Settlers to step up fight against building freeze

Settler leaders plan to step up their fight against a planned freeze of construction in West Bank settlements, including a sit-down protest in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home later this month.

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U.S. Economy: Trade Deficit Widens Most Since 1999 on Imports

Sept. 10 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. trade deficit widened in July and imports gained by a record 4.7 percent, signaling a revival of commerce as the global recession eased.

The gap between imports and exports grew 16 percent, the most in more than a decade, to $32 billion from a revised $27.5 billion in […]

Ancient skeletons discovered in Georgia threaten to overturn the theory of human evolution

For generations, scientists have believed Africa was the cradle of mankind.

Now a stunning archaeological discovery suggests our primitive ancestors left Africa to explore the world around 800,000 years earlier than was previously thought before returning to their home continent.

It was there – hundreds of thousands of years later – that they evolved into […]

Israel stocks up for third day

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) — Israeli stocks rose for a third day, with strength in Israel Chemicals offset by continued weakness among the real estate stocks.

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U.S. ‘very worried’ about Iran nuclear capability

The United States said Wednesday it has serious concerns that Iran is deliberately trying to preserve a nuclear weapons option, urging Tehran to join in fresh talks with key allies about its disputed nuclear intentions.

Glyn Davies, Washington’s chief envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, also warned that the latest report by the […]

Obama to seal US-UN relationship

Barack Obama will cement the new co-operative relationship between the US and the United Nations this month when he becomes the first American president to chair its 15-member Security Council.

The topic for the summit-level session of the council on September 24 is nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament – one of several global challenges that […]

Up to $3,800 fine for failure get health insurance

WASHINGTON – A top senator is calling for fines of up to $3,800 on families who fail to get medical insurance after a health care overhaul goes into effect.

The plan from Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana would make health insurance mandatory, just like auto coverage. It would provide tax credits to help cover […]

Commentary areas moved!

The other commentary areas, Hal Lindsey, The Rapture Report, etc have been moved to our new commentary website http://www.ChristReport.com Jack’s commentary will be at both websites however we will still be posting on GJCN about other commentary from these other sources on GJCN.org and linking to them on ChristReport.com

France to oppose Google book scheme

Google’s ambitious plans to scan millions of books and make them readable through its search engine suffered another blow on Monday after France said it would formally oppose the US settlement that Google needs to circumvent complex copyright issues.

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Woman beaten to death at China Wal-Mart: police

BEIJING — A woman in eastern China was allegedly beaten to death by five employees of a Wal-Mart store who accused her of shoplifting, a police report and state media said Tuesday.

Police have arrested two employees from the store in Jiangxi province, while three others are being investigated, Jingdezhen city police said in a […]