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In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, second left, and French President Francois Hollande, second right, review honor guards, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Hollande said France will stand against instability in Lebanon. Hollande?s comments during a short visit to Beirut come as many in Lebanon fear that Syria's civil war could spill over. Speaking to reporters after meeting President Michel Suleiman, Hollande said that amid Syria?s civil war, ?we are committed to give you guarantees regarding security, stability and the unity of Lebanon.? A top anti-Syrian intelligence chief was killed in a car bomb in Beirut last month. The assassination stirred up deadly sectarian tensions in Lebanon, where Sunnis and Shiites are deeply divided over the Syrian civil war, raising the specter of renewed sectarian fighting. (AP Photo/Dalati Nohra)
In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, second left, and French President Francois Hollande, second right, review honor guards, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Hollande said France will stand against instability in Lebanon. Hollande?s comments during a short visit to Beirut come as many in Lebanon fear that Syria's civil war could spill over. Speaking to reporters after meeting President Michel Suleiman, Hollande said that amid Syria?s civil war, ?we are committed to give you guarantees regarding security, stability and the unity of Lebanon.? A top anti-Syrian intelligence chief was killed in a car bomb in Beirut last month. The assassination stirred up deadly sectarian tensions in Lebanon, where Sunnis and Shiites are deeply divided over the Syrian civil war, raising the specter of renewed sectarian fighting. (AP Photo/Dalati Nohra)
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, shakes hands for photographers with French President Francois Hollande, left, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Hollande said France will stand against instability in Lebanon. Hollande?s comments during a short visit to Beirut come as many in Lebanon fear that Syria's civil war could spill over. Speaking to reporters after meeting President Michel Suleiman, Hollande said that amid Syria?s civil war, ?we are committed to give you guarantees regarding security, stability and the unity of Lebanon.? A top anti-Syrian intelligence chief was killed in a car bomb in Beirut last month. The assassination stirred up deadly sectarian tensions in Lebanon, where Sunnis and Shiites are deeply divided over the Syrian civil war, raising the specter of renewed sectarian fighting. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, poses for photographers with French President Francois Hollande, left, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Hollande said France will stand against instability in Lebanon. Hollande?s comments during a short visit to Beirut come as many in Lebanon fear that Syria's civil war could spill over. Speaking to reporters after meeting President Michel Suleiman, Hollande said that amid Syria?s civil war, ?we are committed to give you guarantees regarding security, stability and the unity of Lebanon.? A top anti-Syrian intelligence chief was killed in a car bomb in Beirut last month. The assassination stirred up deadly sectarian tensions in Lebanon, where Sunnis and Shiites are deeply divided over the Syrian civil war, raising the specter of renewed sectarian fighting. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
French President Francois Hollande attends a press a conference with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, unseen, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Hollande said France will stand against instability in Lebanon. Hollande?s comments during a short visit to Beirut come as many in Lebanon fear that Syria's civil war could spill over. Speaking to reporters after meeting President Michel Suleiman, Hollande said that amid Syria?s civil war, ?we are committed to give you guarantees regarding security, stability and the unity of Lebanon.? A top anti-Syrian intelligence chief was killed in a car bomb in Beirut last month. The assassination stirred up deadly sectarian tensions in Lebanon, where Sunnis and Shiites are deeply divided over the Syrian civil war, raising the specter of renewed sectarian fighting. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
BEIRUT (AP) ? France's president pledged Sunday that his country will stand against instability in Lebanon, two weeks after the assassination of a senior Lebanese intelligence official sparked clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian groups.
Francois Hollande also promised that Paris and the European Union will help Lebanon deal with an influx of more than 100,000 refugees who have fled the civil war in neighboring Syria.
"We are committed to give you guarantees regarding security, stability and unity of Lebanon," Hollande told reporters after meeting President Michel Suleiman.
The Oct. 19 car bomb that killed Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, a powerful anti-Syrian intelligence official, stirred up deadly sectarian tensions in Lebanon, where Sunnis and Shiites are deeply divided over the civil war in Syria, which has killed at least 36,000 people since it began in March 2011.
