CHINA TESTFIRES FUSION REACTOR

1-Strong quake rocks Trinidad. 2-Two Earthquakes Hit Mount Desert Island. 3-Tropical Storm Isaac slows in Atlantic. 4-Some Trees & Powerlines Down After Storms Race Through Region. 5-Rice to leave for Middle East visit. 6-Oxfam warns EU trade deals could sink poor countries. 7-China test fires fusion reactor. 8-France hopes Israel will withdraw from Lebanon within days. 9-Huge rally for Hamas in Gaza Strip amid vows to never recognize Israel. 10-Israel backs off plan to kill Nasrallah. 11-Select group of politicians to tackle EU constitution.

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.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

Strong quake rocks Trinidad 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

CARACAS (AFP) - A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 has struck north of the island of Trinidad, just off Venezuela's northeastern coast, Venezuela's seismological institute has said. The tremors were felt throughout most of eastern Venezuela, but there were no immediate reports of major damage there, Gustavo Malava, director of Venezuela's seismological institute, told state-owned VTV television.Earlier, the US Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center said in a statement that the temblor struck at 1308 GMT, 41 kilometers (26 miles) northwest of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.Trinidad and Tobago, with more than 1.3 million people mainly of African and East Indian descent, is among the Caribbean's more prosperous nations. Its economy depends largely on oil and petrochemicals.The USGS reported it as a magnitude-6.0 quake. That reading was based on the open-ended moment magnitude scale, often used by US seismologists, which measures the area of the fault that ruptured and the total energy released.

Two Earthquakes Hit Mount Desert Island
Web Editor: Aaron Roberts, Reporter
Updated: 9/28/2006 7:28:36 PM

According to the Weston Observatory in Massachusetts, the two earthquakes were recorded shortly before 10:00 A.M. Thursday. Experts say they were aftershocks from last Friday's 3.4 magnitude earthquake. They measured 2.5, and 1.8 on the richter scale. Thursday's epicenter was just north of Bar Harbor in Frenchman Bay. The earthquakes were small enough that a lot of people didn't notice them, but many did, including a dispatcher with the Bar Harbor Police Department. She took about ten to fifteen calls from curious residents.Sharon Worcester says, It sounded like loud thunder that happened outside, but the thing that was different was that the building moved a little bit at the same time. So I said, well I've never felt thunder that moved a building before, so maybe we're having another earthquake. The Weston Observatory says there have been about 20 aftershocks from last Friday's earthquake that registered 3.4 on the richter scale.NEWS CENTER

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;(FIERCE WINDS)
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.

Tropical Storm Isaac slows in Atlantic 35 minutes ago

MIAMI - Tropical Storm Isaac slowed slightly Friday in the central Atlantic on a path that could take it near Canada early next week, but it didn't appear to be a major threat to land, forecasters said. At 11 a.m. EDT, the ninth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season had top sustained winds near 45 mph, the same as Thursday night. Its center was about 550 miles east-southeast of Bermuda and moving toward the west-northwest near 6 mph.The storm was expected to move north and then northeast in the open Atlantic, with an area of low pressure blocking it from nearing the United States, National Hurricane Center forecasters said.

Isaac should also stay to the east of Bermuda, but the Canadian Maritimes and Newfoundland could feel the outer edges of the storm sometime Monday or Tuesday, hurricane specialist Eric Blake said. It was too soon to tell whether the strongest parts of the storm would reach land, he said.Isaac could lose its tropical characteristics by then, Blake said.The Atlantic hurricane season began June 1 and ends Nov. 30. September is traditionally one of the busiest months of the season.

News : Some Trees & Powerlines Down After Storms Race Through Region
Posted by ChadMerrill on 2006/9/28 19:50:22

NBC25 NEWS- Severe thunderstorms ahead of a vigorous cold front ripped through the region putting down heavy rains and gusty winds.Two trailers were blown over at the Food Lion Distribution Center in Greencastle.

