Daily Prayer Journal

Saturday February 4, 2012

Today, Jesus, life is not only sweeter than before, but clearer.

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TODAY'S NEWS:

• Russia, China veto UN resolution backing Arab plan calling for Syrian president to step down after hundreds of people were reportedly killed.
• As UN prepares to vote on resolution calling for President Assad's ouster, protesters see bloodiest crackdown yet by Syrian forces, activists say.
• After nearly two-year probe into doping allegations, not enough evidence is found to charge Tour de France champ
• Last contact with scientists was six days ago as they race clock to dig for lake buried in ice for millions of years
• Gingrich calls rival 'Obama lite' as Romney's camp brings up climate ad former speaker cut with Pelosi
• Congress presses Google on new privacy policy
  
• Kidnappers free 2 American tourists in Egypt
• Indiana election chief found guilty of voter fraud
• Surveillance drone crashes in Somali capital
• Battle deepens over Air Force Super Tucano deal
• Fat chance: Bill junks $$ for 'nanny state' food ads
  
• Doctor accused of treason over role in bin Laden raid
  
• Popular character actor Ben Gazzara dies at 81
• White House, GOP divided on jobs report
• Komen restores funding for Planned Parenthood
• Woman blames 'big breasts' for failing sobriety test
• Iran begins new military exercises in south
• Pressure mounts on Tehran as talks fail with UN
• Restaurant lobby objects to ignition interlock
• Micron chief dies in small plane accident
• Officer orders court-martial for WikiLeaks suspect
• 1 dead after explosion at Marines housing facility

TODAY IN HISTORY:

• 856 - Rhabanus Maurus Wrote an Encyclopedia.
• 1555 - John Rogers, 1st of Many Martyrs burned at stake
• 1783 - England proclaimed the formal end to the hostilities with the United States.
• 1787 - Shays's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated.
• 1826 - The Last of the Mohicans is published.
• 1874 - Frances Havergal Wrote "Take My Life and Let it Be"
• 1789 - George Washington and John Adams are elected the president and vice president of the United States.
• 1861 - Delegates from six southern states met at Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.
• 1915 - WWI - Germany declares war zone around British Isles.
• 1922 - Ford buys Lincoln.
• 1938 - Disney releases Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
• 1945 - WWII - Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference.
• 1948 - Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gained independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1962 - First U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam.
• 1965 - Rumors fly about U.S.-Soviet pressure on allies in Vietnam.
• 1969 - The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasir Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
• 1972 - Last Thai contingent departs South Vietnam.
• 1974 - Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
• 1976 - Benjamin Britten, British composer, died.
• 1976 - Earthquake rocks Guatemala City.
• 1983 - Karen Carpenter dies of anorexia.
• 2003 - The country of Yugoslavia disappeared, to be replaced by the loose federation of Serbia and Montenegro.
• 2004 - The Massachusetts Supreme Court declared that homosexuals had the right to marry.
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