COMMENT: In our July issue of The Prophetic Expositor, we carried in this column a lead article concerning the collapse of that hotel in Jerusalem on 24 May. At that time, we suggested reasons for treating this occurrence as prophetic, as the name of the collapsed room was "The Versailles Hall". We then asked the question "Is The Almighty using this coincidence of shocking portrayal of death at an instant to announce, to all the world, the impending prophetic equivalence upon the sphere of world government?" In retrospect, we will now draw attention to The September 11 2001 attack which brought down the twin 110-story towers of The World Trade Centre. The attack came 110 days after that signal to which we drew the attention of our readers.

"Science" Journal of The American Association for the Advancement of Science, Vol 293 No 5532, for 10 August, 2001, p. 1043, carried a short article "Skulls Suggest Two New-World Migrations" which examines Kennewick Man, and draws comparison with the Caucasoid present-day Jomon and the Ainu of Japan, as possibly representing a distinct and much earlier migration from that of the Asian mainlanders across the Bering Strait.

"Science" Vol. 293 No 5533, for 17 August, 2001, pp. 1251-1253, carried an illustrated article "Modelling a 3600-Year-Old Tsunami" reporting studies on the collapse of the Stronghyle volcano on the Greek island of Thera (now Santorini) in about 1600 B.C. (which) generated a tsunami that smashed into the strongholds of the ancient Minoan civilization, Crete, and other islands in the Aegean Sea (likely dooming the Minoan civilization).

"Science" Vol. 293 No 5534, for 24 August, 2001, pp. 1422-1423 carried an article "Laying Ghosts to Rest in Bosnia", which explains that DNA of massacre victims is being compared to those of survivors, seeking matches to identify the remains.

The Weekly Telegraph No. 526, Aug. 22-28, 2001:
Taliban expels diplomats who sought a visit with Christian aid workers.

The Weekly Telegraph No. 527, Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2001:
1. Taliban rulers allowed eight arrested foreign aid workers to meet Western officials from the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Related story in Globe & Mail September 1, 2001:Taliban shuts 2 more Christian aid groups.
2. Also in the same Weekly Telegraph issue -by Victoria Combe, Religion Correspondent: A Doctor who lectures in Islamabad faces death for blasphemy (in Rawalpindi jail). It seems that, in a physiology lecture, the professor said that the Prophet Mohammed and his parents were not Muslim until Islam was revealed to him at the age of 40, and that until then he did not adhere to Islamic personal hygiene practices such as circumcision.

The Weekly Telegraph No. 526, Aug. 22-28, 2001: No one can tell the EU that talk is cheap: The EU employs 3,951-strong team of translators and interpreters.

Globe and Mail Aug. 23, 2001, also in The Weekly Telegraph No. 527, Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2001: Obituary: Dr. Fred Hoyle, Astrophysicist coined term 'Big Bang', but disagreed with the concept.

Headings from Globe and Mail of Aug. 30, 2001:
1. Australia refuses Afghan refugees.
2 Saudi police arrest (10) Christians.
3. Lower-caste Hindus enter formerly forbidden temple (Nepal)
4. Racism Conference in S. Africa becomes more anti-Israeli than expected by the organizers.

The Weekly Telegraph No. 527, Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2001 headings:
1. Indian navy lowers ensign and casts off colonial ties. (Royal Navy tradition severed)
2. White farmers continue to quit Zimbabwe
3. Archaeologists take the wraps off Lady Godiva (Church window fragments)

Globe and Mail August 31, 2001: On August 30, 2001, European Central Bank unveiled the new euro bills.

