MEDVEDEV NEW RUSSIAN LEADER

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.

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.

Moderate earthquake hits northen Chile
www.chinaview.cn 2008-03-02 09:05:30

SANTIAGO, March 1 (Xinhua) -- A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook northern Chile Saturday, causing power blackout, said Chile's National Emergency Office on its website.
The quake struck at 4:52 p.m. local time (1952 GMT), and its center was about 35 km northeast of the city of Iquique at a depth of some 35 km, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No casualties were reported. Northern Chile has been struck by earthquakes for several times in recent months. The largest one occurred on Nov. 14, 2007, when a quake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale killed two people and injured more than 110 others. Editor: Du Guodong

Quake-hit residents hit by gales MAR 01,08

A pensioner was crushed by a falling tree as gale force winds caused widespread damage across a swathe of northern and eastern England.The 67-year-old woman, the most seriously injured victim of the gales, was critically ill in hospital.Winds of almost 80mph struck parts of Yorkshire early in the day and and from the Scottish border to Lincolnshire reported falling trees and damaged houses. People living near the epicentre of the midweek earthquake were counting the cost of the gales.Forecasters said the wind speeds were dropping but predicted possible wintry weather at the beginning of next week.The worst incident related to the overnight gales happened in Saltburn, Cleveland, when two women were hit by a falling tree in the town's Italian Gardens, close to the seafront.

The women were from the Brotton area of Cleveland and aged 67 and 63.The older woman was critical but stable in hospital. The other woman had less serious injuries.In East Yorkshire, another tree fall left a driver in hospital. The motorist was injured when the tree hit a Ford Focus car on the A165 Beverley to Driffield road, close to Leconfield.Humberside firefighters were called to a series of weather related incidents including fallen chimney stacks and collapsing scaffolding, but spokesman Glenn Ramsden said some of the call-outs were to structural problems which could have been caused by the earthquake on Wednesday morning.In Gainsborough, 20 miles from the earthquake's epicentre at Market Rasen and one of the most affected areas, residents and businesses woke up to more damage to their properties. It has been a week to forget for the town, which was hit on Friday by a one-and-a-half hour power cut.
Matt Dobson, a forecaster with MeteoGroup UK, the Press Association's weather division, said it was one of the windiest days of the winter for the areas affected.

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.

Rough weather week ahead Mark Avery Sun Mar 2, 6:00 AM ET

South

Severe weather is expected over the South for the next few days as a strong cold front moves through the region. It will start off later this afternoon as some severe thunderstorms over the Southern Plains and move into the Lower Mississippi Valley and Tennessee Valley tomorrow before reaching the Southeast Coast on Tuesday. Behind the front, areas of snow are possible as colder weather makes a comeback throughout the week. Another chance of rain will begin to move into the Southern Plains on Thursday and along the Gulf and Southeast Coasts on Friday. Highs today will range from the 50s in the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles to the 80s in the Rio Grande Valley and Southwest Florida. Highs tomorrow will range from the 30s in much of Oklahoma and North Central Texas to the 80s in Far South Texas and the Florida Peninsula.

Midwest

The strong cold front bringing severe storms to the South will bring heavy rain and areas of snow to the Midwest over the next few days. Some areas will see both rain (ahead of the front) and snow (behind the front) as the system moves through the region. In addition to the rain and snow, gusty winds will also be a factor through midweek. As this strong system moves out, a clipper system will move in behind it bringing rain and snow to the Northern Plains on Tuesday and Upper Mississippi Valley on Wednesday before being absorbed by the stronger system ahead of it on Thursday with lingering lake-effect snow near the Great Lakes to end the week. Highs today will range from the 20s in northern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota to the 70s over much of Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky, and southeastern Kansas. Highs tomorrow will range from around 10 in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota to the 70s in the southeastern half of Kentucky.

West

Snow is expected today in the Rockies as the system impacting the Central U.S. brings upslope winds and a subsequent chance at snow. As high pressure builds in over the Great Basin later today into tonight and tomorrow, Santa Ana winds will begin to develop over Southern California with gusty winds also possible in southern Nevada and much of Arizona. The southern end of a storm system will move into the Pacific Northwest tomorrow, with the main energy actually heading inland along the British Columbia Coast. This system will evolve into a clipper system by Tuesday, bringing a chance of snow to the Northern Rockies and Northern High Plains. Snow is also possible on Wednesday in the Central Rockies with some rain possible in the Four Corners. A few snow showers are possible on Thursday in the Northern High Plains on Thursday, with rain and snow near the Four Corners. Highs today will range from around 20 in the southwestern Colorado Mountains to around 80 in southeastern New Mexico. Highs tomorrow will range from the 20s in the Wyoming and Colorado Rockies to the 70s in the Lower Colorado River Valley, much of Southern California, and the southern San Joaquin Valley.

