Meetings of World Leaders

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Those who give just and godly leadership, many of whom are committed Christians. They need to be upheld in prayer. They have to make difficult decisions for a majority who may not share their faith. Pray that they may continually stand firm for what is good, moral and just for the nations they rule and not give way to numerous pressure groups who would wish to gain advantage for vested interests, nor push for the relaxation of laws that forbid what the Bible names as sin. Good rulers to be raised up. The collapse of Communism and the spread of democratic governmental systems has not ended tyrannies, autocratic power-seekers or corrupt, greedy dictators. Pray for those who are unfit to rule their lands that they may repent and change (as did Nebuchadnezzar) or be removed (Pharoah, Belshazzar).

• Pope Benedict XVI and King Abdullah hold historic meeting

• Korean Prime Ministers Hold Historic Talks

In another answer to prayer by intercessory ministries worldwide, prime ministers from North and South Korea met in mid-November for the first time in 15 years in talks aimed at improving ties on the divided peninsula. North Korean Prime Minister Kim Yong-il spent three days in the South Korean capital, Seoul, in discussions with counterpart Han Duck-soo. The talks were focused on joint economic projects and a sea border disagreement. The meeting was followed October’s historic summit in Pyongyang between the two countries’ presidents. The summit, between the North's Kim Jong-il and the South’s Roh Moo-hyun, was only the second such meeting since the Korean peninsula was partitioned over half a century ago. BBC News reported. The two presidents signed an accord calling for greater peace and economic partnership, despite the two countries remaining technically at war with each other. North Korea is rated the world’s worst abuser of human rights and religious liberty. For more than 50 years the regime has maintained power through isolation, brainwashing and terror and by eliminating every threat (real and perceived) to its rule through executions and incarceration.