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ARTICLES
2 ,...... " Holy War" to Sweep the Middle East?
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Thei r Home Is the Street
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What Is Man?
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Are You Ready for 1985?
9 ·- Otto von Habsburg: Man with a Mission
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Don' t Let Life Pass You By!
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Prophecy Reveals Where We're Headed Now!
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The Truth About Child Abuse
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" I Was a Victim of Child Neglect"
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Hístory of Europe and the Church- Part 7: Napoleon and the Pope
FEATURES
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Personal from Herbert W. Armstrong
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"The World Tomorrow" Radio and TV Logs
29 ·- International Desk
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Letters to the Edi tor
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Age-old strugglc between peoples of the plains of Mesopotamia and the
Zagros highlands is replayed in today's Gulf war. Battlefield scene in
Maysan sector (Maysan is lraqi border province north of Basra) pits Arabs
agaínst Iranians, Sunni against Shia Moslems.
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