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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).

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come (ROMANS IN AD 70) shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMANS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he( EU ROMAN, JEWISH DICTATOR) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:( 7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,( 3 1/2 YRS) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

HERES GOING TO BE THE BEGINING OF THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE THAT WILL GUARENTEE ISRAELS SECURITY FOR THE 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY OF DANIEL 9:27.

MEPs pressure member states on diplomatic service-The European Parliament is keen to maintain the institutional power balance (Photo: EUobserver)HONOR MAHONY Today OCT 7,09 @ 09:20 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - MEPs are rushing to establish the European Parliament's formal position on the union's fledgling diplomatic service amid fears that member states will create a body that is beyond democratic scrutiny and control.Euro-deputies are keen to have the service attached to the European Commission and part of the overall community budget rather than an independent service only answerable to, and funded by, national governments.A diplomatic service is one of the major innovations of the proposed Lisbon Treaty, along with an EU foreign minister and a permanent president of the European Council.

A draft report on the issue, due to be voted on in plenary on 22 October, urges the commission to make use of the fact it has quasi-veto power over the formal decision by member states to establish the service.The External Action Service (EAS) should be administratively and budget-wise within the Commission, formally a part of the Commission,said German centre-right MEP Elmar Brok, in charge of drawing up the report, on Tuesday (6 September).According to British Liberal deputy Andrew Duff the diplomatic service should be a sui generis body attached to the Commission.MEPs are also calling for the service, whose exact shape and size still has to be fixed, to be staffed on the basis of merit, expertise and excellence and for balance in representation from the Commission, the Council - representing member states - and national diplomatic services.

Foreign minister hearing

The issue is set to cause a power scuffle with national governments. Member states – only slowly waking up to the foreign policy implications of the treaty - are reluctant to let parliament dictate the terms of the diplomatic service. This is not something that has great support in the Council,Swedish Europe minister Cecilia Malmstrom told this website when asked about making the service part of the commission's structure.But the parliament, which only has the right to be consulted by member states on the diplomatic service, believes it can influence the proceedings by playing hardball during its hearing of the foreign minister.This is the preparatory report. We will then have the hearing of the candidate for vice-president of the commission and foreign minister,said Mr Duff, referring to the fact that the new foreign minister will also be a member of the commission.We'll fail to support him. We've drawn blood before and we will do it again,the MEP, in charge of the hearings procedure, said.The European Parliament conducts hearings on the suitability of all members of the college of the commissioners and set a precedent in 2004 by rejecting an Italian nominee. This created a shift in the balance of power between the institutions which MEPs have been keen to build on ever since.The issues raised by the creation of a diplomatic service go to the heart of the union's perennial struggle between those who want an EU foreign policy that is a result of intergovernmental co-operation and those who want a communitarian approach, with the involvement of the commission and MEPs.

Blair manuouevre

The foreign service is just one point of unclarity in a list of several created by the Lisbon Treaty, which looks set to come into force early next year.Another issue is the exact job description of the proposed president of the European Council. Smaller countries fear the creation of a powerful post run by large member states.

Yesterday, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg circulated a confidential memo calling for the post to maintain the institutional balance of the union, according to the Irish Times.The memo also calls for someone who has demonstrated his commitment to the European project.This is being interpreted as a move against former British prime minister Tony Blair, who has been increasingly mentioned as a contender for the job.Poland has also indicated it may be unhappy with the Blair candidacy.We are not interested in a celebrity. It should be someone who is willing to spend a lot of time carrying out shuttle diplomacy among member states and talking to the commission in search of compromises,Polish EU affairs minister Mikolaj Dowgielewicz told EUobserver.

EU macro-regions could get own funding from 2014
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EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – EU macro-regions such as the one surrounding the Baltic Sea could by 2014 be granted their own budget line from the Union's common coffers, the Swedish EU presidency said on Tuesday.The Baltic Sea Strategy is fantastic, but it has its limitations. It mainly focuses on projects and won't solve all the problems of the region,Swedish minister for EU affairs Cecilia Malmstrom said at a press panel during the Open Days, a marathon of events in Brussels dedicated to regions and cities.The Baltic Sea Strategy is the EU's pilot project for so-called macro-regions comprising several member states featuring a common geographical characteristic. As with the states bordering the Baltic Sea, the EU could soon see a strategy for the Danube region, one for the Alps and another for the Carpathian mountains.In the case of the Baltic Sea Strategy, the main aims are to clean up the highly polluted waters, to connect the transport and energy networks of the bordering countries and to spur research and exchange among different universities.

Adopted by the European Commission in June, the strategy still needs the endorsement of all member states – something the Swedish EU presidency is hoping to achieve by the end of October.The strategy does not provide for new funds, only how to better co-ordinate existing projects among the eight countries concerned – Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Germany, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia.As discussions on the next seven-year EU budget (2014-2021) are about to begin, Ms Malmstrom was asked if the so-called macro-regions could get their own financing in the future.I could imagine, within the cohesion funds, one headline for macro-regional co-operation,she said. It is not on the agenda so far, but it could very well come up,she added.EU regional affairs commissioner Pawel Samecki said that discussions on this matter had already started last month in Stockholm, when foreign ministers gathered for an informal meeting on the Baltic Sea strategy.The question was raised whether we should have a separate budget line for macro-regions. It is a relevant question, which would have other implications as well, as to who will manage this money – the EU commission, existing structures or a new body?

Carsten-Ludwig Ludemann, a local official with the German city of Hamburg, said it was actually good that the commission did not attach a specific sum to the Baltic Sea strategy, as it was still facing acceptance issues with the member states not concerned.We are a federal state and all 16 Bundeslaender [regions] had to approve the strategy, which they did. But no land said they wanted a Danube or another strategy now,he noted.The Baltic Sea strategy is due for review in 2011, under the Polish EU presidency, when countries and regional organisations responsible for specific projects will report about the actual implementation of the measures.It is very important to make states responsible,Finnish EU affairs minister Astrid Thors said.I hope we won't need to name and shame countries in two years time,she added.

Future of internet has dangers for privacy, Brussels warns
LEIGH PHILLIPS Today OCT 7,09 @ 09:25 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - There is a dark side to some of the impressive new online technologies that are appearing, from social networking to behavioural advertising to RFID smart chips, the European Commission's internet chief has warned.While such technologies offer great vistas of opportunity, the commission is monitoring their development closely for the very real potential threats to privacy they contain, information society commissioner Viviane Reding said on Monday at a debate on the future of the internet in Brussels.Ms Reding threatened that if social networking sites such as Facebook themselves do not make moves to ensure the profiles of minors are kept private, she would intervene with legislation to force them to do so.

Privacy must, in my view, be a high priority for social networking providers and for their users. I firmly believe that at least the profiles of minors must be private by default and unavailable to internet search engines,she told the meeting in the European Parliament, organised by Icomp, an industry initiative backed by Microsoft to discuss the online marketplace.The European Commission has already called on social networking sites to deal with minors' profiles carefully, by means of self-regulation,she continued.I am ready to follow this up with new rules if I have to.But she said she worries about all users of social networking, not just children, and fears that most users of such sites are unaware of the dangers to their privacy.
Social networking has a strong potential for a new form of communication and for bringing people together, wherever they are,she said.But is every social networker really aware that all pictures and information uploaded on social networking profiles can be accessed and used by anyone on the web?