Northeast

The Alberta Clipper that brought snow to areas of the Northeast Friday and Saturday will finally pull off the coast today, with a few lingering snow showers left over this morning in Northern New England. The next system will begin to impact parts of Northern New England and northern New York State tomorrow in the form of a light wintry mix and light freezing rain. The main impacts from the next system will come on Tuesday and Wednesday with a wintry mix changing to snow in the interior, rain changing to mix in the mountains, and with locally heavy rain expected near the Coast. Some lake-effect snows are possible near the Great Lakes on Thursday with more snow possible on Friday in the interior and a mix of rain and snow near the coast. Highs today will range from the 20s over Northern New England to the low 60s in southern West Virginia. Highs tomorrow will range from the 30s over Northern New England to the 70s over western West Virginia.

Extreme weather kills 13 in Europe MAR 02,08

BERLIN (AFP) - Hurricane-strength winds howled across Europe over the weekend, killing 13 people and leaving a trail of destruction as cars were blown off the road, roofs were ripped off and trees fell like matchsticks.The storm, dubbed Emma by forecasters, brought with it winds of up to 200 kilometres (125 miles) an hour and heavy rains as it ripped its way across central Europe.As the winds eased slightly on Sunday Germany reported five people dead, Austria four, the Czech Republic two and Poland two.In Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany a driver was crushed when a tree fell on his car, while a 72-year-old man in Bavaria perished when a gust of wind pushed his car into the path of an oncoming lorry, police said.In Baden-Wuerttemberg a 19-year-old man was killed in another head-on collision caused by the wind, while in Saxony a 48-year-old woman died and four people were injured in a car crash caused by snow and strong winds.In Saxony-Anhalt in eastern Germany a 48-year-old man died when winds made him lose control of his minivan on the motorway.Six people were hurt when their bus was blown off the road and into a ditch in Bavaria, while rail passengers had a lucky escape near Bonn when their train hit a tree that had fallen on the line, ripping a large hole in the locomotive.Across Germany, roads and railway lines were closed, roofs were ripped off houses, cars were overturned and power lines put out of action.

Authorities said tens of millions of euros (dollars) worth of damage has been caused.The southern state of Bavaria was particularly badly hit, with 150,000 homes without electricity and heavy rain causing flooding, police said.In Austria, where winds reached up to 166 kilometres per hour, two German tourists were killed on Saturday in separate incidents in the western province of Tyrol.In the central Salzburg province, a taxi passenger was killed by rockfall apparently caused by the storm and a woman was crushed in Lower Austria when a tree squashed her car.Some 10,000 homes in Upper Austria were without power, roads and sections of motorway had to be shut down and rail services around the country were severely disrupted.Two people were also killed in the Czech Republic, emergency services said.An 11-year-old girl died from her injuries after a tree fell on her in Libeznice, near Prague, while an 80-year-old man perished when a metal roof fell on top of him near Nymburk, in the east of the country.About 40 people had to be evacuated from a block of flats in Prague after its roof was ripped off, and 100,000 people were without electricity in the western Karlovarsky region. Train services were disrupted across the country.In Poland there were two fatalities including a 42-year-old killed when a tree blew over and flattened his car.A 28-year-old man was also killed when a piece of metal blown off the lorry he was travelling behind hit his car 120 kilometres north of Warsaw.

Polish rescue services attended to 2,500 emergency calls overnight and on Sunday morning. Thousands of homes were left without power.
In the Netherlands, flights to and from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport suffered severe delays as only one runway could be used for take-offs and landings.The government also warned of potential flooding, while in Romania, flooding caused a bridge to collapse and four ports on the Black Sea were closed.

Death toll in Hamilton fire climbs to five
Updated Sun. Mar. 2 2008 1:47 PM ET The Canadian Press

HAMILTON, Ont. -- The death toll following a devastating blaze inside a single family west Hamilton home early Saturday has climbed to five. Investigators say a two-year-old child succumbed to her injuries in hospital Saturday night. Identified as baby Ella Denhollander-Hanigan, the youngster's 22-year-old mother Melissa Denhollander and her two sisters Emma, 4, and Alana, 1, were also killed in the blaze. Investigators have identified the other adult victim as a 19-year-old male resident of the home but his name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The woman's 28-year-old boyfriend, Richard Griffin, remains at the Hamilton General where he's recovering from burns and smoke inhalation, while a 20-year-old female has since been treated in hospital and released. Fire investigators say there were no working smoke alarms inside the home.

