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Eye on the World: Friday, May 25, 2012
NEW: NATO exit from Afghanistan?
Newly-elected French President Francois Hollande has promised the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan this year, and the rest of NATO plans to withdraw by 2014. So does that mean Afghanistan will be left high and dry? NATO says “no,” noting that Afghan Army forces have been making steady progress, and will be slowly taking over sole responsibility for maintaining security in the country.
“God is present – in Kabul, and everywhere” asserts that the Middle East – and Afghanistan in particular – is not doomed to a cycle of instability and guerrilla warfare. Instead, the author writes, our prayers to see God’s government in that region can awaken people’s thinking and give courage and purpose to “those standing for what is true and upright.”
NEW: Arrest in missing child “cold case”
The disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City in 1979 became one of the most widely-discussed missing child cases in the US. Though Patz’s case had never been solved, it resulted in improved legislation for tracking down missing children, and Patz became the first missing child to be featured on a milk carton. This week, a former convenience-store clerk from Patz’s neighborhood confessed to having killed him and was arrested by police, raising the possibility that the 33-year-old case may finally be closed.
“Help for missing children” discusses how we can do more than just feel sympathetic when we see announcements of missing people. We can insist that God holds everyone in His good care, and that evil plans can be detected and disabled.
NEW: SpaceX capsule docks with International Space Station
On Friday, the unmanned Dragon spacecraft built by California company SpaceX became the first commercial craft to dock with the International Space Station. This is the first time an American craft has arrived at the station since NASA retired its decades-old space shuttle fleet last year. The Dragon’s success opens the door for more orbital cargo shipments and – within a few years – for astronauts to get to and from the space station.
We can support humanity’s exploration of space in our prayers, too. “Space exploration: an infinite frontier” discusses how prayer shifts our thinking and our motives, enabling us to move away from fears about cost or resources to a more accurate perception of God, divine Spirit’s, universe.