Advertising concerns

The EU's internet chief also said that behavioural advertising - those ads that appear that seem to know exactly the sort of books or vacations or concerts you would be interested in - was another privacy concern repeatedly mentioned to the European Commission these days.Behavioural adverts are able to do this by keeping track of internet users' web browsing to better target them with advertisements.Ms Reding said that the EU executive was watching this development for infringement of privacy: European privacy rules are crystal clear: a person's information can only be used with their prior consent.The commission is closely monitoring the use of behavioural advertising to ensure respect for our privacy rights,she added.I will not shy away from taking action where an EU country falls short of this duty.The commissioner also warned of the perils contained within the internet of things - the use of radio frequency identification (RFID), or smart chips, that could be attached to any product.There is enormous potential from a world in which all mugs, containers, shoes or airplane parts are attached with tiny identifying devices. Analysts predict that common events that plague businesses and individuals such as running out of stock, product wastage, and theft. Losing your keys could be a thing of the past, if we know where a product is at all times. But there are also great privacy pitfalls in such a world, noted Ms Reding.I am convinced [RFID] will only be welcomed in Europe if they are used by the consumers and not on the consumers,she told the crowd.No European should carry a chip in one of their possessions without being informed precisely of what they are used for, with the choice to remove or switch it off at any time.The Internet of Things will only work if it is accepted by the people.

Her speech also focussed on the need for a single online market for digital content, which she has repeatedly argued is fragmented, a competitive disadvantage for Europe when compared to the United States.Before the end of the current commission's mandate, she said, she and internal market commissioner Charlie McCreevy would publish a reflection paper over a set of possible legislative options to create such a single digital market.Ms Reding would also like to see the development of a European Rights Registry to ease the digitalisation of books. Such a registry would aim to overcome the current problem of books republishing online books that are out of print, but whose copyright ownership remains cloudy.Although the Luxembourgish Ms Reding has expressed an interest in returning to Brussels as part of President Jose Manuel Barroso's second college of commissioners, it is not clear that if she returns, she would be awarded the same dossier.She underlined that in making her comments on the future of the internet, she did not want to pre-empt the new commission.

GOD KNOWS THE BEGINING FROM THE END,WE CAN COUNT ON ALL THE PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE BEING FULFILLED LITERALLY LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS DUE TO HATING,GOD (KING JESUS),ISRAEL AND PEOPLE IN GENERAL BY EUGENICISTS NEW WORLD ORDER HATERS.THE SINNERS WILL BE DESTROYED IN WW3,GODS WORD SAYS IT,I BELIEVE IT.

2012 Fears Inspire Apathy Jurriaan Maessen Infowars October 7, 2009

Duty belongs to us, consequence belongs to God.The net has been alive with stories of impending doom long before the release of the motion picture 2012 was announced. Depending on whom you ask, the doom will manifest itself through all kinds of calamities: either an obscure, as of yet undetected planet hurrying through the solar system will crash into earth- or spacecrafts, waiting impatiently on the dark side of the moon, will invade when the clock strikes 2012. Mysterious beings from an even more mysterious intergalactic light federation are routinely informing us that the hour is late and mankind should create a one world state in order to properly receive the alien visitors.Of course history records so many impending days of doom, that if they would all have come to pass, the earth would have been utterly destroyed a thousand times over. This sobering fact does not in the least affect the end-of-days advocates. Proponents of these mythologies (uniformly building their speculations upon an interpretation of the Mayan calendar) usually shy away from actual reality unfolding as we speak. They prefer busying themselves with the latest message from planet Zordac instead.An example of this utter disregard for reality at the expense of desperately needed reporting is given by the Dutch website Niburu- named after the planet X a.k.a. extraterrestrial craft, racing on a supposed collision course with Earth. Although initially the website actually informed about and investigated the state of affairs, the editors have decided they’ve had enough of reality- and are steering their spaceship towards dangerous fantasies of a unified planet, yes, a one world order needed to prepare for first contact.The explanation given for this remarkable choice would be laughable if it would not be so sad. Instead of focusing on the scientific dictatorship being implemented stage by stage, the editors of Niburu would rather: explain what the consequences are for the physical body when entering the photon belt.

Now this is all innocent indulging- if not for the overall passive demeanour created in the process. Why act if the battle for freedom will be decided by an expected catastrophe descending from the heavens? It is easy to throw your hands in the air and to drift aimlessly on ethereal air currents. It is hard, on the other hand, to challenge the very real New World Order that is engaged in depopulation policies on record. History teaches us that the tyrant stands to gain from the slaves surrendering their minds to idle fancies.It began in the decades proceeding the year 1000: medieval Europe was in the grips of the expected second coming of Christ. People readily emptied their purses, in case a divine strike from the sky would blast them to kingdom come. While the local tyrants collected the cash, the serfs raised their eyes to the heavens expecting cloud-bursting judgement at any moment. You can imagine that when the long expected hour came and went without incident, the poor pilgrims shook their fist up at the same sky they trembled under not long before. Not only was their summoning before the divine throne delayed, their purses were even emptier than they had been before. In the meantime, their Saxe-Coburg-Gotha chieftain had profited from the situation by gathering all riches to him, exercising his power with all the more ruthlessness and resolve.

History tends to repeat itself. This time the clock has been wound up to 2012.

It is of course only a matter of time before the New World Order utilizes this tendency to dream of UFO’s and a floating off into some vibrational sphere of existence. What better way to kill resistance in the bud than through claiming that the world will end, whether we act of whether we don’t? Propping up fears of impending doom creates a vacuum into which a large bulk of the energy in the pursuit of truth may be deposited to wither and die. Besides, it discourages people from action, inspiring inaction instead. After all, why bother educating people about a world dictatorship if the end is nigh and there’s nothing to be done? Also it sets the stage for a phenomenon which could be described as reversed predictive programming.Desensitizing people to messages of apocalypse without it occurring, makes people understandably weary of making such predictions in the future. When the dreaded year comes and goes, with the stars unshaken and the sky unchanged- and rest assured they will be- another objective will have been accomplished. Those who will not idly postpone doomsday to some later date will chastise themselves for having been so credulous. They will certainly think twice before allowing themselves to be fooled again, disengaging themselves forever from the battle for liberty.For those not completely transfixed on the year 2012 there is much at stake. Imagining things will not be necessary. World government is being announced quite openly, the banks are routing out the economy, and long-fought liberties are being torched by power tripping psychopaths wherever you look. When one feels around the edges of current event, the indicators are unmistakable. The board is set; an invisible hand hovers above the pieces, ready to move. The supreme body of central bankers, deciding who gets special treatment by the eugenicists and who does not, is rolling out its game plan with an effort that dwarfs any embarked upon before by the New World Order in its long and sordid history. Its power rests and always has rested primarily on its ability to control the flow of information, relying on an uncritical mass, bobbing on a wire. We have the mainstream media to thank for this massive propaganda offensive. The situation becomes even more dire when we consider some alternative media outlets, changing their trajectory of truth towards vague new age concepts, softening the people up to the point of complete spine failure and furthering the objectives of the New World Order in the process.

ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST

1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

ISRAELS TROUBLE

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

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

ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.

Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.

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Israel scrambles warplanes over nuclear facility By MICHAEL BARAJAS, Associated Press Writer – OCT 6,09

JERUSALEM – Israel's air force scrambled fighter jets Tuesday after a small civilian aircraft flew into restricted airspace near the country's heavily guarded and secretive Dimona nuclear reactor, security officials said Tuesday.The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity surrounding the Dimona nuclear reactor.The Israeli military said two fighter planes that were already airborne responded and directed the pilot to a nearby airport.Israeli media said the man had flown into the area accidentally and was released after being questioned.

Foreign experts have concluded that Israel possesses a formidable nuclear arsenal based on pictures taken at the site two decades ago by a technician.Israel maintains a policy it calls nuclear ambiguity, refusing to acknowledge whether it has atomic weapons.

DOLLAR REPLACEMENT
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United Nations wants new global reserve currency
By Andrew Moran.OCT 6,09 8PM

Speaking at an annual meeting between the International Monterary Fund and the World Bank, United Nations Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Sha Zukang, on Tuesday called for a new reserve currency On Tuesday, the United Nations called for a new global reserve currency to offset the dominance of a weak United States Dollar, according to AFP. Zukang elaborated that the dollar supremacy has allowed the US to have a large trade deficit. Speaking in Istanbul, Turkey at the annual meeting between the IMF and the World Bank Zukang said,Important progress in managing imbalances can be made by reducing the reserve currency country’s privilege to run external deficits in order to provide international liquidity.Zukang further went on to discuss Special Drawing Rights, which is a truly global reserve currency. SDRs are mostly used in IMF transactions are made up of four currencies: Euro, Yen, Pound and the Dollar.

Earlier this year, China called for a new global reserve currency. Last month, the UN also called for, once again, a new global reserve currency, according to the Daily Telegraph. Many nations are discussing the possibility and published reports also speculate that Gulf nations will dump the Dollar and use other currencies and possibly even gold bullion.In September, Digital Journal reported that Iran dumped the Dollar for the Euro because of the fledgling US economy and the devaluation of the country’s currency.

Dollar's Slide Gives Rise To Calls for New Reserve By Frank Ahrens Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, October 7, 2009

The U.S. dollar continued its six-month slide Tuesday amid a growing international chorus that wants the dollar replaced -- or at least supplemented -- as the world's reserve currency, a move that would end the greenback's six decades of global dominance.The dollar has come under attack from abroad as the economic crisis has played out, thanks to the Federal Reserve's decision to flood a seized-up financial system with liquidity last fall. The central bank's moves likely staved off deflation, but the massive influx of new dollars has devalued existing ones. Foreign nations are worried that the massive U.S. national debt and rising deficits are not being addressed. And though inflation is not yet a concern in the United States, a prolonged slide in the dollar's value could lead to higher prices for consumers.

Further, large emerging economies -- such as China, Russia, Brazil and India -- are tired of kow-towing to the American buck, and sense an opportunity to knock a weakened dollar off its imperial perch.The U.S. dollar is headed for also-ran status, and it will continue to lose its value against many other currencies and assets,Miller Tabak equity strategist Peter Boockvar said.The rest of the world wants the U.S. dollar to lose influence, but no one wants it to be abrupt, as it's in no one's interest. An evolutionary process is what is wanted.

The question is: When will that happen?

In the next two to three years, it is highly unlikely to see the dollar replaced, said Eswar Prasad, an economics professor at Cornell University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington. Over the next decade, though, we would expect to see other currencies play a much more significant role.The dollar fell to nearly its lowest point of the year against the yen and euro on Tuesday, which sent the price of gold surging to a record intraday high above $1,045 per ounce, as investors sought a hedge against inflation and foreign nations continued to stockpile the precious metal.For the American consumer, a falling dollar means U.S. exports sell better overseas, which can lead to more jobs here. But it also means imports costs more, which means higher prices at U.S. stores.For the average Joe, the implications of a crisis of confidence in the dollar could end up in higher borrowing costs, lower government expenditures -- so that means reduced services -- and higher taxes,Prasad said.Most likely, some combination of all of the above.

Stocks, which typically move opposite of the dollar, staged a strong rally on Tuesday, continuing their fast Monday start. The Dow Jones industrial average and the broader Standard & Poor's 500-stock index both gained 1.4 percent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq surged 1.7 percent.The U.S. dollar has been the world's reserve currency since World War II. Central banks and financial institutions in other nations hold dollars to pay off foreign obligations, or to influence their currency's exchange rate. Commodities, such as oil, are priced in dollars, which spreads the dollar's influence around the world.

But the dollar's dominance is being challenged, thanks to the crisis.

China was the first major power to attack the greenback, calling in March for the dollar to be replaced as the world's reserve currency. China holds more U.S. debt than any other country -- about $800 billion -- and the further the dollar drops, the less the value of the U.S. debt owed to China.Other nations have followed China's criticism. In March, Kazakhstan criticized the dollar and called for the creation of a new currency it calls the acmetal (a coinage combining acme and capital). Last month, Iran shifted its reserve currency from the dollar to the euro, a move that is likely more political than economic and a response to harsh U.S. criticism of Iran's nuclear moves.But major powers have spoken against the dollar, as well. In September, Russia said it remains satisfied with the dollar as a reserve currency but said others are also needed. At an international investment summit last month, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin criticized the United States -- and implicitly, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, who controls the money supply -- for uncontrolled issue of dollars.Both China and Russia have called for a new global supercurrency,similar but larger in scale to the euro, that would replace the dollar.Even the world's big financial institutions are piling on.The United States would be mistaken to take for granted the dollar's place as the world's predominant reserve currency,World Bank President Robert Zoellick said in a speech last week.

EU Security and Defence Policy: ESDP Webzine Launches Summary: 6 October 2009,

Brussels - The ESDP Webzine is launched today. This is an interactive webpage that highlights key achievements in the field of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) over the past ten years.With compelling photo, text and video material, the ESDP webzine, an on-line portfolio, provides a unique insight into the work of the main actors of ESDP, both at institutional level and on the ground in EU crisis management missions and operations over the globe.Commenting on the launch of the ESDP Webzine, Mr Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, underlined how much the EU had evolved in just one decade and the high level of international respect and credibility it had gained. He said: The EU's role in the world has changed dramatically over the past ten years. It has become a global provider of security. There is a demand for more and more Europe in the world and we need to carry on developing better tools and instruments to respond to that demand. Once the Lisbon Treaty is implemented, we will be able to work more efficiently. In the field of crisis management, this also means better combining our civilian and military capabilities.The ESDP Webzine is now accessible at www.esdp10years.eu

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Lisbon Treaty - Statement by EU Commission President Barroso on the Irish Referendum Summary: 3 October 2009, Brussels - Statement by José Manuel Durão Barroso,

President of the European Commission, at the joint Press point with European Commission Vice President Margot Wallström on the outcome of the Irish Referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon Ladies and gentlemen,

My message today is very simple; Thank you Ireland: It's a great day, for Ireland and for Europe.The Irish people have spoken. They have said a resounding yes to Europe.I have just spoken to the Irish Taoiseach, Brian Cowen to congratulate him. I have also spoken to Enda Kenny, the leader of Fine Gael and to Eamon Gilmore, the leader of the Labour Party. I am extremely happy about the resounding result of the referendum.All Member States have now democratically approved the Lisbon Treaty, either by popular or by parliamentary vote.I want to congratulate the Irish people on reaching their overwhelming decision after such long and careful deliberation.I see the yes vote as a sign of confidence by the Irish people in the European Union, as a sign of their desire to be wholehearted members at the heart of the European Union. As a sign that Ireland recognises the role that the European Union has played in responding to the economic crisis.The debate has been intense, many people have been involved and all aspects of the Lisbon Treaty and European Union policy have been discussed.The campaign has been extensive over the past month. Indeed I saw it at first hand when I was in Limerick on Saturday 12th September. I was genuinely impressed not just by the campaign of the political parties, but particularly, and I want to underline this, by the campaigns by civil society organisations.This shows when we engage, when we explain, we can have real support for our European project.

