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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.

Hurricane season ending after record damage in US Wed Nov 19, 3:02 pm ET

MIAMI (AFP) – The Atlantic hurricane season in 2008 is coming to a close after producing 16 storms, including eight hurricanes, and inflicting record damage in the United States, a report by university researchers said on Wednesday.The storm activity was well above-average overall and very active in terms of storms making US landfall, a team of forecasters at Colorado State University said.The Atlantic hurricane season extends from June 1 to November 30, but experts do not expect new tropical storms to form in the closing days of the season.Of the eight hurricanes that formed, five were intense storms (category 3-5 on the the Saffir-Simpson scale), with Gustav and Ike both causing tremendous amounts of devastation in the United States and in the Caribbean, the report said.An average season has about 11 tropical storms, including five hurricanes with two of high-intensity.Even though no major hurricanes struck the United States this year, Gustav and Ike carried winds of up to 175 kilometers (109 miles) per hour, just shy of levels that define major hurricanes, at 178 kilometers per hour.The damage caused by the spate of storms in the United States was estimated at 20 billion dollars, according to the report.

The year was one of the most destructive years on record from a damage perspective, Phil Klotzbach, who led the study.Hurricane Ike, which struck the Texas coast in September after hitting oil installations, caused insured damage amounting to eight billion dollars, the report said.The team of forecasters, Klotzbach and William Gray, said their predictions at the opening season proved mostly accurate.In April and June as the season began, the team forecast 15 named storms, eight hurricanes and four intense hurricanes. In fact, there were 16 named storms registered, eight hurricanes and five intense hurricanes.

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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

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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS THU NOV 20,2008

09:30 AM -31.54
10:00 AM -158.66
10:30 AM -152.42
11:00 AM -11.07
11:30 AM -54.82
12:00 PM -93.67
12:30 PM +70.30
01:00 PM +85.54
01:30 PM -31.30
02:00 PM +40.54
02:30 PM -124.74
03:00 PM -158.58
03:30 PM -231.14
04:00 PM -444.99 7552.29

S&P 500 752.44 -54.14

NASDAQ 1316.12 -70.30

GOLD 744.9 -10.4

OIL 49.62 -4.92

TSE 300 7724.76 -765.80

CDNX 691.95 -38.14

S&P/TSX/60 463.57 -49.31

MORNING NEWS,STATS

S&P 500 drops 20% in last 11 days of trading.
Financial sector lost 10% yesterday.
Deflation fears,Net worth can fall endless.
Deflation fears rising as last month's CPI drops 1%,most since its inception in 1947.
Fear of more Mortgage losses.
Dow -53 points at 4 minutes into trading today.
Dow -205 points at low today this morning so far.
Dow +41 points at high so far this morning.

WHY DO FINANCIALS KEEP DROPPING?
-Street believes capital raised insufficient to cover additional losses.
-Sales of assets necessary,but loans to buy are hard to come by.
HOW MUCH MORE CAPITAL IS NEEDED?
-FBR CAPITAL MARKETS:
-US financial system still needs at least $1 - $1.2 TRILLION DOLLARS.
-Private market capital raising becoming more difficult.
-Government must provide more Capital
-Bank holiday on dividends likely.

AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS

Dow touches lowest level since March 2003.
Dow dips below recent intraday low of 7882 points.
Dow -222 points at low today.
Dow +187 points at high today.
S&P 500 touches lowest level since October 2002.
Nasdaq touches lowest level since April 2003.

Alex Jones:China wants to buy big 3 company factories.
Alex Jones:Obama hiring Clinton,1ST Bush members,trouble for America.
GM shares fall to lowest level since June 1938.
Saudi Prince Al Waleed plans to boost Citi stake back to 5%.
The markets are goin crazy today,one minute up +60,the next minute -20.
Bipartism Group of Senators reach compromise agreement to give Emergency loans to Detroit Automakers.
CNBC'S HARWOOD:Reid,Pelosi say auto bill may have to wait until December.
AUTO UPDATE NEWS CONFERENCE AT 2:30PM THIS AFTERNOON.

WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS

Down down 5.6% today.
Dow drops 11.1% this week.
Dow falls 43.1% this year so far.
Dow drops below 7600 points today.
Dow and Nasdaq end today at fresh 5 1/2 year lows.
S&P drops 6.7% today.
S&P drops 13.8% this week.
S&P drops 48.8% this year so far.
S&P falls below 2002 bear market low of 776 points.
S&P closes at lowest level since April 1997.
Nasdaq down 5.1% today.
Nasdaq down 50.4% this year so far.
Crude oil below $50 today.
Energy and Financials brought down the Market today.
Citigroup down 26% today.
Citi option merger.
Citi stocks below $5 a share today.
Citi 800 MILLION shares traded.
Alcoa down 16% today.
J P Morgan down 16% today.
Bank of America down 14% today.
Dell Q3 EPS $0.37.
Dell Q3 revenue $15.15 BILLION VS $16.22 BILLION forecast.
US DOLLAR WEAKER.
US 2 year yield below 1% today.
US 10 year treasury yield falls to 50 year low of 3.0% Today.
Stocks plunge in last hour of trading again today.

