PROPHESY HAPPENING ON THIS DAY

Well an active few days in the News again. Yesterday a 5.5 Quake in China.

Poisoned waters in China.

And the EU will have the last say in the Egyptian-Israeli border crossing.

Birdflu claims 12Th victim.

This will be just the beggining of the European union in the Israel/Arabs conflict. From here on in the EU will be playing a major Army role (Security), and a major role in the Peace process. Because it will be the EU, not the USA that signs this final 7 year Peace Contract (FIRM COVENANT) with the Israelis/Arabs and many. Daniel 9:27 in the future.

Earthquake in China

Earthquake strikes central China

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has hit part of central China, killing at least 11 people, state media reports. The official Xinhua news agency said the quake hit Jiangxi province at 0849 local time (0049 GMT).

The epi centre is reported to have been in Ruichang city, near the border with Hubei province.
A local official quoted by the AFP news agency said thousands of buildings in the area had been toppled, and hundreds of people injured.

Dwellings flattened. Five people were reported dead and 35 wounded in Ruichang, according to the official. Another six people were killed and another 247 were injured in the nearby county of Juijang, report authorities there.

The US National Earthquake Information Center registered the quake at a magnitude 5.5.
Shockwaves were reported to have been felt in Wuhan, an industrial city on the Yangtze River, 100km (63 miles) away.

The tremors were also felt as far as Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, 300km (186 miles) away, reports the China News Service.

International Border Crossing in Gaza Opens to Traffic.

VOA NEWS First bus load of Palestinians moved through Rafah terminal around noon local time, Saturday Palestinians, some jumping on top of others, rush to have passports checked at Rafah boder crossing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have begun crossing the border with Egypt on the first day of operations of a Palestinian-controlled terminal linking the two sides.

The first busload of Palestinians moved through the Rafah terminal around noon local time (10 hours GMT) Saturday. Witnesses say dozens of people packed the bus as hundreds more waited.The Palestinian Authority officially opened the crossing Friday.The crossing will operate only four hours a day until all 70 European Union monitors can arrive and get settled.

As part of a U.S.-brokered deal, no Israelis will be present, but a joint team of Israeli and Palestinians will be able to monitor the border using security cameras installed at the crossing. Israel closed the crossing in September after withdrawing from Gaza, and for months had refused to reopen the border, citing fears that weapons could be smuggled from Egypt into Gaza. Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

China Begins Investigation of Toxic Spill

VOA NEWS Government team including "disciplinary officials," is looking into a chemical factory explosion that caused contamination of Songhua River Chinese officials say the water in the northeastern city of Harbin will be turned back on Sunday, five days after it was cut off due to massive chemical contamination of the Songhua River.

A government team, including"disciplinary officials," has begun an investigation into the chemical factory explosion that caused the contamination.Environment supervision department workers carry water sample taken from Songhua River, SaturdayThe residents of Harbin have endured four days without running water, after an explosion at a government-owned petrochemical plant in Jilin Province dumped 100 tons of toxic chemicals into the Songhua River.

The river provides most of the drinking water for the approximately four million people in Harbin,the capital city of adjoining Heilongjiang Province.The official Xinhua News Agency says the water will be turned back on at 11:00 p.m. Sunday.The levels of the two major contaminants in the river, benzene and nitrobenzene, have been falling steadily since Friday. But officials say the level of nitrobenzene near Harbin is still several times the safe limit.

A team sent by China's central government is investigating the circumstances surrounding the petrochemical plant explosion, whichoccurred November 13. Xinhua said the presence of disciplinary officials on the team indicated that "punishment of irresponsible acts are on the way".Vice Environmental Minister Zhang Lijun said in a nationally televised press conference Thursday that officials at the plant would be held responsible. Mr.

Zhang said the major organization to be held responsible would be Petro China in Jilin province, and the chemical complex in particular.Xinhua reports more than a thousand soldiers and workers had been working "around the clock" to install new filters at Harbin's water purifying plant, in anticipation of turning the taps back on.Residents have been told to inspect the water for unusual colors or odors before drinking it.

And there are concerns that even though the river water is declared safe, chemicals may have seeped into the river banks. When the 50-mile-long spill has passed Harbin, hundreds of thousands of Chinese downstream from the city are likely to be affected. The spill is expected to reach the Russian border in about a week, and Russian officials have expressed concern for the 1.5 million people living in the Siberian city of Khabarovsk, who also rely on the Songhua for their drinking water.

On Friday, several local Chinese newspapers published unusually critical reports about the spill, arguing that local officials took too long to report the situation to those living along the river. Harbin officials did not turn off the water until the evening of November 22, nine days after the explosion. News organizations have questioned why local residents were originally told that the water was being turned off only for "routine maintenance."

Earthquake in Southeast China Kills 14

VOA NEWS. Officials say thousands of homes collapsed when magnitude 5.7 quake struck Saturday morning in Jiangxi province's Ruichang cityLocal resident Lei Wanlian cries after daughter dies in earthquake,Saturday China says an earthquake in the southeast part of the country has killed at least 14 people and injured hundreds more.Chinese officials say thousands of homes collapsed when the magnitude 5.7 quake struck Saturday morning in Jiangxi province's Ruichang city.

Authorities there are still assessing the damage, and China's official Xinhua news agency says relief teams are being sent to the region.Ruichang city is home to around 420,000 people. Some information for this report provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

Indonesia Reports 12th Human Case of Bird Flu

VOA NEWS Officials confirm16-year-old boy has tested positive for deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Indonesia has reported its 12th human case of bird flu, and says it hopes to start producing the drug Tamiflu within months to fight the virus. Health officials confirmed Saturday, that a 16-year-old boy has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. Seven avian flu cases in Indonesia have been fatal.

Tamiflu medicineThe Health Ministry says Indonesia hopes to start producing Tamiflu within five months to meet thecountry's needs in a possible pandemic.Taiwan has also said it will produce Tamiflu on its own when stocks supplied by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche run out. Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office said Friday it will request a license to produce the drug. Roche expressed surprise at the announcement, saying Taiwan's local company could not produce the drug more rapidly or at a lower cost.Some information for this report provided by AP and Reuters.