1,270 birds destroyed after raid on B.C. cockfighting ring
Friday, February 29, 2008 | 8:37 PM ET CBC News

Destroying 1,270 birds seized in a Surrey, B.C., cockfighting investigation took more than a dozen SPCA officers about 13 hours, says an official from the B.C. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.SPCA official Shawn Eccles displays metal spurs that were recovered from a massive cockfighting ring in Surrey, B.C., Wednesday.(CBC) The most horrific part of the warrant was having to euthanize every single one of the roosters on the property,said Shawn Eccles, BC SPCA chief animal prevention officer.

Eileen Dreever, a senior animal protection officer with the BC SPCA, said it was a painful experience for those who usually protect animals against cruelty.Each and every one of us had to justify what we were doing and why we were doing it and that was because if we didn't destroy these birds they would have died a horrible death, Dreever said Friday.We came across a number of birds with legs missing, eyes missing and they had puncture wounds to their bodies, she said.Eileen Dreever, a senior animal protection officer with the BC SPCA, says some of the birds found were missing their eyes and legs and suffered puncture wounds to their bodies.(CBC) We had no choice but to destroy the birds. It angers me that all these birds had to lose their lives in the name of sports or a game.While the SPCA has recommended that charges be laid against 27 people involved in the ring, police said Friday that charges are pending against only one man while their investigation continues.RCMP Const. Annie Linteau said a 58-year-old man was detained and released, and it will be up to the Crown to decide whether charges are laid against him.As part of their investigation, RCMP are looking into whether the cockfighting may be linked to organized crime.

SPCA officers were aided by the RCMP and Surrey bylaw officers when they executed search warrants and raided three properties in the rural area of Cloverdale earlier this week. The searches were carried out over two days, starting Wednesday evening.Cockfighting may have been going in the area for the past three or four years, SPCA officials told a news conference in Vancouver Friday.Some of the 1,270 fighting birds found on three properties were fed steroids and kept in a perpetual state of excitement.The birds were kept tethered to barrels and several were suffering from injuries such as infected cuts, missing eyes and head wounds.Officials said they found two fighting pits on two properties, as well as a wide variety of cockfighting paraphernalia, including curved metal spurs used to slash opponents, score cards, syringes and a feathered mock-up bird on the end of a stick.

PA Suspends Negotiations Over Gaza Operation
by Hana Levi Julian MAR 02,08

(IsraelNN.com) Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Ahmed Qureia suspended talks with Israel Saturday over stepped-up IDF operations which killed some 60 terrorists and wounded at least 60 others in Gaza, most of them members of Hamas.Senior PA negotiator Saeb Erekat told the AFP news agency The negotiations are buried under the houses that were destroyed in Gaza. The peace process has been destroyed because of the aggressions and the crimes that have been committed.Qureia officially notified Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni of the decision Saturday evening. She replied, Even if the Palestinians suspend talks, it won't influence in any way the decisions or operations Israel carries out to defend its citizens. From the beginning, this was the basis of talks with the moderate elements in the Palestinian Authority.The attacks on Gaza terrorists came after days of warnings by government officials there would be a harsh response if they did not cease attacking Israel with rockets, averaging two attacks per hour since last Wednesday. The rocket attacks which resulted in the death of an innocent Israeli and injuries to many more must cease and are utterly to be condemned.Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Saturday that Israel held Hamas responsible for the civilian casualties and would continue its operations to end the terror attacks on Israeli citizens.

We are not happy about civilians being hurt in Gaza, said Barak in a statement. Hamas and those who fire rockets at Israel are responsible and they will pay the price.Six people were wounded in missile attacks on the coastal city of Ashkelon Saturday, including two children, and many others suffered shock. There were a number of other attacks on Sderot as well, lightly wounding at least one person and sending others into shock. A total of 49 people were taken to Barzilai Medical Center in the city.Ronnie Yechiya, a husband and father of four who was a student at Sapir College adjacent to Sderot, was killed this past week in a rocket attack on the city, and a number of Jewish children have been seriously wounded recently by the missiles fired from northern Gaza. One young boy lost his leg when a rocket exploded three feet away from him as he frantically sought shelter,PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Saturday evening appealed to the United Nations to force Israel to end its attacks. [Abbas] has asked for an urgent session of the Security Council, said PA spokesman Nabil Abu Rdainah in a statement. Denouncing the attacks as more than a Holocaust, Abbas called for international protection for the Palestinian people, claiming that IDF attacks were aimed at innocent women, children and old people. Abbas's doctoral thesis in 1983 dealt with denying the extent of the Holocaust.Hamas, which continues to rule Gaza after wresting control over the region from Fatah-controlled PA government in a military coup last June, declared three days of mourning for the Gaza dead. The terrorist organization also said it would cancel classes in its schools on Sunday.

Foreign Reactions Divided

The official Jordanian news agency Petra quoted King Abdullah II as saying in a phone conversation with Abbas that the IDF operations were a violation of all international conventions. He termed the IDF counterterrorist operations a massacre.The Egyptian Foreign also criticized the attacks on Gaza terrorists. It is regretful that Israel carries out these operations without calculating the consequences on the adopted peace efforts, read the statement.

