1-500,000 evacuated in China as tropical storm hits. 2-Monsoon Rain kills 25 in Pakistan. 3-wildfires continue in California 4-Lava seen out of Volcano in Philippines. 5-Israeli Dm we will break Hizb'allah. 6-Un security council debates lebanon crisis. 7-Oil settles at $77.00 a barrel.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Half million evacuated as tropical storm hits China by Cindy Sui
Fri Jul 14, 9:21 AM ET
BEIJING (AFP) - More than half a million people have been evacuated as severe tropical storm Bilis hit southeast China after killing 14 people in the northern Philippines.The storm landed around midday in Fujian province's Xiapu county, Xinhua news agency said Friday, citing sources with Fujian's meteorological observatory. Over 256,000 evacuees, many of whom are seafood farmers and fishermen, were moved from their coastal homes in Fujian early Thursday, the Fujian water resources department website said.
Some 42,000 fishing boats were also directed back to harbor, Xinhua said. Another 260,000 people were evacuated from dangerous areas of neighboring Zhejiang province, according to the Zhejiang water resources department's website.The storm was
heading northwest at around 15-20 kilometers (10-13 miles) per hour and packing winds of up to 108 kilometers per hour near its center, Xinhua said.Fujian's education bureau ordered schools to suspend classes and cancel outdoor activities. All parks also were closed.
Passenger liners in the province had suspended services, and flights to Hong Kong and elsewhere have been cancelled while those to Beijing have been delayed, state television CCTV said.Fifteen rescue teams have been mobilized to rescue people who might be stranded, CCTV said.Television footage showed large waves craching on coastlines. In urban areas, residents continued to ride their bicycles and walk through flooded streets.The storm brought heavy rain to Fujian, with the provincial capital Fuzhou getting as much as 25 centimeters (10 inches) of rain from Thursday night, Xinhua said.Meanwhile, workers were checking reservoirs in preparation for
flooding due to the rain, Xinhua added.Nearby provinces were also bracing for the storm.
In Zhejiang, in addition to evacuating 260,000 residents, officials called 22,540 boats and ships back to shore as of Friday morning, the water department said.The storm brought strong winds to Zhejiang measuring 10-12 degrees on the Beaufort Scale on the sea and 8-10 degrees on land, said Xinhua.Bilis lashed the northern Philippines Thursday. The 14 victims were killed by falling trees, flashfloods and landslides, officials said.The storm also hit Taiwan after moving from the Philippines and before heading to mainland China.Taiwan's TVBS news channel reported that a soldier was killed by a falling tree in southern Pingtung county due to strong winds. Bilis also slightly injured two people in Taipei and caused some 3.64 million Taiwan dollars (113,750 US dollars) in damage to crops and flooded fields, authorities said. The storm is expected to reach China's Jiangxi province, just west of Fujian, late Friday.
Also due to weather conditions, Beijing's Capital International Airport (BCIA) decided to cut its domestic flights between July 15 to September 25 due to frequent thunder storms, the General Administration of Civil Aviation was reported saying Friday. The administration said a total of 584 flights will be cut, mainly those due to depart between 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm, when thunderstorms are most likely to occur, Xinhua said. BCIA is the busiest airport in China and accounts for one quarter of the country's flights.
Monsoon rains kill 25 in Pakistan Fri Jul 14, 7:40 AM ET
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - At least 25 people have died as torrential monsoon rains lashed Pakistan, flooding roads and disrupting communications in several cities. Six members of a gypsy family including two children were killed as they slept Thursday night when the sodden wall of a neighbouring house collapsed on them, police and newspapers said Friday.Three people were electrocuted in the eastern city of Lahore by poorly maintained powerlines, officials said.
Another six people died in house collapses in Punjab, while further casualties were reported from the province's rural areas, they said.A total of 25 people have died over the past two days, health ministry official Amir Arsalan said.About 170 millimeters (6.9 inches) of rain had fallen on Islamabad since Wednesday, meteorological officials said.The monsoon rains follow a scorching heat wave when temperatures neared 50 degrees celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in some areas, claiming dozens of lives.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
California wildfires may merge to one.
Washington - Two California wildfires moved closer to merging into a huge inferno Friday as authorities evacuated hundreds of residents from a valley east of Los Angeles. Up to 2,000 firefighters were working around the clock to contain the blazes, which have claimed more than 40 square kilometres of scrub and dry trees in the desert heat and winds of San Bernardino county, forestry officials said.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared the county a disaster area and residents were fleeing the hard-hit Morongo Valley. Firefighters had only 20 per cent of the wildfire area under control Friday, the Los Angeles Times reported. No one has died,
but the newspaper said the main fire has destroyed 45 homes and 100 other structures, and was threatening some 3,000 more. Both fires were set off Sunday by lightning.Among the threatened sites is Pioneertown, a 1946-vintage stage set for Hollywood Western movies, about 200 kilometres east of Los Angeles. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Lava seen oozing out of Philippine volcano Fri Jul 14, 1:12 PM ET
LEGASPI, Philippines (AFP) - Lava was seen trickling from the crater of Mayon volcano, raising fears that a dangerous eruption could be imminent, government vulcanologists said. Lava pieces steamed out of the crater,said an official of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), while stressing it was not yet a hazardous eruption.There is a possibility of a hazardous eruption if the volcano's activity increases, an institute official said.Officials said they were preparing to raise the third level of a five-step alert around the 2,462-meter (8,077-foot) tall volcano, indicating it could erupt within weeks if the trend of increasing unrest continued.A six-kilometer (3.75-mile) danger zone had been set around the volcano, which no one was to enter, Phivolcs said, adding that the lava flows should pose no threat to anyone outside the danger zone.
Residents in the city of Legaspi, close to the volcano, said that at about 6:00 pm (1000 GMT) Friday they could see glowing, red lava accumulating at the top of Mayon's crater.The volcano, about 300 kilometers (176 miles) southeast of Manila, last had a major eruption in July 2001, Phivolcs said.Over a thousand people are believed to have perished when the volcano erupted in 1814.
Israeli DM: We'll break Hizb'allah
Peretz says terrorist broke rules, now will be broken
By Ryan Jones,July 14, 2006
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz Thursday said the Lebanese terror group Hizb'allah had broken the rules of the game by striking a major Israeli population center, and would now pay a price it had not expected.Following a Hizb'allah missile attack on the coastal city of Haifa, Peretz told reporters:We expected Hizb'allah to break the rules and now we are going to break them.Peretz hinted that Israel would also take action against those regimes that harbor and support Hizb'allah and its terrorist allies.
All sovereign regimes in the region must know that they too bear responsibility, and we have no intention of letting any element responsible for this crisis off the hook.The defense minister called on his countrymen to prepare for some difficult days as Israel fights to ensure the future security of the state.I say to Israel’s citizens: We may be in for a number of difficult days, but we must remain strong so that after this period is over we will not be in a position in which Israeli children and citizens are threatened by any element in the Middle East.Earlier in the day, Peretz got to experience the Hizb'allah threat up close when a meeting he was attending at IDF Northern Command Headquarters was interrupted by a Katyusha barrage in the area. Peretz was whisked away to a safe room under the base.
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
JEREMIAH 30:7-8
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
8 For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
UN Security Council debates Lebanon crisis; US blames Iran, Syria by Giles Hewitt 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Lebanon has urged the UN Security Council to help end ongoing Israeli airstrikes on its territory, but received short shrift from the United States, which blamed the crisis on Iran and Syria. Eschewing any call for Israeli restraint, US Ambassador John Bolton said Friday the escalating violence in both Lebanon and the Gaza strip was a direct result of the killing and abduction of Israeli soldiers by the Hezbollah and Hamas militant groups.Syria and Iran must be held to account for supporting regional terrorism and their role in the current crisis, Bolton told an emergency Security Council meeting.Syria provides safe haven
for Hamas and provides material support for Hezbollah, which also maintains an active presence in Syria. Iran's extensive sponsorship and financial and other support of Hezbollah is well known and is ongoing for decades, Bolton said.
He called for the immediate disarmament and disbanding of all militias in Lebanon to allow the Lebanese government to extend and exercise sole and exclusive control over its territory.He also reiterated a call for Syria to arrest Hamas leader Khaled Meshal, who currently lives in Damascus.The special council debate had been requested by the Lebanese government as Israeli planes launched fresh attacks on Hezbollah's command headquarters in Beirut's southern suburbs.According to Lebanese police, more than 60 civilians have been killed since Israel began its offensive two days ago in retaliation for the capture of two soldiers and the killing of eight others by Hezbollah.
Lebanese representative Nouhad Mahmoud called on council members to make an immediate, clear decision calling for a comprehensive ceasefire, the lifting of the air and sea blockades imposed upon Lebanon and an end to the airstrikes.We are meeting in the shadow of a widespread barbaric aggression waged by Israel against my nation, Mahmoud said.Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, responded by calling Lebanon a breeding ground for terror and said Israel had no choice but to react to the attack on its soldiers and repeated rocket firing from inside southern Lebanon.Israel's reactions were a direct response to an act of war from Lebanon, Gillerman said. I believe that most members around this table, as well as many in this chamber, including our neighbours, realise this reality.
The Security Council was later expected to adopt a presidential statement voicing support for the three-man crisis team sent by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the Middle East on Thursday to try to defuse the situation.The team, led by Annan's special political adviser, Vijay Nambiar, will begin its week-long mission in Cairo, meeting with Egyptian officials and Arab League foreign ministers.
They are then expected to travel to Israel, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon and Syria.The United States on Thursday had vetoed a UN resolution calling on Israel to halt military operations in Gaza, sparked by the June 25 abduction by Palestinian militant groups of an Israeli soldier.Bolton said the veto was a response to the unbalanced nature of the draft text, which he argued laid a disproportionate amount of blame on Israel for the current crisis.The Arab-backed draft resolution had condemned Israel's retaliatory assault and called for an end to military operations and the immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops. Ten of the 15-member council voted in favour, while four abstained.
REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Oil prices settle at $77 a barrel By BRAD FOSS, AP Business Writer
31 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The price of oil briefly surpassed $78 a barrel Friday and finished 4 percent higher for the week after Israeli attacks against militants in Lebanon stoked fears of a wider Middle East conflict and possible oil-supply disruption. The run-up in oil raised concerns about inflation and the economy at large, sending stock prices tumbling.OPEC tried to reassure the market by stressing its commitment to order and stability, but at the same time said it has no influence over the geopolitical turmoil underlying today's volatility.Because oil accounts for more than 50 percent of the cost of gasoline, U.S. pump prices, now averaging $2.96 a gallon nationwide, are likely to climb some more, analysts said.
On Friday, light sweet crude for August delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange soared as high as a record $78.40 a barrel in electronic trading before settling at a record $77.03, an increase of 33 cents from Thursday's record close.Gasoline futures rose by 2.36 cents to settle at $2.3249 a gallon — the highest level since late September of last year, when U.S. refinery output was sharply curtailed by hurricane damage.In London, Brent crude futures gained 58 cents to settle at $77.27 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.We've reached a level where we've put all the scare premium into the market that we can, said James Cordier, president of Liberty Trading in Tampa, Fla. At this point, we have to have a disruption to move smartly higher from here.Cordier said that while fuel demand in the U.S. is still strong, rising energy costs appear to be dampening consumer spending in other areas and that could eventually slow the economy enough to help cool energy prices.
But there won't be any significant decline until at least the end of the summer, and that assumes that the Gulf Coast sustains no serious hurricane damage this year. Israel widened its offensive on Lebanon on Friday, with fighter bombers blasting the airport for a second day and cutting off the main highway to Syria. Hezbollah has fired more than 100 rockets into Israel. More than 80 people have died, most in Lebanon, in three days of violence sparked by the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah militants.While Israel and Lebanon are not major oil suppliers, the fear is that the conflict could expand in the region, which produces nearly a third the world's oil and has almost two-thirds of its untapped reserves.Iran has threatened to use oil as a weapon if the United Nations invokes sanctions in its dispute with Tehran over its nuclear program. While OPEC's No. 2 supplier has not raised the issue of withholding oil from the market in a sign of solidarity with Hezbollah, the possibility — while deemed unlikely — weighs on the market's psychology, analysts said.
I don't think we're done on the upside, said BNP Paribas Commodity Futures broker Tom Bentz, referring to the rise in oil prices. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries issued a statement in which it blamed geopolitical factors beyond its control for the recent price volatility. The group emphasized that the market is well-supplied with crude.Indeed, oil prices did not arrive at the doorstep of $80 a barrel overnight. The combination of rising global demand, limited excess production capacity and concerns about supply interruptions from Nigeria to the Gulf of Mexico have all played a part, analysts said. So, too, has the influx of billions of dollars into oil markets in recent years by hedge funds and other financial institutions angling for profits amid global instability.
Brent for August delivery at London's ICE Futures exchange, which expires at the close of trading Friday, jumped as high as $78.03, but then fell back to $77.46, up 77 cents.In other Nymex trading, heating oil futures fell less than a penny to settle at $2.076 a gallon and natural gas futures advanced 21.8 cents to settle at $6.347 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
1-day of fasting marked by war in Israel. 2-France,Eu,Russia appose. 3-California wildfires.
Day of Fasting Marked by War in Israel
By Hillel Fendel(Aruts-7 INNEWS)
Jews around the world mark the beginning of a three-week commemoration of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temples with a day of fasting today. The Three Weeks begin on the 17th of Tammuz, and end on the 9th of Av - both of which are days of fasting, according to Jewish Law and custom. Both Holy Temples were destroyed on the 9th of Av, some 2000 and 2500 years ago, respectively. The 17th of Tammuz is a day of mourning because it marks the day the Romans broke down Jerusalem's walls, shortly before they laid waste to the city. In addition, it was the day that:
* Moses broke the tablets at Mount Sinai following the sin of the Golden Calf;
* the Priests were forced to suspend the First Temple's daily offerings, for lack of lambs;
* at some point during the Second Temple, a Roman general named Apustamos burned a Torah scroll;
* and an idolatrous image was brazenly placed in the Holy Temple.
"The purpose of a fast day, writes Rabbi Shraga Simmons for Aish HaTorah , is to awaken our sense of loss over the destroyed
Temple - and the subsequent Jewish journey into exile. Eating and drinking is not permitted until evening today, while some of the laws of mourning - such as no joyous public events or haircuts - are observed with increasing severity as the Three Weeks proceed.
Special prayers known as S'lichot are recited on the Fast of the 17 of Tammuz; on Tisha B'Av, they are known as Kinot and are much more numerous. Most of today's S'lichot recall the suffering of the Jewish People during the First Temple periods of conquest and destruction. Some of the passages have taken on timely significance in light of the latest war forced upon Israel: I was ill and trembling when... the viper of the north overran me...
Rebuild the Temple, and bring us back within the borders of Carmel and Bashan, open Your eyes and take vengeance... Judge the cause of the mute, so that the destroyer shall pay for the day when the enemy prevailed and the city was breached...
We rebelled against Him Who dwells in Heaven, therefore we were scattered in all directions, and our dancing was turned into lamentations.
"Let truth and peace cause the Fasts to be erased and turned into days of joy and gladness and festive occasions.