Lebanon's two largest political coalitions have lined up on opposite sides of the conflict. The powerful Shiite group Hezbollah and its partners who dominate the Lebanese government have stood by Syrian President Bashar Assad, while Lebanon's Sunni-led opposition backs the rebels seeking to topple the Damascus regime.
Assad and many in his inner circle are Alawites ? an offshoot of Shiite Islam and a minority in Syria ? while the rebels come mostly from the country's Sunni majority.
Syria dominated Lebanon for 29 years after it first sent troops into its smaller neighbor in 1976, during Lebanon's 15-year civil war.
Damascus' three-decade hold on Lebanon began to slip in 2005, after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Still, for years after Syrian troops pulled out, there were frequent assassinations of anti-Syrian figures in Lebanon, and the perpetrators have yet to be tracked down.
Despite the Syrian military's withdrawal from Lebanon, Assad has managed to maintain his influence in the country through allies, such as Hezbollah.
Hollande made a three-hour stop in Beirut en route to Saudi Arabia for talks with senior officials there that are expected to focus on the Syria conflict and Iran's disputed nuclear program.
Saudi officials said Hollande arrived in the Red Sea port of Jiddah, accompanied by a high-level delegation that included French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and a senior trade official.
France's ambassador to Saudi Arabia said in comments published in the Al-Riyadh newspaper that Paris and Riyadh share views on both issues. The newspaper quoted Bertrand Besancenot as saying France backs tighter sanctions on Iran and calls on Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down.
Saudi Arabia is Iran's main regional rival and is a key backer of Syria's rebels.
While in Beirut, Hollande said France will give "full assistance" in the investigation of al-Hassan's assassination, saying "the Lebanese and the world want this. There will be no escape from justice."
Al-Hassan was killed a day after he returned home from Paris, where his family has been living for years.
"Even though Lebanon is very close, it should not be the victim of this crisis," Hollande said referring to Syria's civil war. "We renew France's full support to the stability, unity, independence and safety of the territory of Lebanon."
France, the onetime colonial ruler of both Syria and Lebanon, has been one of the most outspoken Western critics of the Assad regime. France announced in September that it had begun sending direct aid and money to five rebel-held Syrian cities as part of its intensified efforts to weaken Assad. It was the first such move by a Western power amid mounting calls for the international community to do more to prevent bloodshed.
French officials have acknowledged providing communications and other non-lethal equipment to Syrian rebel forces, but say they won't provide weapons without international agreement. Paris played a leading role in the international campaign against Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi last year.
France still wields wide influence in Lebanon and has about 900 peacekeepers deployed near the border with Israel.
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Published Sunday, October 28, 2012, 8:28 AM
Updated Sunday, October 28, 2012, 8:28 AM
An undercover investigation in Ireland has revealed that staff at some pregnancy counseling services are giving advice that could put women's lives at risk.
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An undercover investigation in Ireland has revealed that staff at some pregnancy counseling services are giving advice that could put women's lives at risk.
According to the Irish Independent, the probe was carried our over several months by a team of women who secretly recorded the counselors at 11 taxpayer-funded locations around the country.
Some of the advice given was both illegal and medically dangerous. In several instances, the counselors told women to hide their abortions from their doctors. Doing this could be deadly if a post-surgery abortion complication, such as perforation of the womb following termination, goes undiagnosed.
Clients at the Dundalk office of the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA), and at two Dublin branches of the IFPA in Tallaght and Cathal Brugha Street were told they could conceal their abortions from their doctors. An HSE employee at Ballinasloe Crisis Pregnancy Support Service in Galway also gave the same advice.
"It is definitely reckless and probably negligent advice to tell a woman to conceal from doctors something that may be a vital part of her medical history," said Dr. Simon Mills, a barrister and medical doctor.
"This is especially the case if she presented unwell in the immediate aftermath of a termination and felt that she shouldn't tell her doctor about it when it could be the key piece of information to deliver prompt and life-saving treatment.
"If somebody turned around and said the reason I didn't tell my doctor was because a counsellor told me it wasn't necessary, civil liability would almost certainly arise and I think it is possible that criminal liability could too."
The HSE has launched an investigation of the clinics, which are overseen and funded by the HSE's Crisis Pregnancy Programme (CPP), and a spokesperson has stated that any potential breaches of the legislation will be pursued.
