To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: News: Pope's failing health/Aging Monarchs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:35:49 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

Pope John Paul II may soon need aides to read
speeches: Newsweek

WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (AFP) - Pope John Paul II, who is suffering from
Parkinson's disease, may soon rely on aides to read his speeches,
Newsweek magazine reported Sunday.

The aging Pope is losing control of his facial muscles and will also
be unable to preside at public masses for much longer according to his
doctors, the weekly said.

Although John Paul, 78, is still strong enough to spend an hour
greeting the faithful after his weekly public audiences, his fading
health is increasingly evident in his shuffling walk, his unsteady
voice and his blurred vision, Newsweek said.

According to the magazine, aides say the Pope is determined to
complete his ambitious plans for the church's millenial celebrations.

But everything after 2001 "is for someone else" the Pope said in a
briefing on the next five years of bishops' synods at the Vatican
recently.
====================

Email send to BPR week of May 10, 1998
Subject: [BPR] - Aging Monarchs

From: research-bpr <research-bpr@annoDomini.net>

RUMOURS GROW OF ARAFAT'S ILL-HEALTH
By Ohad Gozani in Tel Aviv - London Telegraph 5/5/98

YASSER Arafat appeared frail and shaky as he entered 10 Downing
Street yesterday, adding to persistent reports about his failing
health. In recent months, the 68-year-old Palestinian president
has appeared haggard, with his lower lip trembling
uncontrollably.

Mr Arafat's close collaborators have persistently denied any
rumours about ill health, attributing the symptoms to advancing
age, exhaustion and head injuries received in a 1992 aircraft
crash in the Libyan desert. Last year, however, Professor Avinoam
Reches, an Israeli neurologist, suggested the Palestinian leader may
be showing early symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
======================

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason
of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and
sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away--Psalm 90:10
======================

[these ages may be off by a year or two]

Egypt - Hosni Mubarak - 58
Iraq - Saddam Hussein - 60
Jordan - King Hussein - 63
PLO - Yasser Arafat - 68
Saudi Arabia - King Fahd - 75
Syria - Hafiz al Asad - 66

Pope John Paul II - 78
Dalai Lama - 63

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: News: Polluting the air is a sin
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 10:39:44 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

Polluting the air is a sin, says Tehran prayer leader

TEHRAN, Dec 18 (AFP) - As Tehran's air quality reached danger levels,
a prominent religious leader called in his sermon at Moslem weekly
prayers Friday for urgent government measures to fight pollution.

"Anyone who pollutes the air or contributes to air pollution in any
way is committing a sin," said Ayatollah Mohammad Emami-Kashani.

Levels of pollution last week forced the authorities to take
unprecedented emergency measures.

Schools were closed and private motorists restricted to four days' use
of their vehicles a week. Official figures show about 75 percent of
atmospheric pollution comes from vehicles, many of which are badly
maintained.

Newspapers said dozens of heart and respiratory patients died, as the
level of dangerous pollutants reached six times the permitted level.

The meteorological office says stable weather conditions have
prevented thick smog from dispersing from Tehran, which is home to
around 10 million people.

Tehran is regarded as one of the most polluted cities in the world,
ranking with Mexico City, Bangkok and Jakarta.

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Y2K headlines
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 11:01:02 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

STREISAND CANCELS CONCERT DUE TO Y2K FEARS
Link: http://www.detnews.com/1998/nation/9812/09/12090182.htm

RUSSIA AGREES TO WORK WITH NATO ON Y2K BUG
Link: http://www.russiatoday.com/rtoday/news/98120907.html

A HILL O' BEANS (stocking up on food)
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/1998/50/b3608070.htm

Y24K (gold demand)
Link: http:www.nationalpost.com

BANK ORDERED TO FIX Y2K PROBLEM
Link:
http://www.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/bhbusiness/y2knm12151998.htm

MICROSOFT SUED OVER Y2K BUG
Link:
http://www.bostonherald.com/bostonherald/bhbusiness/y2kms12111998.htm

CITY ROLLS BACK CLOCK AS Y2K SOLUTION
Link:
http://courier.evansville.net/cgi/view.cgi?/199812/09/+y2k_news.html+19981209

U.N. PLANNING Y2K "SWAT TEAMS"
Link: http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19981211S0007
Link: http://www.phillynews.com/inquirer/98/Dec/12/business/UN12.htm

MARTIAL LAW BEING DISCUSSED IN CANADA
Link: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/national/981212/2098082.html

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP DEMANDS NUKE PLANT SHUTDOWN
Link: http://www.nirs.org/y2k/NUCLEARPOWERANDY2K.htm
Link: http://www.infoseek.com/Content?arn=a1561rittz-19981211&qt=y2k&sv=IS&lk= noframes&col=NX&kt=A&ak=news1486
Link: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/wr/story.html?s=v/nm/19981210/wr/nu kes_1.html
Link: http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/16772.html

ALBERTA FEARS ELECTRICAL SURGE
Link: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/stories/981213/2100187.html

VICTORIA UTILITIES 100 PERCENT COMPLETE?
Link: http://www.afr.com.au/content/981204/inform/inform2.html

INVISIBLE Y2K TESTING
According to at least one reporter, the recent San Francisco blackout
happened because PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC (PG&E) was testing Y2K
repairs. While this report has yet to be verified, it's a reasonable
theory to explain what happened, since it wouldn't be the first time.
The FEDERAL AVIATION AUTHORITY has been testing Y2K repairs on the
unwitting public for weeks now, causing several terrifying mishaps at
airports around the U.S.
Link: http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/cwarchive/news/19981210/cwcontainer.asp? name=D12.html
Link: http://www.y2knewswire.com