Much more information about the Treaty was available on this occasion and I believe this played a key role in helping people make up their minds. I am pleased that the European Commission helped in providing impartial and accurate information at the disposal of the Irish people.I also believe that the legal guarantees, including the retention of a Commissioner per Member State, played a significant role in meeting the legitimately expressed concerns voiced by the Irish people in June 2008. It demonstrated that the European Union was ready to listen, and to react.

The European Union is a project based on the idea of solidarity.

I believe that the European Union needs the Lisbon Treaty so that we can be more effective, and more accountable, in delivering an agenda that produces concrete results for our citizens.Now that all Member States have democratically approved the Lisbon Treaty, I hope that the necessary procedures for its entry into force can be completed as quickly as possible in Poland and the Czech Republic.Today was indeed a great day for the European Union, once again thanks to Ireland.

EU Presidency Statement - United Nations: Secretary-General's Report on the Work of the Organization Summary: 6 October 2009,

New York - Statement on behalf of the European Union by H.E. Mr. Anders Lidén, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden, at the General Assembly, on the Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization, United Nations.I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union.(Alignment clause)I wish to thank the Secretary General for his report on the work of the organization (A/64/1).

The European Union would like to reconfirm its commitment to face the multiple challenges before us through effective multilateralism. We need the United Nation's broad-based legitimacy for international actions and norms and to coordinate our efforts. The United Nations, for its part, will have to adapt to stay relevant and to be able to address the issues before us.Climate change has proven to be one of the greatest challenges of our generation, and 2009 is a critical year. It is also a year of hope and opportunity. The European Union will go to Copenhagen in December determined to reach a comprehensive, fair and ambitious global climate agreement. On scientific grounds, global temperature rise must be kept below 2 degrees Celsius. To secure this target, global emissions need to be reduced by at least 50 % by 2050. This is possible and requires all countries to contribute and cooperate. Developed countries must take the lead in reducing emissions. The EU commitments stand firm. The EU is also prepared to contribute our fair share of financing and support to developing countries' mitigation and adaptation efforts.The European Union appreciates the leadership of the Secretary General and commends his initiative to organize a Summit on Climate Change, where world leaders showed a unison determination to seal an ambitious deal in Copenhagen.By bringing development actors around the world together to work towards the same goals, the Millennium Development Goals play a unique catalyst role in driving development progress.The European Union is very encouraged by the reports of concrete progress on the MDG regarding HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. On the other hand, we are deeply concerned about the setbacks in many other areas, with MDG 5 on maternal mortality standing out.2015 is fast approaching. In order to achieve the MDG:s, we need to step up all efforts - national and international, regional and private, governmental and non-governmental, North and South. The role of the United Nations in development is pivotal and the European Union will continue to support its work.The UN is in a unique position to pursue good offices in preventive diplomacy around the globe. We support the continued strengthening of UN capacity in this field, including through the Mediation Support Unit. The EU is building up a similar capacity and looks forward to close cooperation with the UN and regional organizations.Furthermore the EU supports the objectives of the Alliance of Civilizations initiative in order to contribute to mutual understanding among nations.

UN Peacekeeping is at a critical juncture. The New Horizons paper provides a basis for a strategic reflection about the UN's role and its capacity in the field of peacekeeping. As the Secretary General points out in his report, the challenges that face the peacekeepers of today are unprecedented in scale, complexity and risk level. Hence it is crucial that the process of forming partnerships and sharing the burden continues with a view to finding the best collective response to global and regional conflicts. The EU is committed to a strong and close partnership with the UN in peacekeeping.We continue to be involved in both UN-led and UN-mandated peacekeeping operations. EU member states contribute nearly 40% of the peacekeeping budget. The recent transfer of responsibilities between the two organizations in Chad and in Kosovo highlights the close partnership between the EU and UN.An efficient co-operation between UN and other regional organizations, in particular the AU, is vital in making peacekeeping efforts more effective.The full implementation of Security Council resolutions on Women, Peace and Security is important to the EU. We must ensure that they are followed up by concrete action.The UN has taken important steps in recent years to form a more systematic approach to post-conflict peace building.The Peacebuilding Commission has proven to be an important vehicle to mobilize political and financial support and to focus on key priorities. We must continue to take steps that can enhance a joint coordination of policies and activities both at Headquarters and in the field.In his report the Secretary General points to Counter-Terrorism and Disarmament and Non-proliferation as two areas where the UN should make a real difference.The EU commends the Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force for its work and would like to see further steps towards a more coherent UN approach on counter-terrorism, including the finalization of a comprehensive convention on terrorism.

As stated in report of the Secretary General, there is an encouraging growing momentum in global arms control and disarmament. Over the next year we a have chance to revitalize the multilateral work on these issues. The EU places strong emphasis on achieving a successful outcome of the 2010 NPT Review Conference.At the same time we continue to be faced with major proliferation challenges. We shall continue to pursue resolute action in response to them. In this context, the European Union stresses the crucial importance of full and immediate compliance with Security Council resolutions.One of the main purposes at the creation of the United Nations was to achieve international cooperation in promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.In spite of progress made, as outlined in the report of the Secretary General, much remains to be done. In order for the United Nations to become more efficient, human rights must be integrated into all policy areas of the UN. The European Union will continue its work in keeping human rights at the forefront of the UN agenda.We value what has been achieved to date by the Special Representative of the Secretary General for the prevention of Genocide and look forward to further information and outreach to Member States on his activities.The EU would like to express its gratitude and strong support to the Special Advisers of the Secretary General, and not least the Secretary General himself, with regard to the valuable report on the implementation of the responsibility to protect.In particular the EU looks forward to the Secretary-General's further proposals for strengthening the UN's early warning capability as suggested in the report. The EU stands ready to contribute in the efforts ahead.The resolution on system-wide coherence adopted by the General Assembly on the last day of its 63rd session provides a good basis for the further work in the Assembly on improving the ability of the UN to make a difference for people in need.

