Perilous Times

The head of Israel's internal security service said Sunday he is "very concerned" that Jewish extremists could assassinate an Israeli leader in an attempt to foil peace moves with the Palestinians.

Famine

APA-Maputo (Mozambique) The Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET), a US agency, has predicted severe famines levels in areas of Mozambique which were affected by drought and other natural disasters in the past farming season, APA learnt here Friday.

Earthquake

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey has reported a small earthquake occurred in East Tennessee, but emergency officials say no damage has been reported.

Perilous Times

(CNN) -- About 1 million people have been forced to flee because of fighting between rebel and government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday, adding that it was investigating reports of camps being looted and torched. Children eat bread and porridge at a camp for displaced people 12 kilometers north of Goma in Congo.

Strange and Fearful Sights

WASHINGTON — Earth's first nearly full look at Mercury reveals that the tiny lifeless planet took a far greater role in shaping itself than was thought, with volcanoes spewing "mysterious dark blue material."

Sinful Society

A California school system refuses to say what action, if any, it will take after it received complaints about a kindergarten teacher who encouraged her students to sign "pledge cards" in support of gays.

Weather Woes

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- At least seven people have been found dead after "the worst snowstorm on record in Tibet," China's state-run news agency reported Friday.

Earthquakes

Two minor earthquakes have shaken the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but no significant damage has immediately been reported.

Sinful Society

MADRID, Spain — A journalist on Friday defended the accuracy of a book in which she quotes Spain's Queen Sofia as criticizing the country's legalization of gay marriage, dragging the normally tightlipped monarchy into a rare public spat.

Weather Woes

Winds of up to 120kmh are expected to hit eastern areas including Otago today as yet another spring front moves across New Zealand.

Abortion

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new video of a Planned Parenthood staff member in New Jersey has surfaced showing abortion centers leave babies to die who survive failed abortions. The video shows the kind of infanticide that Barack Obama opposed stopping in Illinois continues to occur.

Famine

HARARE, Zimbabwe, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Villagers in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East province are so hungry they have begun using cow feces for food, the Movement for Democratic Change says.

Persecution

CBNNews.com - A Georgia county can continue to start their meetings with Christian prayers, a federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled on Tuesday.

Sinful Society

Candidates for the Catholic priesthood should undergo psychological tests to screen out heterosexuals unable to control their sexual urges and men with strong homosexual tendencies, the Vatican said on Thursday.

Violence

Police say at least 20 people have been killed and dozens wounded after 11 bombs exploded across India's northeastern state of Assam.

Pestilence

The star, 34, has a hole about an inch wide on his right arm after a sore broke out following his return from the jungles of Peru.