NEWS FROM ASIA

  • North Korea ‘ready for sacred war’ with the South
  • North Korea ‘has boosted special forces’
  • South Korean president ramps up aggressive stance towards North

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS

  • Forecasters keep eye on looming ‘Solar Max’

KNOWLEDGE INCREASED

  • Spanish Researchers Want to Tag Human Embryos With Bar Codes
  • Germany reports ‘sharp rise’ in cyberattacks

NEWS FROM IRAN

  • Iranian President Urges Enemies to Give Up Wrong Policies
  • Iranian students threaten to destroy Esther’s tomb

SPEAK NO EVIL

  • Thousands Rally to Uphold Pakistani Blasphemy Laws
  • Assassin of Pakistani Governor Driven by Belief in Blasphemy Laws

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

  • Egypt bomb kills 21 at Alexandria Coptic church
  • Canada’s Coptic Christians ask for protection in wake of Egypt bombing
  • Two killed in Iraq attacks on Christian homes
  • Christian exodus from Iraq gathers pace
  • Police: Fatal Attack on Christian Women was Terror

NEWS FROM CHINA

  • China preparing for armed conflict ‘in every direction’
  • China deploying carrier-sinking missile

NEWS FROM ISRAEL

  • Hamas: Israel has two options – death or leaving Palestinian lands
  • Hamas commander: Israel will disappear
  • Abbas: No Israeli presence in future state
  • Hamas leader in Gaza vows group will never recognize Israel
  • Fayyad says Palestinian state possible by 2011
  • Nasrallah: Hizbullah stronger, no longer scared of Israel

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

  • Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan ‘for blasphemy’
  • Pakistan Cleric Offers Reward for Killing Christian Woman
  • Christians launch defence of faith ‘under attack’
  • Iraqi Christians flee homes after fresh Baghdad attacks
  • Church leader urges Iraqi Christians to quit country

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS

  • Scientists Find 200 Sextillion More Stars in the Sky
  • Giant space bubbles baffle astronomers

CYBER TERRORISM

  • Report: State-led cyberterror set to rise
  • Gates: U.S. faces ‘huge’ cyber threat in the future
  • NATO targets terrorism, cybersecurity as central to 21st century mission
  • China ‘hijacks’ 15 per cent of world’s internet traffic

TERRORIST THREATS

  • Al Qaeda Promises U.S. Death By A ‘Thousand Cuts’
  • In first Hebrew message, Al Qaida-linked group threatens revenge on Israel