TROUBLES IN NEW ZEALAND
Link: http://www.year2000.co.nz/y2krnz01.htm

ALTERNATIVE POWER ENCOURAGED/DISCOURAGED
Link: http://y2ktimebomb.com/Industry/Utilities/lcore9847.htm

TO HOARD OR NOT TO HOARD
Link: http://reports.guardian.co.uk/articles/1998/12/13/38148.html
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_234000/234077.stm

WILL Y2K WREAK PRISON HAVOC?
Link: http://www.excite.com/computers_and_internet/tech_news/zdnet/?article=/n ews/19981211/2174625.inp

HELP CONFIRM OR DISPEL THE RUMORS!
Y2KNEWSWIRE is asking for help to confirm or dispel several
Y2K-related rumors.
Link: http://www.y2ksupply.com

LOTS OF WORK STILL LEFT TO DO
Link: (http://www.yardeni.com/y2kreporter.html)

TITANIC & THE Y2K ICEBERG
Link: http://www.year2000.com/archive/wreid1.html

IT'S UGLY, BUT IT SOMETIMES WORKS
Ask any football player about an "ugly" win and he will tell you that
there are no adjectives in the record books, just wins and losses. The
same holds true for Y2K where it is sometimes possible, by simply
adjusting the clock that programs read, to postpone the drop-dead
date. While not elegant, it is a perfectly valid solution.
Link: http://y2ktimebomb.com/Computech/Issues/hbela9848.htm

Y2K PANIC EXPECTED IN 1999
Link: http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/scitech/120798/panic.sml

LIFE BEYOND 2000
Link: http://www.tmn.com/y2k/y2kwho.htm

wild2k (Y2K):
http://www.wild2k.com/

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Book Recommendation: Genesis Unbound
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 14:07:31 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

http:www.chrbook.com
Genesis Unbound, Dr. John Sailhamer, 1996
$2.95

(This is a great book, easy reading. With shipping, the cost is
around $6-7.--Moza)

From the website:
"In the beginning, did God create the world out of nothing? And what
does 'in the beginning' really mean? Old Testament scholar Sailhamer
attempts to reconcile science and faith through this thorough
analysis of Genesis 1 and 2---challenging you to rethink the creation
narrative. 256 pages, softcover from Multnomah. "

From the back of the book:
"In this ground-breaking work, Old Testament scholar John Sailhamer
shines new light on the opening chapters of the Bible, revealing how
centuries-old misunderstandings have continued to shape popular
biblical interpretation--as well as greatly contributing to
unnecessary conflicts between the Bible and science.

"Pointing to answers found in the first two chapters of Genesis,
Sailhamer presents a credible, scripturally supported, and
much-needed explanation that opens the door to reconciliation of
biblical and scientific world views.

"No matter what your position or background, you will be challenged
to test your understanding of the Bible's critical opening sentences
and reexamine your beliefs about the creation of the world through
'Genesis Unbound.'"

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Dec 21, 1998 TV Programs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:42:46 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

8:00 PM Eastern

 DISC - SWARMS - Swarms of insects and animals may benefit
   the humans sharing their world.(CC)(TVG)

 TLC - THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST VOLCANOES - Hundreds of
   volcanoes on the Pacific Rim could send ash and fumes around
   the globe.(CC)(TVG)

9:00

 A&E - INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS - "Death to America: The
   Terrorism Trail" - Osama bin Laden heads a worldwide terror
   network.(CC)

 DISC - EGYPT'S CITY OF THE DEAD - Archaeologists hurriedly
   research and document a 3rd-century B.C. necropolis unearthed
   by highway construction.(CC)(TVG)

 HIST - AS IT HAPPENED: TRAGEDY OVER LOCKERBIE: PAN AM
   FLIGHT 103 - A terrorist bomb rips through the
   aircraft.(CC)(TVG)

 TLC - EYEWITNESS TO JESUS - A note on a fragment of
   papyrus may come from the time of
   Jesus.(CC)(TVG)

10:00

 DISC - EGYPT UNCOVERED - "Age of Gold" - Researchers study
   the Egyptians' quest and use of gold.(CC)(TVG)

 HIST - MODERN MARVELS - "International Airports" -
   International airports; ground control; cargo holds;
   security; customs.(CC)(TVG)

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: News: Ahteist celebrates holiday season
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:45:04 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

*** Atheist celebrates holiday season

WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) - Don't bother wishing Dick Hogan a Merry
Christmas. He considers it a holiday for the greedy, and he's hung a
sign reading "Happy Winter Solstice, The REAL reason for the season"
near a nativity scene outside the Parker County Courthouse. He got a
permit for the sign as part of a settlement of a lawsuit he filed
against the county challenging display of the religious scene on
public property. The 53-year-old atheist said the sign "is a great
opportunity to educate those of religious delusion that this time of
the season in no way pertains to the birth of a deity and is in fact a
pagan ritual taken by (Christians) under the guise of giving while
motivated by greed." See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2557694129-1b5

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: (Fwd) Weekly Analysis -- December 21, 1998
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 07:38:16 -0500

From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>

[Mod Note: The attack on Saddam Hussein may have effected
Russia more than it did Iraq. The comparison of Russia with Weimar
Germany is quite interesting.]

------- Forwarded Message Follows -------

Global Intelligence Update
Red Alert
December 21, 1998
http://www.stratfor.com

Russia Ends its Flirtation with the West

In the midst of last week's chaos, a single, crucial, clear and
historically significant event took place. Russia's geopolitical
flirtation with the West finally came to an end. There will
undoubtedly be periods of reconciliation, cooperation and even
good will in the future. But a sudden and powerful consensus
emerged in Russia that held that Russia had been betrayed by the
United States over Iraq, and that the only way out of this
situation was for Russia to once again reassert itself as a great
power. What is most important in this view is that it is the
only issue on which all factions appear to agree. Apart from a
few, isolated pro-western liberals, the view from the office of
Boris Yeltsin to the most extreme nationalists and communists was
that the decision by the United States to bomb Iraq was
intolerable. It has the potential to be the foundation of a new
Russian political consensus, with critical consequences for the
international system.