TSX slides more than 750 points near close on weaker oil, bad financial news
By David Friend, The Canadian Press NOV 20,08

TORONTO - The Toronto stock market was down more than 750 points shortly before the closing bell as bad news ripped through key sectors of the market, including energy and banks. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 764.38 points to 7,726.18 - the first time since late 2003 that it has been under 8,000. Driving the market lower was weakness in the TSX energy sector as oil dipped under the US$50-a-barrel mark for the first time since January 2007. Metal stocks were also lower, with Teck Cominco (TSX:TCK.B) stock down 23 per cent. The company is suspending dividends, slashing capital spending and selling assets as it struggles under a massive debt taken on for the takeover of the Fording Canadian Coal Trust. And the financial sector tumbled after TD Bank (TSX:TD) disclosed it will report C$350 million in quarterly credit trading losses. Shares in the big Canadian banks were down as much as 16 per cent. The Canadian dollar was at 77.35 cents US, down 2.48 cents.

Stocks tumble for second day; Treasurys surge By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer NOV 20,08

AP – … NEW YORK – Stocks plunged for a second straight day Thursday, falling to a ranges not seen in six years as financial and energy stocks tumbled and as demand for the safety of government debt spiked to historic levels.Stocks, which had been weak for much of the session, lost ground after hopes faded that lawmakers would soon put together an aid package for the U.S. automakers and as major indexes like the Standard & Poor's 500 index broke through lows established in 2002. That breach of key technical thresholds sent a shudder through the market and touched off further selling.The pullback for the second straight day sent the Standard & Poor's 500 index down 6.7 percent to the 752 level, below the closing low of 776.76 logged on Oct. 9, 2002. The Dow Jones industrial average, meanwhile, fell 445 points, or 5.6percent. The decline brings the Dow's two-day decline to 873 points.Financial stocks plunged on worries that the government's financial rescue won't be sufficient to cover banks' losses. Meanwhile, a sharp drop in oil prices weighed heavily on energy companies.Thursday's pullback came amid heavy volume, a welcome sign for some investors who are looking for the market to experience a cathartic sell-off that could lay the groundwork for a recovery. Heavier volume can signal investors are scared enough to sell rather than simply sitting on the sidelines, which can result in relatively light volume.Observers said, however, that the selling was as much to do with entrenched pessimism about the prospects for many corners of the economy.

Unrelenting gloom has taken over the markets, said Dana Johnson, chief economist at Comerica Inc. The economic news, the concerns about some major financial institutions, the concerns about the auto sector, earnings reports, everything is coming out in a way that is just provoking a massive selling in the stock market.

Back in October we were looking at a potential catastrophic meltdown of the credit markets, and that didn't happen, he said. But that doesn't mean tremendous damage hasn't been done to the economy.According to preliminary calculations, the Dow fell 444.99, or 5.56 percent, to 7,552.29.Broader stock indicators also showed huge declines. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 54.14, or 6.71 percent, to 752.44. The Nasdaq composite index fell 70.30, or 5.07 percent, to 1,316.12.The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 27.07, or 6.56 percent, to 385.31.Declining issues outnumbered advancers by about 10 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 2.23 billion shares.Gus Scacco, managing director at AG Asset Management, said investors can't manage to regain confidence as the market continues to plumb new depths. Stocks fell to their lowest level in more than five years on Wednesday.

We're trying to make a bottom but we keep breaking through, he said.Bond prices showed stunning advances as investors clamored for the safety of government debt. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 3.14 percent from 3.32 percent late Wednesday. Bond yields move opposite their price. The yield on the three-month Treasury bill, considered one of the safest assets around, fell to 0.03 percent from 0.06 percent late Wednesday.Light, sweet crude for December delivery fell 7 percent, or $4, to settle at $49.62 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.On the Net: New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com Nasdaq Stock Market: http://www.nasdaq.com

Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3 By KEN THOMAS and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writers NOV 20,08

AP – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif, second from left, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill … WASHINGTON – Democratic leaders in Congress sidetracked legislation to bail out the auto industry Thursday and demanded the Big Three develop a plan assuring the money would make them economically viable. Until they show us the plan, we cannot show them the money, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a hastily called news conference in the Capitol.She and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Congress would return to work in early December to vote on legislation if General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC produce an acceptable plan.The decision averted a likely defeat of legislation providing $25 billion loans for the industry. Reid and Pelosi said there was no plan in circulation that could pass both houses of Congress and win President George W. Bush's approval.While the decision headed off the defeat of one bill, it did not necessarily translate into passage of a different one.As a result, the fate of hundreds of thousands of auto workers and even of an iconic American industry hang in the balance.The chief executives of the Big Three automakers appealed personally to lawmakers for the loans this week, and warned that their industry might collapse without them. In testimony, they said their problem was that credit was unavailable, and not that they were manufacturing products that consumers had turned their backs on.But whatever support they found sagged when it became known that each of them had flown into Washington aboard multimillion dollar corporate jets. Reid observed that was difficult to explain to taxpayers in his hometown of Searchlight, Nev.

The automakers are on a tight timeline. Reid and Pelosi said their plan must be turned over to key lawmakers by Dec. 2 They said hearings were possible the first week of December, and Congress may return to session the following week to consider legislation.Pelosi stressed that whatever the Big Three provided to Congress, it must show they had a plan for viability and accountability, meaning that the were transforming their industry in a way that it would become competitive, and that they were clear about how the federal loan money was used.Even if lawmakers return to vote, they are likely to insist on numerous conditions on any loans. One possibility is to seek a partial ownership of the companies. Another is to limit salaries of top executives. A third is to prohibit use of the funds for any lobbying.Until Democratic leaders reached their agreement, the bailout had appeared headed for defeat in Congress, with the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's once-venerable car companies in the balance.Reid canceled plans for a vote on a bill to carve $25 billion in new loans out of the $700 billion Wall Street rescue fund. The Bush administration and congressional Republicans oppose that plan. They prefer tapping a different source of funds that is earmarked to help the industry produce vehicles that burn less gasoline. But using those funds drew opposition from Pelosi, as well as environmentalists.Efforts on a compromise unfolded earlier in the day, and a small group of legislators circulated a proposal that would divert the fuel-efficiency money to cover the industry's short-term financial needs, while guaranteeing that account would ultimately be replenished.With all sides sensing doom for a Big Three automaker rescue, the finger-pointing proceeded.White House press secretary Dana Perino on Thursday blamed Reid for not allowing the Republicans' separate auto-aid plan to come up for a vote.Unfortunately it looks like Sen. Reid just wants to pick up his ball and go home for the next two weeks — two months — for vacation, she said.Pressed on what the White House would do if Congress can't agree on a plan to rescue the automakers this week, Perino said she thought lawmakers would return after the Thanksgiving holiday for an emergency legislative session if an auto company was in imminent danger of collapsing.I can't imagine a scenario where they wouldn't come back, unless the answer is that they just don't care. And if that's the case, then the American people ought to know that.