France, European Union, Russia Oppose Israeli Reprisals
17:41 Jul 13, '06 / 17 Tammuz 5766
(IsraelNN.com) European countries have denounced the Israeli retaliation in Lebanon as disproportionate, and France called on Lebanon to defend itself. The European Union, Russia and Italy criticized the extent of the operations. Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema also condemned the Hizbullah attack on Israel.
American President George W. Bush, who is traveling to Germany for discussions, recognized Israel's right to defend itself. An American official added, We have to remember how this started with the Hizbullah attacks across the border and the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. Hizbullah's activities are working against the interests of the Lebanese people.He noted that Syria and Iran share responsibility for protecting Hizbullah terrorists.
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
By CHRISTINA ALMEIDA
YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. Jul 13, 2006 (AP)— Firefighters dug in for another day of blistering heat Thursday as they struggled to keep a string of desert wildfires from spreading toward the mountain resort community of Big Bear Lake. The lightning sparked flames had already destroyed nearly 100 homes and other structures and chased about 1,000 people from Rimrock, Burns Canyon, Gamma Gulch, Flamingo Heights, Little Morongo Canyon and the Wild West movies community of Pioneertown, officials said. We're talking about steep hills that make progress by hand crews and engines slow and difficult, San Marcos Fire Battalion Chief Rick Vogt told CNN Thursday morning. That, combined with the weather, makes it a challenging fire.
A 37,000-acre blaze threatening Pioneertown was one of several fires started by dry lightning that moved through the area earlier this week, Vogt said. Fire officials worried that if the fires continued west toward the San Bernardino National Forest, they could grow
rapidly in the steep terrain and get dangerously close to Big Bear Lake, a community of summer lake and winter ski resorts and about 5,500 residents. A severe bark beetle infestation has killed many trees in recent years, and that would fuel the flames. If it starts in there it will be almost impossible to stop, said California Department of Forestry spokeswoman Karen Guillemin.
At least 42 houses, 55 other buildings and 91 vehicles have burned in around the high desert communities about 100 miles east of Los Angeles, authorities said. Most of the historic buildings that made Pioneertown famous, old west saloons and storefronts that once were props for movie cowboys like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, were spared. Temperatures hit 108 degrees Wednesday as 2,500 firefighters attacked flames devouring Joshua trees, pinon pines and brush in hills and canyons. Highs in the 100s are forecast for the Pioneertown area through the weekend, with winds 5 to 15 mph. Higher up at Big Bear Lake, temperatures in the mid-80s were forecast for Thursday.
Day of Fasting Marked by War in Israel
By Hillel Fendel(Aruts-7 INNEWS)
Jews around the world mark the beginning of a three-week commemoration of the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temples with a day of fasting today. The Three Weeks begin on the 17th of Tammuz, and end on the 9th of Av - both of which are days of fasting, according to Jewish Law and custom. Both Holy Temples were destroyed on the 9th of Av, some 2000 and 2500 years ago, respectively. The 17th of Tammuz is a day of mourning because it marks the day the Romans broke down Jerusalem's walls, shortly before they laid waste to the city. In addition, it was the day that:
* Moses broke the tablets at Mount Sinai following the sin of the Golden Calf;
* the Priests were forced to suspend the First Temple's daily offerings, for lack of lambs;
* at some point during the Second Temple, a Roman general named Apustamos burned a Torah scroll;
* and an idolatrous image was brazenly placed in the Holy Temple.
"The purpose of a fast day, writes Rabbi Shraga Simmons for Aish HaTorah , is to awaken our sense of loss over the destroyed
Temple - and the subsequent Jewish journey into exile. Eating and drinking is not permitted until evening today, while some of the laws of mourning - such as no joyous public events or haircuts - are observed with increasing severity as the Three Weeks proceed.
Special prayers known as S'lichot are recited on the Fast of the 17 of Tammuz; on Tisha B'Av, they are known as Kinot and are much more numerous. Most of today's S'lichot recall the suffering of the Jewish People during the First Temple periods of conquest and destruction. Some of the passages have taken on timely significance in light of the latest war forced upon Israel: I was ill and trembling when... the viper of the north overran me...
Rebuild the Temple, and bring us back within the borders of Carmel and Bashan, open Your eyes and take vengeance... Judge the cause of the mute, so that the destroyer shall pay for the day when the enemy prevailed and the city was breached...
We rebelled against Him Who dwells in Heaven, therefore we were scattered in all directions, and our dancing was turned into lamentations.
"Let truth and peace cause the Fasts to be erased and turned into days of joy and gladness and festive occasions.
France, European Union, Russia Oppose Israeli Reprisals
17:41 Jul 13, '06 / 17 Tammuz 5766
(IsraelNN.com) European countries have denounced the Israeli retaliation in Lebanon as disproportionate, and France called on Lebanon to defend itself. The European Union, Russia and Italy criticized the extent of the operations. Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema also condemned the Hizbullah attack on Israel.
American President George W. Bush, who is traveling to Germany for discussions, recognized Israel's right to defend itself. An American official added, We have to remember how this started with the Hizbullah attacks across the border and the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. Hizbullah's activities are working against the interests of the Lebanese people.He noted that Syria and Iran share responsibility for protecting Hizbullah terrorists.
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES
By CHRISTINA ALMEIDA
YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. Jul 13, 2006 (AP)— Firefighters dug in for another day of blistering heat Thursday as they struggled to keep a string of desert wildfires from spreading toward the mountain resort community of Big Bear Lake. The lightning sparked flames had already destroyed nearly 100 homes and other structures and chased about 1,000 people from Rimrock, Burns Canyon, Gamma Gulch, Flamingo Heights, Little Morongo Canyon and the Wild West movies community of Pioneertown, officials said. We're talking about steep hills that make progress by hand crews and engines slow and difficult, San Marcos Fire Battalion Chief Rick Vogt told CNN Thursday morning. That, combined with the weather, makes it a challenging fire.
A 37,000-acre blaze threatening Pioneertown was one of several fires started by dry lightning that moved through the area earlier this week, Vogt said. Fire officials worried that if the fires continued west toward the San Bernardino National Forest, they could grow
rapidly in the steep terrain and get dangerously close to Big Bear Lake, a community of summer lake and winter ski resorts and about 5,500 residents. A severe bark beetle infestation has killed many trees in recent years, and that would fuel the flames. If it starts in there it will be almost impossible to stop, said California Department of Forestry spokeswoman Karen Guillemin.
At least 42 houses, 55 other buildings and 91 vehicles have burned in around the high desert communities about 100 miles east of Los Angeles, authorities said. Most of the historic buildings that made Pioneertown famous, old west saloons and storefronts that once were props for movie cowboys like Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, were spared. Temperatures hit 108 degrees Wednesday as 2,500 firefighters attacked flames devouring Joshua trees, pinon pines and brush in hills and canyons. Highs in the 100s are forecast for the Pioneertown area through the weekend, with winds 5 to 15 mph. Higher up at Big Bear Lake, temperatures in the mid-80s were forecast for Thursday.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
LUKEWARM CHURCHES PAY FOR SINS
1-Globecomm,EMS team up for NATO deal. 2-Apocalyptic signals from Iran worry U.S intelligence. 3-Belgium considers criminalizing Proselytizing. 4-LIberal Christian Churches paying for their sins.
We see NATO will track all Army personal around the World with Ems, and all the other people will be tracked by Ems and microchip implants, As we read in Revelation 13.
REVELATION 13:15-18
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(a Microchip Implant,Strongs says it will be a breaking or etching in the Skin).
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Globecomm, EMS team up for NATO deal
By David Reich-Hale,Wednesday, July 12, 2006 02:31 PM EDT
HAUPPAUGE – Globecomm Systems Inc. announced this week a $7.8 million contract from NATO to provide a global positioning satellite-based “friendly force” tracking system.The Hauppauge-based firm will team up with space communications equipment
maker EMS Technologies to fill NATO’s order, according to the contract.The “friendly force” system helps NATO track personnel around the globe at all times.
MATTHEW 24:4-5
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Apocalyptic signals from Iran worry U.S. intelligence
The U.S. intelligence community has not been surprised by Iran's refusal to respond to a Western incentive package to suspend its uranium enrichment. Intelligence sources said Iran, following North Korea's model, intends to delay any response or negotiations for as long as possible. The European Union and the United States demanded that Iran reply to the Western incentive package of nuclear technology, fuel and aircraft by June 29. But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Teheran would submit an answer by Aug. 22.
The U.S. intelligence community has been trying to figure out why Ahmadinejad chose that date. Sources said the community was stumped until some Islam experts translated the Gregorian date to that of the Muslim calendar. Then came the surprise that has the intelligence community worried. Aug. 22 corresponds to Rajab 27 on the Muslim calendar. The date is called Lailat Al Israa, when Mohammed ascended to heaven from the Al Aqsa mosque to receive the five daily prayers. Later, Al Aqsa came to represent Jerusalem. The Muslim commemoration is meant to be a night of struggle, accompanied by thunder and lightening, resembling the story of Moses ascending Mount Sinai to receive the Old Testament.
Ahmadinejad could be hinting to the West that he is preparing a major attack on Israel. Or, the Iranian president could be warning that unless the West caves in, he would escalate tension in the region. The lightening in Mohammed's story could represent Iranian missiles. What is clear is that Ahmadinejad does not see himself as an Iranian leader, but a Muslim prophet, using imagery to portray himself as a messiah for both Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Belgian Parliament Considers Criminalizing Proselytizing
By Mark Adams ,MichNews.com
(NEW YORK — C-FAM) Some members of small religious groups in Belgium are worried that a controversial legislative proposal could threaten religious freedom. The law in question would punish persons found guilty of abusing the ignorance or weakness of minors and other vulnerable people, but the wording is so vague that some international observers fear that the law would be used to repress and discriminate against minority faiths.
The bill passed Belgium's Council of Ministers and is awaiting constitutional approval before being debated by the full Parliament. It would impose a three month to five year jail sentence on anyone abusing the ignorance or weakness of a minor or a very vulnerable individual, either due to his/her age, sickness, disability, physical or mental deficiency, illegal resident status or precarious living
condition or pregnancy, so as to get that person to do an act or refrain from doing an act that would seriously endanger his/her physical or mental integrity or assets.
The Institute on Religion and Public Policy has taken a special interest in the legislation and has authored a letter to two key Belgium officials condemning it. The letter, which has been signed onto by other organizations, states that the law allows for too broad of an interpretation that will inevitably result in arbitrary and discriminatory application of the law by permitting almost unfettered discretion by government officials to use the criminal laws as a weapon to repress minority faiths. Passage of such legislation — based on the widely discredited notion of 'mental manipulation' — would represent a serious setback for religious freedom in Belgium.
According to the letter the law is based on recommendations made in a 1997 report from the Belgian Parliamentary Commission that called for a law punishing those who abuse a person's weakness as a result of an indoctrination by sects. The letter says the same commission drafted a list that labeled 189 religious groups as sects including, Hasidic Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Zen Buddhists, Seventh-day Adventists, Mormons, Pentecostals, Amish, Quakers, five Catholic groups and others.
The Dutch Catholic news site, RKNieuws.net reported that although the list was rejected by Parliament "Belgian media consider the 'sect list' still as authoritative.The letter claims that organizations on the list still face repercussions today. [I]t received widespread publicity when it was made public by the Commission . . . stigmatizing all the religions included in the list and effectively operating as a blacklist for these religions and their adherents to this very day.Copyright by www.c-fam.org
These lukewarm churches will pay, God won't put up with his Church obeying Sin instead of Him.
REVELATION 3:15-19
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Liberal Christianity is paying for its sins
Out-of-the-mainstream beliefs about gay marriage and supposedly sexist doctrines are gutting old-line faiths.By Charlotte Allen, CHARLOTTE ALLEN is Catholicism editor for Beliefnet and the author of "The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus.
The accelerating fragmentation of the strife-torn Episcopal Church USA, in which several parishes and even a few dioceses are opting out of the church, isn't simply about gay bishops, the blessing of same-sex unions or the election of a woman as presiding bishop. It also is about the meltdown of liberal Christianity.Embraced by the leadership of all the mainline Protestant denominations, as well as large segments of American Catholicism, liberal Christianity has been hailed by its boosters for 40 years as the future of the Christian church.
It is not entirely coincidental that at about the same time that Episcopalians, at their general convention in Columbus, Ohio, were thumbing their noses at a directive from the worldwide Anglican Communion that they "repent" of confirming the openly gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire three years ago, the Presbyterian Church USA, at its general assembly in Birmingham, Ala., was turning itself into the laughingstock of the blogosphere by tacitly approving alternative designations for the supposedly sexist Christian Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Among the suggested names were Mother, Child and Womb and "Rock, Redeemer and Friend. Moved by the spirit of the Presbyterian revisionists, Beliefnet blogger Rod Dreher held a Name That Trinity contest.
Entries included Rock, Scissors and Paper and Larry, Curly and Moe.Following the Episcopalian lead, the Presbyterians also voted to give local congregations the freedom to ordain openly cohabiting gay and lesbian ministers and endorsed the legalization of medical marijuana. (The latter may be a good idea, but it is hard to see how it falls under the theological purview of a Christian denomination.) The Presbyterian Church USA is famous for its 1993 conference, cosponsored with the United Methodist Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and other mainline churches, in which participants reimagined God as Our Maker Sophia and held a feminist-inspired milk and honey ritual designed to replace traditional bread and wine Communion.
As if to one-up the Presbyterians in jettisoning age-old elements of Christian belief, the Episcopalians at Columbus overwhelmingly refused even to consider a resolution affirming that Jesus Christ is Lord. When a Christian church cannot bring itself to endorse a bedrock Christian theological statement repeatedly found in the New Testament, it is not a serious Christian church. It's a Church of What's Happening Now, conferring a feel-good imprimatur on whatever the liberal elements of secular society deem permissible or politically correct.You want to have gay sex? Be a female bishop? Change God's name to Sophia? Go ahead. The just-elected Episcopal presiding bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, is a one-woman combination of all these things, having voted for Robinson, blessed same-sex couples in her Nevada diocese, prayed to a female Jesus at the Columbus convention and invited former Newark, N.J., bishop John Shelby Spong, famous for denying Christ's divinity, to address her priests.
When a church doesn't take itself seriously, neither do its members. It is hard to believe that as recently as 1960, members of mainline churches — Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Lutherans and the like — accounted for 40% of all American Protestants. Today, it's more like 12% (17 million out of 135 million). Some of the precipitous decline is due to lower birthrates among the generally blue-state mainliners, but it also is clear that millions of mainline adherents (and especially their children) have simply walked out of the pews never to return. According to the Hartford Institute for Religious Research, in 1965, there were 3.4
million Episcopalians; now, there are 2.3 million. The number of Presbyterians fell from 4.3 million in 1965 to 2.5 million today.
Compare that with 16 million members reported by the Southern Baptists.When your religion says whatever on doctrinal matters, regards Jesus as just another wise teacher, refuses on principle to evangelize and lets you do pretty much what you want, it's a short step to deciding that one of the things you don't want to do is get up on Sunday morning and go to church.