The problem was not only that the United States bombed Iraq, but
that it did not even consult Russia. Indeed, that is one of the
most peculiar aspects of this attack and the one that led us not
to expect this attack. One of the operational principles of the
Clinton administration has been that it was unwilling to take
unilateral military action. Repeatedly, even at the cost of
substantial delays in initiating military operations, the Clinton
administration worked slowly and deliberately both to maintain a
broad coalition of international support and to remain within the
framework of international organizations, such as the UN and
NATO. The administration completely departed from this pattern
this time. The Russians, who normally are carefully informed and
consulted, found out about the attack from their own intelligence
services, according the Yeltsin's press spokesman. In fact, he
complained, while French President Chirac had told Yeltsin that
an attack was coming, he himself had given the wrong time,
indicating that the French weren't informed either.

The administration's position was that, after the last crisis,
the United States had warned Iraq that it would proceed without
further consultations if Baghdad violated its agreements. But
this warning had been given before in the aftermath of other
crises. Unless the United States had some intelligence warning
that the Iraqis were about to take some imminent action that had
to be prevented, there was no urgency in the timing. No one in
Washington has asserted an immediate threat from Saddam,
certainly nothing that would not have permitted 48 hours of
diplomatic consultation. Nevertheless, the United States needed
urgently to launch its strikes on Wednesday night, and therefore
violated its own avowed diplomatic norms.

The reason for the hurry-up strike is obvious. The effectiveness
of the attacks is minimal. Neither Saddam nor his weapons of
mass destruction have disappeared. The attacks achieved little
accept a 24 hour delay in the impeachment vote. But the failure
of the United States to consult with the Russians has, we think,
had a permanent effect. A process that has been underway for
several years has crystallized. Russia has been retreating from
both its liberal economic reforms and its pro-Western foreign
policy slowly for several years. The trend has accelerated since
Primakov, the former head of foreign intelligence for the KGB,
become Prime Minister. Now, the increasing anti-Americanism in
Russian foreign policy has been galvanized. It was something
that was waiting to happen. Nevertheless, it has happened now,
and we need to consider its meaning and consequence.

What must be understood is that a firestorm swept Moscow last
week. It was not only the government that was shocked by the air
strikes on Iraq. The rhetoric from across the Russian political
spectrum was startling. The lower-house of the Duma passed a
resolution that resolutely condemned "the barbaric bombing of the
Republic of Iraq," and said that it was an act of international
terrorism that posed a direct threat to international peace and
security. The resolution passed 394-2. Yuri Luzhkov, the mayor
of Moscow who is leading polls to succeed Yeltsin as President,
said, "In these conditions, we have to develop our defense
industry," and that, "Russia must be a great military and sea
power." According to Itar-Tass, he also said that "We need a
modern army, a reliable nuclear deterrence system. The
international community needs a strong Russia as a great power
that respects itself and other powers." Gen. Leonid Ivashov, the
head of the Defense Ministry's international military cooperation
department, said that Moscow "will be forced to change its
military-political course and may become the leader of a part of
the world community that disagrees with the (U.S.) dictate."
Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov summed it up: "We condemn the
United States, and nobody should doubt our negative attitude."

Of particular interest here is the universality of the
condemnation and the nature of the rhetoric. Russia has been
deeply fragmented, a polity in search of a center. For the first
time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has found a
center around which virtually every major faction has been able
to rally: opposition to American hegemony. There is also a
growing consensus that Russia must somehow recover the
international greatness it lost. Izvestia ran an article
asserting that the past days simply prove that Russia is no
longer a superpower. The liberal newspaper Sevodnya asserted
that, "Russia has the same influence on world affairs as any
third-world country." The business daily Kommersant, lamented
that Russia had poor real-time intelligence from the region
because it has only one electronic intelligence satellite that
provides coverage only once every 24 hours. In addition, it
complained that the missile tracking station in Azerbaijan does
not track cruise missiles of the type used by the United States.
Now, Kommersant is normally much more interested in an IMF
tranche or in trade issues than in doing careful analysis of
Russian operational military capabilities. Everyone is upset.

There is a general sense that the international strategic decline
of Russia has gone too far and must be reversed. This
sensibility has become so strong now that it will, we think,
become not only a rallying point in Russia, but more important,
something from which no Russian aspirant for political power will
be willing to stray. Except for a minor handful of Russian
politicians, a dual commitment is emerging. First, there is a
commitment to reverse the decline in Russian power. Second,
there is a commitment to improve Russia's military posture.
Anyone not committed to this is not going to be a political
contender.

This evolution has, as we have long argued, been inevitable. On
December 29, 1996, in our 1997 Forecast, we wrote that: "The
Russians have given away their empire in return for very
little... Yeltsin, unfortunately, has delivered little order and
less greatness -- and Russia is sick of it." Liberalism in
Russia has been a disaster without any silver lining. The
average Russian is poorer today than he was under the Soviets,
and much less secure. Perhaps worst of all, Russia does indeed
have the influence of a third world country. The United States
would never have ignored the Soviet Union in deciding to attack
Iraq, as it has ignored Russia. It is absolutely essential for
non-Russians to understand just how intolerable this indifference
is to the Russian psyche.

There is a real parallel here between Russia today and Weimar
Germany. The collapse of Imperial Germany ushered in a period of
economic decline, desperate poverty, massive inequality and a
sense of the impotence of the liberal regime not only in economic
life but also in international affairs. The combination of
poverty and the sense of being treated with contempt by the
international community created uncontrollable social forces
committed not only to the abandonment of political and economic
liberalism, but also to a massive readjustment in the
international system. National Socialism was the outcome.

