BIRD FLU IN SUFFOLK

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-Experts warn of major quake in western Canada. 3-Toll hits 20 in Florida's deadliest storm in nearly 10 years. 4-Five dead, 100,000 displaced by floods in Indonesian capital. 5-Imam leads Democrats in prayer of conversion. 6-U.S. to support up to 10,000 extra Abbas troops 7-EU financial market chief backs Merkel's trade plan 8-Bird flu virus is Asian strain.

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.

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)

Update time = Sun Feb 4 12:00 AM EDT

FEB 4,2007 NO QUAKES YET

FEB 3,2007
MAP 5.2 GUAM REGION
MAP 2.6 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.3 SOUTHWESTERN SIBERIA, RUSSIA
MAP 4.8 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 5.3 CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA
MAP 3.9 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.3 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 3.2 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 5.0 SAIPAN REGION, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
MAP 2.5 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 5.1 AISEN, CHILE
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.3 OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
MAP 2.5 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

FEB 02,2007
MAP 3.2 MONA PASSAGE, PUERTO RICO
MAP 4.8 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 4.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.5 NORTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA
MAP 5.2 TAJIKISTAN
MAP 2.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 2.7 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP 2.9 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.9 KEPULAUAN BABAR, INDONESIA
MAP 4.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
MAP 4.4 EL SALVADOR
MAP 2.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 4.8 KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
MAP 3.3 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 4.8 GREECE
MAP 2.7 KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA
MAP 2.8 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.9 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA
MAP 2.7 PUERTO RICO REGION
MAP 2.6 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 3.3 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION
MAP 2.5 OREGON
MAP 2.8 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.3 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.9 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

Experts warn of major quake in western Canada Sat Feb 3, 3:55 PM ET

VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Seismologists warned that a catastrophic earthquake could strike the southwestern coast of British Columbia soon, Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper reported. The experts noted rumblings from deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, along Vancouver Island, which could foretell a giant quake. But they said the probability of a quake was still low.Everyone drives their car every day, and the probability of getting in a car accident is small although it rises during rush hour, Garry Rogers, a seismologist at the Pacific Geoscience Centre on Vancouver Island, told the Globe and Mail.Well, Vancouver Island is now driving in rush hour, he said.The newspaper said the activity, known to scientists as episodic tremor and slip, emanates from the crush of the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath the North American Plate, which is Canada's shoreline.The Juan de Fuca plate runs from Vancouver Island on Canada's West Coast south to Northern California in the United States.

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.

Like the Bible says disaster will hit like a Thief in the night. And the Bible says also Gods word (the Bible) will not be distroyed but the world will be. I find this very prophetic in the Tornado destruction in Florida yesterday. The Tornado happened at 3 in the morning, and in about 6 or 7 cases the people that were looking for Bibles found them in tact not destroyed. Gods word went right through disaster and prevails, guess whos in control of World events, Praise the GOD (JESUS) KING MESSIAH OF ISRAEL.

Toll hits 20 in Florida's deadliest storm in nearly 10 years FEB 03,07

LADY LAKE, United States (AFP) - The toll from Florida's deadliest storm in almost a decade rose to 20, reports said, as homeowners returned to pick through the rubble of hundreds of tornado-shredded homes.

US President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency in four counties in the central part of the southern state in the wake of pre-dawn storms Friday that carved a trail of destruction and death, wrapping metal around trees and launching some victims into neighboring homes.Whatever federal response is needed, we will make it quick and sure, Bush said during a speech in Williamsburg, Virginia.CNN television network reported that 20 people had died, one more than the officially reported toll of 19 on Friday, as rescue crews ended their search for victims.

The storm also wiped out a flock of 18 rare whooping cranes, all juveniles which had only a month earlier been guided to western Florida on their migration from Canada by an ultralight aircraft.My heart is aching both for the young birds we lost and for the dedicated people who have devoted so much of themselves to this project, only to see the lives of these cranes end in this devastating manner, said John Christian, co-chair of the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership, in a statement.It's amazing to see how destructive and how surgical the intensity of a tornado, said Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who also declared an emergency in the four counties.The emergency declarations release disaster assistance funds to help stricken people with temporary housing, rebuilding and other costs. They also help local governments fund their rescue and recovery efforts.Crist said Florida residents had pulled together.They have poured out their hearts to help their fellow man, he told reporters.