There was damage to one part of the building, but fortunately no injuries were reported.Damage reports from National Weather Service Office included trees down in Berkeley Springs and Springfield, West Virginia and wires down in Augusta, West Virginia. Reports of damage were more concentrated in Chambersburg and Greencastle. One report indicated a fire due to a potential lightning strike at a home in Chambersburg. If you have a damage report or a picture of the destruction the storms left behind, click on weather@nbc25.com.

Prepare for falling temperatures and cold weather, especially for Friday night football. Click here for your latest forecast.Reported by Chad Merrill

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.

US News
4,400 firefighters battle southern California blaze
Sep 28, 2006, 21:35 GMT

Los Angeles - More than 4,400 firefighters were desperately trying to contain a stubborn fire Thursday that has grown to the fifth largest in California history as worsening weather conditions threatened to fan the blaze. The so-called Day Fire was ignited at the start of the month by someone burning building debris and as of noon Thursday had burned through some 650 square kilometres in Los Padres National Forest, about 120 kilometres north of Los Angeles. So far no injuries have occurred and no homes have been destroyed.

But meteorologists are forecasting the start of the region's infamous Santa Ana winds strong warm breezes that blow in from the south east every autumn which are a major catalyst of wildfires every year. We are expecting extremely low humidities today and winds,said fire information officer Greg Cleveland, of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.These low humidities and hot temperatures makes for explosive conditions. © 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

JPost.com,Updated Sep. 29, 2006 4:29
Rice to leave for Middle East visit
By NATHAN GUTTMAN,WASHINGTON

Amid talk of renewing direct talks between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is leaving for the region Sunday to explore the chances of reviving the peace process. The State Department announced the trip Thursday, pointing out that Rice's mission will be to follow up on President Bush's commitment to work on renewing peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. Rice's tour of the region will focus on the moderate Arab countries Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan which are viewed by the administration as key players in any future peace process and in dealing with the threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb. During her tour, Rice will stop for a 24-hour visit in Israel and the Palestinian Authority and will meet with Olmert and Abbas.

Rice's visit is part of an effort, announced by Bush at the UN General Assembly, to advance the Middle East peace process with Rice serving as the administration's point person for this issue. Diplomatic sources in Washington said that Rice will not be bringing new ideas to the table and will focus on showing personal involvement in the process and assessing the ability of both the Palestinians and the Israelis to move forward on the basis of the road map peace plan. Rice's agenda, in her visit to the region, will also include apart from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the issues of Iran's nuclear program and the post-war situation in Lebanon.

The US, according to diplomatic sources, senses a new approach coming from the moderate Arab countries and would like to harness this new approach to advance the peace process and block Iran's nuclear aspirations.

The sources said also that ever since the war in Lebanon this summer, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan have positioned themselves closer to the American view of the region and are now looking for ways to act to curb Iran's influence on the region. A senior State Department official said several weeks ago that for the moderate Arab countries there needs to be progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process for them to join a coalition that will pressure Iran to abandon its nuclear plans. Rice's last visit to the region took place in July during the Lebanon war and was dedicated to working out a cease-fire between the sides.

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

Posted to the web on: 27 September 2006
Oxfam warns EU trade deals could sink poor countries
Siseko Njobeni,Trade and Industry Correspondent

FREE trade agreements mooted between the European Union (EU) and several African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries could destroy the economies of poor countries, development agency Oxfam has warned.

In a report called Unequal Partners, Oxfam said that since the collapse of the Doha Round of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) this year, the EU had stepped up the pressure in trade negotiations with 75 poor countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific.Four years ago, the EU and the ACP countries officially resumed negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). The negotiations were meant to last for five years and the agreements are meant to come into force in 2008.But trade expert Hilton Zunckel said yesterday that the negotiations had been slow and were unlikely to be wrapped up next year. One of the deal-breakers in the Doha round of negotiations was the developing countries refusal to expose their infant industries to competition from developed countries.

Oxfam said current free trade agreements could bankrupt fledgling industries in poor countries because of stiff competition from European multinationals.Oxfam campaigns and policy director Phil Bloomer said: Unless there is a radical shift in approach from the EU, these negotiations will produce free trade deals that jeopardise jobs and entire industries in developing countries.