Russia is in precisely the same position today. Liberalization
had created economic disarray: poverty, inequality, and
hopelessness. But what is going to galvanize the Russians
psychologically is their loss of international standing. Bill
Clinton rubbed their faces in the fact that it really doesn't
much matter what Russia thinks. Focused on his own problems, he
failed to calculate the impact of his actions on Russia. It is
not that this evolution wouldn't have taken place anyway.
Clinton's action produced a galvanic revelation. It drove home
American contempt for Russia's views and brought together the
entire Russian polity around a single issue: the return of
Russian greatness.

The reconstruction of Russia's military is inevitable. Economic
dislocation does not block this. Remember that Germany
revitalized its economy with a rearmament program. In only five
years Germany went from essentially disarmed to being able to
overawe its enemies. Russia's armed forces are in far better
shape today than Germany's were in 1933. Although in disarray,
its research and development has continued and it has substantial
technologies in the pipeline as well as a massive standing force.
Revitalizing those forces and increasing defense production could
be precisely what is needed to kick-start the Russian economy.
It worked for Germany. At various points, it worked for the
United States and other countries as well. Since nothing else is
working for Russia, they may as well give it a try. We think
they will.

Even today's Russian armed forces, if merely paid and fed, pose a
real challenge to its neighbors. We believe that one of the
things that will flow out of this consensus is an increased
determination to recreate the old Soviet Union, in the sense of
reintegrating the fragments into a whole. There is already a
great deal of economic integration and dependency. It is
inevitable that the new Russian nationalists will want to create
an integrated political framework over that. It will use
economic power to achieve its ends. It will also use existing
military forces to force coordination and reintegration. There
is not much talk of reintegration yet. There will be.

The Iraq issue is a good place to start. Primakov, who knows the
Arab world from his KGB days, can use his pro-Iraqi stance to
increase Russian influence among Islamic factions in the
breakaway fragments of the former Soviet Union. By aligning
Russia with Iraq, Moscow becomes a friend of Moslems rather than
an enemy. This not only increases Russian influence with
opposition groups in countries like Kazakhstan, it increases the
probability that Moslem countries will use their influence to
move these groups into a pro-Moscow stance.

But the real test will come in the West. The situation in the
Baltic countries is intolerable to Russia. Kaliningrad, part of
Russia, is cut off because of Baltic independence. Aligned with
the West, these countries jeopardize Russian presence in the
Baltic. More important, with Poland entering NATO, these
countries become the only buffers between St. Petersburg and
NATO. Russia cannot allow this to happen. The Baltics, like the
Ukraine, are part of the Russian sphere of influence. However,
since 1989, the Baltics have had the luxury of neglecting power
politics. This should not be mistaken for a permanent condition.
While western investment flowed, Russia was motivated to forego
its national security interests. Now that investment has
stopped, Russia will resume its natural search for national
security, especially as this will also make for good domestic
politics.

This will have serious repercussions for Europe in general and
Germany in particular. German officials were, to put it
tolerantly, babbling incoherently in the face of the Washington-
Moscow crisis. As if trying to convince himself, Defense
Minister Rudolf Scharping said, "Everyone, even the United States
and Great Britain, felt that what was happening in Iraq had
nothing to do with NATO." When asked whether Germany would
participate in attacks on Iraq, he said that, "We haven't been
asked, but we gave clear political support, and that's where
things will stay." Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said that he
"expressed solidarity with the United Nations," as well as with
the United States and Britain. Taken together, the German
position seems to be that Germany supports everyone and is
confident that nothing means anything and that they sincerely
hope that all this will go away.

Germany's anxiety is completely justified. Not only is Germany
massively exposed on Russian loans that are not going to get paid
any time soon, if at all, but the reemergence of the Red Army
along the Baltic countries' frontiers or worse, along the Polish
border, is a dreadful German problem. Russian nationalism is
Germany's worst nightmare. The only thing worse would be a
Franco-Russian alliance, which certainly seems to be taking
shape. According to United Press International, a French
diplomat in Amman stated that France "is in constant consultation
with Russian leaders." He also went on to say that France could
never support any demands to change the Iraqi regime by force and
from outside in harmony with its constitution and international
laws, saying "this was why Paris did not take part in the latest
military operations against Iraq."

Now obviously, a Franco-Russian arrangement in 1999 is very
different from one in 1938 or 1914. Many things have changed.
Nevertheless, France's growing anti-Americanism and links to an
anti-American Russia will pose a serious challenge not only for
Germany, but also for the European Union. It will pose questions
for the SDP-Green coalition that it would be best not to have to
answer. It will force open the question of the relationship
between a unified economic apparatus and Europe's foreign policy,
a question that the EU is not at all ready to confront. Finally,
the inclusion of China in this alignment affects both the global
balance of power and the structure of Asian regional politics. On
a question of fundamental importance to the United States, Iraq,
a coalition consisting of France, China and Russia has emerged
very publicly, with Russia playing the leading, active role.
This is a matter of great significance. It is far more important
than the future of Iraq.

In this sense, the U.S. attack on Iraq has had a thoroughly
unintended consequence. It has triggered a response inside of
Russia that will have lasting effect. This response will change
Russian defense policy and, in turn, will provide Russia with
opportunities to assert itself along its current frontiers,
increasing tensions in Europe and Central Asia dramatically. But
the global effect will be the most significant. Since 1989, the
world has lived in an unnatural condition of imbalance, with only
one major power. This could not long endure. As in 1972, when
the U.S. and China aligned themselves to contain the Soviet
Union, a new alignment designed to contain the United States is
emerging. Including France and China, its center of gravity is a
re-energized Russia. This has been developing for a long time.
What is most interesting is that it was an act of carelessness on
the part of the United States that provided the trigger for a sea
change in Russian politics, a sea change that will reshape the
international system.

