"Less than two weeks after the disaster in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, the fissure has cut he island in two across the narrow strip of land between Mirabello Bay and Lerapetra on the south coast. Geologists say they now have some confidence that the ingress of water from the south will quell the eruption. The new island has been given the name Sitia Island, after the largest town in the area."
"Meanwhile in Jerusalem, the bulldozers have finally started work on demolishing the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, after building a defensive wall around the building. Crowds gathered to protest and the Palestinian sniper who fired on the bulldozer driver, was shot by Israeli security forces, however the bulldozer driver was unhurt, as the machine had been fitted with bullet- proof shielding.”
“Fears grow in the United States as militant Christians declare war on the government and the US-A. A spokesman for the Southern Baptists, who made a telecast yesterday, said that any attempt to stop Christian meetings will be met with military resistance, he further assured the government that Christians would not shoot first but if fired upon they will return fire. In London the Home Secretary has reinforced his warning to Christians not to organise the threatened open air prayer meeting. If this event goes forward, there will be repercussions, he added.”
“In the Middle-east the call has gone out by the Union of Islamic States, asking for volunteers to joint the so called, Army of the Final Jihad. Sources in the Arab republics report that the response has been higher than expected and almost three-quarters of a million people have stepped forward over the past three days. Western authorities described this development as, 'worrying'. It seems that the centre of this activity is around the Al Thaurah base in the Syrian desert some two-hundred miles south-east of Aleppo.”
“Now the sports results, the ill-fated Manchester United football club has gone into administration after last years relegation to the third division, their manager . . .”