It doesn't help matters that the mainline churches were pioneers in ordaining women to the clergy, to the point that 25% of all Episcopal priests these days are female, as are 29% of all Presbyterian pastors, according to the two churches. A causal
connection between a critical mass of female clergy and a mass exodus from the churches, especially among men, would be difficult to establish, but is it entirely a coincidence? Sociologist Rodney Stark (The Rise of Christianity) and historian Philip Jenkins (The Next Christendom) contend that the more demands, ethical and doctrinal, that a faith places upon its adherents, the deeper the adherents' commitment to that faith. Evangelical and Pentecostal churches, which preach biblical morality, have no trouble saying that Jesus is Lord, and they generally eschew women's ordination. The churches are growing robustly, both in the United States and around the world.Despite the fact that median Sunday attendance at Episcopal churches is 80 worshipers, the Episcopal Church, as a whole, is financially equipped to carry on for some time, thanks to its inventory of vintage real estate and huge endowments left over from the days (no more!) when it was the Republican Party at prayer. Furthermore, it has offset some of its demographic losses by attracting disaffected liberal Catholics and gays and lesbians. The less endowed Presbyterian Church USA is in deeper trouble.
Just before its general assembly in Birmingham, it announced that it would eliminate 75 jobs to meet a $9.15-million budget cut at its headquarters, the third such round of job cuts in four years.The Episcopalians have smells, bells, needlework cushions and colorfully garbed, Catholic-looking bishops as draws, but who, under the present circumstances, wants to become a Presbyterian? Still, it must be galling to Episcopal liberals that many of the parishes and dioceses (including that of San Joaquin, Calif.) that want to pull out of the Episcopal Church USA are growing instead of shrinking, have live people in the pews who pay for the upkeep of their churches and don't have to rely on dead rich people. The 21-year-old Christ Church Episcopal in Plano, Texas, for example, is one of the largest Episcopal churches in the country. Its 2,200 worshipers on any given Sunday are about equal to the number of active Episcopalians in Jefferts Schori's entire Nevada diocese.
It's no surprise that Christ Church, like the other dissident parishes, preaches a very conservative theology. Its break from the national church came after Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Anglican Communion, proposed a two-tier membership in which the Episcopal Church USA and other churches that decline to adhere to traditional biblical standards would have associate status in the communion. The dissidents hope to retain full communication with Canterbury by establishing oversight by non-U.S. Anglican bishops.
As for the rest of the Episcopalians, the phrase deck chairs on the Titanic comes to mind. A number of liberal Episcopal websites are devoted these days to dissing Peter Akinola, outspoken primate of the Anglican diocese of Nigeria, who, like the vast majority of the world's 77 million Anglicans reported by the Anglican Communion, believes that homosexual practice is incompatible with Scripture (those words are from the communion's 1998 resolution at the Lambeth conference of bishops). Akinola might have the numbers on his side, but he is now the Voldemort — no, make that the Karl Rove — of the U.S. Episcopal world. Other liberals fume over a feeble last-minute resolution in Columbus calling for restraint in consecrating bishops whose lifestyle might offend the wider church — a resolution immediately ignored when a second openly cohabitating gay man was nominated for bishop of Newark.
So this is the liberal Christianity that was supposed to be the Christianity of the future: disarray, schism, rapidly falling numbers of adherents, a collapse of Christology and national meetings that rival those of the Modern Language Assn. for their potential for cheap laughs. And they keep telling the Catholic Church that it had better get with the liberal program — ordain women, bless gay unions and so forth — or die. Sure.
We see NATO will track all Army personal around the World with Ems, and all the other people will be tracked by Ems and microchip implants, As we read in Revelation 13.
REVELATION 13:15-18
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(a Microchip Implant,Strongs says it will be a breaking or etching in the Skin).
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
Globecomm, EMS team up for NATO deal
By David Reich-Hale,Wednesday, July 12, 2006 02:31 PM EDT
HAUPPAUGE – Globecomm Systems Inc. announced this week a $7.8 million contract from NATO to provide a global positioning satellite-based “friendly force” tracking system.The Hauppauge-based firm will team up with space communications equipment
maker EMS Technologies to fill NATO’s order, according to the contract.The “friendly force” system helps NATO track personnel around the globe at all times.
MATTHEW 24:4-5
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Apocalyptic signals from Iran worry U.S. intelligence
The U.S. intelligence community has not been surprised by Iran's refusal to respond to a Western incentive package to suspend its uranium enrichment. Intelligence sources said Iran, following North Korea's model, intends to delay any response or negotiations for as long as possible. The European Union and the United States demanded that Iran reply to the Western incentive package of nuclear technology, fuel and aircraft by June 29. But Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Teheran would submit an answer by Aug. 22.
The U.S. intelligence community has been trying to figure out why Ahmadinejad chose that date. Sources said the community was stumped until some Islam experts translated the Gregorian date to that of the Muslim calendar. Then came the surprise that has the intelligence community worried. Aug. 22 corresponds to Rajab 27 on the Muslim calendar. The date is called Lailat Al Israa, when Mohammed ascended to heaven from the Al Aqsa mosque to receive the five daily prayers. Later, Al Aqsa came to represent Jerusalem. The Muslim commemoration is meant to be a night of struggle, accompanied by thunder and lightening, resembling the story of Moses ascending Mount Sinai to receive the Old Testament.
Ahmadinejad could be hinting to the West that he is preparing a major attack on Israel. Or, the Iranian president could be warning that unless the West caves in, he would escalate tension in the region. The lightening in Mohammed's story could represent Iranian missiles. What is clear is that Ahmadinejad does not see himself as an Iranian leader, but a Muslim prophet, using imagery to portray himself as a messiah for both Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Belgian Parliament Considers Criminalizing Proselytizing
By Mark Adams ,MichNews.com
(NEW YORK — C-FAM) Some members of small religious groups in Belgium are worried that a controversial legislative proposal could threaten religious freedom. The law in question would punish persons found guilty of abusing the ignorance or weakness of minors and other vulnerable people, but the wording is so vague that some international observers fear that the law would be used to repress and discriminate against minority faiths.
The bill passed Belgium's Council of Ministers and is awaiting constitutional approval before being debated by the full Parliament. It would impose a three month to five year jail sentence on anyone abusing the ignorance or weakness of a minor or a very vulnerable individual, either due to his/her age, sickness, disability, physical or mental deficiency, illegal resident status or precarious living
condition or pregnancy, so as to get that person to do an act or refrain from doing an act that would seriously endanger his/her physical or mental integrity or assets.
The Institute on Religion and Public Policy has taken a special interest in the legislation and has authored a letter to two key Belgium officials condemning it. The letter, which has been signed onto by other organizations, states that the law allows for too broad of an interpretation that will inevitably result in arbitrary and discriminatory application of the law by permitting almost unfettered discretion by government officials to use the criminal laws as a weapon to repress minority faiths. Passage of such legislation — based on the widely discredited notion of 'mental manipulation' — would represent a serious setback for religious freedom in Belgium.
According to the letter the law is based on recommendations made in a 1997 report from the Belgian Parliamentary Commission that called for a law punishing those who abuse a person's weakness as a result of an indoctrination by sects. The letter says the same commission drafted a list that labeled 189 religious groups as sects including, Hasidic Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, Zen Buddhists, Seventh-day Adventists, Mormons, Pentecostals, Amish, Quakers, five Catholic groups and others.
The Dutch Catholic news site, RKNieuws.net reported that although the list was rejected by Parliament "Belgian media consider the 'sect list' still as authoritative.The letter claims that organizations on the list still face repercussions today. [I]t received widespread publicity when it was made public by the Commission . . . stigmatizing all the religions included in the list and effectively operating as a blacklist for these religions and their adherents to this very day.Copyright by www.c-fam.org
These lukewarm churches will pay, God won't put up with his Church obeying Sin instead of Him.
REVELATION 3:15-19
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Liberal Christianity is paying for its sins
Out-of-the-mainstream beliefs about gay marriage and supposedly sexist doctrines are gutting old-line faiths.By Charlotte Allen, CHARLOTTE ALLEN is Catholicism editor for Beliefnet and the author of "The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus.
The accelerating fragmentation of the strife-torn Episcopal Church USA, in which several parishes and even a few dioceses are opting out of the church, isn't simply about gay bishops, the blessing of same-sex unions or the election of a woman as presiding bishop. It also is about the meltdown of liberal Christianity.Embraced by the leadership of all the mainline Protestant denominations, as well as large segments of American Catholicism, liberal Christianity has been hailed by its boosters for 40 years as the future of the Christian church.
It is not entirely coincidental that at about the same time that Episcopalians, at their general convention in Columbus, Ohio, were thumbing their noses at a directive from the worldwide Anglican Communion that they "repent" of confirming the openly gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire three years ago, the Presbyterian Church USA, at its general assembly in Birmingham, Ala., was turning itself into the laughingstock of the blogosphere by tacitly approving alternative designations for the supposedly sexist Christian Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Among the suggested names were Mother, Child and Womb and "Rock, Redeemer and Friend. Moved by the spirit of the Presbyterian revisionists, Beliefnet blogger Rod Dreher held a Name That Trinity contest.
Entries included Rock, Scissors and Paper and Larry, Curly and Moe.Following the Episcopalian lead, the Presbyterians also voted to give local congregations the freedom to ordain openly cohabiting gay and lesbian ministers and endorsed the legalization of medical marijuana. (The latter may be a good idea, but it is hard to see how it falls under the theological purview of a Christian denomination.) The Presbyterian Church USA is famous for its 1993 conference, cosponsored with the United Methodist Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and other mainline churches, in which participants reimagined God as Our Maker Sophia and held a feminist-inspired milk and honey ritual designed to replace traditional bread and wine Communion.
As if to one-up the Presbyterians in jettisoning age-old elements of Christian belief, the Episcopalians at Columbus overwhelmingly refused even to consider a resolution affirming that Jesus Christ is Lord. When a Christian church cannot bring itself to endorse a bedrock Christian theological statement repeatedly found in the New Testament, it is not a serious Christian church. It's a Church of What's Happening Now, conferring a feel-good imprimatur on whatever the liberal elements of secular society deem permissible or politically correct.You want to have gay sex? Be a female bishop? Change God's name to Sophia? Go ahead. The just-elected Episcopal presiding bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, is a one-woman combination of all these things, having voted for Robinson, blessed same-sex couples in her Nevada diocese, prayed to a female Jesus at the Columbus convention and invited former Newark, N.J., bishop John Shelby Spong, famous for denying Christ's divinity, to address her priests.
When a church doesn't take itself seriously, neither do its members. It is hard to believe that as recently as 1960, members of mainline churches — Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, Lutherans and the like — accounted for 40% of all American Protestants. Today, it's more like 12% (17 million out of 135 million). Some of the precipitous decline is due to lower birthrates among the generally blue-state mainliners, but it also is clear that millions of mainline adherents (and especially their children) have simply walked out of the pews never to return. According to the Hartford Institute for Religious Research, in 1965, there were 3.4
million Episcopalians; now, there are 2.3 million. The number of Presbyterians fell from 4.3 million in 1965 to 2.5 million today.
Compare that with 16 million members reported by the Southern Baptists.When your religion says whatever on doctrinal matters, regards Jesus as just another wise teacher, refuses on principle to evangelize and lets you do pretty much what you want, it's a short step to deciding that one of the things you don't want to do is get up on Sunday morning and go to church.
It doesn't help matters that the mainline churches were pioneers in ordaining women to the clergy, to the point that 25% of all Episcopal priests these days are female, as are 29% of all Presbyterian pastors, according to the two churches. A causal
connection between a critical mass of female clergy and a mass exodus from the churches, especially among men, would be difficult to establish, but is it entirely a coincidence? Sociologist Rodney Stark (The Rise of Christianity) and historian Philip Jenkins (The Next Christendom) contend that the more demands, ethical and doctrinal, that a faith places upon its adherents, the deeper the adherents' commitment to that faith. Evangelical and Pentecostal churches, which preach biblical morality, have no trouble saying that Jesus is Lord, and they generally eschew women's ordination. The churches are growing robustly, both in the United States and around the world.Despite the fact that median Sunday attendance at Episcopal churches is 80 worshipers, the Episcopal Church, as a whole, is financially equipped to carry on for some time, thanks to its inventory of vintage real estate and huge endowments left over from the days (no more!) when it was the Republican Party at prayer. Furthermore, it has offset some of its demographic losses by attracting disaffected liberal Catholics and gays and lesbians. The less endowed Presbyterian Church USA is in deeper trouble.
Just before its general assembly in Birmingham, it announced that it would eliminate 75 jobs to meet a $9.15-million budget cut at its headquarters, the third such round of job cuts in four years.The Episcopalians have smells, bells, needlework cushions and colorfully garbed, Catholic-looking bishops as draws, but who, under the present circumstances, wants to become a Presbyterian? Still, it must be galling to Episcopal liberals that many of the parishes and dioceses (including that of San Joaquin, Calif.) that want to pull out of the Episcopal Church USA are growing instead of shrinking, have live people in the pews who pay for the upkeep of their churches and don't have to rely on dead rich people. The 21-year-old Christ Church Episcopal in Plano, Texas, for example, is one of the largest Episcopal churches in the country. Its 2,200 worshipers on any given Sunday are about equal to the number of active Episcopalians in Jefferts Schori's entire Nevada diocese.
It's no surprise that Christ Church, like the other dissident parishes, preaches a very conservative theology. Its break from the national church came after Rowan Williams, archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Anglican Communion, proposed a two-tier membership in which the Episcopal Church USA and other churches that decline to adhere to traditional biblical standards would have associate status in the communion. The dissidents hope to retain full communication with Canterbury by establishing oversight by non-U.S. Anglican bishops.
As for the rest of the Episcopalians, the phrase deck chairs on the Titanic comes to mind. A number of liberal Episcopal websites are devoted these days to dissing Peter Akinola, outspoken primate of the Anglican diocese of Nigeria, who, like the vast majority of the world's 77 million Anglicans reported by the Anglican Communion, believes that homosexual practice is incompatible with Scripture (those words are from the communion's 1998 resolution at the Lambeth conference of bishops). Akinola might have the numbers on his side, but he is now the Voldemort — no, make that the Karl Rove — of the U.S. Episcopal world. Other liberals fume over a feeble last-minute resolution in Columbus calling for restraint in consecrating bishops whose lifestyle might offend the wider church — a resolution immediately ignored when a second openly cohabitating gay man was nominated for bishop of Newark.
So this is the liberal Christianity that was supposed to be the Christianity of the future: disarray, schism, rapidly falling numbers of adherents, a collapse of Christology and national meetings that rival those of the Modern Language Assn. for their potential for cheap laughs. And they keep telling the Catholic Church that it had better get with the liberal program — ordain women, bless gay unions and so forth — or die. Sure.
IRAN WORLD GOES TO SECURITY COUNCIL
1-U.S back to security council about Iran. 2-2 dead as Philippines storms cause landslides. 3-Moderate quake in Cayman Islands. 4-Indonesia battles 300 fires. 5-Guinea's cholera death toll at 133.
First the update on yesterdays Mumbai Bomings. Its up to 200 dead and 700 Injured. Also yesterday A Chicago subway train jumped its tracks and caused fires. 8 cars went off track. 2 people are still in the hospital in serious condition out of the 150 people that were checked out.