--- BPR

BPR Web Site - http://philologos.org/bpr

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Bethlehem
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:58:31 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

Little Town Of Bethlehem

Bethlehem is where the Christmas story began, but it is also the
Biblical home of Rachel's tomb and King David. A special feature on
Israeli Culture deals with the town of Bethlehem - its historical and
biblical roots, and its Palestinian present.

http://israeliculture.miningco.com/library/weekly/blbethle.htm

Israeli Culture Newsletter
Miningco.com

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Dec 22, 1998 TV Programs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 10:01:36 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

8:00 PM Eastern

 PBS - NOVA - "Venus Unveiled" - Radar views of the
   surface of Venus spark a debate about the planet's long-term
   history.(CC)(TVG)

 HIST - SECRETS OF THE ROSETTA STONE - In 1822 a young French
   scholar deciphers hieroglyphs etched into
   granite.(CC)(TVG)

9:00

 PBS - FRONTLINE - "From Jesus to Christ: The First
   Christians" - Development and impact of the Gospels;
   Christians and Jews; Christianity and the Roman
   Empire.(CC)(TVPG)

 TLC - THE LOST ARK - Researchers search for an ancient ark
   capable of storing electricity.(CC)(TVG)

10:00

 TLC - IN PURSUIT OF THE SHROUD - Scholars subject the
   Shroud of Turin to a battery of tests to identify its
   mysterious image.(CC)(TVG)

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: News: PA plans to move Mufti office to Temple Mount
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 10:03:54 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

PA plans to move Mufti office to Temple Mount

Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: IsraelWire

Mon Dec 21 , 1998 -- In another move to create facts on the ground on
the Temple Mount of Jerusalem, Sheik Ikrama Sabri, the PA Mufti of
Jerusalem, is planning to relocate his office to the Temple Mount
complex. Both Israel and Jordan have expressed their opposition to the
move, and insist the office should remain in the Old City of
Jerusalem's so-called Moslem Quarter. They explained that such a move
was a gross violation of the status quo on the Mount. Over the past
weeks, the renovation of a building on the Mount was carried out,
clearing the way for the new office. Israel told the PA that if the
new office is opened as planned, it would have no alternative and may
even permit Jews wishing to pray on the Mount to do so in a
retaliatory move.

Weekend News Today
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/went

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Subject: (Fwd) News Summary for Monday, December 21, 1998
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 06:37:32 -0500

From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>

------- Forwarded Message Follows -------

          C U R R E N T N E W S S U M M A R Y
            by the Editors at ReligionToday.com

December 21, 1998

[..snip..]

Natural disasters are "warning signs of the Almighty," German
ministers said. Recent storms and floods are occurring because
people are turning away from "the true and living God," the
German Evangelical Association for Bible and Faith said. The
refusal of several new government leaders to say "So help me God"
in their swearing-in ceremonies is an example, the group said.
Juergen Trittin, newly appointed federal minister of the
environment, said he did not need God's help. "But as soon as
Trittin had rejected his Creator in that manner, [natural
disaster] sirens wailed and triggered the red alert," the
association said.

[..snip..]

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Two Witnesses
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 12:03:44 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

In my reading today I came across the following which might help to
explain who Israel will consider to be one of the two witnesses of
Revelation:

"In resignation to the will of God, Jacob awaited his end, and death
enveloped him gently. Not the Angel of Death ended his life, but the
Shekinah took his soul with a kiss. Beside the three Patriarchs,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, only Moses, Aaron, and Miriam breathed
their last in this manner, through the kiss of the Shekinah. And
these six, together with Benjamin, are the only ones whose corpses
are not exposed to the ravages of the worms, and they neither corrupt
nor decay."

The Legend of the Jews
Louis Ginzberg
Volume 2
==========

Please see our file on the "Two Witnesses" at:
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/w-002-01.htm

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: What's New at BPR?
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:57:50 -0500

From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>

Bible Prophecy Research and Study List
Additions and updates made since Dec 14, 1998
Vol 1, Number 10
Dec 22, 1998

> Added: "A Commentary on the New Testament from the
Talmud and Hebraica" by John Lightfoot (1602-1675)
http://philologos.org/__eb-jl

The book of Matthew from this volume of work is currently
online.

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> Added: "...a great earthquake..."
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/e-006-01.htm

Earthquake Fault Line East of Jerusalem: A Potentially Fulfilled
Prophecy of Zechariah 14:4?

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> Added: "...hurt not the oil and wine"
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/h-006-01.htm

Passages and references are quoted to explore the meaning of
this third seal phrase.

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> Added: Passover Lamb
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/p-004-01.htm

Information on the ceremony surrounding the Passover lamb that
seems to allude to happenings in Revelation.

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> Added: "...serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood..."
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/s-015-01.htm

An excerpt from "The Dead Sea: Myth, History, and Politics" by
Barbara Kreiger.

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> Added: Fast of Tevet 10
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/Misc_Studies/ms-018-a.htm

Some thoughts concerning this Jewish observance.

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> Updated: "Behold a white horse..."
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/w-006-01.htm

> Updated: Tree of Life
http://philologos.org/bpr/files/t-006-01.htm

Thank you!
owner-bpr@philologos.org
http://philologos.org

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Disease Updates
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 18:41:34 -0500

From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>

Disease Updates for the Week of December 13
All items are from ProMED-mail
e-mail: promed@usa.healthnet.org

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1. China - Virulent strain of influenza A.

From: John W. Aldis, M.D.

