YES HARPER FOR ISRAEL

1-Laval bridge collapses. 2-Isaac becomes hurricane in Atlantic 3-NBC: Bible Verses In Veggie Tales Offensive. 4-Iran rejects short-term enrichment suspension. 5-Iran mulled nuclear bomb in 1988. 6-Thousands demonstrate in streets of Gaza. 7-Syria threat over Golan puts Israel on war alert. 8-3,000 taken ill by enteric diseases in 16 dists. 9-Harper's defence of Israel sparks political flap.

EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)
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 (TERRORISM) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Laval Montreal-A part of a bridge in Laval has toppled leaving 2 vihicles trapped, 5 people taken to Hospital. (2 possibly dead) Thank Goodness the Dancer I know from Laval is in Owen Sound this week so she Nathalie T. (KIM) isn't involved in this terrible accident.

Even Though Nathalies a Dancer, she a nice Gal. I PRAY THAT NATHALIE WILL BE SAVED FROM DANCING, OTHER CHRISTIANS PLEASE PRAY FOR HER AS WELL PLEASE, THAT GOD WILL CHANGE HER HEART. THANKS.

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.

Isaac becomes hurricane in Atlantic 28 minutes ago Sat sep 30,06

MIAMI - Isaac strengthened into the fifth hurricane of the Atlantic season Saturday, and its winds could reach Canada early next week, forecasters said.

At 5 p.m. EDT, Isaac had top sustained winds near 80 mph, above the 74 mph threshold to become a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The storm was expected to strengthen in the next day.Isaac should stay east of Bermuda, but Nova Scotia and Newfoundland could feel the outer edges of the storm by Monday or Tuesday, forecasters said.The ninth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season was centered about 315 miles east of Bermuda and moving northwest near 10 mph. A turn to the north-northwest was expected by Sunday.Hurricane-force winds extend 40 miles from the center, while tropical storm force winds of at least 39 mph extended up to 125 miles from Isaac's center.The Atlantic hurricane season began June 1 and ends Nov. 30.

PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS

REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

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.

NBC: Bible Verses In Veggie Tales Offensive, But Not Madonna's Mockery Of The Crucifixion Of Christ

Dear Stan,

NBC anti-Christian bigotry continues. This time NBC censored Bible verses and expressions of Christian love from the children's cartoon Veggie Tales being shown Saturday mornings on NBC. NBC says comments such as God made you special and He loves you very much were offensive and censored them from the show. In response to the outrage over the allegations that NBC was ordering the removal of any references to God and the Bible from the animated series, the network first issued a flat denial. As reported in Broadcasting & Cable, NBC said they had to clip off the beginning and ending tags, which are Bible verses, but they were also arguably the easiest cut to make.

The creator of Veggie Tales, Phil Vischer, said NBC's excuse for censoring the Bible verses was not true. Vischer said, Well, that's kinda funny, because as the guy required to do all the editing, I know that statement is false...The show wasn't too long, it was too Christian. The show was already cut down to the proper length, so timing had nothing to do with it. NBC then backpeddled: NBC is committed to the positive messages and universal values of Veggie Tales. Our goal is to reach as broad an audience as possible with these positive messages while being careful not to advocate any one religious point of view.

Evidently NBC considers not being truthful as one of their universal values. Vischer said had he known how much censorship NBC would exercise, he would not have signed on for the network deal.

Censored were comments such as: Calm down. The Bible says we should love our enemies. And the Bible says Samson got his strength from God. And God can give us strength, too. NBC says using Bible verses or referring to God is offensive to some
non-Christians. http://www.afa.net/studio60.asp

But NBC doesn't hesitate to offend Christians by showing Madonna mocking the crucifixion of Christ. Neither do not mind offending Christians in their new program Studio 60 with a segment called Crazy Christians. (Please read the review.) This will seem a strong statement, and it is: The real reason the religious content is being censored is that the networks are run by people who have an anti-Christian bias. I noticed this anti-Christian bigotry and spoke out against it over 25 years ago. I'm sorry if someone thinks that is too harsh, but I must speak the truth as God leads me to see the truth. (Please click here to read excerpts from a speech I gave to a group of TV officials in September, 1981—25 years ago.)