And in Yucca Valley California 26,000 Acres have been burned in wild fires.
Now after yesterday the Attack on Mumbai, and Israel blaming Iran and Syria for the capture and killing of Israeli soldiers. I think Iran will be the one behind the Mumbai bombing, The U.S and Israel will then Bomb Irans nuclear facilities and might just bomb Syria while there at it. We will see how this plays out if my hunch is right on this, only time will tell. Or God is giving the Israelis some of the land promised them to Abraham through these mini wars.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels
land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.
ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
World powers to send Iran to Security Council: official by Sylvie Lanteaume 2 hours, 36 minutes ago
PARIS (AFP) - World powers meeting in Paris upped the stakes over Iran's nuclear program, agreeing to send Tehran back to the UN Security Council and raising the threat of sanctions over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment. The Iranians have given no indication at all that they are ready to engage seriously on the substance of our proposals, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said in a statement agreed with his colleagues from the United States, Britain, Germany, Russia and China.
Iran has failed to take the steps needed to allow negotiations to begin.... We express profound disappointment over this situation, he said, according to an official English translation of his remarks.
We have no choice but to return to the United Nations Security Council and take forward the process that was suspended two months ago,he said.We have agreed to seek a United Nations Security Council resolution, which would make the IAEA-required suspension mandatory. Should Iran refuse to comply then we will work for the adoption of measures under Article 41 of Chapter Seven of the United Nations charter, the statement said.
The article in question opens the way for economic and diplomatic sanctions, but not for the use of military force.The agreement appeared to mark an important escalation of the pressure on Iran, because until now Russia and China have refused to countenance sanctions on the grounds that they are counter-productive.
The ministers from the Security Council permanent members plus Germany had met to hear a progress report from the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who the day before held talks in Brussels with Tehran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani.The six are pushing for a positive Iranian response to a package of economic and political incentives offered on June 6, but EU officials described Tuesday's meeting as disappointing.Iran insists on the right to continue uranium enrichment, arguing that it is needed for a civilian nuclear energy program, but the outside powers suspect Tehran is trying to make nuclear weapons and the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency has ordered a suspension.In their statement the ministers said that,Should Iran implement the decisions of the IAEA and the United Nations Security Council, and enter into negotiations, we would be ready to hold back from further action in the UN Security Council.
We urge Iran once again to respond positively to the substantive proposals we made last month.The Paris talks brought together Douste-Blazy, his US counterpart Condoleezza Rice, Britain's Margaret Beckett, Russia's Sergei Lavrov, Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the Chinese deputy foreign minister Zhang Yesui. We are very pleased by today's strong action,Rice's deputy Nicholas Burns said afterwards. This is a significant decision that reflects the disappointment and the frustrations of our countries.
A senior US official said top foreign ministry officials of the six countries would meet next week to decide how long to give Tehran before resorting to sanctions.It would be a certain number of days,he said. It will be a short period.China has agreed, Russia has agreed on the steps to be taken, the official added, while admitting that the specific sanctions to be adopted had not yet been decided. We are banking on Iran giving a bit of slack, given the obligatory nature of the suspension of enrichment activities.
We hope that some in the Iranian leadership will understand the signal,said Steinmeier after the meeting. If we do go to the Security Council, we will take our time to work out the best responses ... in order to get the Iranians to reconsider their position,he said. Iran's Larijani warned Tuesday of a long road ahead, saying the offer of incentives -- which reportedly include aid for a civilian energy program and an end to some US sanctions -- was broadly suitable but that suspending enrichment remained a central problem. In Tehran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad repeated Wednesday that Iran would not negotiate on its undeniable right to have a nuclear program. We are for negotiations, we are for dialogue. But of course we will not negotiate our undeniable rights with anyone,he told a public rally.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Two feared dead as storm causes landslides in Philippines 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
MANILA (AFP) - Two children were missing and feared dead amid strong winds, landslides and floods triggered by tropical storm Bilis, which brushed past the Philippines' extreme north, the civil defense office has said. A seven-year-old girl holding an umbrella was blown by strong winds into a river in the mountain city of Baguio, and is feared to have drowned, the government agency said in a statement Wednesday.Elsewhere in the city, a landslide triggered by rain buried a house and a four-year-old boy was reported missing, while four other family members were injured.
Up to four motor vehicles were also buried by avalanches in Baguio but it is unclear if anyone was inside them.Bilis, a Filipino word which means speed, lashed the country's north with maximum sustained winds of 100 kilometers (62 miles) an hour, forcing aviation officials to cancel some domestic flights involving smaller aircraft.The eye of the storm was about 480 kilometers (298 miles) east of the Batan island group near Taiwan early Wednesday and moving northwest towards Taiwan, the government weather station said.Taiwan's central weather bureau has issued a warning over Bilis which is expected to bring strong winds and torrential rains to the island in the next few days.
MATTHEW 24:8-9
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Moderate earthquake jolts Cayman Islands Tue Jul 11, 10:49 PM ET
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - A moderate earthquake jolted the Cayman Islands on Tuesday. No injuries or damage were reported.The magnitude 4.5 quake was centered roughly 30 miles east of George Town roughly 6 miles beneath the earth's surface,
officials said.
The quake, which lasted for about 10 seconds, hit at about 8:30 a.m.Kurt Tibbetts, the top elected official in the Caymans, said the government was developing a seismic monitoring program and had authorized the installation of four seismic sensors in the island chain.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Indonesia battles some 300 forest fires
Indonesia says it has deployed around 1,500 firefighters to battle hundreds of forest fires in Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo.The Forestry Ministry says satellite images show there are some 300 fires in Riau province, more than 200 in Jambi province, and at least 48 others in West Kalimantan.Malaysian officials last week blamed fires in Sumatra for blanketing the country's northern state of Penang in a thick haze.
Indonesia's forestry ministry says about 400 fires are inside logging concessions and timber estates, while 34 are in conservation areas.It says the rest of the fires are on small plantations and community-owned land.In May, Indonesia's agriculture minister pledged that authorities would enforce a 2004 law that imposes stiff penalties on plantations that burn land, a practice largely blamed for contributing to the haze.ABC Asia Pacific TV / Radio Australia.
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Guinea's cholera death toll at 133
July 12, 2006, 12 hours, 26 minutes and 48 seconds ago.
By ANDnetwork .com
At least 133 people have already died of cholera in Guinea, and more people are suspected to be infected and more infections are expected as the rain season is approaching. Even before the start of the disease-charged annual rainy season, at least 133 people have died of cholera in Guinea, or almost 10% of those infected, health authorities said this weekend.Mahy Barry, a health ministry director, said a total 1 530 cases had been officially registered since the start of the six-month epidemic.Cholera, an acute intestinal infection spread by contaminated water and food, often strikes in west Africa after the onset of the annual rains, as latrines overflow and wells become polluted in rural and under-developed areas.
Highly contagious and causing acute diarrhoea and vomiting, cholera can kill within days if left untreated. Yet lives can be saved with simple re-hydration salts and fluids, and the disease kept at bay with simple hygiene measures.
Barry said most victims had contracted the disease through drinking water from locally drilled wells. Most of these wells are dug close to latrines in towns and villages, hence the fatal combination that kills people, he said.According to the health ministry, most of the fatalities have occurred in the country's forest region, with the towns of Gueckedou, Kissidougou, Nzerekore and Lola all affected. Fatalities have been highest in Kissidougou, where at least 80 people have died. Barry said this year’s epidemic started at the beginning of February and worsened between April and May when it claimed most of its victims. Last month there was a dramatic drop in reported cases, he said, with no deaths reported so far in July.
Although the health ministry has been heavily engaged in awareness campaigns year in year out, the disease continues to claim increasing numbers of lives and it is feared that the rainy season, which this year is late, could revive the epidemic.Guinea, listed as one of the world’s 20 poorest countries by the UN, has the kind of urban poverty and squalor that breed disease.IRIN
First the update on yesterdays Mumbai Bomings. Its up to 200 dead and 700 Injured. Also yesterday A Chicago subway train jumped its tracks and caused fires. 8 cars went off track. 2 people are still in the hospital in serious condition out of the 150 people that were checked out.
And in Yucca Valley California 26,000 Acres have been burned in wild fires.
Now after yesterday the Attack on Mumbai, and Israel blaming Iran and Syria for the capture and killing of Israeli soldiers. I think Iran will be the one behind the Mumbai bombing, The U.S and Israel will then Bomb Irans nuclear facilities and might just bomb Syria while there at it. We will see how this plays out if my hunch is right on this, only time will tell. Or God is giving the Israelis some of the land promised them to Abraham through these mini wars.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels
land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.
ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
World powers to send Iran to Security Council: official by Sylvie Lanteaume 2 hours, 36 minutes ago
PARIS (AFP) - World powers meeting in Paris upped the stakes over Iran's nuclear program, agreeing to send Tehran back to the UN Security Council and raising the threat of sanctions over its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment. The Iranians have given no indication at all that they are ready to engage seriously on the substance of our proposals, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said in a statement agreed with his colleagues from the United States, Britain, Germany, Russia and China.
Iran has failed to take the steps needed to allow negotiations to begin.... We express profound disappointment over this situation, he said, according to an official English translation of his remarks.
We have no choice but to return to the United Nations Security Council and take forward the process that was suspended two months ago,he said.We have agreed to seek a United Nations Security Council resolution, which would make the IAEA-required suspension mandatory. Should Iran refuse to comply then we will work for the adoption of measures under Article 41 of Chapter Seven of the United Nations charter, the statement said.
The article in question opens the way for economic and diplomatic sanctions, but not for the use of military force.The agreement appeared to mark an important escalation of the pressure on Iran, because until now Russia and China have refused to countenance sanctions on the grounds that they are counter-productive.
The ministers from the Security Council permanent members plus Germany had met to hear a progress report from the EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana, who the day before held talks in Brussels with Tehran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani.The six are pushing for a positive Iranian response to a package of economic and political incentives offered on June 6, but EU officials described Tuesday's meeting as disappointing.Iran insists on the right to continue uranium enrichment, arguing that it is needed for a civilian nuclear energy program, but the outside powers suspect Tehran is trying to make nuclear weapons and the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency has ordered a suspension.In their statement the ministers said that,Should Iran implement the decisions of the IAEA and the United Nations Security Council, and enter into negotiations, we would be ready to hold back from further action in the UN Security Council.
We urge Iran once again to respond positively to the substantive proposals we made last month.The Paris talks brought together Douste-Blazy, his US counterpart Condoleezza Rice, Britain's Margaret Beckett, Russia's Sergei Lavrov, Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the Chinese deputy foreign minister Zhang Yesui. We are very pleased by today's strong action,Rice's deputy Nicholas Burns said afterwards. This is a significant decision that reflects the disappointment and the frustrations of our countries.
A senior US official said top foreign ministry officials of the six countries would meet next week to decide how long to give Tehran before resorting to sanctions.It would be a certain number of days,he said. It will be a short period.China has agreed, Russia has agreed on the steps to be taken, the official added, while admitting that the specific sanctions to be adopted had not yet been decided. We are banking on Iran giving a bit of slack, given the obligatory nature of the suspension of enrichment activities.
We hope that some in the Iranian leadership will understand the signal,said Steinmeier after the meeting. If we do go to the Security Council, we will take our time to work out the best responses ... in order to get the Iranians to reconsider their position,he said. Iran's Larijani warned Tuesday of a long road ahead, saying the offer of incentives -- which reportedly include aid for a civilian energy program and an end to some US sanctions -- was broadly suitable but that suspending enrichment remained a central problem. In Tehran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad repeated Wednesday that Iran would not negotiate on its undeniable right to have a nuclear program. We are for negotiations, we are for dialogue. But of course we will not negotiate our undeniable rights with anyone,he told a public rally.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Two feared dead as storm causes landslides in Philippines 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
MANILA (AFP) - Two children were missing and feared dead amid strong winds, landslides and floods triggered by tropical storm Bilis, which brushed past the Philippines' extreme north, the civil defense office has said. A seven-year-old girl holding an umbrella was blown by strong winds into a river in the mountain city of Baguio, and is feared to have drowned, the government agency said in a statement Wednesday.Elsewhere in the city, a landslide triggered by rain buried a house and a four-year-old boy was reported missing, while four other family members were injured.
Up to four motor vehicles were also buried by avalanches in Baguio but it is unclear if anyone was inside them.Bilis, a Filipino word which means speed, lashed the country's north with maximum sustained winds of 100 kilometers (62 miles) an hour, forcing aviation officials to cancel some domestic flights involving smaller aircraft.The eye of the storm was about 480 kilometers (298 miles) east of the Batan island group near Taiwan early Wednesday and moving northwest towards Taiwan, the government weather station said.Taiwan's central weather bureau has issued a warning over Bilis which is expected to bring strong winds and torrential rains to the island in the next few days.
MATTHEW 24:8-9
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Moderate earthquake jolts Cayman Islands Tue Jul 11, 10:49 PM ET
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands - A moderate earthquake jolted the Cayman Islands on Tuesday. No injuries or damage were reported.The magnitude 4.5 quake was centered roughly 30 miles east of George Town roughly 6 miles beneath the earth's surface,
officials said.
The quake, which lasted for about 10 seconds, hit at about 8:30 a.m.Kurt Tibbetts, the top elected official in the Caymans, said the government was developing a seismic monitoring program and had authorized the installation of four seismic sensors in the island chain.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Indonesia battles some 300 forest fires
Indonesia says it has deployed around 1,500 firefighters to battle hundreds of forest fires in Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo.The Forestry Ministry says satellite images show there are some 300 fires in Riau province, more than 200 in Jambi province, and at least 48 others in West Kalimantan.Malaysian officials last week blamed fires in Sumatra for blanketing the country's northern state of Penang in a thick haze.
Indonesia's forestry ministry says about 400 fires are inside logging concessions and timber estates, while 34 are in conservation areas.It says the rest of the fires are on small plantations and community-owned land.In May, Indonesia's agriculture minister pledged that authorities would enforce a 2004 law that imposes stiff penalties on plantations that burn land, a practice largely blamed for contributing to the haze.ABC Asia Pacific TV / Radio Australia.
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Guinea's cholera death toll at 133
July 12, 2006, 12 hours, 26 minutes and 48 seconds ago.
By ANDnetwork .com
At least 133 people have already died of cholera in Guinea, and more people are suspected to be infected and more infections are expected as the rain season is approaching. Even before the start of the disease-charged annual rainy season, at least 133 people have died of cholera in Guinea, or almost 10% of those infected, health authorities said this weekend.Mahy Barry, a health ministry director, said a total 1 530 cases had been officially registered since the start of the six-month epidemic.Cholera, an acute intestinal infection spread by contaminated water and food, often strikes in west Africa after the onset of the annual rains, as latrines overflow and wells become polluted in rural and under-developed areas.
Highly contagious and causing acute diarrhoea and vomiting, cholera can kill within days if left untreated. Yet lives can be saved with simple re-hydration salts and fluids, and the disease kept at bay with simple hygiene measures.
