THE RUSSIAN BEAR STIRS

• Medvedev Orders Security Forces to Crush Militants
• Russia’s military space activity increases
• Russian Military To Buy 36 ICBMs, 2 Missile Subs In 2011

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Top defense official: Israel faces isolation ‘no less severe than war’
• Israel believes Hamas trying to establish ‘balance of terror’
• ‘Hezbollah prepared to send 100 missiles daily at Tel Aviv’
• Peres: Israel won’t agree to Iranian presence in Golan
• DM: Iran to Inaugurate New Production Line of Cruise Missiles Soon
• Egypt’s new FM wants ties with Iran

Plagues and Pestilences

• Europe ‘losing’ superbugs battle
• C.difficile inquiry finds superbug linked to 31 deaths
• 38 patients at risk of CJD after surgery in south Wales

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Thousands of Christians Displaced in Ethiopia
• Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says

The Growing Cyber-Threat

• China cyber-warfare capability a ‘formidable concern’
• Cyber-attacks add to North Korean arsenal
• US cyber war defences ‘very thin’, Pentagon warns

The New World Order

• Iranian President: World People Tired of Western World Order
• Ahmadinejad Stresses Iran, China’s Role in Establishing New World Order
• Deputy FM warns Islamist regimes could take over Arab world

News from Israel and the Middle East

• Foreign Minister: Hamas is Waiting in the Wings
• Ahmadinejad calls for Mideast without Israel and US
• Iranian President Underlines Further Expansion of All-Out Ties with Venezuela
• Iran Planning to Widen Naval Presence in Oceans
• IRGC Official Terms Iran “Axis of New Middle-East”
• Quartet ‘giving up hope’ of renewing Israeli-Palestinian talks

Contending for the Faith

• Pakistan Christian’s death ‘not due to natural causes’
• 10 Christians Killed in Clashes with Muslims in Cairo
• Pakistan Christians bury murdered leader Shahbaz Bhatti

Earthquakes in Diverse Places

• Tsunami hits Japan after massive quake
• Experts: Israel should prepare nuclear reactor for quake

Big Brother Technology

• Russia plans ‘universal ID-payment card’ to cut bureaucracy
• Kevin Libin: Alberta’s dangerous database

Signs in the Sun, Moon, and Stars

• Solar storm ‘could cause more damage than Hurricane Katrina’
• NASA Scientist Claims Evidence of Alien Life on Meteorite

RUMBLINGS IN EGYPT

• Mubarak sets up committees to advance reforms in Egypt
• Netanyahu: Egypt could fall into hands of radical Islamists
• Egyptian VP Holds Unprecedented Talks with Muslim Brotherhood
• Muslim Brotherhood wants to end Egypt-Israeli peace deal
• Israel shocked by Obama’s “betrayal” of Mubarak
• Iran Supreme Leader: Egypt unrest inspired by our Islamic Revolution