Take Action

1. Send an email to NBC asking them to end their bias against Christians and stop censoring the references to God's love in Veggie Tales.https://secure.afa.net/afa/activism/takeaction.asp?id=218

2. Forward this to friends and family so they will know of NBC's anti-Christian bias. NBC is owned by General Electric.

3. Print out the AFA Pass Along sheet and distribute at your Sunday School class and church. Ask your pastor to encourage
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DANIEL 11:40
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

MUSLIM NATIONS

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
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,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
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, and all his bands:(SUDAN,AFRICA) and many people with thee.
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.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) 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:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

Iran rejects short-term enrichment suspension by Siavosh Ghazi
Sat Sep 30, 7:57 AM ET

TEHRAN (AFP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected a key Western demand over Iran's nuclear programme, vowing that the Islamic republic would not halt enriching uranium even for a short period.

They want us to suspend for a short period and then they will use this for propaganda and say Iran has suspended and it has caved in,Ahmadinejad said, according to the student news agency ISNA.Nobody has the right to make Iran back down over its rights. With rationality and with logic, we will defend the rights of Iran,he said Saturday in a speech to students to mark the first day of the new university term.Ahmadinejad's comments come just two days after talks between EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani on Tehran's atomic programme ended in Berlin without agreement.

The main stumbling block has been EU and US demands that Iran suspend uranium enrichment, a process that can be used to make both nuclear fuel and the explosive core of a nuclear bomb.Ahmadinejad's latest remarks are among his clearest signals yet that Iran does not intend to suspend enrichment, despite assertions by European diplomats that Tehran offered a two-month suspension in talks earlier this month.But EU diplomats are still hoping Iran will agree to some kind of suspension under a deal offered by the five permanent Security Council members plus Germany that offers Tehran a package of diplomatic and economic incentives.

We need what I would call trustworthy signals from the Iranian leadership,German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in an interview with German private television station n-tv.

Decisions must be reached in Iran, and there still seem to be discussions going on about those decisions,the minister added, suggesting the Iranian leadership was divided about which direction to take in the current talks.But Ahmadinejad indicated that Iran would not bend in its stance on enrichment, a right which Tehran says is enshrined under the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty.

They have been putting pressure on us to suspend enrichment. At first they asked us to suspend for six months, then they asked us to suspend for three months, then for one month,he said.We said no.Now they have proposed that we suspend for a short period, for one day, but we asked them Why do you want us to suspend?

They said suspend for a few days and explain that you have technical problems. But we have no technical problems! Why should we lie to the people? he added.Iran insists that its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful energy needs, vehemently rejecting US allegations that it is seeking to manufacture nuclear weapons.US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to hold a conference call with Solana and her counterparts from Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia over the weekend to take stock of the state of negotiations.Rice, who has encouraged the Solana talks despite showing mounting impatience with Iran, has won an agreement from the world powers for an early October deadline for Tehran to stop enriching uranium, diplomats said.But the United States has also been leading a push for UN sanctions against Iran should the talks fail, running into opposition to its tough stance from Russia
and China.

Any UN sanctions would come on top of the existing regime of US sanctions that Washington imposed after the seizure of its embassy in Tehran in 1979 and which include a trade embargo. Meanwhile, the US Congress early Saturday gave its final approval to a new set of sanctions targeting foreign countries that continue nuclear cooperation with Iran and sell it advanced weaponry.

Although it does not name any countries, the measure is seen as a clear warning to Russia and China. Moscow has been involved in a key project to build Iran's first nuclear power station in the southern city of Bushehr.