The Weekly Telegraph No. 528 of Sept.5-11 yields a more detailed accountof the new euro bills, with coloured illustrations. The same issue carried other items:
1. A headline "Deadly flood blamed on RAF rainmakers." The article discusses newly declassified documents. A flood that struck Lynmouth, Devon nearly 50 years ago, killing 35 people, could have resulted from cloud-seeding experiments.
2. Another article headed "Giant wave 'will flatten Britain at 500mph'" A volcano in the Canary Islands could explode some time, causing a mega-tsunami.
3. A small item, "Etna becoming more violent."
4. Alice Thomson, in an opinion piece, asks regarding foot and mouth disease "why four million animals were killed and £2.2 billion wasted, while other nations stopped the disease in its tracks."
5. "Church adverts attacked as blasphemous" heads an item on church posters which say "Body Piercing? Jesus had his done 2,000 years ago", and "Life Gone to Pot? Made a Hash of Things? Things nor to E-asy? Love is the Drug"
6. "Star of Bethlehem 'was two brilliant meteors'", and "Shedding light on Christmas" headed two articles.
7. Ethnic Albanian politician shot dead in Kosovo - Cerim Ismaili, a supporter of Slobodan Milosevic was shot and killed in front of family.

Toronto Globe & Mail, Sept. 8, 2001 carried an article by Lorna Dueck, a Christian broadcaster, who says "It shouldn't be left to the courts to decide how we discipline our children."

Time Magazine Sept. 10, 2001, pp. 48-50 carried a well-illustrated article by Michael D. Lemonick and Andrea Dorfman, "Searching for Sheba", on the archaeology of ruins of a 3,500-year-old temple complex in northern Yemen. Known in Arabic as Mahram Bilqis - the Queen of Sheba's sanctified place - the sprawling ruins are situated about 130 km east of Yemen's capital, Sana'a.

Toronto Globe & Mail, Sept. 10, 2001:
1. Carried an article on "The treasures of Venice's murky lagoon" - Two perfectly preserved medieval ships will soon be raised from their salty graves.
2. An Editorial examines the question of race in crime statistics. In Toronto, over 100 "black-crime" victims have been recorded last year.

The Weekly Telegraph No. 529, Sept. 12- 18, 2001 headings:
1. Christianity is nearly vanquished' in Britain - Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, the Archbishop of Westminster; article by Victoria Combe, Religion Correspondent,
2. Victoria Combe also authored an article "Schools to show 'drugs and sex' film on Jesus" - this features Jesus as a 15-year old schoolboy and Mary Magdalene as a single mother; the latest ploy to woo young people back to church.
3. The Church has nothing to worry about, says (Dr. George) Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, - article by Thomas Harding.
4. Erin Baker writes an article headed "Archbishop 'needs more staff'. A report recommends that he should be relieved of many of his daily duties in running the Church of England to concentrate on his international role.
5. The Bishop of Durham is backing a campaign to keep one of the Church of England's most valuable collections of paintings in Britain, writes Paul Stokes. It seems pension commitments may force sale of paintings such as "Jacob and His Twelve sons" by Francisco de Zurburan, a 17th century Spanish artist.

That reconstructed "Face of Christ" from a Jewish skull, mentioned in the Prophetic Expositor - June, 2001, p. 6 has become part of a three-part TV series "Jesus: The Complete Story", comprising "The Early Years", "The Mission" and "The Last Days", according to - Discovery Channel's Sept. - Dec. catalogue of programmes.

The Globe & Mail, Sept. 27, 2001 carried the Obituary of E. T. Hall, the Archeologist who discredited Piltdown Man through new scientific techniques.

The Globe & Mail, October 1, 2001 carried a five column illustrated Obituary of Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam during the war.

The Globe & Mail, October 5, 2001 carried a five-column illustrated Obituary of Doug Collins, a well-known columnist, whose columns sparked court cases and a controversy over free speech. He was a war-hero who escaped from 10 German prisoner-of-war camps during the Second World War.

The Weekly Telegraph No. 531 of Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2001 carried the Obituary of Dame Olga Uvarov, who has died aged 91. She arrived in Britain as a child emigrée from the Russian Revolution, qualified as a vet and went on to become the first woman president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

The Weekly Telegraph No. 532 of Oct. 3 - 9, 2001 carried an illustrated article by David Derbyshire Science Correspondent, Unique Roman water wheels unearthed. A feat of Roman engineering that was unsurpassed for more than 1,000 years has been unearthed beneath London. Two treadmill-powered water wheels were capable of bringing 60,000 gallons of water to the surface each day.