Our search and rescue are completed and we are now in the recovery stage, making sure we're getting needs met, Jennifer Stan, of Florida emergency operations, told AFP.Some 1,500 homes were damaged or destroyed and an estimated 13,000 people were left without electricity after the line of storms tore through, uprooting trees and felling power lines.

The storms hit around 3:30 am (0830 GMT) Friday, as most people slept. Because few had any warning, many residents were stunned the toll was not higher.An area of some 51 square kilometers (20 square miles) was ravaged. Residents likened the storms to a freight train that roared and slammed into their homes.It woke me out of a dead sleep, local resident David Wholly told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. I heard the noise, and it sounded like a train coming, and I ran to the bathroom. The tree went right through the bedroom window where my head was.Residents sifted through the remains of their splintered homes Saturday, desperate to find any souvenir, a family memento or a picture frame.The Federal Emergency Management Agency, so criticized for its performance when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, made sure that Bush signed an emergency measure for the four Florida counties, releasing needed funds, said FEMA director David Paulison.He said FEMA trailers were on their way with food, water and other supplies, but stressed that FEMA cannot work alone. It's neighbors helping neighbors, he said. If we work together, we can do this. Friday's storms struck on the ninth anniversary of Florida's ferocious Groundhog Day Storm of 1998, when seven tornadoes and fierce storms killed 42 people in Florida. In December, more than a dozen people were injured and more than 200 homes destroyed when storms and tornadoes ripped through the same area of central Florida. The area of devastation is northwest of the Walt Disney World Resort, which was not affected by the bad weather.

Five dead, 100,000 displaced by floods in Indonesian capital by Nabiha Shahab Sat Feb 3, 7:34 AM ET

JAKARTA (AFP) - At least five people have been killed in floods in Jakarta with more than 100,000 others forced to camp out at roadsides and in emergency shelters after days of torrential downpours. With more rain forecast, disaster officials said they were struggling to cope. Hundreds of troops and navy personnel equipped with inflatable boats and rafts were deployed to help the capital's worst-hit areas.We have done the optimum effort to evacuate people but because of the number and the vast area to cover we hope people understand (the problems we are facing), Sugeng Triutomo from the national disaster management body (Bakornas) told ElShinta radio.More than 100,000 people had been displaced by the rainy-season floods, the state Antara news agency reported, citing Bakornas figures.Bakornas official Sunardi said five people were killed and tens of thousands of homes flooded.We have yet to count offices, school buildings and hospitals inundated by the floods because we are still focusing on evacuating flood victims, he told Antara as the rains started again Saturday evening.

Hundreds of families were seen huddled together by roads on higher ground after fleeing their flooded homes in the city, which is criss-crossed by 13 rivers.Water up to two metres (more than six feet) submerged areas of the city, including the upmarket Kelapa Gading housing complex in the north, which is usually less prone to flooding.I had to put my motorcycle in the university out there and walk in the floods to my house last night (Friday), Kelapa Gading resident Najmi said.The water in front of my house is about one metre. We have been trapped here since yesterday morning, he told AFP Saturday.Several other Kelapa Gading residents called ElShinta, saying some old people and pregnant women were trapped in their houses and needed evacuation.Water, electricity supplies and telecommunications have been cut in several areas of the city due to the floods.Search and rescue workers and nurses in inflatable boats were offering medical help to flood victims along the main Ciliwung river, Hadianto, head of the independent Jakarta Rescue group said.

Areas that we go to are very far from the reach of cars. We have to hop from roof to roof of people's houses, he told AFP.Hadianto said the main complaints so far were diarrhoea and skin problems, with children and old people suffering the most.Indonesian Red Cross and other volunteers were cooking and delivering food to the thousands of people stranded in their flooded homes or sheltering at the side of roads.City water control officials warned that the floods could worsen, with continuing rains in nearby Bogor city expected to exacerbate the situation by nightfall.Katulampa watergate is 70 centimetres (28 inches) above normal and the water level is rising, a Jakarta water control officer told AFP, referring to the main sluice gate controlling the flow of water from Bogor, which is at a higher
elevation.