Congressional Democrats countered that the Treasury Department already had the power to grant emergency funds to the automakers, but the Bush administration opposed the approach. The leaders of the Big Three automakers painted a grim picture of their financial position during two days of congressional hearings, warning that the collapse of the auto industry could lead to the loss of 3 million jobs. Detroit's automakers, hurt by a sharp drop in sales and a nearly frozen credit market, burned through nearly $18 billion in cash reserves during the last quarter — about $7 billion at GM, almost $8 billion at Ford and $3 billion at Chrysler. GM and Chrysler said they could collapse in weeks. I don't believe we have the luxury of a lot of time, GM CEO Rick Wagoner told a House hearing. Alan Mulally, the CEO of Ford Motor Co., said the company had enough cash reserves to make it through 2009. But United Auto Workers union president Ron Gettelfinger said a bankruptcy could spawn others.

If there's a Chapter 11 (for) one of the companies, it will drag at least one other with them, if not all of them. And I do not believe Chapter 11 is where it will end. It will go to liquidation, Gettelfinger said. Automakers ran into more resistance from House lawmakers, who chastised the executives for fighting tougher fuel-efficiency standards in the past and questioned their use of private jets while at the same time seeking government handouts. My fear is that you're going to take this money and continue the same stupid decisions you've made for 25 years, said Rep. Michael Capuano, D-Mass. The stakes are high. The Detroit automakers employ nearly a quarter-million workers, and more than 730,000 other workers produce materials and parts that go into cars. About 1 million more people work in dealerships nationwide. If just one of the automakers declared bankruptcy, some estimates put U.S. job losses next year as high as 2.5 million. Associated Press writers David Espo and Sam Hananel in Washington and Tom Krisher in Detroit contributed to this report.

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France wants post-EU presidency financial summit
PHILIPPA RUNNER 19.11.2008 @ 09:28 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - France has unveiled plans for a post-French EU presidency financial summit, despite the Czech Republic's sensitivity over its upcoming chairmanship of the EU. The Elysee Palace on Tuesday (18 November) formally announced an international summit to be held in Paris on 8 January, entitled New World: Values, Development and Regulation, continuing France's ambition to create a new model for capitalism in the wake of the global financial crisis.Mr Sarkozy - known for having a high-octane personality, is to chair another major international meeting (Photo: The Council of the European Union)The meeting is to bring together international leaders as well as intellectuals such as economist Joseph Stiglitz and philosopher Francis Fukuyama and will be co-chaired by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former British PM Tony Blair. The move comes after a G20 summit in Washington last weekend fell short of EU hopes to tighten global financial regulation.The new Paris meeting is the latest in a long line of high-powered events organised by France since it took over the EU helm in July. An EU presidency normally hosts two EU summits, but Mr Sarkozy has already added one extraordinary Georgia war summit, one special financial crisis summit, a eurozone summit and a G4 financial summit.

French officials in October proposed that the eurozone should form an economic government led by Mr Sarkozy after the French EU presidency expires in December in order to maintain the impetus, the energy of the Elysee Palace's efforts.Mr Sarkozy and Mr Blair have also been floated as candidates for the Lisbon treaty-envisaged job of permanent EU president.But the Czech Republic has resented any suggestions that a small, new EU state cannot lead the bloc in times of crisis.Prague has also rejected MEPs' accusations that it will be a lame duck presidency because it is split over ratification of the Lisbon treaty and because the ruling ODS party suffered defeats in local elections last month.Nobody can take the presidency away from the Czech Republic, Czech deputy prime minister Alexandr Vondra said in October on the eurozone government idea.Prague also plans to hold two extraordinary summits during its EU chairmanship, one on the Eastern Partnership of deeper integration with the EU's post-Soviet neighbours and one to greet new US President Barack Obama.

French public policies minister Eric Besson toned down the language of the French president's original statement on the 8 January event when talking to the Associated Press on Tuesday.The meeting will be a conference not a summit, he said. It's not an operational and decision-making colloquium.

