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AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today announced a Special Session of the Texas Legislature will begin at 2 p.m. Monday, July 1. “I am calling the Legislature back into session because too much important work remains undone for the people of Texas. Through their duly elected representatives, the citizens of our state have made crystal clear their priorities for our great state. Texans value life and want to protect women and the unborn. Texans want a transportation system that keeps them moving. Texans want a court system that is fair and just. We will not allow the breakdown of decorum...

For a while now, Torontonians have been wondering how, exactly, a “gay-rights” group like “Queers Against Israeli Apartheid” (QuAIA) could purport to demonize Israel — the only country in the entire Middle East where gay rights are honoured in the same way they are honoured in Canada. Now we know the answer: QuAIA doesn’t just hate Israel. It hates Canada, too!On Canada Day, July 1, here are the instructions that QuAIA was giving to supporters who wanted to help the group participate in Sunday’s Gay Pride parade: “Thursday, July 1, 2010 at Noon: Instead of celebrating this colonial country (which...

The WORLD BIBLE DAY on 1st of JULY Kottayam (India) - There was a joint meeting of the Salem Voice Ministries, At Anycost Jesus Mission and the Baseelia Foundation under the presidentship of Rev. Paul Cineraj and decided to celebrate "THE WORLD BIBLE DAY" on 1st of July, 2006. And also it was decided to request all the Churches, Denominations, Bible Societies, Missionary Organisations, Theological Institutions, Bible and Prayer Fellowships, Christian Institutions and all the Bible loving people to make "the World Bible Day on July 1st" a great success and continue to celebrate it every 1st of July for...

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration said Friday it was open to revising its plans for turning over political power to Iraqis but insisted the transfer must be done by its stated July 1 deadline. With U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) expected to announce on Monday he will send experts to Iraq (news - web sites) to seek a formula acceptable to all Iraqi groups, the State Department offered to ease Annan's misgivings about their safety. "We are prepared to do everything we can to ensure that its people are safe in Iraq and to protect its people...