Police at Dublin's Store Street station are also looking into the findings of the investigation which was carried out by a group of women posing as? pregnant clients.
The investigative research team was made up of 30 people and included teachers, lawyers and doctors, some of which support the pro-life movement.
Women were also instructed on how to get the abortion pill at the Tallaght and Cork branches of the IFPA, which is illegal in Ireland. The pills which induce abortion by causing a miscarriage, should only be taken under medical supervision because of the the health risks.
A counselor at Tallaght IFPA told one woman how to smuggle in the abortion bill, saying "If you have an address in the North or you can buy a PO box number, and get them to send it . . . You can. . . then go and collect the tablets in the North and take them down here."
The IFPA released a statement saying that "all of its counsellors set out to work in adherence with the law" and that its services operate "under protocols and procedures which take into account all legislative requirements."
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??A body was found Tuesday in Huntsville, Ala., that police believe is connected with four slayings a day earlier in Lincoln County, Tenn., NBC station WSMV-TV reported. Police were searching for Warren Vincent Crutcher, 24, in connection with the killings, the station said.
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LONDON (Reuters) - American soul veteran Bobby Womack won Q magazine's best album award on Monday for "The Bravest Man in the Universe", beating out younger competition including London indie band The Maccabees and Paul Weller.
Womack's first album of original material since 1994's "Resurrection" was co-produced by Blur frontman Damon Albarn and Richard Russell of XL Recordings, the label behind chart queen Adele, and featured Lana Del Rey among the guest artists.
The 68-year-old, who was diagnosed with colon cancer earlier this year, was encouraged to return to music by Albarn in 2010, when he contributed to the Gorillaz album "Plastic Beach".
In its four-star review of The Bravest Man in the Universe, the Observer newspaper said: "Womack ... is upfront and centre, spewing contrition, bewilderment, disdain and yearning in a voice whose authority has only increased with age."
Albarn was honored by monthly music magazine Q when Blur won the best live act award, while Muse, who composed the official song for the London Olympics, were named "best act in the world" ahead of Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Blur and The Stone Roses.
The new act category went to Django Django, Plan B scooped the best track award for "Ill Manors", Keane's "Disconnected" won best video while the best solo artist prize was awarded to Emeli Sande.
Techno duo Underworld, who created the soundtrack to the Olympics opening ceremony, was also honored for its part in the Games.
"It's been the most incredible year for British music. Our bands and our anthems transformed the Olympics," said Q's editor Andrew Harrison.
"A string of great albums announced fantastic new talent on the scene and amazing comeback shows from Blur and the Stone Roses showed the enduring appeal of our best-loved musicians."
(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)
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So I was motivated to finish this post about family and motherhood. We can make a giant list of Christian vocations, that is, if we define vocation in a broad enough way. However, the vocation of motherhood is a vocation that we know from God?s Word that He has actually instituted. I hope this post will give encouragement to all Christian women and really to all Christians.
Why is motherhood so important? That?s simple. God ordained it. God gave Eve to Adam, and He told them to be fruitful and multiply. His blessings to women have never stopped since. For the sake of explanation, I would like to share some information about my mother and family.
My mother truly is a gift from God. In fact, her name is Dorothy. If God blesses me with a daughter, I will point her to her grandmother as a great example. She nurtured me with my daily bread and with the Bread of Life; she taught me the gospel. She raised me in the true faith and teaching of Christ. She submitted to my father, because God told her to, yet she did not trust in her submission. She trusted God who justifies her through faith in His Son, and who promised her that He would save her from sin and death as she bore the task He gave her to bare and rear all those children.
From my mother, God gave me ten brothers and one sister. I love all of my brothers. I could not ask for better fraternal companionship and loyalty. I miss each of them every day, and I look forward to the day that I can see at least one of them and enjoy the friendship I too often took for granted when I was young (pardon my personal sentiments and ?shout outs.?). It is so appropriate that my parents decided to call my one sister Mary. Mary is not only the name of my sister. Mary is also the name of another mother, whom I call blessed.