Israel's Netanyahu pushes economic peace plan by Ron Bousso Ron Bousso – Wed Nov 19, 5:59 am ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Israel's hawkish opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday a Palestinian state should only be created once the economy is strengthened, adding that this would be at the heart of his peace plan if he wins February elections.Economic development does not solve problems, it mitigates them and makes them more accessible for solution, and creates a stronger political base, the former prime minister and head of the rightwing Likud party said.He went on to say that his government would continue US-backed peace talks with the Palestinian Authority in an effort to reach an agreement on agreeable issues.Polls project that Likud would gain a slight lead in February 10 elections that were called after Ehud Olmert stepped down as prime minister in September.Netanyahu rejected the current format of the peace process, saying he would not hand over the Palestinians occupied territories before strengthening the West Bank economy, fearing that radical Islamists backed by archfoe Iran would seize power there.Any area that we withdraw from will be taken over by Iran, Netanyahu said in a speech before the General Assembly of North American Jewish communities. All we are doing is creating an additional base for militant Islam.Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005, where the Islamist Hamas movement violently ousted forces loyal to secular Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas less than two years later.Netanyahu said that while continuing talks with moderate Palestinians, he would seek to weave an economic peace alongside the political process that gives a stake in peace for the moderate elements in the Palestinian society.The plan will include creating thousands of jobs and the development of infrastructure and the removal of Israeli roadblocks across the West Bank in order to allow Palestinian movement without impeding Israeli society.He would also seek to develop three or four joint Israeli-Palestinian economic projects along the West Bank border area with the support of Egypt and Jordan, with which Israel has peace agreements.

This is a definite change I intend to introduce into the peace negotiations, the hawkish MP said.But Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad has rejected Netanyahu's proposals for an economic solution to the Middle East conflict.Fayyad, a former International Monetary Fund economist, said the conflict was a political one that required a political solution.I am interested not in redefining the occupation but in ending the occupation, he said in an interview published by the Israeli daily Haaretz on Tuesday.

TSX sinks to lowest level in 4 years U.S. markets plunge to five-year low
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | 4:43 PM ET CBC News

Falling financial stocks helped pull the S&P/TSX composite index to another triple-digit loss in trading on Wednesday afternoon.The Canadian benchmark index finished down 345.17 points, or 3.9 per cent, at 8,490.56.The TSX has not been this low since September 2004.The financial services sub-index was down 4.9 per cent after Bank of Nova Scotia warned a day earlier it would take a hit of more than a half-billion dollars to its bottom line due to fallout from the credit crunch.Scotiabank said the $595-million after-tax knock will include a charge of $115 million for trading revenues related to the bankruptcy of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, plus $370 million on securities the bank holds. Another $110 million charge will go to cover derivatives, but the bank said it expects to reverse the charge over the life of the hedging products.Shares of Scotiabank were off $1.93 at $35.24, for a drop of more than five per cent.

Bank of Montreal shares dropped $2.50, or more than six per cent, to $38, while Royal Bank lost $2.35 to end at $41.19, TD slipped $2.25 to $49.93, and CIBC gave back $2.59 to finish the day at $48.29.All the sub-indices on the TSX lost ground on Wednesday, including a drop of 11.5 per cent for the mining group.While banks played a key role in the TSX's losses, the retreat also reflected general economic woes in North America.You've got pretty soft economic numbers across the board so you've got a very negative sentiment at the moment, said Bob Gorman, chief portfolio strategist at TD Waterhouse.

Dow drops below 8,000 point
On Wall Street, U.S. stocks plunged to their lowest levels since March 2003.The Dow Jones industrial average shed five per cent, or more than 427 points, to end at 7,997.28 points. Nasdaq lost 96.85 to finish at 1,386.42 and the S&P 500 tumbled 52.54 points to end at 806.58.Losses deepened on stock markets after the Federal Reserve cut its outlook for the U.S. economy.The central bank is now expecting anything from zero growth to expansion of just 0.3 per cent this year. For 2009, the Fed's prediction ranges from a contraction of 0.2 per cent all the way up to growth of 1.1 per cent.The forecasts are down from the prediction the Fed made to the U.S. Congress in July.Oil prices, meanwhile, also fell 77 cents US Wednesday, closing at $53.62 US a barrel.

EU industry commissioner backs Opel aid
ELITSA VUCHEVA 19.11.2008 @ 17:44 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - EU industry commissioner Gunter Verheugen on Wednesday (19 November) signaled support for possible German government aid to Germany-based carmaker Opel, saying Opel's situation is exceptional and justifies special measures.

Opel has been experiencing sales, as well as financial, problems in the last weeks, and has asked the German government for loan guarantees in case its parent company, US car maker General Motors Corp, can no longer finance it.But as a division of General Motors, Opel's problems are not its fault, Mr Verheugen told MEPs in Strasbourg. Problems have arisen solely from the credit crunch in America, he said. I think these are exceptional circumstances which don't apply to other European constructors and which justify consideration of exceptional measures, the commissioner added.He also warned about possible consequences on the whole European car industry if Opel finds itself in serious trouble.If one big car maker disappears from the market, there will be a knock-on effect all down the line, he said.

Meanwhile, German solar panel maker SolarWorld on Wednesday said it was already preparing a €1 billion offer to buy four of Opel's plants. It said it would pay €250 million in cash and €750 million as a bank credit under certain conditions, Deutsche Welle reports.

Support for European car industry

The industry commissioner and French EU affairs minister Jean-Pierre Jouyet - whose country holds the rotating EU presidency at the moment - also spoke out in favour of more support for Europe's car industry in general.Targeted and temporary measures to support European producers might be useful, in part to increase technological and ecological performance, Mr Jouyet told MEPs in Strasbourg.Mr Verheugen added: The situation is clear, the automobile industry is a key industry, maybe the key industry. We have to champion sustainability of [that] industry.European car manufacturers have asked for a €40 billion aid in the form of loans with below-market interest rates, while the European Commission is to unveil next week a general economic stimulus plan.Mr Jouyet also said the issue would be discussed during a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels in December.

