NORTH KOREA TESTS NUKE

1-Strong quake rattles southern Taiwan. 2-Strong earthquake strikes near Tonga. 3-Mild quake jolts southwestern Pakistan. 4-Deadly storms ravage Japan. 5-EU has limits in respecting Muslim traditions, says Frattini. 6-Bush condemns North Korea's claimed nuclear weapons test.

EARTHQUAKES

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 rattles southern Taiwan 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

TAIPEI (AFP) - An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale has rocked southern Taiwan, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The Seismology Centre said Monday data showed the quake could be felt by residents in much of southern Taiwan.Our building swayed for a while, a police officer in the southern city of Kaoshiung told AFP.The tremor struck at 6:01 pm (1001 GMT) with its epicentre 156 kilometers (94 miles) southwest of Kengting, a popular coastal resort in southern Taiwan. It originated 47 kilometers under the sea.

A second quake with a magnitude of 5.7 hit at 7:08 pm (1108 GMT), according to the US National Earthquake Information Center, but Taiwan's seismologists said the tremor, 214 kilometers south of Kaohsiung, was not felt.Taiwan, which lies near the junction of two tectonic plates, is regularly shaken by earthquakes.The country's worst, a 7.6-magnitude quake, killed about 2,400 people in September 1999.

Strong earthquake strikes near Tonga Sun Oct 8, 9:57 PM ET

SYDNEY, Australia - A strong earthquake struck under the sea floor near the South Pacific nation of Tonga on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. No damage or tsunami threat was reported. The magnitude-6.2 temblor hit shortly before 2 a.m. six miles under the sear floor about 170 miles south of Nuku'alofa, Tonga's capital, the USGS said.The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which maintains an ocean-wide wave warning system, did not issue a tsunami warning bulletin.

Mild quake jolts southwestern Pakistan 30 minutes ago

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - A mild earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted southwestern Pakistan but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, officials have said. Tremors, a day after the first anniversary of a devastating quake in Pakistan, were felt in Chaman, a small town in the Baluchistan province bordering Afghanistan, and its adjoining area Monday at 10:13 am (0513 GMT), seismological department spokesman Fazlur Rehman told AFP.Its epicentre was located 550 kilometers (344 miles) southwest of Peshawar in Baluchistan, he said.It was a mild intensity earthquake and there no reports of any losses, he said.More than 73,000 people died on October, 2005 when a giant 7.6-magnitude quake devastated northwestern Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

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.

Deadly storms ravage Japan
October 9, 2006 - 10:14AM

Forty-four people are dead or missing after a spell of bad weather over the weekend in Japan, in which three boats capsized in rough seas and mountain climbers were lost in storms.Today, waves swept over a private recreational fishing boat carrying 15 people near Kozu island, south of Tokyo, an official at the Japan Coast Guard said.Eight of those on board were rescued, but two others died later in hospital and five were still missing, he said.The captain jumped into the water to get people back to the boat's edge every time a big wave hit them and tried to drift them away,a witness who talked to the captain said.But when one last big one hit, he lost some of them, the witness, who was not identified, told public broadcaster NHK.

It was the latest accident caused by a large-scale low pressure front that swept across Japan two days ago.The Panamanian-flagged 98,587-ton Giant Step freighter caught fire on Friday and ran aground off Japan's Pacific coast. Two Indian sailors have been confirmed dead and eight others are missing, a coast guard official said.A separate search operation continued in northern Japan for 15 crew members whose fishing boat was stranded off Onagawa in Miyagi prefecture in stormy waters on Friday.

The coast guard recovered the body of one sailor yesterday.The low-pressure front also caused storms in mountains over the weekend, and at least two people died in central Japan, police said.A party of seven climbers called for help yesterday evening from a mountain on the border between Nagano and Toyama prefectures.