Both nations have peace treaties with Israel.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that Israel will be uprooted and its leaders tried for Saturdays deadly attacks on Gaza. Iran is a generous sponsor of terror activities and a primary patron of a number of terrorist organizations.I already said last year that the real Holocaust was in Palestine, Mr Ahmadinejad told state television in an interview, alluding to his oft-repeated doubts about the magnitude of the mass slaughter of Jews in World War II. The Libyan Foreign Ministry issued a statement expressing similar sentiments, calling on the Arab world to halt what it called an Israeli military campaign aimed at wiping out the Palestinian people.The Bush administration issued a statement in Washington urging Jerusalem to consider the consequences of its Gaza military activities. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is still scheduled to arrive in Israel by mid-week and has added Egypt to her agenda.Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair harshly condemned the constant rocket fire on southern Israel by Gaza terrorists while at the same time appealing to Israeli officials to avoid hurting Gaza civilians while trying to end the attacks on western Negev residents.The loss of civilian life including children is absolutely tragic, said Blair on Friday. The rocket attacks which resulted in the death of an innocent Israeli and injuries to many more must cease and are utterly to be condemned.

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

Dow loses 315 on economic worries By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer Sat Mar 1, 4:24 AM ET

NEW YORK - Stocks fell sharply Friday after a series of depressing economic and corporate reports as well as high oil prices stoked concerns about the health of the economy. The major stock indexes fell more than 2.5 percent and the Dow Jones industrials lost 315 points. Investors were unnerved by disappointing quarterly results from American International Group Inc. and Dell Inc. And an index of regional business activity that Wall Street regards as a good indicator of a broader report due next week had its weakest showing in more than six years.Oil prices continued to stir concern about inflation after pushing past $103 per barrel for the first time.

While stocks made sharp gains in the first three days this week even amid somewhat lackluster economic readings, the litany of concerns investors succumbed to Friday reflected the undercurrent of uncertainty that has kept Wall Street on edge for months.We really had to face a plethora of negative news, said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at Jefferies & Co. in Boston. We just ran out of gas this week.Hogan said while stocks held up admirably early in the week amid an uneven flow of economic news, they couldn't hold their gains after the latest round of weak economic signals.The Dow fell 315.79, or 2.51 percent, to 12,266.39.Broader stock indicators also tumbled. The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 37.05, or 2.71 percent, to 1,330.63, and the Nasdaq composite index declined 60.09, or 2.58 percent, to 2,271.48.For the week, the Dow lost 0.93 percent, while the S&P 500 gave up 1.66 percent and the Nasdaq fell 1.38 percent. The week's losses would have been steeper had stocks not risen early in the week on hopes many of Wall Street's credit troubles were easing and after IBM Corp. announced a sizable stock repurchase plan.Friday's losses sent stocks lower for February, the fourth straight month of declines.

Bond prices rose sharply as stocks lost ground. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 3.53 percent in late trading from 3.67 percent late Thursday.The Chicago Board Options Exchange's volatility index, known as the VIX, and often referred to as the fear index, jumped 12.8 percent.The dollar hit another low against the euro and slid to a three-year record against the yen. The fall in the dollar has sent prices of commodities such as oil and gold soaring.Light, sweet crude jumped to a record of $103.05 in early electronic trading before settling down 75 cents at $101.84 a barrel on New York Mercantile Exchange.Insurer AIG announced a $5.29 billion quarterly loss largely because of steep declines in the value of a portfolio of contracts known as credit default swaps. Such contracts pledge to cover missed payments on debt. The company's losses caught analysts off guard, as many had expected the company to turn a profit.While each of the 30 stocks that comprise the Dow industrials showed declines, those of AIG were the steepest. The stock fell $3.29, or 6.6 percent, to $46.86.