Sticking to the rules

Some of Mr Verheugen's own colleagues have spoken out against the European car industry getting special treatment, however.EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes on Tuesday stressed that aid granted to the European financial sector would not justify aid to the car sector, too.You cannot compare the car sector with the financial sector, she was reported as saying by Reuters.If your financial system is not working any more, then it is over. That was our incentive to give medicine to its blood circulation, she added.We have to be aware that if one quits the competition rules, for a very short period it is a positive point for one member state, but the very next week it will be a failure if everyone is just making his own proposals, Ms Kroes underlined.

Throne speech talks of auto aid Wed Nov 19, 6:18 PM
By Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The Harper government is promising aid to the beleaguered auto sector as part of a five-point plan it hopes will protect Canada from the global economic crisis - and insulate the minority administration from political fallout. The Conservatives used Wednesday's throne speech to warn that weathering the storm will likely mean plunging the country back into deficit, something that was unthinkable only a few weeks ago. The plan promises sound budgeting to ensure the country avoids ongoing, unsustainable structural deficits. But it appears resigned to the prospect of deficits in the short-term. In a historic global downturn, it would be misguided to commit to a balanced budget in the short term at any cost because that cost would ultimately be borne by Canadian families, Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean read from the speech in the Senate chamber. It's a long way from last year's throne speech, in which the cash-rich government - flush with a multibillion-dollar surplus - promised big tax cuts. The latest blueprint from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government also makes an unequivocal promise to secure jobs through training and to provide further unspecified support for the troubled auto and aerospace industries. Until now, the government has hedged about helping the automotive industry. The Canadian manufacturing sector, particularly the automotive and aerospace industries, has been under increasing strain. Our government will provide further support for these industries, the speech promised.

The plan includes commitments to reform global finance, expand investment and trade and make government more efficient. As usual, the throne speech offers a general direction but few specifics. Details will come in a fiscal update next week, the government said. NDP Leader Jack Layton called the plan very timid and said his party will vote against the throne speech. We expected bold action. We have an unprecedented crisis here, he said. He said New Democrats wanted to see a real stimulus package and got instead more of what they've done before.Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe said his party will also vote against the throne speech, which he criticized for offering nothing for Quebec. However, the government is in no danger of falling. Liberal Leader Stephane Dion said that, while the speech fell short of what's needed to revive the faltering economy, it would be irresponsible to plunge the country into another election over it. The speech highlighted other priorities, including Senate reform, tougher crime legislation and tighter food-safety rules, and securing Canada's energy future by developing resources, particularly in the North. The government reiterated its commitment to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions 20 per cent by 2020 - well short of Canada's Kyoto targets, which Harper has dismissed as unachievable. And it announced it will set an objective that 90 per cent of Canada's electricity needs will be provided by non-emitting sources, such as hydro, nuclear or wind power, by 2020. The speech overflowed with admonitions that Canadians need to pull together to weather the economic tsunami, recalling past challenges such as the First World War and the Great Depression. Canadians have faced times of uncertainty and renewal before and have always emerged a stronger and more united people.There were conciliatory overtures to opposition parties and provincial governments, as the administration promised to rededicate itself to working in partnership with others to bolster the economy. The speech acknowledged the Harper government won only a minority in last month's federal election and that it will have to be responsible and accountable to members of Parliament. All MPs were invited to take an active role in proposing cuts in spending, with the assurance that departments will get the funding they need to deliver essential programs and services and no more.Nevertheless, the government clearly has its own ideas about where to save money, starting with public service wages. The speech said legislation will be introduced to ensure sustainable compensation growth in the federal public service.The speech also took pains to tone down previous promises that had raised hackles among some provinces. Last year's throne speech plan to legislate limits on the federal spending power, for instance, was watered down to a simple promise to voluntarily constrain the spending power - essentially the status quo. Wednesday's speech also promised to introduce a Charter of Open Federalism, laying out the government's principles of federalism.

Gone was the threat, issued in the last throne speech just over a year ago, to use the federal trade and commerce power to force provinces to dismantle inter-provincial trade barriers. In its place this time, the government promised only to work with the provinces to eliminate such barriers. The speech also promised to work with provinces to create a common national securities regulator, an idea that is adamantly opposed by Quebec. However, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said later that Quebec will be allowed to opt out of the new body and continue operating its own securities regulator. The Governor General was welcomed to Parliament with a traditional 21-gun artillery salute. She then inspected a ceremonial guard of honour before being led into the Senate by the Usher of the Black Rod.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

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

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

THE EU WANT TO PATROL THE WATERS OF SOMALIA TO KEEP TRACK OF THE PIRATES HIJACKING SHIPS ALSO,THEIR FINALLY BECOMING THE WORLDS LEADING ARMY LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS MUST HAPPEN.

Europeans call for more UN troops in Congo
VALENTINA POP 19.11.2008 @ 17:44 CET

EUOBSERVER / STRASBOURG – The worsening humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo has prompted MEPs to call on the United Nations Security Council to bolster the UN peace mission by 3,000 troops, with France pledging to contribute to the reinforcements.