Rescuers found one woman dead on the mountain at a height of about 2,700 meters, and another woman died as she was being brought down, he said.The remaining five climbers were still in mountain huts and a bivouac, he said.The rescuers could not get the climbers down today because the weather was still too harsh,a police spokesman said.Another party of four, two men and two women, were lost in a mountain of central Gifu prefecture. They called for help but rescuers could not find them, police said.The rescuers will start searching for them tomorrow,a spokesman said. AFP

EU has limits in respecting Muslim traditions, says Frattini
09.10.2006 CET | By Lucia Kubosova

The vice-president of the European Commission Franco Frattini has said Europe can only respect Muslim traditions if they do not contradict the bloc's own basic values, such as freedom of speech or equality between men and women. We are not governed by sharia, after all,he said in an interview with the Italian daily La Repubblica published on Monday (9 October).Mr Frattini, in charge of the justice and security portfolio, has among commissioners been the most outspoken critic of the recent reaction in the Muslim world to a speech by Pope Benedict XVI suggesting links between Islam and violence.Referring to the controversy, Mr Frattini told La Repubblica that both European political and cultural leaders and moderate Muslim authorities should have condemned threats to the pope after his speech.

If we ourselves do not maintain our strong identity, if we are not sure about our principles how can we manage integrating with others? he asked.We can guarantee respect of traditions of the Muslim community only if these are not in contrast with our core rules, even if they are unwritten.He suggested that a similar silence by the European elite during the pope controversy was the same one that occurred some time later when Italy was shocked by cases of Muslim girls being locked at home or being killed by their own families.These equality between a man and woman and the liberty of expression are the pillars of European society which are not to be touched upon, noted Mr Frattini.Asked about suggestions in some EU countries that veils should be banned or at least removed from faces at public places as recently advocated by UK minister Jack Straw the commissioner pointed out on this issue, I would like to hear the position of Islamic women.I would like to hear those Muslim women who do feel above all as European. I believe there are a lot of them who, for example, consider themselves first Italian and then Islamic. It is these women I want to hear speaking. Otherwise, how can we speak of integration if we want to segregate women? added the Italian commissioner.
© 2006 EUobserver

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.

JOEL 2:20,30
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

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 VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

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,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).

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.

Bush condemns North Korea's claimed nuclear weapons test
POSTED: 1406 GMT (2206 HKT), October 9, 2006

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Monday condemned North Korea's claimed nuclear weapons test and said the international community will respond.Bush said North Korea is one of the world's leading proliferators of missile technology including transfers to Iran and Syria. The transfer of nuclear weapons to states or non-state entities would be considered a grave threat to the United States and we would hold North Korea fully accountable to the consequences of such action.Bush said the U.S. was still trying to confirm whether North Korea had actually tested a nuclear weapon as it claimed earlier Monday.China, a close ally of North Korea, denounced the claimed test as brazen, and South Korea said it would respond sternly to a move that experts said raised fears of nuclear terrorism and a regional arms race.

The United States said a test would constitute a provocative act, and it was expected to put pressure on North Korea during a United Nations Security Council meeting set for 9:30 a.m. ET.New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Bush agreed Monday during a telephone call that the U.N. Security Council must take decisive action against North Korea over its nuclear weapons test, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.North Korea's ambassador to the U.N. Pak Kil-yon said the council should congratulate North Korea's scientists and researchers instead of [issuing] such notorious, useless and reckless resolutions or whatever the statement against North Korea.

Pak said the test was very, very successful and will contribute to the maintenance and guarantee of peace and security in the peninsula and the region.When asked if North Korea plans to conduct further tests, Pak told reporters that will be enough, you don't think so? Bush was expected to make a statement on the situation from the White House at 9:45 a.m. ET.When North Korea warned last week that it intended to conduct a nuclear test, international analysts said it could unleash a regional arms race and give a virtual green light to Iran, which the United States suspects wants to develop nuclear weapons. Experts also fear North Korea may allow terrorists such as al Qaeda access to its nuclear weapons technology.This immediately affects the calculations of South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, all of whom might decide that they need to have their own independent nuclear arsenal as well, said international security analyst Joseph Cirincione of the Center for American Progress. If North Korea gets away with this, Iran will be encouraged to go forward.

