ISRAEL HANDS CONTROL OVER

1-Report: North Korea to test nuclear bomb. 2-Sakhalin island, Kamchatka peninsula hit by strong tremors. 3-Another earthquake felt in southern Oklahoma. 4-Heavy rain pounds Japan, storm makes landfall. 5-Pakistani flood toll at least 15. 6-Vietnam evacuates thousands as floods kill 19. 7-Floods wreak havoc in Chumphon. 8-Japan heat wave to continue in many areas next week. 8-African region commits to customs union by 2010. 9-Israel Hands Control of Southern Lebanon Areas to UN.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

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.

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES,NOT THE RAPTURE IN THESE 2 VERSES)

LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new Bodies,not birds eating their flesh,thats why these verses are judgement,not rapture scriptures).

MATTHEW 24:37-51
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.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Report: North Korea to test nuclear bomb

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Evidence has been found that North Korea is getting ready to test a nuclear weapon, ABC News reported Thursday. Sources in the U.S. military and the State Department said intelligence turned over to the White House showed large reels of cables being unloaded at an underground facility in P'unggye-yok that analysts believe could connect the test site to distant instruments. The activity comes six weeks after North Korea launched seven test missiles, including a long-range vehicle that broke up in flight. ABC said its sources cautioned the evidence was not conclusive that Pyongyang was about to become a nuclear nation. It said suspicious activity was detected by spy satellites last year, but no test took place.

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.

Sakhalin island, Kamchatka peninsula hit by strong tremors Thu Aug 17, 8:43 PM ET

MOSCOW (AFP) - Strong earthquakes shook the Russian island of Sakhalin north of Japan and the Kamchatka peninsula, Russian news agencies reported quoting local seismological centres. A tremor measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit Sakhalin, Itar-Tass said. The epicentre of the quake was located some 20 kilometres (13 miles) southwest of Sakhalin, an island that is in a zone of strong seismic activity.One person was injured by a falling wardrobe, Nevelsk Mayor Vladimir Pak was quoted as saying.Two aqueducts in the southern Sakhalin town of Nevelsk were damaged and cracks appeared in the walls of many buildings.

Residents of the region rushed out of their buildings and were spending the night outdoors for fear of further shocks, Pak said.In 1995 a quake measuring 7.6 wiped out the village of Neftegorsk in the north of Sakhalin, killing more than 2,000 people.Meanwhile a powerful earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale shook the eastern side of Kamchatka, a sparsely populated region more than 1,000 kilometres (650 miles) northeast of Sakhalin on the other side of the Okhotsk Sea. No damage was reported, Ria-Novosti news agency said.

Another earthquake felt in southern Oklahoma

ELMORE CITY, Okla. For the fifth time in the past two weeks a small earthquake struck in southern Oklahoma.The Oklahoma Geological Survey says a magnitude two-point-six earthquake shook the Garvin County town of Elmore City shortly before 8:15 this morning.The epicenter for the quake was about eight miles south of Elmore City in southwestern Garvin County.Garvin County is the most active spot in the state for earthquakes with about 320 recorded there since 1977.(From KTUL) Associated Press.

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;(MASS CONFUSION) 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.

Heavy rain pounds Japan, storm makes landfall Thu Aug 17, 8:35 PM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - Heavy rain pounded southwestern Japan as tropical storm Wukong moved slowly across its southernmost main island on Friday after making landfall, threatening floods and landslides. Wukong -- meaning Monkey King, a legendary Chinese hero was about 40 km (25 miles) south-southwest of the city of Kumamoto as of 7:55 a.m. (2255 GMT), some 900 km (560 miles) southwest of Tokyo in a largely rural area of the island of Kyushu.The storm was moving northwest at 15 km (9 miles) an hour, with winds near its center of up to 83 km (52 miles) an hour. It made landfall on Kyushu shortly after midnight.

Parts of Shikoku island were expected to get up to 500 mm (19.6 inches) of rain by Saturday morning, while Kyushu was likely to be hit by 400 mm (15.75 inch) of rain, swelling rivers and threatening landslides.The extreme slowness of this storm means that rain will be falling in the same places for an extended period of time, and caution must be taken about flooding,an official at the Japan Meteorological Agency said.Some ferry and train services were canceled in Kyushu, along with a handful of domestic flights and two international flights, NHK public television said.The Tropical Storm risk (www.tropicalstormrisk.com) Web site predicted that Wukong would weaken to a tropical depression on Friday, but the Meteorological Agency official said that was uncertain.After crossing Kyushu, the storm is expected to keep heading north to the Korean peninsula.