Of particular importance is the strong and unanimous support by the General Assembly, expressed in the resolution, for the establishment of a composite gender entity headed by an Under-Secretary-General. The European Union stands ready to work with other Member States to finalize the remaining details of the entity. We are confident that this process can be swift.The European Union looks forward to contributing constructively to further progress in other areas of the System-wide Coherence during this GA session. Improving the governance structures and funding modalities for the UN development work is essential for the UN to be an effective partner for developing countries. On delivering as one, we encourage the Secretary-General to move forward as soon as possible with the independent evaluation of the eight pilots.Some important steps in management reform were taken in the last year. The EU will continue to support efforts to modernise and reform the organisation. At the same time, especially in this period of global economic crisis, we need to ensure that the resources of the organisation are used in the most effective and efficient way without preventing it from carrying out its mandates. We will, from this perspective, study carefully budget and reform proposals presented to Member States.The EU would like to see a change in the scale of assessments this autumn. The EU believes firmly that a fair and more balanced way to share the budgetary responsibilities of the United Nations is essential to the effective functioning of the organisation.Lastly, on behalf of the European Union I would like to thank the Secretary General and his staff, and to express our gratitude for their commitment and achievements in carrying out the mandate we have entrusted to them. I assure them the full support of the European Union.I thank you.

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CZAR WARS Gay sex morally good, says Obama pick - Tapped to head Equal Employment Opportunity Commission October 05, 2009 1:28 pm Eastern 2009 WorldNetDaily

Chai Feldblum-Gay sex is morally good and is as wonderful as heterosexual relations, according to Chai Feldblum, President Obama's nominee to become commissioner for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Gay sex is morally good,she said.Now you may think that might be a little crazy to go out there and say gay sex is good. But think a second. Society definitely believes that heterosexual sex is good. Right. Heterosexual sex within a certain framework – marriage – I mean, you can't get more dewy-eyed and romantic in this society about how wonderful that is.Continued Feldblum: If you're not being cynical for the moment, I think that does reflect a correct understanding that sex is often a basic building block for intimacy and that intimacy and connections within couples and within families are integral building blocks for a healthy society.Feldblum is an outspoken homosexual rights activist and Georgetown law professor. She offered her sex remarks at a UCLA symposium on homosexuality available on YouTube. Obama two weeks ago announced his intent to nominate Feldblum for commissioner of the EEOC. Feldblum previously served as legislative counsel to the AIDS Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, who famously authored the controversial Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

Feldblum is not shy about her ideas for revolutionizing America's workplace and the country's social mores.She is co-director of Workplace Flexibility 2010, which she described at the UCLA symposium as a homosexual rights group that aimed to change the American workplace and revolutionize social mores.This is a war that needs to be fought, and it's not a war overseas where we are killing people in the name of liberating them. It is a war right here at home where we need to convince people that morality demands full equality for gay people,she said at the symposium. Feldblum did not immediately return a WND request for comment left with a receptionist at her Georgetown office.

INVENTION OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.

2 PETER 3:10-11
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.

PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

REVELATION 14:18-20
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,(JERUSALEM) and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.(200 MILES) (THE SIZE OF ISRAEL)

ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.

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

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

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

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

JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth before them; 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.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.

EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.

ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).

MATTHEW 24:37-51
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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 (MUSLIMS) have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,(JORDAN) and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, PALESTINIANS,JORDAN) and the Hagarenes;(EGYPT)
7 Gebal,(HEZZBALLOH,LEBANON) and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA,ARABS,SINAI) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

DANIEL 11:40-43
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

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.

FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU Russia to sell advanced defense system to Saudis
Deal deters Moscow's sale of missile shield to Iran October 06, 2009 9:36 pm Eastern
By Aaron Klein 2009 WorldNetDaily

TEL AVIV – Russia is slated to sell to Saudi Arabia its most advanced air-defense system in a deal the Saudis hope will deter Moscow from selling a less advanced system to Iran, a senior Egyptian intelligence official told WND.In a deal valued between $4 billion and $7 billion, the Saudis are to purchase Russia's S-400 anti-missile shield to make moot the possibility of Russian selling the less advance S-300system to Iran, the Egyptian official said. The Russians were selling the S-300 in large part because of the money. Now a larger deal will be made with Saudi Arabia, the official told WND.Israel quietly has expressed concern Russia's providing the S-300 to Iran would make a possible military strike against Tehran's nuclear sites more difficult.Saudi Arabia, influenced by Sunni Islam, is threatened by the growing influence of Iran, dominated by Shiite Islam.WND earlier this month quoted an Egyptian intelligence official stating Saudi Arabia is cooperating with Israel on the Iranian nuclear issue.The official said Saudi Arabia is passing intelligence information to Israel related to Iran. He affirmed a report from the Arab media, strongly denied by the Israeli government, that Saudi Arabia has granted Israel overflight permission during any attack against Iran's nuclear facilities.The official previously told WND that Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, has been involved in an intense, behind-the-scenes lobbying effort urging the U.S. and other Western countries to do everything necessary to ensure Iran does not obtain nuclear weapons. Such weapons would threaten Saudi Arabia's position of influence in the Middle East.

Iran plans new centrifuges for 2nd enrichment site By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer – Tue Oct 6, 9:58 am ET

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran plans to install a more advanced type of centrifuge at its newly revealed uranium enrichment site, an Iranian newspaper reported Tuesday, a development certain to add to international concerns about the country's nuclear work.Iranian scientists have carried out research and development in recent months for the new generation of more efficient centrifuges, and most of the machines' components are made domestically, said the head of Iran's nuclear agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, according to the Kayhan daily newspaper.Iran's enrichment of uranium is the central concern of the United States and other nations negotiating with the country over its nuclear program. The technology can be used to make fuel for power plants and nuclear weapons.Iran insists its enrichment work is only meant for use in generating power, but Washington and its allies are suspicions of Tehran's intentions and fear its mastery of the technology will give them a pathway to weapons development.Over the past months, we have focused on research and development to drive the new machines,the newspaper quoted Salehi as saying.

The new enrichment site near the holy city of Qom — Iran's second such facility — was made public last month by President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and Britain several days after Iran notified the U.N.'s nuclear monitoring agency about the site. It is still under construction, and Iran says it will be operational in 18 months.Obama said Iran's failure to notify the International Atomic Energy Agency at the start of construction raised grave doubts about its promise to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes only.The new centrifuges would be more advanced than the decades old P-1 type centrifuges once acquired on the black market and in use at Iran's other enrichment facility in Natanz.We are hopeful of being able to use our new version of the centrifuges at the new site, Salehi was quoted as saying. He gave no timeframe for the installation.Most of the parts for the new centrifuges were made domestically and others were imported, he said, without specifying from which country.If true, that would be a sign that Iran is able to get around the three sets of U.N. sanctions imposed on the country for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.Since April, Iranian officials have said the country is building more advanced centrifuges capable of enriching uranium with high efficiency and precision.A Western intelligence assessment that has been cited by diplomats says the new site is meant to house no more than 3,000 enriching centrifuges — much less than the more than 8,000 machines at Natanz.

