The Rt Rev Mark Davies was delivering his grim message to more than 1,000 young Catholics, aged between 16 and 30, at a five-day prayer-fest in Norfolk. He urged them to make a “clear stand” for their faith after recent Government data which suggest Christians living in Britain will soon become a minority.LINK

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BUCKLEY, Wash. — Indian tribes and a river protection group are demanding federal officials do something to stop the loss of tens of thousands of salmon in the White River.Tribal officials were told this year that plans for new fish capturing equipment at the White River Diversion dam near Buckley had to be canceled because of budget shortages LINK

Getting caught anywhere remotely close to the site of a natural disaster would be a nightmare for most people.But getting up close and personal with mother nature at her destructive worst is a dream for one avid photographer. Martin Rietze has spent the last decade travelling the length and breadth LINK

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Radio and television host Glenn Beck is now going public with his belief the United States is among the famous “Lost 10 Tribes of Israel,” and America today is suffering calamaties just as ancient Israel did due to its disobedience to the laws of God. LINK

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided to censor some licensed therapists in California, including pastors, by upholding a ban on “change therapy.”The ruling today will prevent minors who want counseling regarding unwanted same-sex attractions, behavior or identity from getting that help.LINK

Unappreciative of Western philosophy, members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood probably never heard an analogy first mentioned by Roman statesman Cicero — “putting the cart before the horse!” For more than two millennia, the phrase has applied to situations of misplaced priorities.LINK

Threats from the north, south, east, west, from nearby and from afar. That’s the gist of an alarming map graphic that the Israeli Embassy in the U.S. posted this week.“Some may say the map is alarmist,” the embassy said in a community post on BuzzFeed. “Undeniably, the map is our geopolitical reality,LINK

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“The airline teamed up with Sanrio, the agent of the cartoon cat, to dress up a number of its A330s in Hello Kitty motifs in 2011 (see ), and there are currently five of these aircraft, including Magic jet, Clouds jet, Music jet, World jet and Apple jet. These planes have taken the famed feline star on tour to Japan, LINK

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No one knows what started the Rim Fire, the 160,000 187,000 acre blaze that’s ripping through the western side of Yosemite National Park. But 3,700 firefighters have been dispatched to try to stop it using helicopters, bulldozers, and flame retardants. Although the situation is starting to look up—20 23 percent of the fire is now contained, LINK