Computer maker Dell posted a 6 percent decline in its quarterly profit, falling below analysts' expectations, and warned that its business could suffer from reduced customer spending. Dell slid 97 cents, or 4.7 percent, to $19.90.Bill Schultz, chief investment officer at McQueen, Ball & Associates in Bethlehem, Pa., said AIG's report left investors uneasy about the prospect of further sizable write-downs of bad debt. Every time we get to a point where we think we've finished, another report comes out and says we're not done yet, he said. Schultz expects Wall Street will continue to proceed with fits and starts until investors sense that the bad debt from faltering mortgages has been accounted for and that balance sheets are on the mend. Some relief for the ailing bond insurance industry is on the way, though the news didn't dislodge Wall Street's glum mood Friday. Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross agreed to invest up to $1 billion in Bermuda-based reinsurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. Assured Guaranty rose $2.87, or 12.6 percent, to $25.65. In economic news, the Chicago purchasing managers index for February came in at 44.5, a weaker reading than the 48.5 that had been expected, according to Dow Jones Newswires. The report painted a dreary picture of the manufacturing sector and is seen as a precursor to the national Institute for Supply Management report expected Monday. A government report showed that personal spending, when stripping out the effects of inflation, stood unchanged in January. The findings brought further worries that consumers are more hesitant to reach into their wallets amid the uncertainties facing the economy. A parade of economic worries has weighed on consumer as well. The Reuters-University of Michigan final consumer sentiment reading for February came in at 70.8, better than the figure of 69 that had been expected. Still, the index was well off the level of 78.4 seen in January. Declining issues outnumbered advancers by roughly 7 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to 4.23 billion shares compared with 3.76 billion shares traded Thursday. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 19.54, or 2.77 percent, to 686.18. Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average closed down 2.32 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 lost 1.36 percent, Germany's DAX index fell 1.67 percent, and France's CAC-40 gave up 1.53 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the week down 114.63, or 0.93 percent, at 12,266.39. The Standard & Poor's 500 index finished down 22.48, or 1.66 percent, at 1,330.63. The Nasdaq composite index ended the week down 31.87, or 1.38 percent, at 2,271.48. The Russell 2000 index finished the week down 9.25, or 1.33 percent, at 686.18.

The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index — a free-float weighted index that measures 5,000 U.S. based companies — ended Friday at 13,455.96, down 207.07 points, or 1.52 percent, for the week. A year ago, the index was at 14,271.61. On the Net: New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com Nasdaq Stock Market: http://www.nasdaq.com

FAMINE

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

Winnepeg free Press Barley bill could be confidence test: Ritz February 29, 2008 at 09:56 PM CST

REGINA -- Canada's agriculture minister is suggesting proposed legislation to end the Canadian Wheat Board's monopoly on western barley sales could be a confidence motion. Gerry Ritz says the legislation will be introduced in Parliament on Monday, but he's tight-lipped about the contents of the bill.The three opposition parties have said they're ready for a political fight on the issue.

On a visit to Regina, Ritz said the federal government is looking at all options to get the legislation passed and -- in his words --if it takes a confidence motion we'll go there.His comments came after a rally on the steps of the Saskatchewan legislature that saw angry confrontations between board supporters and opponents.About 250 people gathered for the rally, some shoving and swearing at each other.The Canadian Press

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)

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
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.

Putin's chosen successor ahead in vote By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer MAR 02,08

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin's handpicked successor Dmitry Medvedev was cruising to an easy victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday, a result expected to give significant power to the outgoing president. The Central Election Commission said that returns from 15percent of Russia's electoral districts showed Medvedev with about 65 percent.Some voters complained of pressure to cast ballots for Medvedev, and critics called the election a cynical stage show to ensure unbroken rule by Putin and his allies.Sunday's vote came after a tightly controlled campaign and months of political maneuvering by Putin, who appeared determined to keep a strong hand on Russia's reins while maintaining while maintaining the basic trappings of electoral democracy and leaving the constitution intact.Medvedev is expected to formally take over as president in May, and Putin has agreed to be his prime minister.Some in the West have welcomed Medvedev's reputation as a moderate after years of tense ties with Putin over his crackdown on domestic dissent, U.S. plans for a missile defense and Kosovo's independence, among other things.I'm in a good mood. Spring is here, Medvedev said as he cast his ballot in Moscow, where rain and wet snow sprinkled slushy streets. The season has changed.Putin, smiling and relaxed as he went to vote, said he was in a holiday spirit and that his wife, Lyudmila, called the rain a good sign — a reference to an old Russian superstition.

Few international observers monitored the election, in which accounts of pressure will reinforce Western concerns of backtracking on democracy under Putin.The result doesn't matter as this is an illegitimate transfer of power, said former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, a Putin foe who was barred from the ballot.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said; These are free and democratic elections after a free and democratic campaign.Some 450,000 police and troops deployed nationwide to ensure the voting proceeded calmly, although two bomb explosions targeted a police convoy near Chechnya, wounding several people.Though he has never held elected office, Medvedev has had an easy ride toward the presidency. Polls predicted he would take a solid majority of votes against the three other candidates: Communist Gennady Zyuganov, flamboyant ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky and the little-known Andrei Bogdanov of the Democratic Party.Zyuganov has nearly 20percent, early results showed.Liberal opposition leaders Kasyanov and Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion and one of the Kremlin's most prominent critics, were both squeezed off the ballot on technicalities.The ITAR-Tass and Interfax news agencies quoted Zyuganov saying he has a list of 200 alleged vote violations and Zhirinovsky as saying he will challenge official vote results in court.