"I'm not sure how much of this is common knowledge, and I have not
had time yet to check out much of the details. Beijing and the rest
of Northern China is being hit unusually hard with influenza this
year. The local (Chinese) press describes the incidence and
severity of the disease to be much worse than in recent years.

"This involves regions of Inner Mongolia and "Manchuria" [Harbin
area] but has already extended to Beijing."

[..edited..]

[Many thanks, John. In view of the apparent ineffectiveness of the
current vaccine, this bears watching closely. Historically, new
virulent strains of flu have originated in China, and taken a year to
reach the West, giving time for a homologous vaccine to be produced.
But in view of the early appearance of this strain, and increased air
travel between China & the West, we may not be so lucky this time -
Mod.JW ]

Follow up news article: [edited]

Hospitals in China's northern port city of Tianjin have been swamped
with thousands of patients after a major flu outbreak and doctors
fear they may run short of medicine, the Xinhua news agency said
Thursday.

"Harassed staff said the hospital had received more than 1,000
patients a day over the past few weeks, most of whom are stricken by
this latest strain of flu which has been sweeping northern China," it
said.

Statistics from eight major hospitals in Tianjin show more than
10,000 people have caught the flu in the past two days, with some
hospitals warning they have nearly exhausted their supplies of
medicine, it added.

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2. USA - Listeriosis [edited]

Federal health officials are looking at an outbreak of food poisoning
from _Listeria_ that has sickened more than 35 people in nine states
and killed four. The prime suspects are hot dogs and cold cuts, the
federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed
Thursday. Neither the CDC nor officials at the Agriculture
Department, in charge of meat safety, would confirm which brands or
manufacturer were under suspicion in the continuing investigation.
But the CDC said people at the greatest risk from food poisoning --
pregnant women, the elderly and people with weak immune systems --
should take precautions. "If they want to reduce their risk, they
should avoid those foods or thoroughly reheat their cold cuts before
eating them," CDC spokesman Tom Skinner said.

_Listeria_ is a bacterium that healthy people often fight off with no
more than flu-like symptoms. But it also can kill through meningitis
or blood infection. It's especially dangerous during pregnancy, when
bacteria passed to the fetus can cause miscarriage or stillbirth
even if the mother has no symptoms. Cases are under investigation in
Ohio, New York, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Michigan, West Virginia,
Connecticut, Oregon and Vermont.

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3. Turkmenistan - Malaria [edited]

Endemic malaria was eradicated in Turkmenistan by 1960: in the period
1965-1980, only 23 introduced malaria cases were registered in Mary
and Ashgabat velayats.

The malaria situation changed abruptly in June 1998 when the first
indigenous case of vivax malaria was detected in the Kushka district
bordering Afghanistan. In August, 11 additional cases were detected.

By December 1998, 129 cases of malaria had already been detected in 5
foci (details are available on request).

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Miningco Today excerpts
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:11:38 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

IN CYBERSPACE, THERE IS NO PRIVACY
Be warned: Practically speaking, there are no secrets on the Internet.
But some recent court decisions suggest that a right to online privacy
may be taking shape. Net Conferencing Guide Laura Schneider has a
roundup. http://netconference.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa122098.htm

Clinton's next trial, from U.S. Government Guide Robert Longley.
http://usgovinfo.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa122298.htm

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Pluto
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:10:56 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

Pluto:
The unusual orbital characteristics of the ninth planet, Pluto, have
led some astronomers to suspect that Pluto is not a major planet like
the other eight. Pluto's orbit...is so eccentric that [it] can come
closer to the sun than Neptune, as it will for two decades beginning
in 1979.

Pluto was discovered in 1930 after an extensive search initiated by
Percival Lowell...Pluto's mass (not over a tenth of the
earth's)...mean distance from the sun--3,666,000,000 miles...Its
diameter is about 60% of the earth's.

Collier's Encyclopedia, 1963
==========

...Percival Lowell inaugurated a telescopic search for a new planet
in 1905. The search was continued by various members of the staff of
the Lowell Observatory until in 1930 the planet Pluto was discovered
by the American astronomer Clyde William Tombaugh...Pluto is
invisible to the naked eye; viewed through the telescope it has a
yellowish color...

Universal Standard Encylopedia, 1955
==========

Charon, Pluto's grayish satellite, was discovered by American
astrophysicist James W. Christy on June 22, 1978...Charon completes
one revolution in 6.39 days, the same as Pluto's rotation period. The
two objects may be relics of the early days of the solar system.

Grolier's Encyclopedia, 1995
==========

plutonium--the name is derived from the planet Pluto.

Grolier's Encyclopedia, 1995
==========

IAU Considers Downgrading Pluto To Minor Planet
[International Astronomical Union]
December 22, 1998

This week, a group of astronomers will turn their
attention away from weighty issues like the fate
of the universe and the search for new worlds to
a question most people thought was settled a
long time ago:

Just what the heck is Pluto?

Those who ring their buzzers and reply simply
"the ninth planet" are in agreement with history,
tradition, and most astronomy textbooks.

But, it turns out, there is a heated debate going on
among astronomers about whether, in addition to its
traditional status as a major planet, Pluto should
be given a kind of "dual citizenship" as an
asteroid, or minor planet - another term for these
diminutive members of the sun's family.

The issue will come to a head this week with
the conclusion of a formal vote by a division of the
International Astronomical Union.

Two coincidental facts have given rise to this
brewing tempest in terminology. First, just as the
numbers on the calendar are rapidly approaching the
much anticipated rollover to triple zeros, a
sequential numbering system for the known asteroids
is about to reach the momentous number 10,000. The
count, updated monthly, stands at 9,826 and is
growing by more than 100 a month, and some
astronomers would like to save that special number
for a truly special case - Pluto. Second, a new
family of objects in the solar system has been
discovered over the last six years - a family to
which Pluto bears a striking resemblance.