Iran mulled nuclear bomb in 1988
By Frances Harrison ,BBC News, Tehran

Ayatollah Khomeini wrote the letter during the Iran-Iraq war

A letter from 1988 in which Iran's top commander says Iran could need a nuclear bomb to win the war against Iraq has come to light in Tehran.The commander is quoted in the letter, written by the father of the Iranian revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, to top officials in the final days of the war. It has only now been made public by former President Hashemi Rafsanjani. The letter seems at odds with Tehran's statements that Iran is not seeking a bomb because it is against Islam.

Sensitive

The letter from Ayatollah Khomeini lists the requirements of military commanders if they are to continue fighting against Iraq. It mentions more aircraft, helicopters, men and weapons, and also quotes the top commander saying Iran would within five years need laser-guided and atomic weapons in order to win the war. Some Iranian news agencies have, however, deleted the reference to atomic weapons in the letter. It is sensitive because Iran has always said it is not seeking a nuclear weapon and leading clerics say an atomic bomb would be against Islam. Ayatollah Khomeini's letter also reveals how challenged Iran's economy and military were by the eight years of war against Iraq.

The letter quotes the prime minister of the time saying the economy was operating at a level below zero and volunteers for the front were in short supply. Ayatollah Khomeini's letter has been made public at a time when Iran is preparing for a possible confrontation with the US over its nuclear programme. But it also comes against a background of an argument between Mr Rafsanjani and a top military commander over who was instrumental in persuading Ayatollah Khomeini to agree to a ceasefire with Iraq that the Ayatollah himself likened to drinking a poisoned chalice.

Thousands demonstrate in streets of Gaza Sat Sep 30, 4:40 AM ET

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Thousands of government employees and security officials filled the streets of Gaza on Saturday, burning tires, blocking roads and firing in the air to protest delays and complications in receiving their long-awaited salaries. The Palestinian government on Thursday began paying partial salaries to 165,000 civil servants who haven't received their full wages in months due to an economic embargo on the Palestinian Authority. The individual payments of $350 come from money donated to the government by Qatar and Saudi Arabia.But government employees complained that in some cases, the money hadn't arrived, and in others they were left with nothing after Palestinian banks deducted commissions and interest and paid off existing loans.

The protesters closed the main road between Gaza City and Khan Younis, affecting movement between Gaza City and the southern Gaza Strip.Outside Rafah City, protesters threw stones at the vehicle of Attalah Abu Sabh, Hamas' minister of culture, breaking its windows. Abu Sabh was unharmed, Hamas officials said. The protesters also tried to enter a number of schools and disrupt studies, witnesses said.Israel and the West froze economic ties with the Palestinian Authority after the militant Hamas group took power in March. Hamas has refused international demands that it recognize Israel, accept signed peace agreements and renounce violence.

With the aid cut off, the government has been unable to pay the full salaries to its workers, a major part of the Palestinian work force, for six months. Government workers including teachers, doctors and security officers have repeatedly staged strikes demanding the salaries and calling for the resignation of the Hamas government.

Syria threat over Golan puts Israel on war alert
By Harry de Quetteville in Jerusalem,(Filed: 30/09/2006)

Israel has gone on heightened alert over a possible war with Syria amid reports that President Bashar Assad may be considering military strikes to regain the Golan Heights.A signpost points out that Damascus is a mere 60kms from the Golan Heights.For years Israeli military intelligence has down-played Syria's capacity to launch a meaningful attack against Israel, and the threat level has been kept low.But Israeli reports have revealed that the threat level had been raised after intelligence assessments that Damascus is seriously examining military action.The raised threat level comes as Israel prepares for Monday's Day of Atonement,
known as Yom Kippur, a solemn Jewish holiday when the entire country effectively shuts down as residents fast and seek forgiveness for sins.It was on Yom Kippur in 1973 that Israel was caught by surprise as Syrian and Egyptian forces launched a joint attack and inflicted heavy losses before being repelled.The first two days of that war were huge defeats for Israel,said Prof Uri Bar-Joseph, an expert on the 1973 conflict. All the intelligence analysts failed.