Escorted by a dozen riot police as he spoke to journalists near Red Square, Kasparov carried a plastic shopping bag that read, I am not participating in this farce.Zyuganov claimed widespread irregularities but provided no evidence. Only 300 international election observers were monitoring the 96,000 voting stations across Russia's 11 time zones. The influential Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe refused to send observers, saying Russia imposed such tight restrictions that its mission would be meaningless. With Medvedev hoping for a powerful mandate, turnout was the only electoral uncertainty. It stood above 60 percent nationwide two hours before the last polls were to close, the Central Election Commission said. All of my friends voted for Medvedev, they say he's been elected already and want to be part of majority. said Renata Mukhammetshina, 21, a student in the southern city of Volgograd. Polling stations offered enticements to voters: discounted food, office supplies, concerts and flowers. That echoed Soviet times, when hard-to-get items were available during carefully staged elections. In a post-Soviet touch apparently aimed to boost turnout, some polling stations were set up in shopping malls.

Moscow street cleaners swept away grime for voting day. In the southern Russian city of Stavropol, public transport was free for the day. In Krasnodar, a local group staged a lottery open only to voters — with a car as the top prize. In Medvedev's native St. Petersburg, some voters quaffed bargain beer at their polling place. Others showed up for the goods but didn't bother to vote.
Government-paid teachers and doctors across the country complained that they were being pressured to vote at their workplace under the gaze of their superiors to ensure a convincing win and a high turnout for Medvedev.The head of an independent Russian election monitoring group, Golos, said her organization was receiving a steady stream of complaints and reports of irregularities, including blatant attempts to influence voters and voters being bought off.Most of problems appear to be occurring at the local level in the provinces, where there is little scrutiny, Liliya Shabanova said. Observers from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe complained to the election commission about disproportionate campaign airtime given to Medvedev. Some cast protest ballots, including Alexander Petrov, a 28-year-old trader in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok who voted for Zyuganov because he wanted to take away votes from the candidate of the ruling powers.Sofia, 25, a history teacher in a school in southwestern Moscow, said the principal required her and her colleagues to cast ballots at a polling station at the school.

This is terrible; they are not leaving us any choice, said Sofia, who declined to give her last name out of fear of losing her job. She said she destroyed her ballot in protest. The new president's major domestic tasks are economic. Russia got rich from skyrocketing world oil prices, but the economy is hugely dependent on natural resources and needs to diversify to ensure long-term prosperity. Inflation — more than 11 percent last year — is undermining the nascent middle class. Timofei Ryumin, 38, a doctor who lives in Russia's westernmost region, the Baltic city of Kaliningrad, said Medvedev's campaign seems planned and coherent and voted for him despite disappointment in the Kremlin's unfulfilled promises to provide cheaper housing for families like his. I don't see alternative leaders who could hold a firm grip on power, he said. Associated Press writers Liya Khabarova in Vladivostok, Irina Titova in St. Petersburg, and Maria Danilova and Mansur Mirovalev in Moscow contributed to this report.

Ahmadinejad: Iraq-Iran are brotherly By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer Sun Mar 2, 10:53 AM ET

BAGHDAD - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday his landmark visit to Iraq opened a new chapter in brotherly relations between the two countries, which were once bitter enemies.

Ahmadinejad is the first Iranian president to visit Iraq. The trip not only highlights his country's growing influence on its Arab neighbor in the post-Saddam Hussein era, but it also serves as an act of defiance toward the U.S., which accuses Iran of training and giving weapons to Shiite extremists in Iraq.The Iranian leader went from Baghdad's airport to a meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who gave him a red-carpet welcome. The two kissed four times on the cheek in the traditional fashion and a band played the two countries' national anthems.We had very good talks that were friendly and brotherly. ... We have mutual understandings and views in all fields, and both sides plan to improve relations as much as possible, Ahmadinejad said in a news conference with Talabani at the Iraqi president's residence, located across the Tigris River from the new U.S. Embassy in the fortified Green Zone.Talabani said the two discussed economic, political, security and oil issues and planned to sign several agreements later. But he said the issue of borders, including the disputed Shatt al-Arab waterway between the two countries, was not discussed.Ahmadinejad stressed that his country wanted a stable Iraq that would benefit the region.A united Iraq, a sovereign Iraq and an advanced Iraq is to the benefit of all regional nations and the people of Iran, he said.

Though much of the public talk focused on the warming relations between the two countries, Ahmadinejad denounced U.S. accusations that Iran was training and supplying Shiite militia fighters in Iraq with weapons designed to kill American troops.Such accusations increase the problems of the Americans in the region and they are not going to solve their problems, Ahmadinejad said in a separate press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki after discussions with Talabani.Al-Maliki emphasized that the Iranian leader's visit was an expression of the strong desire to enhance the relations and develop mutual interests after the past tensions during the dictatorship era.The news conference appeared to end abruptly after a reporter asked Ahmadinejad about the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, which was allied with Saddam during the bitter 1980s war between the two countries. The group has opposed Iran's Islamic republic and has operated out of Iraq. The U.S. and European Union list it as a terrorist organization.