Pakistani flood toll at least 15 Fri Aug 18, 2:51 AM ET

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's biggest city declared a public holiday on Friday as it cleaned up from heavy flooding that killed at least 15 people and more rain was expected, officials said. Banks and the stock market in Karachi would remain open despite the holiday declared by the provincial government.Most of the 15 people killed in the floods on Thursday were electrocuted while some were killed in traffic accidents during heavy downpours, an emergency service official said.I can confirm 15 casualties in the last 24 hours but the number could be higher as many cases go unreported,said Rizwan Edhi, a senior official of the Edhi Trust, which runs the country's largest ambulance service.Thunder storms and heavy rain hit across Sindh province but a provincial government spokesman said there were no reports of damage to crops.The flood situation is also under control so far,the spokesman said.

Weather officials said more rain was expected in Karachi and across southern Sindh province by Friday evening.

Vietnam evacuates thousands as floods kill 19 Fri Aug 18, 1:59 AM ET

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam ordered the evacuation of thousands of people on Friday in the central and northern regions to avoid flash floods and landslides triggered by prolonged rains that have killed at least 19 people. Floods after torrential rains since last Friday hit the Central Highlands key coffee-growing region and four central coastal provinces, killing at least eight people in Binh Thuan province and four in Nghe An province, a government report said.Six others drowned in four provinces and one died in the Mekong delta province of Dong Thap. The floods also displaced thousands of people, inundated 5,000 houses, submerged nearly 40,000 hectares (100,000 acres) of mainly rice and corn crops and also blocked traffic.

The rains, which in the past weeks have triggered landslides and floods causing human deaths and property damage, are expected to continue in the coming days in the country's north and central north,the National Flood and Storm Prevention Center said in a message on Friday.The center ordered provincial authorities to move people out of low-lying areas.More than 1,600 households in the central highland provinces of Dak Nong, Daklak and Lam Dong have been evacuated, the center said. Rice and instant noodles have been sent to the Central Highlands that produces 80 percent of Vietnam's coffee.Natural disasters, especially floods and storms, kill several hundred people in Vietnam each year, mainly during the storm season between May and October.This year's rains and floods did not damage the region's coffee crop as coffee trees are planted on higher ground. But rains have delayed several deliveries to Saigon Port as exporters temporarily stopped processing, traders said.Further to the south, seasonal floods are forecast to rise quickly in the next five days in the Mekong delta rice basket, which generates half of Vietnam's grain output.

However, most of the summer-autumn rice crop has been harvested in key growing provinces bordering Cambodia.

Floods wreak havoc in Chumphon
By Jutarat Tongpiam 17 August 2006 12:37

Heavy flooding has persisted in southern Chumphon province due mainly to continuous rainfall which has inundated low-lying areas of Tha Sae and Muang districts.Some low-lying areas in Muang district are under three to four meters of floodwater, which has reached almost to the rooftops of one-storey houses and to the second floor of two-storey houses,Chumphon Deputy Governor Weera Sriwathanatrakul told ThaiDay.

Weera said floodwaters have inundated six sub-districts in Muang district and have also affected more than 1,000 people in six sub-districts in Tha Sae district.People in some villages had to escape the heavy floods to camp on higher land, including on the roads. Local officials, community leaders, the military and the police as well as local charity groups have cooperated to help evacuate and provide food and necessities to those villagers, he said.There is also concern that the rising level of Muang district’s Tah Tapao canal may exacerbate the flooding if the rain continues. The canal has already overflowed into Chumphon municipality, inundating businesses and residential areas and forcing the closure of schools.

Weera said the canal usually acts as a reservoir for water from Ta Sae and other canals in Chumphon and has prevented flooding for years.Rain fell across Chumphon province yesterday, but its intensity has eased compared to the previous two days. Floodwaters have also begun to recede in higher areas of Pathiu, Sawi and Lang Suan districts.The floods have inundated Pathiu and Tha Sae hospitals, forcing them to transfer critically ill patients to Chumphon and other nearby hospitals.

The floods have caused suffering for more than 10,000 households, said a provincial disaster report to the Interior Ministry.Chumphon Meteorological Station Chief Teerawat Teeraratpol said the rain will probably continue during the coming days, but will ease from more than 100 millimeters a day to 30 to 40 millimeters a day.The rainfall will continue due to the season and the influence of the southwest monsoon, but the flooding and rainstorms should lessen within the next few days,he said.Teerawat said that rain and storms this year have been stronger and more frequent than last year. But, bad weather and severe disasters are occurring in other parts of the world as well, and mainly stem from enormous changes in the world’s environment caused, especially, by deforestation and pollution,he said.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department warned of more rain in Chumphon and in the other southern provinces of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong and Phang Nga.Although the storms will start dissipating today, fishermen in the Andaman Sea and the upper part of the Gulf of Thailand should beware of storms and choppy seas.The department also warned that heavy rain is expected in the North and the upper regions of the Northeast due to the influence of the southwestern monsoon. Possible areas to be affected include Mae Hong Son, Tak, and Nan provinces in the North and the Northeast’s Nong Khai, Sakon Nakhon, and Mukdahan provinces.