That assessment also notes that the site could be set up for more advanced domestically developed centrifuges that would process uranium at much higher speed and efficiency, adding to concern that such a site could be used to enrich uranium to the higher levels needed to make weapons.Over the weekend, Iran agreed to set Oct. 25 as the date for U.N. inspectors to visit the site.The facility has heightened concerns because its location next to a military base and partly inside a mountain adds to suspicions that Iran's nuclear program could have a military dimension.The inspection of the site and the outcome of more nuclear talks later this month with the United States and its allies will be crucial in determining the direction of the six-year standoff over Iran's nuclear activities.

Hamas criticizes Abbas over war crimes report By RIZEK ABDEL JAWAD, Associated Press Writer – Mon Oct 5, 4:43 pm ET

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Hamas leaders on Monday launched an unprecedented attack against President Mahmoud Abbas, saying they no longer consider him a Palestinian after he agreed to suspend efforts to go after Israel for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

The harsh verbal assault is likely to undermine attempts at reconciliation scheduled to conclude later this month between the Western-backed Abbas and his Islamic militant Hamas rivals, who control the Gaza Strip.Syria abruptly postponed Abbas' planned visit to Damascus in what appeared to be the first diplomatic fallout from his decision to suspend a campaign to push for war crimes prosecutions in connection with last winter's Gaza war.A U.N. report alleged that both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes during the three-week offensive in Gaza, a charge both deny.The U.S. exerted pressure to delay of the vote, apparently to keep the hope of renewed Mideast negotiations alive. Israel's prime minister warned last week that pursuing war crimes charges would sabotage efforts to restart peace talks.State Department spokesman Ian Kelly deflected a question about whether the U.S. pressured the Palestinians, saying the main goal was to promote a peace accord.We simply do not want the report itself to become any kind of impediment to this ultimate goal,he said.We appreciate the seriousness with which the Palestinians approached this very difficult issue.The U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva decided last week to put off a vote on the report for six months, rather than refer it to the U.N. General Assembly immediately for possible action.Abdullah Abdullah, a lawmaker in Abbas' Fatah movement, said Monday that the Palestinian diplomats had been urged by certain friendly countries to put off the vote.

The decision sparked outrage across a wide swath of Palestinian society.

In Gaza, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said Monday that Abbas and others involved in the decision should be shunned. We don't consider them Palestinians or representatives of the Palestinian people,Zahar said.Hamas drove Abbas' forces out of Gaza in 2007, leaving him in control of only the West Bank. Repeated reconciliation efforts have failed, complicating peace efforts with Israel.Egyptian mediators have asked Hamas and Fatah to return to Cairo for another round of talks later this month, and it appeared Hamas was using the domestic backlash against Abbas as leverage.I ask how the different parties can sit at the same table given this situation? How can the proper environment be created, given this unprecedented renunciation, this sacrifice of the martyrs' blood and our people's rights? Gaza's Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh said Monday.But Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said during a visit Monday to Jordan that the rival Palestinian sides would meet in Cairo on Oct. 25 and sign a reconciliation charter. He said the meeting with bring together the heads of various Palestinian factions, but gave no further details.Syria called off the Abbas visit, a Syrian official said Monday, refusing to give a reason. However, the cancellation came just a day after Syria criticized the Palestinian Authority for backing down on the war crimes issue. Abbas' visit was set to begin Tuesday.Abbas adviser Nabil Abu Rdeneh said there had been a technical change in the president's schedule.In the West Bank city of Ramallah, several hundred protesters marched in the central square, calling for the resignation of those who took the decision. Listen, listen, Abbas, our people's blood is not spilled in vain,they chanted.In Jerusalem Monday, several dozen young Palestinians threw rocks at Israeli police near the main holy site in the Old City. Several arrests were made, police said. Tension has been high during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, when thousands of worshippers crowd the holy site. Also, a Palestinian teenager stabbed a soldier at a checkpoint in the city, wounding him. The attacker was arrested, police said.Associated Press Writers Ben Hubbard and Mohammed Daraghmeh in Ramallah, and Shafika Mattar in Amman, Jordan, contributed to this report.

Report: 2 million babies and mothers die at birth By CELEAN JACOBSON, Associated Press Writer – OCT 6,09

JOHANNESBURG – More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a study released Tuesday.The study, launched at the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics world congress being held in Cape Town, also showed that such deaths could be easily avoided.The world will continue to miss the unheard cry of the 230 babies who die every hour from childbirth complications, unless there is better planning and implementation of policies, according to the study.Some 1.02 million babies are stillborn and another 904,000 die soon after birth. By comparison, 820,000 children die from malaria and 208,000 die from HIV/AIDS worldwide.About 42 percent of the world's 536,000 maternal deaths also occur during childbirth, according to the study. Deaths in Africa and South Asia account for three-quarters of the maternal and infant deaths.The research was led by Save the Children, the Gates Foundation and Johns Hopkins University with investigators from a dozen countries. It was published in the October edition of the federation's journal.The huge numbers hide multiple personal stories of loss,said Joy Lawn, who runs Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives campaign.Each death is a tragedy to a family — actually a double tragedy since almost all these deaths could be prevented.The report said that many of the deaths could be avoided with improvements in basic health care, and training for local health care workers to perform emergency Cesarean sections and other lifesaving techniques.

Lawn said she hoped that the study would be used by countries to ensure money was invested where it was needed.Poverty is one of the main causes of these deaths. In wealthier countries most women give birth with a skilled attendant while in poor countries, few women do.Most deaths also occur in remote rural areas where there are few doctors and nurses. Each year, 60 million of the world's 136 million births occur outside health facilities, and only one out of every five babies born in African hospitals are cared for by skilled staff.Lawn told The Associated Press that researchers were taken aback by the shocking figures and the lack of attention given to these mothers and their babies.It is seen as women's business. Stillbirths don't count. Sometimes the deaths of women don't even count,she said.However, she said that developments in Malawi show some signs of encouragement. The country, located in southern Africa, has only three pediatricians for about 12 million people. Yet, 60percent of births took place in a clinic or hospital, she said, adding that the majority of Cesarean sections were performed not by doctors but by trained health workers.They knew they didn't have a lot of money or people and so had to be strategic,she said.The authors of the research welcomed the $5.3 billion committed by world leaders to maternal and child care at last month's United Nations General Assembly.On the Net:http://www.figo.org

WB to help develop high-speed Internet in Africa Tue Oct 6, 12:17 pm ET

GENEVA (AFP) – The World Bank said on Tuesday it would invest 215 million dollars (146 million euros) to help develop high-speed Internet infrastructure in central Africa and make the service more accessible to people in the region.This programme will support the countries of the Central African region in developing their high-speed telecommunications backbone infrastructure to increase the availability of high-speed Internet and reduce end-user prices,it said in a statement.People living in Central Africa pay up to twice as much in monthly Internet fees than elsewhere in Africa, while compared to the rest of the world, they pay up to three times as much.

Until now, people in Central Africa have the lowest quality and highest cost Internet and telephone services in Africa,said the World Bank.Cameroon, Chad and Central African Republic will join in the first phase of the 10-year-long programme, which will also help these countries to harmonise their laws regulating the internet and communications sector.A further eight countries -- Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, and Sudan -- have also met the criteria to participate, added the World Bank.

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.