Talabani interjected, saying: This issue has been discussed earlier and the presence of those as a terrorist organization is constitutionally not allowed. We will endeavor to get rid of them out of the Iraqi territory soon.The U.S. has said it will have no involvement in Ahmadinejad's visit. Ahmadinejad arrived in Iraq a day after Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came to Baghdad on an unannounced visit with commanders and Iraqi officials.Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told The Associated Press that Ahmadinejad plans to leave Monday morning.Though both are Shiite-majority countries, Iran and Iraq were hostile to each other throughout Saddam's regime. Their eight-year war after Saddam invaded Iran in 1980 cost about 1 million lives.But when Saddam's Sunni-dominated regime fell and Iraq's Shiite majority took power after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, long-standing ties between the Shiites of both countries flourished again, though the two neighbors have yet to sign a peace treaty.Many of Iraq's Shiite leaders lived in exile in Iran during Saddam's rule, and Talabani, a Sunni Kurd, speaks fluent Farsi.With the trip, Ahmadinejad also may be trying to bolster his support back home ahead of parliamentary elections later this month. They are seen as referendum on the Iranian president, who has come under criticism in his country for spending too much time on anti-Western rhetoric and not enough on Iran's economic problems.

The U.S. has tried to downplay Ahmadinejad's visit. It has said it welcomed Iran's stated policy of promoting stability but that its actions have done just the opposite. Rear Adm. Gregory Smith said the Iraqi government would provide the principal security for Ahmadinejad and had the capacity and equipment to do so. Iraq has a responsibility as a neighbor to provide security, he said during a press conference in the Green Zone, adding that the U.S. hoped the visit produces real and tangible results.President Bush denied that Ahmadinejad's visit undermined U.S. efforts to isolate Tehran, but had some advice for what al-Maliki should say to the Iranian leader. He's a neighbor. And the message needs to be, quit sending in sophisticated equipment that's killing our citizens, Bush said.
In Tehran, Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini criticized Bush. His remarks are an intervention in the friendly, brotherly and sincere relations between Iran and Iraq, Hosseini told reporters Sunday after Ahmadinejad left Iran. Americans do not want the relations to grow.

Ashkelon Katyushas Came From Iran Via Egypt
by Ezra HaLevi MAR 02,08

(IsraelNN.com) Israel’s Foreign Ministry says the Grad-type Katyusha rockets fired at Ashkelon came from Iran and may lead Israel back to Gaza.In the past 24 hours, over 15 heavy rockets were fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza against Israel’s southern port city of Ashkelon, a Foreign Ministry dispatch to journalists and diplomatic staff said. The 122 mm Grad rockets (also known as Katyushas), are a type of standard military artillery weapon produced in the former Soviet bloc and by other states deploying non-Western arms. It is manufactured to military standards, by a conventional arms industry, and is equipped with a weapons-grade high explosive fragmentation warhead.The Foreign Ministry pointed the finger at Tehran. The Grad rockets fired today were apparently smuggled into Gaza from Iran via Egypt through tunnels and the breached Rafah border fence, the dispatch stated. Israel has repeatedly warned neighboring states and the international community about the arms buildup taking place in Hamas-controlled Gaza. Today’s attacks constitute a regretful yet unequivocal proof of the veracity of Israel’s warnings.Prior to the implementation of the 2005 Disengagement from Gaza and northern Samaria, anti-expulsion activists placed posters all around Ashkelon proclaiming that the withdrawal would herald missiles on the port city and advising resident to oppose the move or prepare for the attacks. Thursday’s missiles slammed into the campus of Barzilai Hospital, destroyed a family home in one of the city’s neighborhood, made a large crater in one of the city’s streets and stuck the municipal cemetery. The Foreign Ministry statement ended with an acknowledgement echoing the predictions of Gaza’s Jewish evictees: that Israel will have no choice but return to settle the region. Israel left the Gaza Strip over two years ago, with no intention of ever returning, the statement said. Yet, the continued escalation of Hamas terrorism emanating from Gaza, purposely targeting Israeli civilians, is liable to leave Israel with no choice.

Much-Studied Shroud Of Turin Gets New Digital Scrutiny FEB 29,08

A huge 12.8 billion-pixel image was made of the linen, on which the smudged outline of the body of a man is indelibly impressed. The image was made following a Vatican request to obtain the most detailed reproduction of the yellowing ancient cloth. The technology allows a level of scrutiny of the linen as never achieved before.