Perhaps the biggest danger is that poor countries will be signed up to deals that stymie their opportunities and jeopardise future development,the organisation said.Oxfam said the EU should drop its ambition to have reciprocal market access in ACP countries.

Instead, the development agency said, Europe should further open its own market to ACP exporters. As a result of the free trade agreements, Oxfam said the ACP countries stood to lose control over key policy instruments such as tariff policies, competition and investment regulations.

Developing countries were steadfast in their refusal to include competition and investment policy in the failed Doha Round of negotiations. Oxfam said it was unacceptable for the EU now to propose matters that the poor countries had rejected at the WTO meetings.Zunckel said: The concern raised by Oxfam reaffirms the importance for Africa of making progress on the multilateral level at the WTO. In the WTO forum, developing countries can take a more combined, hence stronger, stand, whereas the ACP is essentially divided six ways and negotiates with much less weight under the various EPA talks with the EU. He said it would make sense for Southern African Customs Union (SACU) members Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland to disengage from the EPA negotiations and be absorbed into the Trade Development and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA). The EU is yet to respond formally to this proposal from SA.The TDCA, which created a freer trade area between SA and the EU, has seen the EU open its markets faster and more extensively than SA.

REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ARATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).

DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)

REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
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.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

China test fires fusion reactor

The team trumpeted their device - called Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) as the first of its kind in operation in the world. They didn't, however, disclose whether they'd got more energy out of the reaction than they'd pumped in obviously critical for a viable commercial reactor.Apart from its domestic efforts, China is a partner in the €10bn ITER experimental nuclear fusion reactor project, slated to get under way in Cadarache, France, next year.The EU, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the US are also backing the world's most expensive science experiment, which they hope will bring the first sustained fusion reactions
to produce electricity

POL-FRANCE-LEBANON-ISRAEL SEPT 29,06
France hopes Israel will withdraw from Lebanon within days

PARIS,KUNA) Despite continuous delays by Israel in this process, France said on Friday that it hoped for a full withdrawal of the Israeli army from south Lebanon, in the coming days,in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that established a cease-fire between Hezbollah resistance and Tsahal last month.Foreign Ministry Spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei said that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which includes 2,000 French troops and is commanded by a French general, was now at the needed strength and deployed in south Lebanon, and this meets the requirements for Israel to withdraw.

Mattei declined to provide an explanation for the Israeli delays, saying that was for the Israelis to do, but he noted there were a number of tripartite contacts between UNIFIL, the Lebanese army and the Israeli forces and that these were continuing.We understand these contact are to continue. We hope, on the French side, that the Israeli withdrawal could happen in the coming days, in line with what is set out in Resolution 1701,the official added.He declined to comment on differences between UNIFIL and the Israelis over the rules of engagement in south Lebanon, saying this was a UN matter, but he did emphasize that Israel had no right to violate Lebanese air space as it has continued to do since the cease fire in August.We consider that in virtue of the principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty, these flights should not take place, the spokesman remarked, noting this is exactly the same message we transmit to the Israeli authorities.(end) jk.tg,KUNA 291857 Sep 06NNNN

Huge rally for Hamas in Gaza Strip amid vows to never recognize Israel
Posted: 29-09-2006 , 16:04 GMT

Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters held a peaceful rally in Gaza on Friday to denounce the state of Israel and announce that they would never recognize its right to exist. We ask God to punish the so-called Israel and the allies of Israel and to punish those who recognize Israel and those who called on us to recognize Israel,Hamas lawmaker Mushir al-Masri told the crowd that thronged the Jabalya refugee camp.We vow to God that we will never recognize Israel even if we would be all killed, Masri told the cheering followers.Masri also aimed criticism at Fatah, saying it was trying to pressure Hamas into recognizing Israel. Those people are
demanding us openly to recognize the occupation and that will never happen,Masri said. The protest aims to stress our rejection to recognize the legitimacy of the occupation,Masri said.The protest is against the siege and against the attempts by some to carry out a coup against the government,Masri added.Masri vowed that Hamas' administration would go on governing no matter how much pressure was applied to it. This government and the leadership of Hamas of the Palestinian people will continue throughout its legal term, for four years,Masri said.© 2006 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba

Israel backs off plan to kill Nasrallah Fri Sep 29, 6:49 AM ET

JERUSALEM -Israel has quietly backed off its plan to assassinate Hezbollah's leader because of the international condemnation that his killing would create, the Israeli daily Maariv reported Friday. During the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah that ended Aug. 14, Israel had targeted Hassan Nasrallah for assassination, security officials said, according to Maariv.Nasrallah went underground, though he repeatedly recorded videos from his hiding place that were broadcast on Lebanese television.

When the war ended, the army recommended that the efforts to kill Nasrallah be called off because his assassination would lead to international criticism of Israel and would ignite an even more violent war, Maariv reported.

However, the government declined to call off the hunt, the newspaper reported. Nasrallah emerged from hiding on Sept. 22 to address a massive rally in Lebanon celebrating Hezbollah's fight against Israel. Israel army officials determined they could assassinate him with an airstrike during the rally, but dozens of bystanders also would be killed, Maariv reported.

The government decided an airstrike was not worth the risk, and accepted the army's recommendation that it should abandon efforts to kill Nasrallah for the time being, the newspaper reported. However, the government did not make a formal decision regarding Nasrallah.Israeli government spokesman Miri Eisin declined to confirm whether Nasrallah had been a target or if he no longer was being pursued.We've always said that any terrorist should feel that his activities put him under our eye,she said.

Select group of politicians to tackle EU constitution
28.09.2006 - 17:42 CET | By Honor Mahony

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS Work on the EU constitution is to begin again in an informal manner when a wise group of politicians and officials from across Europe meet
this weekend to see if they can come up with solutions to pull Europe out of its
institutional impasse.Italian former prime minister Giuliano Amato, who was vice president of the 200-strong body that drew up the constitution six years ago, is the driver behind the group which will have its first meeting in Rome on Saturday (30 September).

Supported by the European Commission which is sending two commissioners Danuta Hubner (regional policy) and Margot Wallstom (communications) the group also includes British ex-commissioner Chris Patten, former French foreign minister Michel
Barnier, ex-German justice minister Otto Schily, former prime ministers Paavo Lipponen and Wim Kok of Finland and the Netherlands.

The group represents the first public attempt at resuscitating the document which has been languishing in the political hinterlands since it was rejected last year by French and Dutch voters.It is also an acknowledgement that nothing can be done at governmental level until the French elections early next year are over and done with.

Since the shock votes in mid 2005, the EU has not found the political will to tackle the constitutional question with member states in June finding it politically expedient to instead prolong the period of reflection about what to do about the constitution.European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso put the issue back on the political table earlier this week by saying that there will be no further enlargement until there is an institutional settlement.

Romania and Bulgaria joining in January and bringing the number of member states to 27, the power-sharing limit foreseen under the current framework the Nice Treaty will only serve to make the issue more pressing.This is particularly the case for countries that support further enlargement to take on Croatia, such as Germany.

Berlin takes over the EU presidency in January and supports a revival of the EU constitution but has so far been lukewarm about the proposals being touted in some capitals.Last week, chancellor Angela Merkel indicated that she did not want to pick out parts of the document, appearing to reject ideas by French centre-right presidential contender Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian prime minister Romano Prodi.

The mini-treaty idea had found favour in some quarters because it could get around a major political stumbling bloc in that it may only need to be approved by national parliaments, sidestepping unpredictable French voters. However, Mrs Merkel also
re-opened a can of political worms by resurrecting the idea that there should be a reference to God in the constitution.

The God debate during original negotiations on the EU charter was long and bitter with the document eventually emerging without a reference to Christianity.Berlin's position has left some analysts wondering whether it is possible to keep the whole document alive as well as reopening difficult issues like the religious heritage question.