Tropical Storm Henri forms in Atlantic Ocean OCT 6,09

MIAMI – Forecasters say Tropical Storm Henri (awn-'REE) is gaining strength in the Atlantic Ocean but it could be short-lived.The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday night that the storm was about 510 miles (825 kilometers) east of the northern Leeward Islands.The storm is moving west-northwest about 17 miles per hour (28 kph) and is expected to stay well to the north of the Lesser Antilles.Its maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (75 kph) with higher gusts.Forecasters say the eighth named storm of the Atlantic season could weaken below tropical storm strength as early as Wednesday and be a remnant by Thursday.

Anger swells over slow relief in India floods Elliot Abrams AccuWeather .
Tue Oct 6, 11:21 am ET

HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – Rescue workers with boats and helicopters struggled on Tuesday to deliver rations to about 5 million victims of flooding triggered by torrential rains in southern India.The floods in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, described by officials as the worst in decades in the region, have killed more than 250 people and left some 2.5 million people homeless. They come soon after large parts of the country suffered a drought.Millions of acres of farmland went under water, raising fears of a fall in sugar output in Karnataka, the country's third-biggest producer.While rains have subsided, fears grew that corn output could also be hit by at least one million tons in the two states, which account for about 35 percent of India's total corn production.With water levels receding at most places, the focus shifted to relief operations. While rescue workers struggled to deliver food and water rations at many places, some victims complained about the slow pace of relief efforts.We have no facilities here. Even food and water is not being provided,said a woman at a camp in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh, where people staged a protest during a minister's visit.Officials said extensive damage to roads made the task of delivering relief supplies difficult.

Everybody should understand that we are facing the worst floods of our times,said Mukesh Kumar Meena, a local official.Fears were also growing about damage to the standing sugarcane crop in western Maharashtra state, the country's biggest sugar producer.If the rains persist, then there could be damage to the standing crop, said Ajit Chowgule, secretary of the Maharashtra State Cooperative Sugar Factories Federation Ltd.In neighboring Karnataka, where about two-thirds of the 54 sugar mills have delayed crushing by a week to 10 days, at least 250,000 hectares of farmland have been destroyed.In Andhra Pradesh, the Krishna river breached its embankment at a few places, inundating dozens of villages and forcing local authorities to evacuate people with boats. Some 200,000 people in more than 200 villages have been moved to higher ground.The rising water level continues to pose a threat to several villages and Vijayawada, a city of about a million people.Wherever the embankments are weakening or there are reports of minor breaches, we are using sandbags to strengthen them,said district official Piyush Kumar.The biggest challenges are gaining access to marooned villages and providing clean drinking water to check the spread of water-borne diseases, said the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in India.The magnitude of the disaster is enormous, so the relief and rehabilitation effort is a massive operation,said Peter Ophoff.We have water receding in most areas and no new heavy rains, but the real work will start now.(Additional reporting by Habib Beary in BANGALORE; Writing by Rina Chandran; Editing by Krittivas Mukherjee and Sugita Katyal)

Typhoon bears down on Japan's main islands OCT 6,09

TOKYO (Reuters) – A powerful typhoon approached Japan's main islands on Wednesday, threatening the heavily populated country's industrial centers with torrential rain and strong winds.Typhoon Melor may be the most powerful storm to hit Japan's main islands in more than 10 years if it makes landfall, the Meteorological Agency said.

Television showed waves pounding the shores of Japan's small southern islands as the typhoon moved north-northeast toward the main island of Honshu.The eye of the storm was 250 km (155 miles) south of Tanegashima, 1000 km southwest of Tokyo and home to Japan's rocket launch pad, at 10:00 JST (0000 GMT), according to the Meteorological Agency. It could make landfall in central Japan west of Tokyo on Thursday.Up to 400 mm of rain is forecast over the next 24 hours in the Tokai region, which includes the industrial center of Nagoya, the agency said, also warning of high winds, gales and flooding across southern Japan.Toyota Motor Corp may not open its plants in the Nagoya area on Thursday due to the typhoon.We haven't decided whether to do daytime shifts tomorrow,a Toyota spokeswoman said.An official at Nippon Oil's Oita refinery on the southern island of Kyushu said it was raining heavily but the typhoon had not affected the refinery's operations or oil shipments.

Nansei Sekiyu KK's refinery in Okinawa said high seas were delaying some ships.

Melor, which had earlier been classed as a Category 5 Super Typhoon, is now a Category 1, according to storm tracking website Tropical Storm Risk. A Category 1 storm can bring winds of up to 153 km an hour.Television news warned of similarities to a deadly 2004 typhoon at the same time of year that killed 95 people, brought transport to a halt and disrupted production.An official at Tokyo's city government offices said no additional measures were being taken to deal with the typhoon. An average of about three such storms hit Japan each year, although there were none last year.(Reporting by Isabel Reynolds; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

Typhoon heads to Japan, storm stalls over Philippines By Manny Mogato – Tue Oct 6, 9:17 am ET

MANILA (Reuters) – Tropical storm Parma stalled for two days off northwestern Philippines, was slowly heading toward the country's tobacco-producing region on Tuesday, after killing at least 22 people.Right behind it is Typhoon Melor, a category 4 storm currently south of Okinawa and on a path that could take it over Tokyo by Thursday, according to the weather tracking website Tropical Storm Risk.

A category 4 storm can pack winds of between 211 and 250 kph.

Parma, downgraded to a tropical storm on Monday, was meandering off the northern tip of the Philippines, about 110 km (68 miles) north-northwest of the Ilocos region, Nathaniel Cruz, the weather bureau's chief forecaster, said.Parma moved much closer to the Ilocos region because Typhoon Melor is influencing its movement,Cruz said, adding it was not expected to make landfall and may move southwest toward the South China Sea in the next three days.It is typhoon season in the Philippines and Parma has been drenching the northern part of the country about a week after a previous storm dumped an average month's worth of rain in one day on Greater Manila, displacing nearly a half-million people.Manila is still cleaning up from the floods.

TAIWAN LIFTS WARNING

Parma, with winds of up to 105 kph, was still expected to cause some more damage, and is dumping torrential rains over Taiwan. Taiwan's central weather bureau, however, lifted its land warning as the storm moved away from the island.Nearly 8,000people were evacuated as rainfall reached as high as 1,414 mm in the mountains near Taiwan's east coast, disaster officials said.Stung by accusations of a slow response to an August typhoon that killed about 770 people, mostly in rain-triggered mudslides, Taiwan required evacuations ahead of Parma.Parma slammed into the northern Philippines on Saturday, triggering floods and landslides and destroying nearly 800 million pesos ($16.8 million) in crops and infrastructure in the country, according to officials and radio reports.More than 300,000 people were affected and a third of those were in temporary shelters. Power and communications have yet to be restored in some areas.Ketsana, the typhoon that hit the capital city area more than a week ago, killed 300 people and caused about 7.63 billion pesos damage to crops, mostly rice about to be harvested.About 2.7 billion pesos in infrastructure -- roads, bridges and schools -- were also damaged, disaster officials said.The government is preparing a 10-billion peso supplementary budget to finance relief work and may issue dollar-denominated bonds of $250-500 million to fund it, in addition to previous plans to issue yen bonds.Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said rice stocks were sufficient for the year despite the crop damage. Any imports would be for 2010 requirements and these would be done at an appropriate time, he said.