8th century seal found in Jerusalem dig
Feb. 29, 2008 at 11:13 AM

JERUSALEM, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- An ancient seal with an archaic Hebrew inscription dating to the 8th century BC has been reported found in an archeological dig in Jerusalem's City of David.The find shows that by 2,700 years ago, seals were being engraved with the names of clerks and merchants instead of the symbols used in earlier centuries, the Israel Antiquities Authority said.The seal bears the Hebrew name Rephaihu (ben) Shalem, a public official who lived in the Jerusalem neighborhood during this period, the Jerusalem Post reported.The excavation is being carried out by Haifa University Professor Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority. To date the seals they used pottery shards found at the site which were dated back to the 8th century before Christ, a period also known as the Iron Age 2. Also found were fragments of three bullae, which were pieces of clay used to seal letters and goods.United Press International.

City of David Dig Reveals Information on Ancient Postal System by Ezra HaLevi MAR 01,08

(IsraelNN.com) Artifacts from City of David excavations in Jerusalem reveal an interesting tidbit of information about the ancient postal system in Israel.In an archaeological excavation being carried out at the Spring House, near the Gihon Spring in the City of David – in the valley east of Jerusalem’s Old City, soil was excavated which contained pottery shards that date to the Iron Age 2 (eighth century BCE).Whereas during the ninth century BCE, letters and goods were dispatched on behalf of their senders without names, by the eighth century BCE the clerks and merchants had already begun to add their names to the seals, concluded the Antiquities Authority.Wet sifting and sorting through the soil revealed three fragments of clay stamps used to seal letters or goods in ancient times. Two more stone seals were recently found as well. All of the objects bear Hebrew names and all date to the eighth century BCE.

Among them is a seal that was discovered intact, bearing the Hebrew name Rephaihu (ben) Shalem, who lived in the City of David in Jerusalem during this period. The seals were primarily used by public officials, according to Professor Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa and Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority, who oversee the dig.In contrast with the large cluster of bullae (seals) that was found two years ago, in which all of its items contain graphic symbols (such as a boat or different animals – fish, lizards and birds) but are of an earlier date (end of the ninth-beginning of the eighth century BCE), the new items indicate that during the eighth century BCE the practice had changed and the clerks who used the seals began to add their own names to them.The Israel Antiquities Authority, together with the Nature and Parks Authority and the Elad Association, discovered the seals during ongoing intensive excavations being carried out on the eastern side of the Old City of Jerusalem.

The CARMEL ALERT Feb 29th 2008 A compilation of news reports from the past week for the information of those committed to praying for Israel and the salvation of the Jewish people.

David's Comment: Why Is It Only Israel ?

As Shabbat approaches, Israel & Hamas are on the verge of a full blown war - as early as next week. The news media is already mis-reporting the events that are leading to war. Really it has been war for Israel for months as the Kassam rockets have rained down on southern Israel. As usual the news reports what Israel
is doing, but does not report that it is in response to Hamas rockets. 100 were fired at Israel on Thursday alone. This week's comment is not actually a comment but some very serious questions that we should all be asking ourselves, our governments and our news media .............

* Why is it only Israel that is not allowed to occupy the land that the Creator of the Universe allotted to our forefathers ?

* Why is it that Israel only occupies only 22% of the land it was granted by the British Mandate ?

* Why is it only Israel that is not allowed to have our capital city in our capital city ?

* Why is it only Israel that is constantly rebuked in the United Nations ?

* Why is it only Israel that is not allowed to be a member of the UN Security Council while Libya, Syria, Iran and other terrorist nations are ?

* Why is it only Israel that releases hundreds of terrorists from prison and receives none of their missing soldiers in return ?

* Why is it only Israel that is that gives land for peace, but never gets the promised peace ?

* Why is it only Israel that is bombarded by thousands of enemy rockets and yet is rebuked for fighting back ?

* Why is it only Israel that blesses the worlds of science, medicine, education, art, music, theatre, computers, and yet is hated and persecuted

* Why is it only Israel that is boycotted for no legitimate reason ?

* Why is it only Israel that is forced to ethnic cleanse its own people ?

Why is it only Israel ? Here is the answer to the question

Psalm 132:13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for His dwelling place:

The Lord bless you as you bless Israel by standing in defense of her right to exist on the land given to the Jewish people by the God of Israel . Lets pray that Israel will turn back to their God. Do not be silent, but share this with your fellow Christians, share it with your pastors, and with anyone you have a chance to speak to. Lets also pray for that breakthrough to the Muslims, and please remember to pray for our son Jordan, and all of his fellow soldiers in the IDF. Please make your voice heard by signing the petition to save Jerusalem www.savejerusalem.org

Shabbat Shalom ... David & Josie Silver.