Full story:
http://boston.com/dailyglobe2/355/science/Planetary_demolition_+.shtm
l
==========

Hades (Pluto)
He was the third brother among the Olympians [there are 12 great
Olympians], who drew for his share the underworld and the rule over
the dead. He as also called Pluto, the god of Wealth, of the precious
metals hidden in the earth....It was rare that he left his dark realm
to visit Olympus or the earth, nor was he urged to do so. He was not
a welcome visitor. He was unpitying, inexorable, but just; a
terrible, not an evil god...

Mythology, Edith Hamilton
==========

Charon, in Greek mythology, the ferry-man who conveys souls of the
dead across the River Styx in Hades. To pay the soul's fare, a small
coin was placed in the mouth of the dead before burial. If this rite
was neglected, Charon refused to convey the shade across, and it was
doomed to wander restlessly on the shore of Acheron...On Etruscan
monuments Charon is represented as a demon of death, with bestial
face, huge tusks, and pointed ears, carrying snakes or, more
commonly, a large hammer. In Roman times, the bodies of fallen
gladiators were dragged from the arena by a man disguised as this
demon. In modern Greek superstition Charon survives as Charos or
Charontas, who, as a black bird of prey or winged horseman, bears
victims to the world of the dead.

Universal Standard Encyclopedia

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Weekend News Today excerpts (12/23/98)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 20:07:40 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

Arafat to help Labor party; May postone Declaration of State

Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Arutz 7

Wed Dec 23 , 1998 -- Ma'ariv newspaper reported today that a senior
Palestinian Authority figure said that Arafat may postpone his
declaration of the establishment of a Palestinian state, in order not
to help Binyamin Netanyahu's election campaign. The PA feels that
Netanyahu will attempt to use the declaration as a "scare tactic" in
his campaign. A report in today's Ha'aretz quoted senior Labor
officials to the effect that Arafat promised them that he would not
proclaim the establishment of a state in May 1999 if the Israeli
election had not been held by then. The upcoming issue of the weekly
Foreign Report - a prestigious British military-issues magazine -
predicts that Yasser Arafat will be the first leader in the Middle
East to disappear from the world arena. Three other leaders in the
region who will follow Arafat soon after, according to the Foreign
Report, are Syrian President Assad and Saudi Arabian King Fahd, for
health reasons, and Iraq's Saddam Hussein, who is likely to be killed
in an American or British attack

Ponitff's statement to Arafat ten years ago

Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Israel Wire

Wed Dec 23 , 1998 -- IsraelWire's - A Look Back in Time - December
23rd 1988 - Pope John Paul II met with Yassir Arafat at the Vatican.
The pontiff told the PLO leader he believed Palestinians and Jews had
"an identical fundamental right" to their own countries.

Israel government passes Hebrew music law

Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: Ha'aretz

Wed Dec 23 , 1998 -- At least half of all songs broadcast on Voice of
Israel Radio and Israel Army Radio must have Hebrew lyrics, according
to the Hebrew Song Law, which was ratified in the Knesset plenum last
night in its second and third readings. Member of Knesset Yona Yahav
(Labor), who initiated the new legislation, has said that the aim of
the law is "to conserve original Israeli culture and to protect it
from the trend of Americanization." According to Yahav, any society
that cannot protect its culture is doomed to disintegrate. The law was
passed on first reading by a majority of 23 candidates, with one "nay"
vote given by Knesset speaker Dan Tichon, who has vigorously opposed
the initiative. "I want to know to what level we can allow ourselves
to sink and still call our society democratic. I am in favor of direct
support for composers. But not by methods that will force us tomorrow
to ensure that 50 percent of all television broadcast time will
consist of Israeli films." MK Abd el-Wahab Dawarshe (Arab Democratic
Party) has proposed that the law obligate Voice of Israel and Israel
Army Radio to broadcast 50 percent Israeli - and not just Hebrew -
songs, so that local Arabic songs would also meet the requirement to
conserve Israeli culture. Amnon Nadav, director of Voice of Israel,
claims that there is no need for legislation in order to ensure a 50
percent quota for Hebrew songs: "On this issue, we have anticipated
the legislation. One of our stations, Reshet Gimel, has been
broadcasting only Hebrew songs for over a year.

Iraq to send representatives to Arab countries and Russia to give
details of attack

Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: ArabicNews

Wed Dec 23 , 1998 -- Well-informed Jordanian sources said on Monday
that Iraq will delegate representatives to several Arab and foreign
capitals including Damascus, Cairo, Amman, Doha and Moscow to acquaint
these capitals with details and nature of the US-British aggression
against Iraq. Quotes from these sources say that Iraq will shortly
start a vast international diplomatic campaign to make use of Arab and
foreign reactions toward recent developments. And they say that this
campaign aims at explaining the Iraqi viewpoint concerning the issues
pertaining to the sanctions, UN inspections and the future of Iraqi
relations with the UN. Meanwhile, the Iraqi newspaper Babel criticized
yesterday the Arab silence toward the US - British attack on Iraq. The
newspaper said, "The Iraqi people stand confused before this absolute
Arab silence while they are following up the Iraqi people's heroism to
this barbarian aggression."
 