Beefing up the existing 17,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission (MONUC) and expanding its mandate to also tackle illegal exploitation of gold and diamond mines were the two key proposals emerging from a plenary debate in European Parliament on Wednesday (19 November), ahead of a decision by the UN security council on the matter expected by the end of the week.We have to bolster what is already there - MONUC - and send more troops. France will contribute to this increase in troops, French Europe minister Jean-Pierre Jouyet said. He added that the UN was expected to approve the proposal and was hoping India could provide more elite troops for the mission. India is already contributing the most troops - 4,372 - followed by Bangladesh, Pakistan and Uruguay.The French EU presidency, which failed to gain the support of EU foreign and defence ministers to send EU troops to Congo earlier this month, drafted the UN resolution to increase the MONUC troops by 3,000. The draft, seen by Reuters, asks the UNto approve a temporary increase of MONUC's authorized military strength by up to 2,785 military personnel, and the strength of its formed police unit by up to 300 personnel.The increase would bring the maximum permitted number of troops and police deployed under MONUC, already the biggest UN peacekeeping force in the world, to just over 20,000 to cover a country roughly the size of western Europe.Mr Jouyet stressed that the EU was unable to send a military mission to Congo because it was already committed in Chad and the Central African Republic, but stressed that the EU was contributing €56 million in humanitarian aid and providing air lift for delivering the assistance.EU commissioner for external relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner also defended the non-military involvement of the bloc, stressing: An EU force to secure humanitarian aid was the only one accepted by all sides.

EU soldiers wanted

But German MEP Jurgen Schroeder speaking on behalf of the European People's Party called for a short-term EU force to stabilise the region quickly until the new MONUC troops will be deployed.A similar position was taken by the non-governmental development group Oxfam International, which operates in Congo. The people of eastern Congo don't have the luxury of the three to four months it would normally take to deploy the additional [UN] troops. Only the EU can respond quickly enough with its special stand-by battlegroup forces created precisely to respond to this kind of crisis, Angela Corbalan from Oxfam told the EUobserver.Mr Jouyet added during the debate in Strasbourg that the matter would be brought again to the attention of EU foreign ministers at an upcoming meeting in December, ahead of the EU summit.

Gold and diamonds

Ms Ferrero-Waldner along with several MEPs called on the UN to extend the MONUC mandate to also fight illegal exploitation of gold and diamond mines.The war has its origin in the gold and diamond mines. Despite rebel fighting, production goes on, the transport routes, the airport are functioning for this purpose and people are still getting rich on the expense of these tragedies, Social-Democrat MEP Alain Hutchinson said.His remarks were echoed by Liberal-Democrat MEP Thierry Cornillet, who asked for a close scrutiny of the EU companies who buy ores from the militias.
Jose Ribeiro from the European People's Party said that a blacklist similar to the one for terrorist groups should be set up for companies who deal with these thugs, calling for their accounts to be frozen.

Cyprus backs Russia's call for new European treaty
The Associated Press Posted: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, and Cyprus President Dimitris Christofias embrace each other during their meeting in Moscow's Kremlin on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias enthusiastically embraced the Russian initiative during meetings with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the Kremlin Wednesday. Cyprus is backing Russia's call for a new European security treaty and urging other European Union members to do the same. Russia is a strong critic of NATO, and Medvedev has made calls for a new trans-Atlantic security treaty a major foreign policy thrust of his six-month-old presidency.

MOSCOW Cyprus is backing Russia's call for a new European security treaty and urging other European Union members to do the same.Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias has enthusiastically embraced Russia's initiative during Kremlin meetings with President Dmitry Medvedev.Russia dislikes NATO, and Medvedev has made calls for a new trans-Atlantic security treaty a major foreign policy thrust of his 6-month-old presidency.Western response has been lukewarm, but Russia got a boost last week when French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed a pan-European security conference next year.The Cypriot leader's support Wednesday was the most vocal yet from an EU member nation.Christofias said he is confident that others will eventually follow suit.

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADE BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

Ireland not serving citizens on Lisbon, says Ganley
ANDREW WILLIS IN DUBLIN AND VALENTINA POP IN STRASBOURG
19.11.2008 @ 09:24 CET

EUOBSERVER / DUBLIN / STRASBOURG - Speaking in the Irish parliament on Tuesday (18 November), Declan Ganley, the head of anti-Lisbon campaign group Libertas, said the Irish government had encouraged other EU states to continue with ratification of the Lisbon treaty in order to increase pressure on Irish citizens. It is very clear to me that some who should be representing Ireland wish it to be isolated, he told the parliamentary sub-committee on Ireland's Future in Europe.There is a charade being played in this country right now to walk us into another referendum.The sub-committee was set up in the wake of last June's rejection of the Lisbon treaty and is due to hand in its report to the Irish government by the end of the month.

Earlier in discussions, Mr Ganley suggested that the British foreign secretary, David Miliband, had told the Irish government that they would be prepared to halt British ratification of the Lisbon treaty. By not taking them up on the offer, we lost the best negotiating chip we had, said Mr Ganley. The three-hour meeting was characterised by heated exchanges as committee members from various Irish political parties became increasingly frustrated with the Libertas chairperson. For his part, Mr Ganley said the Irish rejection of the Lisbon treaty did not amount to a rejection of the European Union, describing Irish membership as having had a profoundly positive effect. He continued by saying however that Libertas believes we have to make the citizens of Europe feel like this is their project.To do this there would need to be a pan-European election on a fresh treaty that should not exceed 25 pages, as the Lisbon treaty was an affront to democracy and embodied the worst examples of elitism, he said. Lucinda Creighton, a member of parliament for opposition party Fine Gael, said Mr Ganley talked about elites, but are you not the very idea of an elite, you use your power and money to secure influence.Beverley Flynn, a deputy for the ruling Fianna Fail party, asked Mr Ganley why he voted Yes in both the Nice referendums of 2001 and 2002 and then went ahead and spent around €1million fighting the Lisbon treaty in 2008.In those intervening years, what happened to you? she asked.Mr Ganley said the existence of a general election between the two Nice referendums had provided for a proper debate and a chance to discuss and vote on concerns. Despite the Irish Times and TNS MBRI poll published on Monday suggesting a majority of Irish voters would now support the Lisbon treaty if concessions were granted, Mr Ganley felt this was not the case. Don't hold it (another referendum) because there will be a No vote, a No vote that will probably provide the collapse of this government or at least several senior ministers, he said. Asked about his intentions to run a pan-European party in next year's European elections, Mr Ganley said: We are in the process of studying if that can be done but I would certainly like to.That democratic deficit that they've been talking about for years, this is a chance to finally fix it.