More rain was forecast over the weekend.

Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar blamed the floods on excessive construction in water catchment areas, Antara reported. There are too many malls in the capital city, he said, complaining that many developers had not paid enough attention to the ecological impact of construction projects. Old Batavia, the former colonial port under the Dutch from where Jakarta has expanded, was built on marshland and some areas of the capital are below sea level. In 2002, floods killed up to 40 people and some 300,000 were forced to seek refuge in mosques, schools and even cemeteries.

Imam leads Democrats in prayer of conversion
Muslim leader at party's winter meeting
also asks Allah to stop the occupation
Posted: February 3, 2007 - 1:00 a.m. Eastern - 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

Husham Al-Husainy

With heads bowed reverently, Democrats were led in prayer yesterday by a Muslim imam who essentially asked Allah to assist in converting the party members to Islam, according to a scholar and author. Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch and author of The Truth about Muhammad, took note of the prayer given at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting by Husham Al-Husainy, imam of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center, a shiite mosque in Dearborn, Mich.

According to a transcript of the prayer, which can be seen on a video clip provided by HotAir.com, the imam said: In the name of God the most merciful, the most compassionate. We thank you, God, to bless us among your creations. We thank you, God, to make us as a great nation. We thank you God, to send us your messages through our father Abraham and Moses and Jesus and Muhammad. Through you, God, we unite. So guide us to the right path. The path of the people you bless, not the path of the people you doom. Help us God to liberate and fill this earth with justice and peace and love and equality. And help us to stop the war and violence, and oppression and occupation. Ameen.Spencer, in a post on his Jihad Watch website, said he found it interesting to see the Muslim leader praying, in veiled terms to be sure, for their conversion to Islam, and, oh yes, for the destruction of Israel (And help us to stop the war and violence, and oppression and occupation). Imagine if a Christian priest or minister had prayed at a DNC meeting that those attending be guided away from the path of those doomed by God, Spencer said. He explained the imam was echoing the Fatiha, the first sura, or chapter, of the Quran and the most common prayer of Islam. It asks Allah: Show us the straight path, the path of those whom Thou hast favored; not the (path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.

The traditional Islamic understanding is that the straight path is Islam, Spencer points out. On the other hand, he continued, the path of those who have earned Allah's anger are the Jews, and those who have gone astray are the Christians. Spencer cited the classic Quranic commentator Ibn Kathir, who says: Allah asserted that the two paths He described here are both misguided when He repeated the negation not. These two paths are the paths of the Christians and Jews, a fact that the believer should beware of so that he avoids them. The path of the believers is knowledge of the truth and abiding by it. In comparison, the Jews abandoned practicing the religion, while the Christians lost the true knowledge. This is why anger descended upon the Jews, while being described as led astray is more appropriate of the Christians. Those who know, but avoid implementing the truth, deserve the anger, unlike those who are ignorant. The Christians want to seek the true knowledge, but are unable to find it because they did not seek it from its proper resources. This is why they were led astray. We should also mention that both the Christians and the Jews have earned the anger and are led astray, but the anger is one of the attributes more particular of the Jews. Allah said about the Jews, (Those (Jews) who incurred the curse of Allah and His wrath) (5:60). The attribute that the Christians deserve most is that of being led astray, just as Allah said about them, (Who went astray before and who misled many, and strayed (themselves) from the right path) (5:77).

U.S. to support up to 10,000 extra Abbas troops By Adam Entous Sat Feb 3, 5:36 AM ET

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States will expand assistance to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to include about 8,500 members of his national security forces and possibly 1,000 Fatah fighters based in Jordan, U.S. documents show. Providing non-lethal equipment and training to units of Abbas's National Security Forces, and possibly the Jordan-based Badr Brigade could increase Washington's role in the power struggle between Abbas's Fatah faction and the governing Hamas movement.U.S. assistance has largely been limited until now to around 4,000 members of Abbas's presidential guard.But documents obtained by Reuters on Saturday showed that the U.S. government's $86.4 million security assistance program could cover at least 13,500 troops loyal to Abbas.The National Security Forces (NSF) is the largest security force under Abbas's control and is viewed by many Palestinians to be the equivalent of an army, though it is poorly trained and equipped compared to the smaller presidential guard.