Weekend News Today
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/went

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Know Your Customer
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:09:59 -0500

From: <owner-bpr@philologos.org>

[BPR Note: this story was first brought to our attention by one of
our list members a few weeks ago. This particular article gives
additional excellent information and insight into the global agenda
behind this "old" banking law. This is not about conspiracy stories
or anti-government ranting. The antiChrist will need a global system
to operate within. For years, we have been seeing the foundations,
and now even the pillars, for this system being put into place. This
quote at the end of the article (to be read on site) sums it up
nicely:

 "Give me control over a man's economic actions, and hence over his
means of survival, and except for a few occasional heroes, I'll
promise to deliver to you men who think and write and behave as I
want them to." Benjamine A. Rooge ]

-------------

Institutions Lower the Boom on All Accounts

"Know Your Customer" Part of Agenda for Global Control

On Monday, December 7 the Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation
(FDIC) as well as three other financial regulatory agencies published
their versions of the "Know Your Customer" (KYC) rules in the Federal
Register. When these rules go into effect after 90 days they will
"level the playing field" between institutions that have their own
KYC policies and those who don't. This will make the system of
banking surveillance universal and mandatory, effectively closing the
gap to bank customers who wish to avoid invasive snooping into their
personal affairs.

... snip...

Cash is something used by criminals, we're told, and the new "Know
Your Customer" requirements will make it even harder for honest
people to use cash. Already bank patrons are criminalized if they
"structure" their bank withdrawals, taking out small amounts over
time so as to avoid the reporting requirements on cash transactions
over $10,000. "Structuring" is a federal crime.

... snip...

The "Know Your Customer" program is not a recent innovation by
federal regulators. It didn't even originate in Congress at the
behest of the American public or the U.S. banking industry. It is a
program that was conceived on the international level at the
Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD), that
secretive trade organization in Paris that tried to ram through the
neutron bomb of trade agreements, the Multi-lateral Agreement on
Investment (MAI). "Know Your Customer" is more or less becoming law
around the world.

For the full story please see:
http://www.thewinds.org/archive/government/fdic12-98.html

[BPR Note: as always, suggestions to read an article on another site does
not mean that we endorse that site or agree with all the material contained at that site.]

Copyright 1998, The WINDS.
http://www.TheWinds.org

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: News: Russia's Communist backs anti-Semitic rhetoric
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:59:13 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

Russia's Communist backs anti-Semitic rhetoric

Copyright (C) 1998 Associated Press

By ANNA DOLGOV

MOSCOW (December 23, 1998 5:59 p.m.) - Russia's Communist leader,
effectively endorsing the anti-Semitic rhetoric of his allies, accused
Jews on Wednesday of bringing on the "extinction" of Russia's people
and the country's economic problems, according to a news agency
report.

Communist Party chief Gennady Zyuganov - a prominent politician who
finished second in the 1996 presidential election - also suggested
that Russia's Jewish community condemn Zionism, the Interfax news
agency reported.

Zionism, a movement supporting the Jewish state of Israel, is often
used by Russian anti-Semites to refer to a supposed Jewish conspiracy
against other ethnic and religious groups.

"Our people are not blind. They cannot fail to see that the spread of
Zionism in the state government in Russia is one of the reasons for
the current catastrophic condition of the country, the mass
impoverishment and the process of extinction of its people," Zyuganov
said in what Interfax described as an open letter.

Zyuganov's most blatant public expression of anti-Semitism to date,
the letter was addressed to President Boris Yeltsin's national
security chief and the justice minister. No one was available in
either of their offices or the Communist Party on Wednesday evening to
comment.

Zyuganov's letter came in response to demands by Russian liberals and
international Jewish organizations that the Communist Party, the
largest party in Russia, condemn virulent anti-Semitic remarks by two
of its members.

Under Zyuganov, the party has taken on an increasingly aggressive,
nationalistic tone. Anti-Semitic rhetoric has grown with the nation's
economic troubles - the traditional spark for scapegoating.

Several prominent Russian businessmen and politicians have called for
banning the party, saying it had evolved into a fascist grouping.

In his letter, Zyuganov outlined the "aggressive, destructive role of
Zionist capital in the collapse of Russia's economy and the pilfering
of its national wealth," Interfax reported.

At the same time, Zyuganov insisted that he condemned anti-Semitism
and was only calling for fighting an alleged Jewish conspiracy for
world domination.

Virulent anti-Semitic statements have been emerging from increasingly
higher levels of the Communist Party in recent months, culminating
Wednesday with Zyuganov's letter.

In speeches this fall, Communist lawmaker Albert Makashov blamed the
country's problems on "zhidy," or "yids," a derogatory term for Jews.

Communists in parliament blocked a resolution condemning him.

This month, prominent Communist lawmaker Viktor Ilyukhin accused Jews
of waging "genocide" on Russians. He also said that Russia's
post-Soviet collapse would not have occurred if Russia's government
was not made up "exclusively of one group, the Jews."

Yeltsin's governments have contained a number of Jews and other
minorities in prominent positions, but they have always been
outnumbered by ethnic Russians.

Israeli & Global News
http://www.cmep.com

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Dec 25, 1998 TV Programs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 09:42:42 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

8:00 PM Eastern

 TLC - STORIES OF MIRACLES - Author Joan Wester Anderson
   examines accounts of modern miracles.(CC)

9:00

 C-SPAN - NATIONAL PRESS CLUB - Matt
   Drudge.(CC)

 TLC - STORIES OF MIRACLES - Miracles vs. coincidences;
   individuals share accounts of miracles.(CC)

10:00

 HIST - THE HISTORY OF MAGIC: CENTURIES OF DECEPTION -
   Illusionists from ancient Egypt to European
   masters.(CC)(TVG)(Ends midnight)

 TLC - MIRACLE POLICE - The Roman Catholic Church uses
   certain criteria to determine miracles.(CC)

--- BPR

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To: bpr-list@philologos.org (BPR Mailing List)
Subject: Dec 26, 1998 TV Program
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 09:51:59 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

8:00 PM Eastern

 HIST - 20TH CENTURY WITH MIKE WALLACE - "True
   Believers: Religion in the Modern World" - Religious leaders;
   Pope John Paul II; Billy Graham; Pat Robertson; the Ayatollah
   Khomeini; the Dalai Lama.(CC)(TVPG)

--- BPR

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