Barry said most victims had contracted the disease through drinking water from locally drilled wells. Most of these wells are dug close to latrines in towns and villages, hence the fatal combination that kills people, he said.According to the health ministry, most of the fatalities have occurred in the country's forest region, with the towns of Gueckedou, Kissidougou, Nzerekore and Lola all affected. Fatalities have been highest in Kissidougou, where at least 80 people have died. Barry said this year’s epidemic started at the beginning of February and worsened between April and May when it claimed most of its victims. Last month there was a dramatic drop in reported cases, he said, with no deaths reported so far in July.
Although the health ministry has been heavily engaged in awareness campaigns year in year out, the disease continues to claim increasing numbers of lives and it is feared that the rainy season, which this year is late, could revive the epidemic.Guinea, listed as one of the world’s 20 poorest countries by the UN, has the kind of urban poverty and squalor that breed disease.IRIN
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
MUMBAI TERRORIST BOMBS KILL 175
Terrorist have set off 7 bombs at a train station sites in mumbai India. 175 dead and at least 450 injured, reports. The bombs were set off in 11minutes between 6:34AM and 7:35AM
Also the New York subway station has beefed up its security in wake of the India bombings. Story and futhur details later.
1-Eu can't wait for constitution. 2-Amchitka Island quake.3-Syria intends to switch all to Euros at end of year.4-175 dead in India 7 Bombs,chronology of India bombings since 2001.
DANIEL 7:23
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
EU 'can not wait' for constitution
Europe can not wait for a constitution before pushing ahead with increased EU decision-making on justice and foreign policy, Finnish leader Matti Vanhanen has told MEPs. The Finnish prime minister on Wednesday set out his priorities for Helsinki’s EU presidency to the European parliament.Finland takes the EU helm from Austria for a six month stint at the tiller before Germany takes over in the first half of 2007.Finland must keep the EU’s constitution on ice but will prepare the ground for a German roadmap to a new treaty by pushing current decision-making powers to the limit.
Vanhanen told MEPs that EU leaders must use existing European treaties to boost streamlined decision making by reducing national vetoes in key areas such as justice.Europe cannot afford to wait for new decision-making rules. It must start to increase the effectiveness of the way it functions now,he said Increasing the union’s effectiveness will require some bold decisions from Europe’s leaders and decision-makers. We cannot just think of the here and now, and the next elections.That means taking painful decisions now to help create a better future. We must also be prepared to give some ground when defending national positions and think about Europe’s interests as a whole.
Vanhanen also insisted that the EU can not wait for greater foreign policy in the protracted period of reflection” that has followed French and Dutch referendum rejections of the constitution.One big setback are stalled plans to make Javier Solana an EU “foreign minister and European commission vice-president.In June, Europe's leaders agreed to fast track crisis response coordination and maintain a January 2007 deadline for an EU rapid reaction military force.The EU can not allow a period of refection in external action, said Vanhanen.The union’s voice in the world will be heard only if it is coherent. We will make further improvements to the union’s crisis management and the rapid reaction troops should be fully ready by 2007.
The coordination of civil and military crisis management must be further coordinated. Left-wing Finnish MEP Esko Seppänen accused Vanhanen of implementing the constitution by the back door and militarising the EU. In 1999, the Finnish government betrayed its own people and pushed ahead with the setting up of EU military institutions, he said.Again, it is going against the will of citizens by agreeing to make combat troops available without a UN mandate.Vanhenen has asked the Finnish parliament to ratify the EU constitution, despite, claims Seppänen, This government neither has the confidence of citizens in Finland nor across Europe. It pressed ahead with ratification of the European Constitution despite the fact that a mere 22 per cent of Finns support the ratification, he said.This shows a lack of respect for democracy and the decisions of the French and Dutch people.Martin Schulz, leader of the parliament’s socialist group, registered a protest over claims Finland was undemocratic.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Dozens of earthquakes shake chain
By JULIA O'MALLEY
Anchorage Daily News ,Published: July 11, 2006
A strong earthquake, measuring magnitude 5.1, struck at 8:04 p.m. Monday 80 miles off Amchitka Island, according to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer. The quake was among dozens powerful enough to feel that have been jostling the waters outside Amchitka over recent weeks, including one Saturday that measured magnitude 6.7 and was felt in Adak around 12:40 p.m., said Paul Whitmore, director of warning center.Three other quakes followed the large quake Saturday night, all measuring above magnitude 5.It’s definitely a swarm of earthquakes, Whitmore said. We see this from time to time in different areas of the Aleutian arc. Contact Julia O'Malley at jomalley@adn.com or (907) 257-4325.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
Syria Plans to End Dollar Peg, Moves Half of Reserves to Euros
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Syria, under fire from the U.S. for the alleged support of terrorism, plans to end its currency peg to the dollar by year-end to reflect closer trade ties with Europe, central bank Governor Adib Mayaleh said. The Central Bank of Syria has already converted half its foreign-exchange reserves to euros, Mayalmi said in a telephone interview from Damascus, without being more specific. Syria's reserves, including gold, totaled $4.1 billion at the end of 2005, according to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
We want to have a currency peg that will reflect our external trade, Mayaleh said yesterday. The European Union is Syria's largest trading partner, taking half of its exports, he said. The country may instead link the Syrian pound to a weighted group of currencies including the euro or loans from the International Monetary Fund that are known as Special Drawing Rights, Mayaleh said. SDRs comprise the euro, dollar, yen and British pound.
Most Middle East countries, including the six oil-producing Persian Gulf monarchies and Jordan, peg their currencies to the dollar. Egypt and Iraq manage floated currencies. The Syrian pound is pegged at 52.2 versus the dollar, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Central bankers from Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Sweden and Finland have this year indicated they aim to diversify their reserves away from the dollar. The euro is appreciating this year after its first annual decline since 2001. It traded at $1.2750 at 12:27 p.m. in London today, from $1.1849 at the start of the year.
Increased Trade
The Syrian government is ``studying options'' with regard to ending the dollar peg, Abdullah Dardari, the country's deputy prime minister for economic affairs, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Damascus on June 10. Syria last year sold $2.9 billion of goods, including crude oil and textiles, to the European Union, according to data from the European Commission. Imports from the EU totaled $2.7 billion. That compares with $155 million from the U.S., based on figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The U.S. imposed sanctions on Syria in May 2004, including a ban on trade transactions with the Commercial Bank of Syria, in an effort to halt exports to the country that stands accused by President George W. Bush's administration of aiding militants in Iraq and pursuing weapons of mass destruction. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan used the Egyptian pound as their official currency while under British and French control.
In 1924, France, which controlled Syria and Lebanon, introduced a franc-based currency for the two countries that lasted until the outbreak of the Second World War. In the 1960s, Syria's major trading partners were communist- controlled Eastern European states such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, reflecting its political ties with the Soviet Union. In the 1970s, that shifted toward Western Europe, which accounted for 49 percent of Syrian imports in 1975 and 56 percent in 1976, according to the U.S. Library of Congress. By 1984, West Germany, France, Italy and Japan were Syria's biggest suppliers of goods including machinery, transport equipment, and iron and steel. In 2004, Turkey, followed by the Ukraine, China and Russia were its biggest sources of imports, according to the CIA. To contact the reporter on this story:,Dania Saadi in Cairo at at dsaadi2@bloomberg.net.,Last Updated: July 11, 2006 07:43 EDT
JUDGEMENT SIGNS IN DAYS OF LOT. NO BODY LISTENED TO WARNING SIGNS
LUKE 17:28-32
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
JUDGEMENT SIGNS IN DAYS OF NOAH. WORLDWIDE FLOODING,CURRUPTION,VIOLENCE (TERRORISM).
MATTHEW 24:37-39
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
LUKE 17:25-27
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
CHRONOLOGY - Major attacks in India since 2001
Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:29 PM IST
REUTERS - At least 135 people were killed and hundreds injured in a series of bomb blasts on the suburban rail network in Mumbai, India's financial capital, on Tuesday, police said.
At least 250 people died in a string of bomb explosions in Mumbai in 1993, which authorities blamed on the city's underworld criminal gangs.
Following is a chronology of some major attacks in India in the past five years:
Oct. 1, 2001 - Militants storm the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly complex, killing about 35.
Dec. 13 - More than a dozen people, including five gunmen, die in an attack on the national parliament complex in New Delhi.
Sep. 24, 2002 - Militants with guns and explosives attack the Akshardham Hindu temple in Gujarat, killing 31 people and wounding more than 80.
May 14 - Militants attack an army camp near Jammu, killing more than 30, including several wives and children of soldiers.
Mar. 13, 2003 - A bomb attack on a commuter train in Mumbai kills 11.
Aug. 25 - Two almost simultaneous car bombs kill about 60 in Mumbai.
Aug. 15, 2004 - Bomb explodes in Assam, killing 16 people, mostly school children, and wounding dozens.
Oct. 29, 2005 - Sixty-six people are killed when three blasts tear through markets in New Delhi.
Mar. 7, 2006 - At least 15 people were killed and 60 wounded in three explosions in Varanasi.
July 11 - More than 175 people are killed 450 injured in seven bomb explosions at rail stations and on trains in Mumbai.
Also the New York subway station has beefed up its security in wake of the India bombings. Story and futhur details later.
1-Eu can't wait for constitution. 2-Amchitka Island quake.3-Syria intends to switch all to Euros at end of year.4-175 dead in India 7 Bombs,chronology of India bombings since 2001.
DANIEL 7:23
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
EU 'can not wait' for constitution
Europe can not wait for a constitution before pushing ahead with increased EU decision-making on justice and foreign policy, Finnish leader Matti Vanhanen has told MEPs. The Finnish prime minister on Wednesday set out his priorities for Helsinki’s EU presidency to the European parliament.Finland takes the EU helm from Austria for a six month stint at the tiller before Germany takes over in the first half of 2007.Finland must keep the EU’s constitution on ice but will prepare the ground for a German roadmap to a new treaty by pushing current decision-making powers to the limit.
Vanhanen told MEPs that EU leaders must use existing European treaties to boost streamlined decision making by reducing national vetoes in key areas such as justice.Europe cannot afford to wait for new decision-making rules. It must start to increase the effectiveness of the way it functions now,he said Increasing the union’s effectiveness will require some bold decisions from Europe’s leaders and decision-makers. We cannot just think of the here and now, and the next elections.That means taking painful decisions now to help create a better future. We must also be prepared to give some ground when defending national positions and think about Europe’s interests as a whole.
Vanhanen also insisted that the EU can not wait for greater foreign policy in the protracted period of reflection” that has followed French and Dutch referendum rejections of the constitution.One big setback are stalled plans to make Javier Solana an EU “foreign minister and European commission vice-president.In June, Europe's leaders agreed to fast track crisis response coordination and maintain a January 2007 deadline for an EU rapid reaction military force.The EU can not allow a period of refection in external action, said Vanhanen.The union’s voice in the world will be heard only if it is coherent. We will make further improvements to the union’s crisis management and the rapid reaction troops should be fully ready by 2007.
The coordination of civil and military crisis management must be further coordinated. Left-wing Finnish MEP Esko Seppänen accused Vanhanen of implementing the constitution by the back door and militarising the EU. In 1999, the Finnish government betrayed its own people and pushed ahead with the setting up of EU military institutions, he said.Again, it is going against the will of citizens by agreeing to make combat troops available without a UN mandate.Vanhenen has asked the Finnish parliament to ratify the EU constitution, despite, claims Seppänen, This government neither has the confidence of citizens in Finland nor across Europe. It pressed ahead with ratification of the European Constitution despite the fact that a mere 22 per cent of Finns support the ratification, he said.This shows a lack of respect for democracy and the decisions of the French and Dutch people.Martin Schulz, leader of the parliament’s socialist group, registered a protest over claims Finland was undemocratic.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Dozens of earthquakes shake chain
By JULIA O'MALLEY
Anchorage Daily News ,Published: July 11, 2006
A strong earthquake, measuring magnitude 5.1, struck at 8:04 p.m. Monday 80 miles off Amchitka Island, according to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer. The quake was among dozens powerful enough to feel that have been jostling the waters outside Amchitka over recent weeks, including one Saturday that measured magnitude 6.7 and was felt in Adak around 12:40 p.m., said Paul Whitmore, director of warning center.Three other quakes followed the large quake Saturday night, all measuring above magnitude 5.It’s definitely a swarm of earthquakes, Whitmore said. We see this from time to time in different areas of the Aleutian arc. Contact Julia O'Malley at jomalley@adn.com or (907) 257-4325.
JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
Syria Plans to End Dollar Peg, Moves Half of Reserves to Euros
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Syria, under fire from the U.S. for the alleged support of terrorism, plans to end its currency peg to the dollar by year-end to reflect closer trade ties with Europe, central bank Governor Adib Mayaleh said. The Central Bank of Syria has already converted half its foreign-exchange reserves to euros, Mayalmi said in a telephone interview from Damascus, without being more specific. Syria's reserves, including gold, totaled $4.1 billion at the end of 2005, according to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
We want to have a currency peg that will reflect our external trade, Mayaleh said yesterday. The European Union is Syria's largest trading partner, taking half of its exports, he said. The country may instead link the Syrian pound to a weighted group of currencies including the euro or loans from the International Monetary Fund that are known as Special Drawing Rights, Mayaleh said. SDRs comprise the euro, dollar, yen and British pound.
Most Middle East countries, including the six oil-producing Persian Gulf monarchies and Jordan, peg their currencies to the dollar. Egypt and Iraq manage floated currencies. The Syrian pound is pegged at 52.2 versus the dollar, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Central bankers from Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Sweden and Finland have this year indicated they aim to diversify their reserves away from the dollar. The euro is appreciating this year after its first annual decline since 2001. It traded at $1.2750 at 12:27 p.m. in London today, from $1.1849 at the start of the year.
Increased Trade
The Syrian government is ``studying options'' with regard to ending the dollar peg, Abdullah Dardari, the country's deputy prime minister for economic affairs, told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Damascus on June 10. Syria last year sold $2.9 billion of goods, including crude oil and textiles, to the European Union, according to data from the European Commission. Imports from the EU totaled $2.7 billion. That compares with $155 million from the U.S., based on figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The U.S. imposed sanctions on Syria in May 2004, including a ban on trade transactions with the Commercial Bank of Syria, in an effort to halt exports to the country that stands accused by President George W. Bush's administration of aiding militants in Iraq and pursuing weapons of mass destruction. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan used the Egyptian pound as their official currency while under British and French control.
In 1924, France, which controlled Syria and Lebanon, introduced a franc-based currency for the two countries that lasted until the outbreak of the Second World War. In the 1960s, Syria's major trading partners were communist- controlled Eastern European states such as Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, reflecting its political ties with the Soviet Union. In the 1970s, that shifted toward Western Europe, which accounted for 49 percent of Syrian imports in 1975 and 56 percent in 1976, according to the U.S. Library of Congress. By 1984, West Germany, France, Italy and Japan were Syria's biggest suppliers of goods including machinery, transport equipment, and iron and steel. In 2004, Turkey, followed by the Ukraine, China and Russia were its biggest sources of imports, according to the CIA. To contact the reporter on this story:,Dania Saadi in Cairo at at dsaadi2@bloomberg.net.,Last Updated: July 11, 2006 07:43 EDT
JUDGEMENT SIGNS IN DAYS OF LOT. NO BODY LISTENED TO WARNING SIGNS
LUKE 17:28-32
28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
JUDGEMENT SIGNS IN DAYS OF NOAH. WORLDWIDE FLOODING,CURRUPTION,VIOLENCE (TERRORISM).