Downpours in the East’s Chanthaburi and Trat provinces will end today. However, residents on hill slopes near waterways or in low-lying areas should beware of flash floods.Meanwhile, a flash flood from the Tanaosri Mountains has submerged Prachuap Khiri Khan province’s Bang Saphan district under 1.3 meters of water because of persistent rain since Monday.Caretaker Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said that he already ordered the Irrigation Department to seek sustainable long-term measures to prevent heavy floods in the province.The flood problem in Prachuap Khiri Khan will be quickly solved and the situation will return to normal very soon,Thaksin said.

Following the Meteorological Department’s warning, Trat Governor Boonchuay Kerdsukon yesterday ordered provincial and local officials to be ready around the clock to help residents affected by flash or heavy floods and storms. The warning came as torrential rain and storms continued across the province.

ISAIAH 30:26-27
26 Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
27 Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:

MATTHEW 24:21-22,29
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened (Daylight hours shortened)
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

REVELATION 16:7-9
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

Japan heat wave to continue in many areas next week Fri Aug 18, 3:35 AM ET

TOKYO (Reuters) - The current heat wave will continue in many areas of Japan for at least another week from Saturday, and then start cooling down, the official forecaster said on Friday. The Japan Meteorological Agency forecast that all regions will have hot weather next week similar to this week, with temperatures rising above 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit).Temperatures will then ease in line with the seasonal average for August recorded from 1971 to 2000.The weather has been warmer than normal in most areas of Japan recently. In particular, the northernmost main island of Hokkaido has seen average temperatures in the past two weeks 2.9 degrees higher than the normal 22 degrees Celsius for August, boosting daily peak electricity demand to record levels in the area.

Temperatures in Hokkaido have risen to almost 33 Celsius (91.4 F), almost matching temperatures in the southernmost main island of Kyushu.Kyushu's local daily electricity demand has also hit record levels this month, with temperatures rising as high as 35 Celsius (95 F). The average temperature in the past week was 2 degrees higher than the area's average of 27.6 Celsius for August.

The average temperatures in the capital Tokyo, in eastern Japan, was 0.6 degrees higher than the area's normal at 27.1 Celsius (80.8 F) in the past week.

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) 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)24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

African region commits to customs union by 2010
Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:31 AM GMT ,By Ntsau Lekhetho

MASERU (Reuters) - The 14-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) trade bloc is committed to becoming a customs union within five years, officials said on Wednesday.Top SADC officials meeting in Lesotho endorsed a programme on the
region's integration, which foresees a free trade union by 2008, a customs union by 2010, common market by 2015 and a single currency in the mould of the euro by 2018.

The officials are preparing for a heads of state and government summit in the
mountainous kingdom on Friday.Most SADC leaders will attend, Lesotho officials say, but add that a notable absentee will be Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila who is awaiting the result of a historic presidential election in the huge central African country.Western donors, on the sidelines of the meeting, said they were concerned with what they see as a slow pace towards integration and a lack of political commitment to SADC targets.The European Union was concerned that some of SADC's members still belonged to the rival Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), slowing the momentum and raising questions of political commitment to SADC's agenda, one EU official said.SADC comprises Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The EU was also concerned about reluctance among SADC governments to allow free movement of people and goods across the region to bolster trade.Lesotho Finance Minister Timothy Thahane, emerging from meetings with EU representatives, said economic partnerships under negotiation by SADC and the EU depended on the region being integrated within the set time-frame, and Western governments were keen that Africans meet that agenda.Multiple membership of regional groupings, discouraged by the World Trade Organisation, was also an issue -- but that can only be determined by individual SADC members, Thahane said.

SADC's chief executive told reporters that he wanted members to accelerate the pace of building infrastructure -- from roads and railways to telecommunications -- to encourage regional integration and spur foreign direct investment.We cannot facilitate trade, free movement of people and free movement of goods if we don't have the necessary infrastructure,SADC Executive Secretary Tomaz Salamao said.SADC's secretariat has proposed a single visa for the region, known as a univisa, which officials expect to have been adopted by 2010, boosting tourism by allowing visitors planning to attend the FIFA soccer World Cup to tour any country in the region without seeking separate visas.© Reuters 2006.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

Israel Hands Control of Southern Lebanon Areas to UN

Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Israel transferred control of 50 percent of southern Lebanon to a United Nations force as Lebanese soldiers entered the region three days after a cease-fire halted fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. The UN will hand over to Lebanon's army once the Lebanese force is ready to disarm Hezbollah, the Israeli military said. Lebanese troops, backed by tanks and armored personnel carriers, crossed the Litani River early today. The cease-fire agreement is generally being maintained; we have no reports of serious incidents this morning. It seems that the parties are determined to uphold the agreement, Milos Strugar, a spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, said in a telephone interview from Beirut. A United Nations Security Council resolution, approved unanimously Aug. 11, demanded an end to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after UN and Lebanese forces are deployed.