Strasbourg urges ratification before June 2009

Meanwhile, the European Parliament's constitutional affairs committee approved on Monday a report urging the Irish government to put forward concrete proposals on the way forward after the referendum to ensure that the Lisbon Treaty is ratified before the 2009 European Parliament elections.The committee also called on Sweden and the Czech Republic to complete their ratification procedures before the end of 2008. The Swedish parliament is expected to pass the treaty on Thursday.The report, drafted by German Social Democrat MEP Jo Leinen, was adopted in the committee with 16 votes in favour and six against. The plenary is expected to vote on the report in early December, before the European government heads are to meet and agree what to do with the Lisbon treaty stalemate.Asked why a second referendum in Ireland is required when this was not the case in France and the Netherlands after they rejected the Constitutional Treaty, Mr Leinen said: The situation is different now than in June 2005, when there were two Nos in one week and seven more countries set to hold referendums.But when all the countries say Yes, it's legitimate to ask [the Irish] if that's their last answer, he argued at a press conference in Strasbourg.A second No would be a No, and then of course you could forget about the treaty. But a first No is volatile, let's say, because it's not a clear No against Europe. Here you have a diffuse coalition of Nos. We respect it, but we have to respect as well the Yes of the other member states, Mr Leinen concluded.He repeated calls for the Czech Republic to ratify by 1 January 2009, the date when Prague takes over the six-month rotating EU presidency from France, otherwise claiming that the central European state would lack credibility and the ability to negotiate on behalf of the bloc.

Israel spurns UN plea to ease Gaza blockade By AMY TEIBEL, Associated Press Writer –Wed Nov 19, 4:27 pm ET

JERUSALEM – Israel stood fast Wednesday by its decision to clamp shut cargo crossings at the Gaza Strip, brushing off pleas to ease the blockade from United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon.Israel sealed the passages two weeks ago after a 5-month-old truce between Israel and Gaza militants started unraveling in an effort to halt rocket and mortar fire at Israeli border towns.The crossings, a main source of imports to Gaza, have been cracked open occasionally to allow in fuel and vital supplies. But the closures have drastically reduced the amount of goods entering the already impoverished seaside territory of 1.4 million people, causing shortages of many basic goods.On Tuesday, Ban called Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to express his deep concern over the consequences of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza, the U.N. said in a statement.He strongly urged the prime minister to facilitate the freer movement of urgently needed humanitarian supplies and of concerned United Nations personnel into Gaza, the statement said.Olmert said Israel was not to blame for the deterioration of conditions in Gaza, according to the prime minister's office. Gazans have only Hamas' regime of terror to blame, he said.Hamas, an Islamic militant group committed to Israel's destruction, has ruled Gaza since violently overrunning the territory in June 2007.Israel's Gaza blockade has led to frequent blackouts throughout Gaza and resulted in shortages of food, supplies and even cash.Gaza's largest flour mill halted operations Wednesday, saying it had run out of wheat, and the United Nations said it was being forced to suspend cash grants to 98,000 of Gaza's poorest people because of a shortage of Israeli currency.The Israeli closure also prompted major international media organizations, including The Associated Press, BBC, Reuters and the New York Times, to send a rare protest letter to the prime minister, requesting that foreign journalists be allowed into Gaza. Israel has barred reporters from entering the area for the past two weeks. There was no immediate comment from Olmert's office.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak told Army Radio on Wednesday that there has to be quiet for the crossings to open.At nightfall Wednesday, Palestinians reported a large explosion east of Gaza City. Hamas officials said the blast was caused by a shell, but it was not clear if it was an Israeli or Palestinian device. No one was hurt. Often homemade rockets and mortars fired by Palestinians at Israel fall short and explode in Gaza.Israel and Hamas have been observing a truce since June. The cease-fire has largely held until Israeli troops entered Gaza early this month to destroy a tunnel they said militants had dug to attack Israel. At least 17 militants have been killed since, and militants have fired about 150 rockets and mortars at Israel, by the military's count.Both Israeli and Hamas officials have said they hope to restore the calm, though Barak has said the military is ready for a large-scale operation if necessary.The Hamas prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, met with leaders of other Palestinian factions Wednesday. He said they support maintaining the truce as long as the occupation (Israel) commits to it.Before the truce was reached, militants pelted Israel with near-daily rocket attacks, provoking sometimes harsh military retaliation that killed hundreds of Palestinians, including many civilians.U.S. President-elect Barack Obama called Abbas on Tuesday to tell him he would spare no effort to facilitate a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Wednesday.In the West Bank, meanwhile, a court-ordered deadline expired for Jewish settlers to leave a four-story building in the volatile city of Hebron. The settlers ignored the ruling, which also said they must be evicted within 30 days if they don't leave voluntarily. Barak said the government would comply with the court order, but added defense officials would first try to persuade the settlers to leave. About 500 of the most extreme Israeli settlers live in Hebron in heavily guarded enclaves among 170,000 Palestinians. If Israeli security forces evict them from the building, violent clashes are likely. Media reports Wednesday said about 600 people have gathered around the building to prevent its evacuation. Settlers moved in early last year after claiming they bought the building from a Palestinian. The Palestinian denies the claim, and Israeli authorities have not recognized the sale as legal.