MATTHEW 24:37-39
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
LUKE 17:25-27
25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
CHRONOLOGY - Major attacks in India since 2001
Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:29 PM IST
REUTERS - At least 135 people were killed and hundreds injured in a series of bomb blasts on the suburban rail network in Mumbai, India's financial capital, on Tuesday, police said.
At least 250 people died in a string of bomb explosions in Mumbai in 1993, which authorities blamed on the city's underworld criminal gangs.
Following is a chronology of some major attacks in India in the past five years:
Oct. 1, 2001 - Militants storm the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly complex, killing about 35.
Dec. 13 - More than a dozen people, including five gunmen, die in an attack on the national parliament complex in New Delhi.
Sep. 24, 2002 - Militants with guns and explosives attack the Akshardham Hindu temple in Gujarat, killing 31 people and wounding more than 80.
May 14 - Militants attack an army camp near Jammu, killing more than 30, including several wives and children of soldiers.
Mar. 13, 2003 - A bomb attack on a commuter train in Mumbai kills 11.
Aug. 25 - Two almost simultaneous car bombs kill about 60 in Mumbai.
Aug. 15, 2004 - Bomb explodes in Assam, killing 16 people, mostly school children, and wounding dozens.
Oct. 29, 2005 - Sixty-six people are killed when three blasts tear through markets in New Delhi.
Mar. 7, 2006 - At least 15 people were killed and 60 wounded in three explosions in Varanasi.
July 11 - More than 175 people are killed 450 injured in seven bomb explosions at rail stations and on trains in Mumbai.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
OLMERT REJECTS EU CRITICISM
1-Tornado in Colorado. 2-Monsoon floods in South Asia. 3-Blue clouds from space.. 4-Small quake near Vancouver. 5-Olmert rejects eu Criticism.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Tornado touches down in Colorado Mon Jul 10, 1:28 AM ET
PUEBLO, Colo. - A storm packing rain and a tornado moved into southeast Colorado on Sunday as downpours north of Pueblo briefly closed an eight-mile section of Interstate 25. The highway was closed around 5:30 p.m. and reopened about 90 minutes later. Colorado Department of Transportation officials did not immediately have an estimate of how much water was on the road.
Meteorologist Makoto Moore said there were reports of 3 to 4 inches of rain across the northern part of Pueblo County, where a tornado touched down. Several buildings were damaged, but Shorter said it wasn't immediately clear if it was due to the tornado or strong winds.The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings. Meteorologists reported 4 to 6 inches of rain in southeast Cheyenne County near the Kansas line.In New Mexico, a 15-year-old boy fell into a flooded diversion channel in Albuquerque on Saturday evening, and the turbulent current carried him on a 5-mile ride, said Albuquerque fire inspector Gabe Serna. The boy had dropped his keys and slipped into the arroyo when he tried to retrieve them.It took three attempts before rescue crews could pull him from the swift current, Serna said. He was treated for hypothermia and abrasions at a hospital.
I don't know how many times we tell people, Do not play in the arroyo. We always manage to get one that falls in, Serna said.Thunderstorms dropped an estimated 3 inches of rain in an hour Saturday over Truth or Consequences and the surrounding area, south of Albuquerque, the weather service said.Flooding washed out roads in Rio Rancho, just north of Albuquerque, and 4 feet of water covered an Interstate 25 exit in Socorro.Colorado Gov. Bill Owens issued a disaster emergency order Saturday for Douglas County, southwest of Denver, where rain had washed out roads and flooded homes in areas stripped of vegetation by a 138,000-acre wildfire in 2002.
Monsoon rains trigger floods, death in S. Asia Mon Jul 10, 4:12 AM ET
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Monsoon rains have inundated large parts of Uttar Pradesh state in India, and 21 people were killed in drownings, house collapses and lightning strikes over the weekend, officials said on Monday. In neighboring Bangladesh, at least 12 people have died in landslides or after being hit by lighting over the past two days in heavy rainstorms in the nation's east.Across
India, at least 250 people have been killed since the start of the monsoon season in June.The heavy rains have caused power outages for several hours across Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state with 170,000 million people, including in the state capital, Lucknow.Last week, more than 80 people died in extreme monsoon weather in western and eastern India and normal life in large parts of Mumbai ground to a halt for two days as downpours hit India's financial hub.
In Uttar Pradesh, people slammed the government for not undertaking measures to prevent waterlogging and flooding.It seems officials are only interested in releasing funds every year so they can pilfer while we have to suffer year after year on account of nature's fury, said Ram Chander, a laborer living on the outskirts of Lucknow.Uttar Pradesh Relief Commissioner Renuka Kumar said though the state had an annual budget of 3 billion rupees ($65 million) to deal with natural disasters, it had only spent 800 million rupees.($1=46 rupees)(Additional reporting by Nizam Ahmed in DHAKA)
LUKE 21:11,25
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars;
CLOUDS FROM SPACE
By Kevin Turner
THE heavens turn blue as rare clouds light up a city skyline. The strange, electric blue clouds formed over Glasgow last week - appearing as glowing bands high in the sky. But the noctilucent or night shining clouds still baffle the world's best scientific brains. They lie at the very edge of space - about 60 miles above the Earth's surface - and can only be seen when conditions are perfect. Scots sky watchers often see these clouds two to three times every summer. Global warming may account for the increasing number of sightings. NASA are to launch a probe to investigate the mysterious phenomenon later this year.
Duncan Lunan, a curator at Airdrie's Public Observatory, said: The clouds are beautiful but remain a mystery. They were first reported by astronomers in the latter half of the 19th century. You need to be quite far north to see them, so it's a fairly Scottish thing for that reason. They can be seen for a few weeks either side of midsummer. He added: They always appear electric blue and often take the observer's breath away. By Rebecca Whitney,The Pictorial
A minor earthquake on Tuesday had some people in the Cowichan Valley rumbling in their boots.
Pacific Geoscience Centre reported the quake, with a magnitude of 3.7, was centred in the Strait of Juan de Fuca 20 kilometres off the coast of Victoria. Earthquakes on the scale of Tuesday’s shake do not generally cause damage — and in this instance there was no damage reported although some Victoria residence reported incidences of things falling from shelves. You don’t start to get damage until you get to a 5 or 5.5 and even then only in poorly built structures, said Natural Resources Canada earthquake seismologist Taimi Mulder.
A 3.7 would feel like a truck slamming into your house a real short, sharp jerk, said Mulder. As you move further from the epicenter of the quake, the frequency of the waves lengthen and therefore the quake is felt as more of a swaying of the ground. People as far up Island as Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill reported feeling the earth move under their feet, but only very slightly. According to Mulder there were three reports written in from the south Cowichan region stating the quake felt like a strong gust of wind hitting the house and an audible vibration that didn’t cause any movement. Earthquakes of this magnitude occur a couple of times a year in southwestern British Columbia, and Mulder says every couple of months an earthquake will occur that is strong enough to be felt. Mulder asks Vancouver Island residents to report to Natural Resources Canada if they feel an earthquake because people’s experiences are valuable tools in measuring and analyzing earthquakes. People’s experiences provide us with really valuable local information, said Mulder. If you get shaken by a quake log onto www.earthquakescanada.ca and click on Did You Feel it.© Copyright 2006 Duncan News Leader and Pictorial
Olmert rejects EU criticism of Israel's Gaza raids
Mon 10 Jul 2006 3:36 AM ET
JERUSALEM, July 10 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday rejected European Union criticism of Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying the EU should focus instead on Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel.When was the last time that the European Union condemned this shooting and suggested effective measures to stop it? Olmert said in remarks to the foreign press.At some point, Israel had no point but to take some measures in order to stop this thing.The European Union accused Israel on Friday of a disproportionate use of force against Palestinians in Gaza and of making a humanitarian crisis there worse.
Olmert said the Gaza operation Israel launched on June 28, three days after Palestinian militants abducted an Israeli soldier in a cross-border raid, would continue indefinitely.We haven't set a particular timetable for this operation. It will continue in places, in times, in different measures that will suit the purposes that were outlined, he said, repeating remarks he made on Sunday at the weekly meeting of his cabinet.Olmert reiterated he would not negotiate with the governing Hamas movement for the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit. Militants from the group, along with gunmen from two other factions, kidnapped the 19-year-old tank gunner.I
will not release prisoners for the trade of Corporal Gilad Shalit to Hamas,Olmert said.Palestinian factions have called on Israel to free more than a thousand Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the soldier.© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Tornado touches down in Colorado Mon Jul 10, 1:28 AM ET
PUEBLO, Colo. - A storm packing rain and a tornado moved into southeast Colorado on Sunday as downpours north of Pueblo briefly closed an eight-mile section of Interstate 25. The highway was closed around 5:30 p.m. and reopened about 90 minutes later. Colorado Department of Transportation officials did not immediately have an estimate of how much water was on the road.
Meteorologist Makoto Moore said there were reports of 3 to 4 inches of rain across the northern part of Pueblo County, where a tornado touched down. Several buildings were damaged, but Shorter said it wasn't immediately clear if it was due to the tornado or strong winds.The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings. Meteorologists reported 4 to 6 inches of rain in southeast Cheyenne County near the Kansas line.In New Mexico, a 15-year-old boy fell into a flooded diversion channel in Albuquerque on Saturday evening, and the turbulent current carried him on a 5-mile ride, said Albuquerque fire inspector Gabe Serna. The boy had dropped his keys and slipped into the arroyo when he tried to retrieve them.It took three attempts before rescue crews could pull him from the swift current, Serna said. He was treated for hypothermia and abrasions at a hospital.
I don't know how many times we tell people, Do not play in the arroyo. We always manage to get one that falls in, Serna said.Thunderstorms dropped an estimated 3 inches of rain in an hour Saturday over Truth or Consequences and the surrounding area, south of Albuquerque, the weather service said.Flooding washed out roads in Rio Rancho, just north of Albuquerque, and 4 feet of water covered an Interstate 25 exit in Socorro.Colorado Gov. Bill Owens issued a disaster emergency order Saturday for Douglas County, southwest of Denver, where rain had washed out roads and flooded homes in areas stripped of vegetation by a 138,000-acre wildfire in 2002.
Monsoon rains trigger floods, death in S. Asia Mon Jul 10, 4:12 AM ET
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - Monsoon rains have inundated large parts of Uttar Pradesh state in India, and 21 people were killed in drownings, house collapses and lightning strikes over the weekend, officials said on Monday. In neighboring Bangladesh, at least 12 people have died in landslides or after being hit by lighting over the past two days in heavy rainstorms in the nation's east.Across
India, at least 250 people have been killed since the start of the monsoon season in June.The heavy rains have caused power outages for several hours across Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state with 170,000 million people, including in the state capital, Lucknow.Last week, more than 80 people died in extreme monsoon weather in western and eastern India and normal life in large parts of Mumbai ground to a halt for two days as downpours hit India's financial hub.
In Uttar Pradesh, people slammed the government for not undertaking measures to prevent waterlogging and flooding.It seems officials are only interested in releasing funds every year so they can pilfer while we have to suffer year after year on account of nature's fury, said Ram Chander, a laborer living on the outskirts of Lucknow.Uttar Pradesh Relief Commissioner Renuka Kumar said though the state had an annual budget of 3 billion rupees ($65 million) to deal with natural disasters, it had only spent 800 million rupees.($1=46 rupees)(Additional reporting by Nizam Ahmed in DHAKA)
LUKE 21:11,25
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars;
CLOUDS FROM SPACE
By Kevin Turner
THE heavens turn blue as rare clouds light up a city skyline. The strange, electric blue clouds formed over Glasgow last week - appearing as glowing bands high in the sky. But the noctilucent or night shining clouds still baffle the world's best scientific brains. They lie at the very edge of space - about 60 miles above the Earth's surface - and can only be seen when conditions are perfect. Scots sky watchers often see these clouds two to three times every summer. Global warming may account for the increasing number of sightings. NASA are to launch a probe to investigate the mysterious phenomenon later this year.
Duncan Lunan, a curator at Airdrie's Public Observatory, said: The clouds are beautiful but remain a mystery. They were first reported by astronomers in the latter half of the 19th century. You need to be quite far north to see them, so it's a fairly Scottish thing for that reason. They can be seen for a few weeks either side of midsummer. He added: They always appear electric blue and often take the observer's breath away. By Rebecca Whitney,The Pictorial
A minor earthquake on Tuesday had some people in the Cowichan Valley rumbling in their boots.
Pacific Geoscience Centre reported the quake, with a magnitude of 3.7, was centred in the Strait of Juan de Fuca 20 kilometres off the coast of Victoria. Earthquakes on the scale of Tuesday’s shake do not generally cause damage — and in this instance there was no damage reported although some Victoria residence reported incidences of things falling from shelves. You don’t start to get damage until you get to a 5 or 5.5 and even then only in poorly built structures, said Natural Resources Canada earthquake seismologist Taimi Mulder.
A 3.7 would feel like a truck slamming into your house a real short, sharp jerk, said Mulder. As you move further from the epicenter of the quake, the frequency of the waves lengthen and therefore the quake is felt as more of a swaying of the ground. People as far up Island as Shawnigan Lake and Cobble Hill reported feeling the earth move under their feet, but only very slightly. According to Mulder there were three reports written in from the south Cowichan region stating the quake felt like a strong gust of wind hitting the house and an audible vibration that didn’t cause any movement. Earthquakes of this magnitude occur a couple of times a year in southwestern British Columbia, and Mulder says every couple of months an earthquake will occur that is strong enough to be felt. Mulder asks Vancouver Island residents to report to Natural Resources Canada if they feel an earthquake because people’s experiences are valuable tools in measuring and analyzing earthquakes. People’s experiences provide us with really valuable local information, said Mulder. If you get shaken by a quake log onto www.earthquakescanada.ca and click on Did You Feel it.© Copyright 2006 Duncan News Leader and Pictorial
Olmert rejects EU criticism of Israel's Gaza raids
Mon 10 Jul 2006 3:36 AM ET
JERUSALEM, July 10 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday rejected European Union criticism of Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying the EU should focus instead on Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel.When was the last time that the European Union condemned this shooting and suggested effective measures to stop it? Olmert said in remarks to the foreign press.At some point, Israel had no point but to take some measures in order to stop this thing.The European Union accused Israel on Friday of a disproportionate use of force against Palestinians in Gaza and of making a humanitarian crisis there worse.
Olmert said the Gaza operation Israel launched on June 28, three days after Palestinian militants abducted an Israeli soldier in a cross-border raid, would continue indefinitely.We haven't set a particular timetable for this operation. It will continue in places, in times, in different measures that will suit the purposes that were outlined, he said, repeating remarks he made on Sunday at the weekly meeting of his cabinet.Olmert reiterated he would not negotiate with the governing Hamas movement for the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit. Militants from the group, along with gunmen from two other factions, kidnapped the 19-year-old tank gunner.I
will not release prisoners for the trade of Corporal Gilad Shalit to Hamas,Olmert said.Palestinian factions have called on Israel to free more than a thousand Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the soldier.© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.