The UN, which is trying to persuade members to join a 15,000-strong peacekeeping force, holds a first meeting in New York today, seeking pledges from countries to contribute soldiers. The UN has yet to receive any commitments, Stephane Dujarric, a spokesman, said yesterday. The conflict began after Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite Muslim group sponsored by Iran and Syria, abducted two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border attack on July 12. Israeli air strikes were followed by a ground offensive. The conflict left about 1,200 Lebanese dead and 4,500 wounded, Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat said yesterday.

Hezbollah Rockets

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Aug. 14 that 159 Israelis were killed, and 2,015 Israelis were injured according to Israeli police. The fighting cost the Israeli economy at least $1.6 billion, according to Finance Minister Avraham Hirschson, and Lebanon's economy as much as $7 billion, according to Fatfat. The UN resolution is intended to create a zone free of Hezbollah forces that fired roughly 4,000 rockets at northern Israeli towns during a month of fighting. Hezbollah, whose name means Party of God, has been linked to scores of terrorist attacks on Israelis and Americans, including rocket assaults on Israeli towns, bombings in Beirut

in 1983 that killed 241 U.S. servicemen and 58 French soldiers, and the 1994 attack that killed 85 people at a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. The U.S. and Israel designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

Lebanese Army

Lebanon's Council of Ministers yesterday agreed to send the army into the towns of Arqoub, Hasbaya and Marjayoun. The Lebanese army said 15,000 Lebanese troops would be deployed by tomorrow. The deployment of the army is aimed at prohibiting the existence of any outside authority except for the authority of the Lebanese state, according to a statement read yesterday by Information Minister Ghazi Aridi in Beirut. Strugar, the UNIFIL spokesman, said the Lebanese army was facing logistical problems crossing the Litani because of destroyed bridges.Getting heavy equipment across is difficult,he said. Hezbollah has agreed that Lebanese soldiers may take possession of any weapon that is found in the area, the Associated Press cited Aridi as saying. The UN resolution passed last week demands that the border area be free of militias and their arms. Hezbollah controls forces independent of the army.

Ensure Stability

The group has 14 seats in the country's 128-member parliament and two members in the cabinet and has defied UN Resolution 1559 approved in 2004, which calls for the disarming and disbanding of militias in Lebanon.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an USA Today interview published yesterday that the expanded UN force will not be expected to disarm Hezbollah, only to support Lebanese army efforts to do so. The international community is banking on the UN force to ensure stability. Countries will be reassured and make their offers to the force after today's meeting, said Emyr Jones Parry, the U.K.'s ambassador to the UN.

They will discuss a clear concept of operations and rules of engagement. You will find that after that a lot of things will happen. The UN wants to boost UNIFIL by about 3,500 soldiers within two weeks. The force has been based in the region since 1978. It currently has 1,990 soldiers and 50 military observers, according to the UN.

French Command

France is ready to command the expanded force until February, Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said yesterday. A French general heads the existing UN contingent in Lebanon. The real question is whether the international community has the ability to implement its own goals, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said in New York after meeting UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The situation is explosive. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton wouldn't say what the U.S. would contribute to the expanded UN force, saying only that Washington would like to help and steps are under way to see if that can be done. The U.S. resisted any push for a cease-fire as it held out for a political framework to be put in place to disarm Hezbollah and end the group's control of southern Lebanon. Rice left Israel July 31 after failing to broker an agreement. French diplomats insisted on a cease-fire in Lebanon, a former
French protectorate.

Internally Displaced

The UN said 200,000 Lebanese have returned to their homes since Aug. 13, including 60,000 from Syria, leaving 700,000 still internally displaced. As many as 15,000 homes were destroyed in the fighting, according to the world body. Thousands of Israelis who fled rocket attacks returned to their homes this week. Israel estimates that one million Israelis were confined to shelters or forced to relocate by the rocket attacks. British Airways Plc, Europe's third-largest airline, said it will be the first commercial airline to resume flights to Beirut after Israeli forces bombed Rafiq Hariri International Airport July 13 and imposed a flight ban.

To contact the reporters on this story:Janine Zacharia in Jerusalem at jzacharia@bloomberg.net;Bill Varner at the United Nations at
wvarner@bloomberg.net