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 RUSSIA-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.

Syria site hit by Israel resembled atom plant: IAEA By Mark Heinrich Mark Heinrich – Wed Nov 19, 5:27 pm ET

VIENNA (Reuters) – A Syrian complex bombed by Israel bore multiple features resembling those of a nuclear reactor and U.N. inspectors found significant traces of uranium at the site, a watchdog report said on Wednesday.But the International Atomic Energy Agency report said the findings from an inspectors trip to the site in June were not enough to conclude a covert reactor was there. It said further investigation and greater Syrian transparency were needed.Obtained by Reuters, the nuclear safeguards report said Syria would be asked to show to inspectors debris and equipment whisked away from the site at Al-Kibar in the country's eastern desert after the September 2007 Israeli air raid.The United States gave intelligence to the IAEA last April that Washington said indicated the site was a reactor that was close to being built with North Korean assistance and designed to produce plutonium for atomic bombs.Syria, an ally of Iran whose disputed uranium enrichment program has been under IAEA investigation for years, says the site destroyed was a conventional military building and the uranium traces must have come from munitions used to bomb it.Damascus has dismissed as fabricated the satellite imagery, ground pictures of the site taken before Israel's attack and other intelligence underpinning the investigation.While it cannot be excluded that the building in question was intended for non-nuclear use, the features of the building, along with the connectivity of the site to adequate pumping capacity of cooling water, are similar to what may be found in connection with a reactor site, said the IAEA report, sent to its 35-nation board of governors ahead of a November 27-28 meeting.It said photographs also revealed a containment shield similar in dimension and layout to those of atomic reactors.It said Syria had not provided requested documentation to back its declarations about the nature of the building nor granted repeated IAEA requests for visits to three other sites seen as harboring possible evidence linked to Israel's target.Satellite pictures show Syria carried out landscaping of these sites to change their look and took away large containers after the IAEA asked for access to those areas, the report said.Other aerial imagery revealed Syria swept the Al-Kibar site clean after the attack and erected a new building on the spot. The IAEA will ask Syria to let inspectors take swipe samples from rubble, shrapnel and any equipment removed from Al-Kibar.

SYRIAN TRANSPARENCY NEEDED

It said IAEA Director Mohamed ElBaradei had urged Syria to provide the necessary transparency including allowing visits to the requested locations and access to all available information for the agency to complete its assessment.U.N. officials said the uranium contamination that turned up in soil samples collected at the site was a chemically processed form of the mineral that was not the enriched variety used to run nuclear power plants or as fissile bomb material.But the element found was not depleted uranium either, the type used to boost the penetrating power of munitions.

There's enough uranium here to raise questions. The onus of this verification is on Syria, said a senior U.N. official, who like others asked for anonymity due to political sensitivities.The uranium element in question was not in Syria's declared nuclear inventory. Syria's only official nuclear site is an old research reactor. It has no known nuclear energy capacity.The IAEA also intends to ask Israel for information addressing Syria's remarks about the origin of the uranium. Israel has remained silent on the matter since the air raid. ElBaradei said on Monday the uranium traces could have come on clothing of workers who had been in contact with nuclear materials somewhere, or from stored equipment. The report said Syria had told inspectors the site could not have been a nuclear facility because of unreliable, insufficient electricity supplies locally, limited available manpower and the lack of large quantities of treated water. But the report said inspectors saw enough electrical grid to power reactor pumps. Another senior U.N. official said the investigation had urgent need of high-resolution pictures of the site he said must have been taken in the immediate aftermath of the bombing. He said eight countries, which he declined to identify, had access to such imagery but had not turned it over to date. The report complained that the investigation had been severely hampered by (Israel's) unilateral use of force and by a U.S. failure to hand over relevant intelligence until seven months after the bombing. In light of (that), the agency's verification of the situation has been made more difficult and complex, as well as more time- and resource-consuming, the report said. (Editing by Janet Lawrence)

Russia edges closer to six-year presidency,Russian lawmakers vote on constitutional changes to extend presidential terms,Change could allow former president Vladimir Putin to return to power for 12 years,Putin says measure would bolster democracy in Russia NOV 19,08

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN)AP-- A bill extending the Russian presidential term from four to six years moved quickly Wednesday toward parliamentary approval, an effort some observers say could pave the way for Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency.
Vladimir Putin was barred constitutionally from seeking a third consecutive term as president.Russian lawmakers approved the second of three readings of a bill to extend the presidential term from four to six years. The final reading in the Kremlin-controlled State Duma is set for Friday, after which the bill will go to the upper house where a swift approval is also expected.The Duma voted 351-57 on Wednesday to quickly pass the bill, which was proposed by President Dmitry Medvedev.

Only the Communists voted against the legislation.

The second reading provoked loud disputes in the usually sedate lower house, with one Communist lawmaker proposing an amendment limiting presidents to just one term, while pro-Kremlin nationalist party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed extending the presidential term to seven years instead of six.

Russia set to extend presidential term
Both amendments were ignored by the head of the constitutional affairs committee, Vladimir Pligin of the main Kremlin-directed United Russia party, who argued that the current law does not allow individual lawmakers to offer changes in the constitution.The widely popular Putin, now prime minister, was barred constitutionally from seeking a third consecutive term as president in elections this year. His protege Medvedev resoundingly won the post in March.If enacted, the change would not apply to Medvedev's current term, due to end in 2012.Putin has said the term extension was not tailored for him and would help boost Russia's democracy, but many observers say that Medvedev could step down early so that Putin can reclaim the presidential seat.