate Clean a Good Idea? _Is Africa Dying Before Our Eyes? _The World Is Watching Nigerian Elections _Ghana at 50 _Vacuum of Leadership Grips Kenya _A Study in Contrasts _Africa: Still the Heart of Darkness? _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - May/Jun 2000 _10 Million AIDS Orphans: A Disaster for Africa _A Firsthand Account: Africa's Deadly AIDS Crisis _New African Union Founded to Copy EU Success _Corruption: A Way of Life for Much of the World _She Used to Be Our Queen, Too... _Dictatorships: Why Are They So Common? _Will Democracy Work in the Middle East? _The Biblical Solution for Africa's Biggest Crisis _How One of Today's 'Bad Guys' Ended the Scourge of Slavery _"Waiting on the World to Change" _A World in Need of Hope _AIDS Can Be Stopped -- Now! _Africa's AIDS Crisis: A Doctor's Firsthand Account Iran: _A Gathering Storm _World News Review Feb 2002 _Book Review: Statecraft by Margaret Thatcher _Iran: Why Part of the "Axis of Evil"? _Keep Your Eyes on Iran _Intelligence Failure -- From Listening to the Wrong People? _Mr. Sharon Comes to Washington - and Iran Is on His Mind _World News Review July 2005 _A Stunning Memorial _Could Ahmadinejad Be Daniel's "King of the South"? _Will Iran Provoke Nuclear War in 2006? _How Serious a Threat Could Iran Pose? _Russian Resurgence in a Unipolar World _New Middle Eastern Conflicts: A Wake-up Call for Mankind _Pride of America's Power: Approaching the Breaking Point? _The Next Holocaust _World News Review February 2007 _Will Iran Be Stopped by Diplomacy? _Will Israel Attack Iran? _What Will the Next President Face? _Will New Leadership at Home and Abroad Bring Israel Unacceptable Security Risks? _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - May/Jun 1997 _World News and Trends - Mar/Apr 1998 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Sep/Oct 2002 _After Iraq, What Next? _World News and Trends - Sep/Oct 2004 _Iran's Growing Nuclear Threat _Major International Challenges Confront President Bush's Second Term _World News and Trends - Mar/Apr 2005 _World News and Trends - Jan/Feb 2006 _Has World War III Already Begun? (1/2006) _Will America Run Away From Iraq? _World News and Trends - May/June 2006 _What Motivates Ahmadinejad? _The Middle East in Conflict: How Will It End? _The New Nuclear Arms Race: Will Man Destroy Himself? _World News and Trends - January/February 2007 _World News and Trends - March/April 2007 _Can Israel Survive? _World News and Trends - July/August 2008 _Is Iran the New Mideast Superpower? _World News & Trends _World News & Trends: July/August 2009 _Should America Play Ball With Iran? _Discerning This Time European Union - unity: _What is Europe? _Reflections On Mitteleuropa _The Citadel and the Caravan _Crisis In Kosovo - A Mixture of Iron and Clay? _The Coming Superstate _Reengineering Babel _Democratic Dictatorship? _Five Trends to Watch in Europe _World News Review May 2001 _The Coming 'Utopia' _A President of Europe _World News Review Jul 2002 _World News Review August 2003 _Coming Together? _Enlargement of European Union to Ensure Lasting Peace _Who Will Lead the New Europe? _The New Treaty of Rome -- Why a Dangerous Document? _A Page on the World...Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century _Which Way Europe? _Europe in Crisis - Is This the End of the European Union? _A Page on the World: The Next Superpower? _The European Constitution Sneaks in by the Back Door _A Europe Without Borders - The "Schengen Zone" _50 Years After the Treaty of Rome: From the Battlefield to the Conference Table _From Berlin to Brussels _Europe Moves Closer to Grand Design _Europe's Unbounded Schengen Joy _EU Pressures Poland and the Czech Republic _The EU Versus the Irish Republic: What Does It Mean? _Lessons From Yugoslavia _Reflections on Europe _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - May/Jun 2001 _World News and Trends - Mar/Apr 2002 _An Overview of Conditions Around the World - Nov/Dec 2002 _World News and Trends - May/June 2003 _World News and Trends - Jul/Aug 2003 _World News and Trends - Nov/Dec 2003 _2004: The World's Superpower Faces Powerful Challenges _Member States of the European Union _Will Enlargement of the European Union Ensure Peace? _World News and Trends - May/Jun 2004 _Will EU Constitution Rejections Halt the Drive for European Unity? _World News and Trends - March/April 2006 _The European Union: Blessing or Modern Tower of Babel? _Q: When Is a Constitution Not a Constitution? 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