Under the U.S. security program, $76.4 million will fund projects to transform and strengthen elements of the Palestinian Authority's security structure, specifically the National Security Forces and Presidential Guard in an effort to improve public order and fight terror in the West Bank and Gaza, the documents said.These projects have been developed in coordination with the office of the PA president (Abbas), and the overall plan enjoys the support of the government of Israel, said the documents, marked sensitive but unclassified.Another $10 million would fund security improvements at the Karni commercial crossing between Israel and Gaza.Western officials involved in the program said security service members who participate in the U.S.-funded program will undergo a vetting process to ensure they are qualified and have no ties to militant groups.Hamas has denounced U.S. security assistance as part of a coup against its government. Hamas gunmen on Thursday attached a truck convey in Gaza that it said was meant to resupply Abbas's presidential guard, triggering a wave of fighting.

U.S. officials say they will only provide training and non-lethal equipment to forces loyal to Abbas. Guns and ammunition are being supplied by key U.S. allies Jordan and Egypt, with Israeli approval, Israeli officials say.Under the $86.4 million U.S. program, $35.5 million will be used to provide non-lethal equipment, including riot gear and communications equipment, to about 8,500 members of Abbas's National Security Forces.

Another $15 million in U.S. funds would provide at least one NSF unit, estimated to have 668 members, with an initial six months of training to counter civil disorder, most likely at a facility in Jordan, the documents say.The funds will be used in support of NSF deployment throughout the West Bank and Gaza so that the NSF may establish a visible public presence, improve public order and help improve border security, the documents said.The United States expected other donors to provide extra training, the documents said, but gave no further details.Palestinian officials estimate that the National Security Forces have as many as 40,000 members. Western diplomats say the number of active members is closer to 20,000.

BADR BRIGADE

The $86.4 million also includes $25.9 million to provide non-lethal equipment to Abbas's elite presidential guard, which is expected to grow to 4,700 members with U.S. help near-term.

Palestinian officials say the force could eventually top 10,000. The documents said up to $8 million of these funds may be used to provide equipment to the Badr Brigade, a Fatah-dominated force, in the event of a deployment in Gaza. Badr would fall under the presidential guard's operational command. The United States and Israel have backed a proposal by Abbas to let about 1,000 members of the Badr Brigade, into the Palestinian territories, though no date has been set. Diplomats say Abbas's military build-up was meant to counter strides by Hamas in smuggling more powerful weapons into Gaza for its fast-growing Executive Force and armed wing. Some analysts have warned that fighting between Hamas and Fatah could turn into a proxy war, with the United States supporting Abbas and Iran backing Hamas.

EU financial market chief backs Merkel's trade plan FEB 02,07

bbj.hu - Charlie McCreevy, the European Union's financial markets chief, backed German Chancellor Angela Merkel's proposal for more open trans-Atlantic trade.Merkel suggested reducing trade barriers with the US last month as she took over the rotating leadership of the 27-nation European Union and the Group of Eight biggest economic countries. The initiative would build on five years of talks between the EU and US to whittle away differences in financial services rules. „Initiatives like the Merkel initiative provoke new thinking, McCreevy told a Brussels news conference yesterday. „In a globalized world, we have to find new ways of doing things.

McCreevy, a former Irish finance minister, told EU lawmakers earlier this week he will visit the US next month to discuss rules on accounting, securities, banking and insurance. McCreevy didn't specify how he would introduce Merkel's plan into the US negotiations. The EU is working with the US on a plan to recognize each other's accounting rules, letting companies list their shares on both sides without having to keep two sets of books.McCreevy also is pushing US regulators to make it easier for foreign companies to exit US markets, and to implement a global overhaul of capital rules for banks. McCreevy is pressing US state regulators to let European reinsurers do business in their markets without posting collateral or being subject to local supervision. The projects are part of a 5-year-old „Financial Markets Regulatory Dialogue, which was spurred in part by a dispute over corporate governance rules enacted by the US after the bankruptcy of Enron Corp.