Israel is determined to make sure that it is not surprised again, flagging up Syrian military preparations and signals from President Assad that his country might be readying for war.The Syrian leader said this week that he wanted to make peace with Israel. But he warned that his hopes for peace could change one day.And if this hope disappears, then war may really be the only solution, he added.That mixed message has proved divisive in Israel, renewing debate about whether to stay tough, or engage with Syria and solve the decades-long dispute over the strategically important Golan Heights, which Israel first captured in the 1967 Six Day War.

Jewish settlers now populate the territory, which is crucial to Israel as a buffer zone with Syria and as a vantage point over its hostile neighbour, as well as providing Israel with a large proportion of its water supply.Senior Israeli politicians and commentators are split about whether the time is right to start negotiations which would lead to a peace deal between the countries.

Few doubt that such talks would end with Israel returning the occupied land.In return, however, Israeli advocates of the handover say the deal would split Syria from Iran, and would constrain Hizbollah and Palestinian militant groups which have headquarters in Damascus.The Speaker of the Israeli parliament, Dalia Itzik, is one of those pleading for talks to begin. Syria is sending signals all the time and I am not sure that we have the luxury of wasting opportunities like those,she said. Imagine a new alliance with Syria. It is possible. Should we miss it?

But the prime minister, Ehud Olmert, has dismissed such calls. Mr Olmert, who is politically vulnerable after his much-criticised handling of this summer's war in Lebanon, is in no mood to make territorial concessions.He fuelled tension this week by insisting that the Golan Heights will remain in our hands forever.Ehud Olmert is not strong enough to make a deal right now,said Shlomo Brom, a former strategy chief for the Israeli army. He said Israel would have to give up the Golan Heights to satisfy Syria, but Mr Olmert is overloaded with Palestinian problems.Mr Olmert has threatened to dismiss any cabinet minister who suggests negotiations with Syria.Assad wants to use threats as leverage to build on Israel's failures in Lebanon,said Mr Brom. But any sane observer understands that Syrian military forces cannot match Israel, mostly due to our air superiority.

•The United Nations confirmed yesterday that four peacekeepers killed in Lebanon in July were hit by a half-ton Israeli precision guided missile.fpress@telegraph.co.uk

DISEASES

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:(CHLORES GREEN) 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,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

3,000 taken ill by enteric diseases in 16 dists

The state has rushed 580 medical teams to the affected areas and around 70 lakh water-purifying tablets have been distributed Express News Service-Kolkata, September 29: The floods in the 16 districts of the state have left 3,877 people suffering from enteric diseases. For stepping up relief and subsequent rehabilitation, the state government today sanctioned Rs 10 crore more, totalling
the relief disbursed to Rs 85 crore. Officially, no death due to enteric diseases has been reported so far. The state has, however, rushed 580 medical teams to the affected areas. Around 70 lakh water-purifying tablets have also been distributed.

While some districts, among those affected, now are slightly better off, the situation is grave in Nadia, Howrah and parts of Hooghly. Since yesterday the casualty figure has gone up one. The flood toll, according to the state’s official figure, is 78.

Asim Dasgupta, state finance minister, has said that 79 lakh people have been affected. The focus now is on reaching food to the affected and helping them re-build their homes. With agricultural loss at Rs 1,500-crore mark, the state is groping in the dark regarding the loss elsewhere. Reports available suggest that the flood situation will improve in some districts. Release of water from the Maurakshi catchment area has been maintained at the zero level.