If confirmed, the test would be the first of its kind since Pakistan detonated an underground nuclear weapon in May of 1998, said Hans Kristensen of the Federation of American Scientists in Washington. North Korea would be the eighth nation to successfully conduct such a test, he said.North Korea has recently test fired seven missiles, including a long-range ballistic missile in July, but it's unknown whether Pyongyang possesses the high-technology expertise to construct a nuclear weapon small enough for a missile delivery system.On Wednesday, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said, North Korea can have a future or it can have these weapons. It cannot have both.Immediately following North Korea's announcement Monday, South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun said Pyongyang has broke the trust of the international community.Roh said it brought a severe situation that threatens stability on the Korean Peninsula and in northeast Asia.

Abe told the same news conference his country would work to make ways to implement action for a tough resolution. Australian Prime Minister John Howard suggested financial, trade and travel sanctions, saying a strong international response is called for.

CNN's Dan Rivers, speaking from the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, said the key question now was what China which effectively allowed North Korea to exist economically would do. The apparent nuclear test was conducted at 10:36 a.m. (1:36 a.m. GMT) in Hwaderi near Kilju city, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing defense officials. South Korea's state geology research center detected a 3.58-magnitude artificial earthquake in a remote area of North Korea's North Hamgyeong Province, according to the news agency. Judging from the seismic tremor, the center said the power of the explosion was equivalent to around a half kiloton of TNT explosives, Yonhap reported. The field of scientific research in the DPRK (North Korea's official name) successfully conducted an underground nuclear test under secure conditions on October 9. ... at a stirring time when all the people of the country are making a great leap forward in the building of a great prosperous powerful socialist nation, said North Korea's state news agency, Korean Central News Agency.

CNN's Matthew Chance said that Moscow said Russian equipment in the area had confirmed an underground test.Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said that the force of the blast was five to 15 kilotons. In Washington, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow said a North Korean nuclear test would constitute a provocative act in defiance of the will of the international community and of our call to refrain from actions that would aggravate tensions in northeast Asia.A U.S. military official told CNN that something clearly has happened,but the Pentagon was working to fully confirm the report. The U.S. Geological Survey Web site recorded a light 4.2-magnitude earthquake in North Korea at 10:35 a.m., about 385 kilometers (240 miles) northeast of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.The nuclear test was conducted with indigenous wisdom and technology 100 percent. It marks a historic event as it greatly encouraged and pleased the KPA (Korean People's Army) and people that have wished to have powerful self-reliant defense capability, KCNA reported.It will contribute to defending the peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the area around it.

China's reaction

China on Monday demanded Pyongyang stop any action that would worsen the situation, Reuters news service reports.The DPRK has ignored the widespread opposition of the international community and conducted a nuclear test brazenly on October 9, China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its Web site.The Chinese government is firmly opposed to this, the statement said. In Tokyo, the prime minister's office said Japan had established a task force to address the situation. Chief government spokesman Yasuhisa Shiozaki said if a nuclear test was confirmed, Japan would strongly protest it.Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the claimed test, Russian news agencies reported, as Russia demanded North Korea rein in its nuclear program.On Friday, the Security Council warned North Korea against performing a nuclear test, citing unspecified action if it should do so.

South Korean eyed for top U.N. role

The Security Council also has called on North Korea to return immediately to six-party talks with China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States. The United States and its allies have been urging North Korea to rejoin the talks aimed at persuading the reclusive Communist nation to abandon its nuclear arms program.On Monday, members of the U.N. Security Council were expected to select South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon to succeed Kofi Annan as secretary-general of the world body.

In a straw poll last Monday, all but one of the 15 council members supported that choice, according to Chinese Ambassador Wang Guangya.CNN's Jamie McIntyre, Barbara Starr, Sohn Jie-ae and Elise Labott contributed to this report.2006 CNN,AP