McCreevy, who overseers internal market matters at the European Commission, also presented a report showing EU governments improved their performance during the past half year in enacting the region's business and market laws.

Italy held its place as the country sanctioned the most for breaching EU rules. As of January 11, the country faced 161 warnings or lawsuits, either for failing to enact required measures or maintaining local laws running counter to EU decisions. Spain was second with 109 such cases.Estonia was the least cited, subject to 11 open procedures. McCreevy said only two countries the UK and new EU member Bulgaria met Wednesday's deadline to enact an overhaul of securities rules known as the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. He expects Ireland to finish its work next week. Last week, he said other countries would be delayed only a short time. The rules are due to take effect November 1. It's worrying, McCreevy said of the pace of governments writing Mifid into national laws. The longer they take, the more likely that these countries won't hit the November deadline.(Bloomberg)

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).

Saturday, 3 February 2007, 22:16 GMT
Bird flu virus is Asian strain

The avian flu which killed 2,600 turkeys at a Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk has been confirmed as the Asian strain of the H5N1 virus. The virus can be fatal if it is passed on to humans but experts said the outbreak was being contained and posed little danger to people's health. The Veterinary Laboratories Agency carried out the tests which confirmed the outbreak in Holton. The slaughter of nearly 160,000 turkeys has begun at the farm as a precaution. A spokeswoman for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the birds were being gassed in containers and the operation would continue through the night. The government department earlier said the flu was the highly pathogenic Asian strain, similar to a virus that was found in Hungary in January.

In that incident, the first time bird flu had re-occurred in the European Union since August 2006, a flock of 3,000 geese were killed. A three-kilometre protection zone and a 10km surveillance zone have now been set up around Holton, which is approximately 27km south-west of Lowestoft.

What each zone means

It is the first case on a UK commercial farm of an H5N1 infection. The strain has killed 164 people worldwide - mainly in south-east Asia since 2003. However, the virus is not thought to be able to pass easily from human to human at present. A spokesman for Bernard Matthews, which runs the farm in Holton, said none of the affected birds had entered the food chain and there was no risk to public health. So far, all those who have been infected worldwide have come into intimate contact with infected birds.

Vaccinations

Fred Landeg, Britain's Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, said an investigation was under way but the most likely source of the outbreak was wild birds.

He told BBC News that vaccinations for poultry were not currently being considered. There are a number of problems with vaccination in that it takes about three weeks to get immunity.Mr Landeg said the turkeys at the farm had been too young to enter the food chain and no birds or produce had moved off the site. Dr Maria Zambon, from the Health Protection Agency, said farm workers who had come into contact with infected birds, and those involved in the culling process, would be offered the anti-viral drug tamiflu as a precaution. She stressed that nobody had developed symptoms of bird flu following similar outbreaks among farm birds in continental Europe. Vets were called to the Bernard Matthews farm on Thursday night. The company said it was confident the outbreak had been contained and there was no risk to consumers.

How bird flu became global

National Farmers Union president Peter Kendall told BBC News 24 the priority would be eradicating the outbreak. [We will be] making sure we get the message across about how well this will be managed and controlled. We're encouraging all farmers to be incredibly vigilant, look at their flocks carefully and we do need to reassure consumers that this is not an issue about the safety of poultry - it's completely safe to eat.Defra has revoked the national general licence on bird gatherings and bird shows and pigeon racing will not be permitted.

Detergent

Professor John Oxford, a virologist at the London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, said he was confident the outbreak could be contained. He said: I don't think it has made any difference as a threat to the human population. The most likely explanation is that a small bird has come in through a ventilation shaft. One good thing about this virus is that it's easily destroyed. You can kill it with a bit of detergent.Dr Oxford also said that while four strains of the H5N1 virus have
been identified so far, all are deadly to birds and show potential of being harmful to humans.