Water released from the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) dams has also been brought down to 30,000 cusec on Friday. Dasgupta said that Rs 25 crore has been granted for construction of damaged houses. We have also asked the district administration to purchase medicine locally,said Dasgupta. In Howrah, 1,000 quintals of parched rice and adequate amount of jaggery have been provided to the victims. Around 1.74 lakh tarpaulin sheets have been distributed in the affected areas. We hope that situation will improve significantly. Once the water recedes, it will be possible to gauge the damage on roads, bridges, school buildings and health centres,Dasgupta said.

ISRAELS TROUBLE

JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.

DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same
time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)

WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL

DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
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)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

Harper's defence of Israel sparks political flap
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper answers questions from journalists on Lebanon issues during the closing press

conference of the XIth Francophone Summit in Bucharest, Romania.Published: Saturday, September 30, 2006

BUCHAREST - Prime Minister Stephen Harper sparked a diplomatic flap Friday on one of his first outings among world leaders after he stood in the way of attempts at the Francophonie summit to craft a pointed political statement on this summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah.Harper found himself fighting against what French President Jacques Chirac called a great majority of the 53 member states at the conference when he took a stand against a statement of sympathy for the civilians in Lebanon because it made no mention of the Israeli civilians displaced, injured or killed in the month-long war.Canada's rookie prime minister vetoed a last-minute Egyptian-sponsored amendment to a statement which said that the Francophonie deplored the effects of the war, which killed 1,500 people. The amendment did not recognize Israeli suffering.

The amendment wants to recognize and deplore the war and recognize the victims of Lebanon. We are able to deplore the war, we are able to recognize the victims, but on both sides,Harper said at a news conference near the end of the two-day summit.The Francophonie cannot recognize victims according to their nationality. Recognize the victims of Lebanon and the victims of Israel.

He added that his goal in opposing the Egyptian amendment was to shape the diplomatic language so as to avoid a similar attack on Israel in the future, a similar response and a similar result.'Harper was supported in his stance by Switzerland and France.

Nevertheless, Canada's position set off a firestorm in Bucharest's opulent parliament where the conference was held and it took the intervention of the French president and Quebec Premier Jean Charest, working as go-betweens, to resolve it.Government officials said Harper was only trying to bring the Francophonie statement in line with a United Nations resolution that called for the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.

But it also served to strengthen Ottawa's already staunch pro-Israel position and bring the Harper government sharper into line with the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.Just days after a Montreal family visiting in Lebanon was wiped out by an Israeli missile this summer, Harper was widely criticized for calling Israel's attacks on Lebanon measured.The prime minister did not stay around to defend his actions to the Arab, French and Canadian press at the summit who took great interest in the dispute.

After what was supposed to be the closing news conference, all leaders headed back into the closed-door meeting for about 30 minutes and eventually agreed on a compromise statement saying that the Francophonie deplores the tragedy in Lebanon and the dramatic consequences for all civilian populations while calling for a total cessation of hostilities in southern Lebanon.Abdou Diouf, secretary general of the Francophonie, played down the dispute as a semantic difference and said all's well that ends well.

He added that all the world thinks the same thing. In the crisis, Lebanon suffered and Israel suffered, but it (Israel) suffered less.Lebanon's culture minister, Tarek Mitri, said plans for the Francophonie to begin taking political positions on international conflicts is new territory for an organization that is normally more concerned with cultural and language matters.We share a number of values and there is an atmosphere in the (Francophonie). An atmosphere where we can agree, and if we disagree we can manage our disagreements in a soft manner, Mitri said. I'm not here to make judgments about anybody but I would have been happier not to see this here.Lebanon was already isolated before the Bucharest summit began.

President Emile Lahoud, who is considered pro-Syrian and friendly to Hezbollah, was not officially invited to the meeting by Romanian President Traian Basescu, the host of the meeting.

Prime Minister Faoud Siniora initially boycotted the event, sending Mitri as a personal representative.High-level negotiations on Thursday resulted in Mitri agreeing to sit as Lebanon's official representative at the meetings.awoods@cns.canwest.com,© CanWest News Service 2006