Monday, July 10, 2006
INDIA TESTFIRES MISSLE
1-India tests long range MISSLE. 2-EU-SAARC DEAL. 3-Tokyo Quake.
INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
2 PETER 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
BUT HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION WILL LIVE.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
India Tests Long-Range Nuclear-Capable Missile
http://enews.voanews.com
Agni-3 can carry nuclear warhead, has range of 3,000 kilometers and will be able to hit targets deep inside China, Pakistan Indian army soldiers watch the display of an Agni-2 missile during the Army Day parade in New Delhi India has tested a sophisticated,long-range nuclear-capable missile that dramatically boosts the range of targets it could hit. Defense officials say the new Agni-3 missile was test-fired Sunday from an island in the eastern state of Orissa. The word Agni means fire in Hindi.
The missile, which can carry a nuclear warhead, has a range of three-thousand kilometers. Officials, who did not want to be named,said the test was successful. Uday Bhaskar, deputy head of the government-funded Institute of Defense Studies, says the Agni-3 will boost India's strategic capability.
The Agni test of today would serve to establish India's credibility,in terms of its missile systems, he said. So, to the extent that India is working toward a credible, minimum deterrent… I would interpret today's test as enhancing the credibility of India's delivery systems.India conducted nuclear tests in 1998, and has since carried out a series of missile tests to fine-tune its delivery systems for nuclear weapons.Its existing arsenal includes several short-range and medium-range missiles, capable of carrying both nuclear and conventional warheads.Many of the existing missiles can target Pakistani cities, while the Agni-3 will be able to hit targets deep inside China.
Since becoming independent in 1947, India has fought wars with Pakistan and China. But India's relations have warmed with Beijing in recent years, and tensions with Pakistan have abated, since they began a peace process two years ago.Defense analysts say the Angi-Three tests should not be seen as country-specific, but as part of India's overall defense capability.The Agni-3 missile test comes just days after North Korea sparked an international outcry by test-firing seven missiles.Bhaskar says he does not expect India's tests will provoke similar concern.It is important to see the characteristics we associate with countries, both in terms of the regional context and the global grid,so I would like to think that India's missile test would not be seen through the same filter as any other country,he noted.Analysts say New Delhi has established itself as what they call a responsible nuclear power that has no track record of proliferating nuclear technology.North Korea is considered a so-called rogue nation by the United States, and its nuclear and missile proliferation postures have been a source of concern for the wider international community.
DANIEL 7:23
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(or 7TH WORLD EMPIRE, EU) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(Trading blocks 10 I believe).
EU close to applying for observer status in SAARC New Delhi, July 9,
IRNA India-SAARC-EU Observer
The European Union (EU) will soon apply to the SAARC Secretariat for getting the observer status in the South Asian regional grouping. We are close to submitting our application for getting the observer status in SAARC, a UNI report said here quoting a senior EU official. He said the EU supported the SAARC process and was also monitoring developments with regard to the implementation of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Agreement in the region.
The official said there was immense scope for cooperation between SAARC and EU and steps would be initiated to deepen relations among member states of the two groupings once the EU was accorded the observer status. SAARC brings together the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. The grouping, in its 20 years of existence, has not made much progress because of the suspicion and bilateral disputes among member nations, especially India and Pakistan. At its last summit in Dhaka in November 2005, SAARC had decided to make Afghanistan the eighth member of the grouping. China and Japan have been accorded the observer status in the association and the United States and South Korea have also expressed their desire to be associated with it. The next SAARC Summit is scheduled to be held in New Delhi in January 2007.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Moderate quake jolts island chain south of Tokyo Sun Jul 9, 11:42 AM ET
TOKYO (AFP) - A moderate quake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale shook the Izu island chain south of Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The tremor occurred at 5:48 pm (0848 GMT) Sunday with its epicenter 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Tokyo and 20 kilometers under the Pacific. No tsunami was expected, the agency said.Japan lies at the junction of four tectonic plates and has about 20 percent of the world's powerful earthquakes, frequently jolting Tokyo and other major cities.
INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.
2 PETER 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
BUT HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION WILL LIVE.
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
India Tests Long-Range Nuclear-Capable Missile
http://enews.voanews.com
Agni-3 can carry nuclear warhead, has range of 3,000 kilometers and will be able to hit targets deep inside China, Pakistan Indian army soldiers watch the display of an Agni-2 missile during the Army Day parade in New Delhi India has tested a sophisticated,long-range nuclear-capable missile that dramatically boosts the range of targets it could hit. Defense officials say the new Agni-3 missile was test-fired Sunday from an island in the eastern state of Orissa. The word Agni means fire in Hindi.
The missile, which can carry a nuclear warhead, has a range of three-thousand kilometers. Officials, who did not want to be named,said the test was successful. Uday Bhaskar, deputy head of the government-funded Institute of Defense Studies, says the Agni-3 will boost India's strategic capability.
The Agni test of today would serve to establish India's credibility,in terms of its missile systems, he said. So, to the extent that India is working toward a credible, minimum deterrent… I would interpret today's test as enhancing the credibility of India's delivery systems.India conducted nuclear tests in 1998, and has since carried out a series of missile tests to fine-tune its delivery systems for nuclear weapons.Its existing arsenal includes several short-range and medium-range missiles, capable of carrying both nuclear and conventional warheads.Many of the existing missiles can target Pakistani cities, while the Agni-3 will be able to hit targets deep inside China.
Since becoming independent in 1947, India has fought wars with Pakistan and China. But India's relations have warmed with Beijing in recent years, and tensions with Pakistan have abated, since they began a peace process two years ago.Defense analysts say the Angi-Three tests should not be seen as country-specific, but as part of India's overall defense capability.The Agni-3 missile test comes just days after North Korea sparked an international outcry by test-firing seven missiles.Bhaskar says he does not expect India's tests will provoke similar concern.It is important to see the characteristics we associate with countries, both in terms of the regional context and the global grid,so I would like to think that India's missile test would not be seen through the same filter as any other country,he noted.Analysts say New Delhi has established itself as what they call a responsible nuclear power that has no track record of proliferating nuclear technology.North Korea is considered a so-called rogue nation by the United States, and its nuclear and missile proliferation postures have been a source of concern for the wider international community.
DANIEL 7:23
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(or 7TH WORLD EMPIRE, EU) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(Trading blocks 10 I believe).
EU close to applying for observer status in SAARC New Delhi, July 9,
IRNA India-SAARC-EU Observer
The European Union (EU) will soon apply to the SAARC Secretariat for getting the observer status in the South Asian regional grouping. We are close to submitting our application for getting the observer status in SAARC, a UNI report said here quoting a senior EU official. He said the EU supported the SAARC process and was also monitoring developments with regard to the implementation of the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) Agreement in the region.
The official said there was immense scope for cooperation between SAARC and EU and steps would be initiated to deepen relations among member states of the two groupings once the EU was accorded the observer status. SAARC brings together the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives. The grouping, in its 20 years of existence, has not made much progress because of the suspicion and bilateral disputes among member nations, especially India and Pakistan. At its last summit in Dhaka in November 2005, SAARC had decided to make Afghanistan the eighth member of the grouping. China and Japan have been accorded the observer status in the association and the United States and South Korea have also expressed their desire to be associated with it. The next SAARC Summit is scheduled to be held in New Delhi in January 2007.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Moderate quake jolts island chain south of Tokyo Sun Jul 9, 11:42 AM ET
TOKYO (AFP) - A moderate quake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale shook the Izu island chain south of Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The tremor occurred at 5:48 pm (0848 GMT) Sunday with its epicenter 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Tokyo and 20 kilometers under the Pacific. No tsunami was expected, the agency said.Japan lies at the junction of four tectonic plates and has about 20 percent of the world's powerful earthquakes, frequently jolting Tokyo and other major cities.
IRAN AGAIN ISRAEL ELIMINATED
IRAN AGAIN WANTS ISRAEL DESTROYED, BIBLE PROPHECY FULFILLED IN THAT AS YOU CAN READ BELOW.
PSALMS 83:3-5
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city,(SYRIA) and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:6-7
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(PALESTIANS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines(ARABS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
EZEKIEL 38:1-2,5-7
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TUBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah(TURKEY) of the north quarters,(SUDAN,AFRICA) and all his bands: and many people with thee.(OTHER ARAB,MUSLIM COUNTRIES AS WELL)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Israel Must Be Removed-Says Iran’s President
By Safa Haeri,Posted Saturday, July 8, 2006
Paris, 8 Jul. (IPS) In one of his yet strongest strident, Iran’s fundamentalist President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad again repeated that Israel must be removed” from the region and called on all Arab and Muslim nations to help isolating the artificial product of Islam’s enemies.All the conditions for the removal of the Zionist regime are at hand, a usurper that our enemies made it and imposed it on the Muslim world, a regime that prevented the progress of the region’s nations, a regime that all Muslim must join hands in isolating it worldwide, Mr. Ahmadi Nezhad told the gathering of Iraq’s neighbours, employing for the first time the Arabic word (ezaleh) which means removing body hairs as well as women’s virginity.
it won’t take longtime before the wrath of the people turns into a terrible explosion that would wipe the Zionist entity off the map. Foreign ministers from Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey plus the Persian Gulf Island nation of Bahrain and Egypt are meeting on the invitation of Iran to discuss Iraq’s alarming security problems, as a secret report from the American Defence says in the last month of June, there has been over 1.300 terrorist operations and explosions throughout the country.General Secretaries of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Conference and a special representative of the United Nations General Secretary are also present.Using the podium to unleash his fury over Israel in particular and its Western producers in general, with the United States at their helm, Mr. Ahmadi Nezhad also warned all nations that support this artificial regime before it is too late, as, in his messianic view, it won’t take longtime before the wrath of the people in the region and the world turn into a terrible explosion that would wipe the Zionist entity off the map.
They should realize that their support for the illegitimate, usurper Zionist regime is a mistake. I tell them to dissociate themselves or face the terrible consequences, he added, referring indirectly to Turkey, Egypt and Jordan, three a Muslim and two Arab nations that have official diplomatic relations with Israel. While Ankara and Amman’s relations with Tehran are lukewarm, Cairo has no ties with
Iran. Notwithstanding, all the participants have strongly condemned Israel’s military operations “Spring Rain” against the Palestinians.To get the release of one of its soldiers captured by the Palestinians, Israel has unleashed its forces against Gaza, killing hundreds of Palestinians, arresting tens of people, including eight ministers of the Hamas-led Palestinian government, destroying houses,
official buildings, and factories.
The foreign ministers of Arab nations attending the conference also condemned Israel for its increasing aggression against the Palestinian people and attacked the silence of the international community.The Arab foreign ministers participating in today's Tehran meeting expressed their strong condemnation of this continuing and increasing aggression against the Palestinian people, Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa said in a statement on behalf of officials from Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria.On Friday, Iran organized mass rallies in support of the Palestinians, condemning Israel’s crimes.According to the former Revolutionary Guards officer who fought against Iraq immediately after the former Iraq dictator attacked Iran in 1980, it is a vital necessity for all neighbours, Arabs and Muslims to help and support the present Iraqi government overcoming the immense problems it faces, as Iraq’s problems are rooted in the presence of enemies that are trying to divide the Iraqi people and pit them against each other.
However, all the participants welcomed the Iraqi Premier’s plan for national reconciliation and pledged support. “This is a good decision and will no doubt help bring stability to the country, stated Prince Saud Al Faysal, Saudi Arabia’s Minister.Calling on all friends and neighbours to help Iraqi Government’s efforts to fight terrorism and back the national reconciliation, Mr. Hoshyar Zibari, the Iraqi Foreign Affairs Minister, who, like the country’s president is a Kurd, hoped that all foreign troops would leave Iraq as soon as the army, police and security system are reconstructed and operative.Contrary to Iranian delegates, other speakers refrained from attacking American-British military presence, hoping instead for the quick restoration of peace and security in the terrorist-riddled nation engulfed in religious infighting.
The proposal for a national reconciliation calls on all political parties, major ethnic and all the country’s religious forces to come together, join hands fighting terrorists and restoring peace and security, Mr. Zibari said, stressing the importance of tightly controlled borders and preserving Iraq’s territorial integrity.
Iraq’s situation is very delicate and sensitive, everyone, specially neighbours must help Iraq's Government.Iraq’s situation is very delicate and sensitive. As neighbours, we all have a historic responsibility and duty to help the country to overcome its problems peacefully, the Saudi Minister stressed.It is necessary to stop the crossing of terrorist groups into Iraq who aim at creating insecurity, hatred and differences, and pave the way for the presence of foreign forces in Iraq, Ahmadinejad told the foreign ministers in Tehran.He did not say from where or how the groups were entering Iraq.Washington accuses Tehran of backing anti-U.S.
insurgents in Iraq, a charge Tehran denies saying the U.S. occupation is to blame for the instability.
Stability, security and progress of Iraq strengthens stability, security and progress in the whole Islamic world, Ahmadinejad said. We are all committed to try to restore stability, security and progress in Iraq, he told the gathering.Syria, which sent its foreign minister to Tehran, has also been accused by Washington of not doing enough to stop militants crossing into Iraq. Damascus insists it is doing its best.The last meeting of Iraq’s neighbours was held in Istanbul, Turkey, a year ago. ENDS IRAQ NEIGHBOURS 8706
PSALMS 83:3-5
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city,(SYRIA) and it shall be a ruinous heap.
PSALMS 83:6-7
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(PALESTIANS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines(ARABS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)
EZEKIEL 38:1-2,5-7
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TUBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah(TURKEY) of the north quarters,(SUDAN,AFRICA) and all his bands: and many people with thee.(OTHER ARAB,MUSLIM COUNTRIES AS WELL)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Israel Must Be Removed-Says Iran’s President
By Safa Haeri,Posted Saturday, July 8, 2006
Paris, 8 Jul. (IPS) In one of his yet strongest strident, Iran’s fundamentalist President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nezhad again repeated that Israel must be removed” from the region and called on all Arab and Muslim nations to help isolating the artificial product of Islam’s enemies.All the conditions for the removal of the Zionist regime are at hand, a usurper that our enemies made it and imposed it on the Muslim world, a regime that prevented the progress of the region’s nations, a regime that all Muslim must join hands in isolating it worldwide, Mr. Ahmadi Nezhad told the gathering of Iraq’s neighbours, employing for the first time the Arabic word (ezaleh) which means removing body hairs as well as women’s virginity.
it won’t take longtime before the wrath of the people turns into a terrible explosion that would wipe the Zionist entity off the map. Foreign ministers from Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey plus the Persian Gulf Island nation of Bahrain and Egypt are meeting on the invitation of Iran to discuss Iraq’s alarming security problems, as a secret report from the American Defence says in the last month of June, there has been over 1.300 terrorist operations and explosions throughout the country.General Secretaries of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Conference and a special representative of the United Nations General Secretary are also present.Using the podium to unleash his fury over Israel in particular and its Western producers in general, with the United States at their helm, Mr. Ahmadi Nezhad also warned all nations that support this artificial regime before it is too late, as, in his messianic view, it won’t take longtime before the wrath of the people in the region and the world turn into a terrible explosion that would wipe the Zionist entity off the map.
