Scientists in Spain say they’ll attempt to clone an extinct mountain goat using frozen, preserved cells taken from the last living animal before it died. The species known as a bucardo, or Pyrenean ibex, went extinct in 2000, but cells from the last animal were collected and frozen in liquid nitrogen. LINK

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Economics and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home)… “If there will be a deal which would allow Iran to have the ability to ‘break out’ and build a bomb within six weeks, we cannot sit idly by in this situation and we will examine all the options,” Bennett told Channel 2 Saturday evening. LINK

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Whether it be a colleague, a boss, a teacher or a police officer, bowing down to authority should never be deemed to be normal,… However, this is precisely what school children in San Bernadino, CA. are being forced to do when a teacher blows their whistle, the children are to immediately kneel in their presence. LINK

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Iran and six world powers reached a breakthrough deal early on Sunday to curb Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief, in what could be the first sign of an emerging rapprochement between the Islamic state and the West. LINK

NASA spotted Comet ISON coming on strong on Thursday. An awesome set of images shows Comet Encke, its tail wriggling, along with Mercury and Earth. Then ISON enters the field. It looks like a comet race. It’s evidence, the space agency says, that ISON is still intact and hasn’t splintered as it approaches the sun. LINK

Transhumanism is the idea that we can (and should) use scientific knowledge to fundamentally transform the human form in order to improve human intellectual and physical abilities. These ideas are usually connected with discussion about radical life extension, or even dreams of some form of immortality. LINK

CNN has blamed Christians for the problem of Americans without health insurance, calling it “The Obamacare ‘scandal’ you haven’t heard about.” In an article on CNN.com’s Belief Blog, CNN writer John Blake says that, while famous pastors “preach in states where crosses and church steeples dot the skyline,” LINK

China said Saturday that any noncommercial aircraft entering a broad zone over the East China Sea must first identify themselves to Beijing, at the risk of facing “defensive emergency measures” by Chinese armed forces. LINK

One new report finds that American High Shools and elementary text books contain countless inaccuracies about Chrsitianity, Judaism, and the Middle East.  Experts researched and found at least 500 errors.  Stated as a fact was that Jesus was Palestinian, or the Quran was revealed to Muhammad by God, and so forth. Millions of children use these text books in all fifty states.LINK

1. Nishino-shima, Pacific Ocean – 2. Colima, Mexico – 3. Fuego, Guatemala – 4. Mount Sinabung, Indonesia – 5. Etna, Italy – 6. Yasur, Vanuatu LINK

Today the Vatican website published the Latin letter addressed by Pope Francis to Cardinal Brandmuller on the celebrations for the 450th anniversary of the closing of the Council of Trent. The letter affirms the continued importance of the doctrine of Council of Trent.LINK

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