Mary is the name of my God?s mother. If God blesses me with any daughters, I will show them Mary as a great example. She submitted to her husband, because it was God?s will. And all the while, she trusted God who justified her through faith in His Son and her Son who suffered for her sin. She trusted her Son, Brother, and Lord, who put Himself under the same law that justly condemned her. She did not find herself worthy, but She trusted in the same God who promised to save her through childbearing. She did not show Him all her marvelous works as if that would grant her anything. Instead of that, she confessed that God exalts the lowly. St. Cyril of Alexandria confessed that she was the God-bearer. This was not to exalt Mary to some kind of divinity. No, this was to emphasize that the Man Jesus was true God. So because Christ is the Life of all the living, Mary, by the grace of God, received the title given to Eve by her husband Adam after he heard the promise of her seed. The title she received was the mother of all the living.
And the fruit of her womb Jesus is my Brother because He not only claimed my flesh, but He put Himself under the same Law that justly condemns my flesh. Being condemned in my place, He proved Himself righteous for my sake when He was raised and vindicated by the Holy Spirit, who judges the world in righteousness. He called me by my name, just as I learned at such at young age:
I am Jesus? little lamb.
Ever glad at heart I am.
For my shepherd gently guides me,
Knows my needs and well provides me,
Loves me every day the same,
Even calls me by my name.
He united His Name to mine ? and thus the whole Trinity?s Name to mine ? when He baptized me, and through faith in His Name, I share the companionship, the love, the loyalty, and the care of my Brother Jesus Christ. Jesus is my Brother and my Lord, and the Brother born of Mary remains the basis for the love and companionship I share with all my earthly brothers and sister.
And for those who are barren, even for those women who never get married, through faith in their Lord Jesus Christ, they bear much fruit, because that is what God has promised. Listen to the Holy Spirit who speaks through the prophet Isaiah (54:1-8):
?Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;
break forth into singing and cry aloud,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than the children of her who is married,? says the LORD.
?Enlarge the place of your tent,
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
and strengthen your stakes.
For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
and your offspring will possess the nations
and will people the desolate cities.
?Fear not, for you will not be ashamed;
be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced;
for you will forget the shame of your youth,
and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
For your Maker is your husband,
the LORD of hosts is his name;
and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,
the God of the whole earth he is called.
For the LORD has called you
like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit,
like a wife of youth when she is cast off,
says your God.
For a brief moment I deserted you,
but with great compassion I will gather you.
In overflowing anger for a moment
I hid my face from you,
but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,?
says the LORD, your Redeemer.
The barren and childless should not concern themselves with how much service they might give their God. Their service is made perfect when God?s strength is made perfect. And God?s strength is made perfect through weakness (2 Cor 12:9). It is through suffering that He produces endurance and hope, and hope does not put us to shame (Rom 5:3-5). So for you women who say, ?What about us who don?t have children,? stop kidding yourself! You have God?s promise. He blesses you more than you can imagine. Don?t look at God?s blessings in terms of outward circumstances. Take God?s promises for what they are worth, because Jesus tells you what they are worth. You who trust your Savior Jesus ? even counting the God-given gift of your family as nothing that can save you ? remember Jesus? promise that you will receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life (Mark 10:29-30).
We have the promise of these blessings hidden under persecution. The persecution is not simply outward beatings and ridicule. It is a spiritual attack. But all the while, our faith finds its sustenance not in its own perseverance, but in the death and resurrection of Christ, in His obedience which in and of itself bears abundant fruit. This was the obedience He gave fully to His mother and earthly father, the obedience that He rendered to His eternal Father even unto death. This is the obedience He credits to us by His resurrection, and which He applies to us by His gospel through faith in His Name.
My mother is saved not because of all the children she had. She is saved because of the promise in which she trusted, the promise of God that she will bear fruit, fruit that is pleasing to Him for the sake of Christ?s obedience. And by such promise, she is saved through her childbearing (1 Tim 2:15).
Therefore we don?t despise childbearing for the sake of man-made vocations. Rather, we extol childbearing as a great gift and noble calling. And we take comfort and have confidence in God?s promise that those who are united to Jesus Christ the Vine will bare abundant fruit (John 15:5).
May God bless all Christian mothers and comfort all Christian women who trust in the God who justifies the ungodly and never breaks His promises.
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