They should realize that their support for the illegitimate, usurper Zionist regime is a mistake. I tell them to dissociate themselves or face the terrible consequences, he added, referring indirectly to Turkey, Egypt and Jordan, three a Muslim and two Arab nations that have official diplomatic relations with Israel. While Ankara and Amman’s relations with Tehran are lukewarm, Cairo has no ties with
Iran. Notwithstanding, all the participants have strongly condemned Israel’s military operations “Spring Rain” against the Palestinians.To get the release of one of its soldiers captured by the Palestinians, Israel has unleashed its forces against Gaza, killing hundreds of Palestinians, arresting tens of people, including eight ministers of the Hamas-led Palestinian government, destroying houses,
official buildings, and factories.
The foreign ministers of Arab nations attending the conference also condemned Israel for its increasing aggression against the Palestinian people and attacked the silence of the international community.The Arab foreign ministers participating in today's Tehran meeting expressed their strong condemnation of this continuing and increasing aggression against the Palestinian people, Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa said in a statement on behalf of officials from Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria.On Friday, Iran organized mass rallies in support of the Palestinians, condemning Israel’s crimes.According to the former Revolutionary Guards officer who fought against Iraq immediately after the former Iraq dictator attacked Iran in 1980, it is a vital necessity for all neighbours, Arabs and Muslims to help and support the present Iraqi government overcoming the immense problems it faces, as Iraq’s problems are rooted in the presence of enemies that are trying to divide the Iraqi people and pit them against each other.
However, all the participants welcomed the Iraqi Premier’s plan for national reconciliation and pledged support. “This is a good decision and will no doubt help bring stability to the country, stated Prince Saud Al Faysal, Saudi Arabia’s Minister.Calling on all friends and neighbours to help Iraqi Government’s efforts to fight terrorism and back the national reconciliation, Mr. Hoshyar Zibari, the Iraqi Foreign Affairs Minister, who, like the country’s president is a Kurd, hoped that all foreign troops would leave Iraq as soon as the army, police and security system are reconstructed and operative.Contrary to Iranian delegates, other speakers refrained from attacking American-British military presence, hoping instead for the quick restoration of peace and security in the terrorist-riddled nation engulfed in religious infighting.
The proposal for a national reconciliation calls on all political parties, major ethnic and all the country’s religious forces to come together, join hands fighting terrorists and restoring peace and security, Mr. Zibari said, stressing the importance of tightly controlled borders and preserving Iraq’s territorial integrity.
Iraq’s situation is very delicate and sensitive, everyone, specially neighbours must help Iraq's Government.Iraq’s situation is very delicate and sensitive. As neighbours, we all have a historic responsibility and duty to help the country to overcome its problems peacefully, the Saudi Minister stressed.It is necessary to stop the crossing of terrorist groups into Iraq who aim at creating insecurity, hatred and differences, and pave the way for the presence of foreign forces in Iraq, Ahmadinejad told the foreign ministers in Tehran.He did not say from where or how the groups were entering Iraq.Washington accuses Tehran of backing anti-U.S.
insurgents in Iraq, a charge Tehran denies saying the U.S. occupation is to blame for the instability.
Stability, security and progress of Iraq strengthens stability, security and progress in the whole Islamic world, Ahmadinejad said. We are all committed to try to restore stability, security and progress in Iraq, he told the gathering.Syria, which sent its foreign minister to Tehran, has also been accused by Washington of not doing enough to stop militants crossing into Iraq. Damascus insists it is doing its best.The last meeting of Iraq’s neighbours was held in Istanbul, Turkey, a year ago. ENDS IRAQ NEIGHBOURS 8706
Sunday, July 09, 2006
SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING
1-Droughts in parts of USA. 2-Annan-Security council take stance on Gaza. 3-SIGNS of the second coming.
REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Drought Conditions Worsen in Parts of U.S. LiveScience Staff
LiveScience.com ,21 minutes ago
Expansion of drought conditions across the upper Midwest caused NOAA's Climate Prediction Center to issue an unscheduled update Friday to its U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook.Drought conditions that have worsened recently, affecting parts of the northern Plains and the Upper Mississippi Valley, should continue and may expand across eastern Montana, Minnesota, the Dakotas and parts of Iowa, forecasters said in a statement.Drought is expected to persist over much of the central and southern Plains and in parts of the Southwest.
Meanwhile, recent heavy rains due to the onset of the U.S. monsoon season should ease drought conditions and reduce wildfires in Colorado and parts of the Southwest, although long-term drought is likely to continue.Higher-than-normal temperatures, which have exacerbated drought conditions in part of the West and contributed to a busy wildfire season, are expected to persist this summer, NOAA officials said last month.
Annan: Security Council take stance on Gaza
BERLIN, July 8 (UPI) -- Facing continuing violence in the Gaza Strip, the U.N. Secretary-General called on the Security Council to adopt a clear position on the issue. In a statement issued Friday, Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is in Berlin, also called on Israelis and Palestinians to cease provocations against one another. As the situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, I appeal again to both sides to pull back from the brink for the sake of all civilians in the region, Annan said.
The secretary-general urged Israel to halt its disproportionate use of force and Palestinians to release the kidnapped Israeli soldier and to stop the firing of
rockets into Israeli-controlled territories. Meanwhile, with 70 percent of Gazans, or 900,000 people, relying on food aid, the main U.N. humanitarian agency for Palestinian refugees called on donors to fund its emergency appeal, which it has almost doubled to over $170 million. For someone not living in the Gaza Strip, daily life today is hard to imagine, the U.N. Relief and Work Agency said in its latest update on the situation in Gaza, released Friday.The agency increased its 2006 emergency appeal earlier this year after Israel stopped the transfer of Palestinian value added taxes and other countries suspended contributions to the Palestinian Authority following the Hamas election victory in January.
Israel and international donors are insisting that Hamas must commit itself to principles of non-violence, recognize Israel's right to exist, and accept previous agreements and obligations, including the U.N.-backed road map plan providing for two states living side by side in peace. Overall, U.N. agencies, including UNRWA, have raised the 2006 Consolidated Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territories by 80 percent, from the originally budgeted $215 million to $385 million.
SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING CAN BE READ IN MATTEW 24,MARK 13, LUKE 17,21,DANIEL CHAPTERS 2,7,8,11,12,REVELATION CHAPTERS 6 TO 19, THESE ARE THE MAIN ONES.AND THERE ARE LOTS MORE.GO TO LINKS AND LOOK UNDER LAST DAYS SIGNS TO READ THEM ALL.
Signs of the Second Coming
By Glendora Goodwin, Times-Mail Religion Editor
Friday, July 7, 2006 10:59 AM CDT
Tuesday's launching of the Discovery spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., was exhilarating, exciting and perfectly timed.Liftoffs stimulate our emotions as we remember previous victories and failures. I greatly admire the seven astronauts who have embarked on a trip of their lives, and pray for their safe return.This incident sparked my recall of passages concerning the Second Coming and a conversation between the angel and Daniel.The angel told Daniel:“Keep this prophecy a secret; seal it up so that it will not be understood until the end times, when travel and education shall be vastly increased.Daniel 12:4
Well, we definitely live in a time when travel and education have greatly increased and the use of computers is the norm.As I pondered this thought, I recalled another conversation, which occurred between Jesus and his disciples.As they discussed the end times, they asked When will this be?
Jesus replied: There will be strange events in the skies - warnings, evil omens and portents in the sun, moon and stars; and down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, for the stability of the very heavens will be broken up.” - Luke 21:25-26 TLB
Some of the other signs Jesus cited were:
In fact, unless those days are shortened, all mankind will perish. but they will be shortened for the sake of God's chosen people. Matthew 24:22 TLB.Sin will be rampant everywhere and will cool the love of many. But those enduring to the end shall be saved.Matthew 24:12-13 TLB.The world will be at ease - banquets and parties and weddings - just as it was in Noah's time before the sudden coming of the flood; people wouldn't believe what was going to happen until the flood actually arrived and took them all away.
So shall my coming be.” - Matthew 24:37-39 TLB
Jesus cautioned: “Don't let anyone mislead you. For many will come announcing themselves as the Messiah, and saying, The time has come.But don't believe them! and when you hear of wars and insurrections beginning, don't panic. True, wars must come, but the end won't follow immediately - for nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be great earthquakes and famines in many lands, and epidemics, and terrifying things happening in the heavens.-Luke 21:8-10 TLB
Referring to the Second Coming, Paul said:
In the last days it is going to be very difficult to be a Christian. For people will love only themselves and their money; they will be proud and boastful, sneering at God, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful to them, and thoroughly bad. They will be hard-headed and never give in to others; they will be constant liars and troublemakers and will think nothing of immorality. They will be rough and cruel, and sneer at those who try to be good. They will betray their friends; they will be hotheaded, puffed up with pride, and prefer good times to worshipping God. They will go to church, but they won't really believe anything they hear.- II Timothy 3:1-5 TLB
To the Thessalonians, Paul wrote: But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.- I Thessalonians 5:1-3
Paul concluded: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not rise to meet him ahead of those who are in their graves. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a mighty shout and with the soul-stirring cry of the archangel and the great trumpet call of God. And the believers who are dead will be the first to rise to meet the Lord.Then we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever.
So comfort and encourage each other with this news - I Thessalonians 4:15-18 TLB
Times-Mail Religion Editor Glendora Goodwin welcomes comments at 277-7256 or by e-mail at glendora@tmnews.com.
REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Drought Conditions Worsen in Parts of U.S. LiveScience Staff
LiveScience.com ,21 minutes ago
Expansion of drought conditions across the upper Midwest caused NOAA's Climate Prediction Center to issue an unscheduled update Friday to its U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook.Drought conditions that have worsened recently, affecting parts of the northern Plains and the Upper Mississippi Valley, should continue and may expand across eastern Montana, Minnesota, the Dakotas and parts of Iowa, forecasters said in a statement.Drought is expected to persist over much of the central and southern Plains and in parts of the Southwest.
Meanwhile, recent heavy rains due to the onset of the U.S. monsoon season should ease drought conditions and reduce wildfires in Colorado and parts of the Southwest, although long-term drought is likely to continue.Higher-than-normal temperatures, which have exacerbated drought conditions in part of the West and contributed to a busy wildfire season, are expected to persist this summer, NOAA officials said last month.
Annan: Security Council take stance on Gaza
BERLIN, July 8 (UPI) -- Facing continuing violence in the Gaza Strip, the U.N. Secretary-General called on the Security Council to adopt a clear position on the issue. In a statement issued Friday, Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is in Berlin, also called on Israelis and Palestinians to cease provocations against one another. As the situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, I appeal again to both sides to pull back from the brink for the sake of all civilians in the region, Annan said.
The secretary-general urged Israel to halt its disproportionate use of force and Palestinians to release the kidnapped Israeli soldier and to stop the firing of
rockets into Israeli-controlled territories. Meanwhile, with 70 percent of Gazans, or 900,000 people, relying on food aid, the main U.N. humanitarian agency for Palestinian refugees called on donors to fund its emergency appeal, which it has almost doubled to over $170 million. For someone not living in the Gaza Strip, daily life today is hard to imagine, the U.N. Relief and Work Agency said in its latest update on the situation in Gaza, released Friday.The agency increased its 2006 emergency appeal earlier this year after Israel stopped the transfer of Palestinian value added taxes and other countries suspended contributions to the Palestinian Authority following the Hamas election victory in January.
Israel and international donors are insisting that Hamas must commit itself to principles of non-violence, recognize Israel's right to exist, and accept previous agreements and obligations, including the U.N.-backed road map plan providing for two states living side by side in peace. Overall, U.N. agencies, including UNRWA, have raised the 2006 Consolidated Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territories by 80 percent, from the originally budgeted $215 million to $385 million.
SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING CAN BE READ IN MATTEW 24,MARK 13, LUKE 17,21,DANIEL CHAPTERS 2,7,8,11,12,REVELATION CHAPTERS 6 TO 19, THESE ARE THE MAIN ONES.AND THERE ARE LOTS MORE.GO TO LINKS AND LOOK UNDER LAST DAYS SIGNS TO READ THEM ALL.
Signs of the Second Coming
By Glendora Goodwin, Times-Mail Religion Editor
Friday, July 7, 2006 10:59 AM CDT
Tuesday's launching of the Discovery spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., was exhilarating, exciting and perfectly timed.Liftoffs stimulate our emotions as we remember previous victories and failures. I greatly admire the seven astronauts who have embarked on a trip of their lives, and pray for their safe return.This incident sparked my recall of passages concerning the Second Coming and a conversation between the angel and Daniel.The angel told Daniel:“Keep this prophecy a secret; seal it up so that it will not be understood until the end times, when travel and education shall be vastly increased.Daniel 12:4
Well, we definitely live in a time when travel and education have greatly increased and the use of computers is the norm.As I pondered this thought, I recalled another conversation, which occurred between Jesus and his disciples.As they discussed the end times, they asked When will this be?
Jesus replied: There will be strange events in the skies - warnings, evil omens and portents in the sun, moon and stars; and down here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. The courage of many people will falter because of the fearful fate they see coming upon the earth, for the stability of the very heavens will be broken up.” - Luke 21:25-26 TLB
Some of the other signs Jesus cited were:
In fact, unless those days are shortened, all mankind will perish. but they will be shortened for the sake of God's chosen people. Matthew 24:22 TLB.Sin will be rampant everywhere and will cool the love of many. But those enduring to the end shall be saved.Matthew 24:12-13 TLB.The world will be at ease - banquets and parties and weddings - just as it was in Noah's time before the sudden coming of the flood; people wouldn't believe what was going to happen until the flood actually arrived and took them all away.
So shall my coming be.” - Matthew 24:37-39 TLB
Jesus cautioned: “Don't let anyone mislead you. For many will come announcing themselves as the Messiah, and saying, The time has come.But don't believe them! and when you hear of wars and insurrections beginning, don't panic. True, wars must come, but the end won't follow immediately - for nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be great earthquakes and famines in many lands, and epidemics, and terrifying things happening in the heavens.-Luke 21:8-10 TLB
Referring to the Second Coming, Paul said:
In the last days it is going to be very difficult to be a Christian. For people will love only themselves and their money; they will be proud and boastful, sneering at God, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful to them, and thoroughly bad. They will be hard-headed and never give in to others; they will be constant liars and troublemakers and will think nothing of immorality. They will be rough and cruel, and sneer at those who try to be good. They will betray their friends; they will be hotheaded, puffed up with pride, and prefer good times to worshipping God. They will go to church, but they won't really believe anything they hear.- II Timothy 3:1-5 TLB
To the Thessalonians, Paul wrote: But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.- I Thessalonians 5:1-3
Paul concluded: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not rise to meet him ahead of those who are in their graves. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a mighty shout and with the soul-stirring cry of the archangel and the great trumpet call of God. And the believers who are dead will be the first to rise to meet the Lord.Then we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever.
So comfort and encourage each other with this news - I Thessalonians 4:15-18 TLB
Times-Mail Religion Editor Glendora Goodwin welcomes comments at 277-7256 or by e-mail at glendora@tmnews.com.
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