The United Nations is also raising $75 million, appealing to member-states and donor agencies to help in the relief and rehabilitation work in typhoon-hit areas in the Philippines.(Additional reporting by Ralph Jennings in TAIPEI)(Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan and Bill Tarrant)

Tropical Storm Grace dying far out in Atlantic Mon Oct 5, 10:54 pm ET

MIAMI – Forecasters say that as expected, Tropical Storm Grace is dying in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean.Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say the remnants of the storm were being absorbed Monday night by a front.They say Grace's top sustained winds have dropped to 50 mph (85 kph).The center of the storm was about 210 miles (335 km) southwest of Cork, Ireland, around 11 p.m. EDT.It's moving toward the north-northeast near 26 mph (43 kph).The remnants will likely continue to produce a small area of gale force winds through early Tuesday.

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.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

FAMINE

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: 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.

UN appeals for $74M in flood aid to Philippines OCT 6,09

GENEVA – The United Nations is appealing for $74 million to aid flood victims in the Philippines.U.N. spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs says the money is needed to help 1 million people severely affected by the flooding resulting from Tropical Storm Ketsana.The appeal to donors was issued Tuesday in Geneva and corresponds with the Philippines assessment of its needs for further assistance.The September storm caused the worst flooding in Manila in more than four decades and killed more than 300 people overall.The Philippines says it has received more than $13 million in funds and aid from at least 12 countries but needs more for feeding homeless people and rebuilding destroyed houses.

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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09:30 AM -1.25
10:00 AM -28.50
10:30 AM -16.10
11:00 AM -12.17
11:30 AM -20.86
12:00 PM -41.57
12:30 PM -33.94
01:00 PM -25.70
01:30 PM -13.59
02:00 PM -35.07
02:30 PM -45.95
03:00 PM -30.38
03:30 PM -28.57
04:00 PM -5.67 9725.58

S&P 500 1057.58 +2.86

NASDAQ 2110.33 +6.76

GOLD 1,044.60 +4.70

OIL 69.81 -1.07

TSE 300 11,349.88 +101.91

CDNX 1289.82 +8.42

S&P/TSX/60 675.83 +6.35

MORNING,NEWS,STATS

YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
Dow +10.88%
S&P +16.77%
Nasdaq +33.39%
TSX Advances 994,declines 556,unchanged 228,Volume 585,819,789.
TSX Venture Exchange Advances 538,Declines 396,Unchanged 321,Volume 272,013,719.

Dow -20 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow -46 points at low today.
Dow +15 points at high today so far.
GOLD opens at $1,043.40.OIL opens at $71.15 today.
GOLD HIT ALLTIME HIGH OF $1,049.70 TODAY SO FAR.

AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS
Dow -46 points at low today so far.
Dow +15 points at high today so far.

INVENTORIES (WEDNESDAYS)
CRUDE OIL -1 MILLION BARRELS.
GASOLINE +2.9 MILLION BARRELS.
DISTILLATE INV +700,000 BARRELS.
REFINERY UTILIZATION -

DAY TODAY PERFORMANCE - 12:30PM STATS
NYSE Advances 1,515,declines 2,053,unchanged 132,New Highs 203,New Lows 30.
Volume 2,533,737,168.
NASDAQ Advances 1,113,declines 1,456,unchanged 118,New highs 84,New Lows 12.
Volume 1,213,951,706.
TSX Advances 662,declines 673,unchanged 258,Volume 292,751,869.
TSX Venture Exchange Advances 383,Declines 382,Unchanged 302,Volume 147,879,000.

WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS
Dow -50 points at low today.
Dow +15 points at high today.
Dow -0.06% today Volume 167,646,637.
Nasdaq +0.32% today Volume 2,073,748,474.
S&P 500 +0.27% today Volume N/A

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Gold price hits record high on report to ditch dollar Tue Oct 6, 5:08 pm ET

LONDON (AFP) – The price of gold struck an all-time high Tuesday as the dollar fell on a news report of a plan by Gulf states to stop using the greenback for oil trading.Gold hit 1,045.00 dollars per ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange in late trades.Hours earlier on the London Bullion Market, gold surged to 1,043.78 dollars beating the previous record high of 1,032.70 dollars an ounce struck in March, 2008.Barclays Capital precious metals analyst Suki Cooper said dollar weakness appeared to be related to reported secret talks about oil being priced in a basket of currencies including gold rather than the dollar,This has added to concerns about the future role of the dollar in international financial markets, Cooper said.The dollar's future as the world's top currency was thrown into doubt on Tuesday as a report said Arab states had launched secret moves with China and Russia to stop using the greenback for oil trading.Arab states have launched steps with China, Russia, Japan and France to stop using the dollar for oil trades, British daily The Independent reported on Tuesday, but the report was denied by Kuwait and Qatar and reportedly by other nations.The Independent's Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk wrote in his paper:In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning -- along with China, Russia, Japan and France -- to end dollar dealings for oil.

They would instead switch to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar,added Fisk.Gold, viewed as a safe-haven investment, has won back favour in recent months as the global economy struggles out of its worst slump in decades.The run-up in gold has been largely driven by weakness in the dollar, which makes dollar-priced commodities cheaper for holders of stronger currencies, boosting demand.Gold also wins support from fears about higher inflation because the metal is widely regarded by investors as a safe store of value.Precious metals consultancy GFMS last month warned that the current upward trend in gold may not be sustainable should global stimulus packages fail to boost flagging demand in the battered world economy and inflation fall as a result.The Group of 20 leaders of emerging and developed nations recently agreed at a summit in Pittsburgh not to roll back massive stimulus measures that helped contain a severe global recession.

OCTOBER 7, 2009.Sterling Looks Ready to Join the Sick List.By NEIL SHAH

After wobbling for the past few weeks, the British pound nose-dived in the wake of weaker-than-expected economic news, raising the prospect that the U.K. currency could be in for a renewed bout of weakness against major currencies.U.K. industrial production declined in August, undercutting optimism about a swifter-than-expected economic recovery. That news helped drive share prices higher, partly on the expectation that policy makers would have to keep monetary conditions excessively easy for some time in order to ensure economic recovery. That domestic stance, of course, undercuts the attractiveness of the pound to foreign-exchange investors.The tough U.K. economic news coincided with a short-term rate increase by the Australian central bank, the first Group of 20 nation to raise rates since the financial crisis intensified more than a year ago. That move boosted the Australian dollar to its strongest level against the pound since 1985.Similar to how investors sorted good banks from bad banks earlier this year, foreign-exchange buyers are starting to sort strong currencies from weaker currencies. The pound appears to be joining the dollar in the weak camp. Both countries have near-zero interest-rate targets, an aggressive policy aimed at boosting the economy, and yawning deficits. The euro and Japanese yen have edged higher, and so-called commodity currencies, such as the Canadian and Australian dollars, seem the most strongly positioned. Oil-rich Norway is also in the favored camp, and its central bank is expected to follow Australia with a rate increase soon.

Not all countries are pleased with how the sorting is unfolding, and intervention in the currency markets has increased substantially in the past few weeks. While central banks didn't confirm such moves, traders believe South Korea, Thailand and Singapore intervened Tuesday to slow their currencies' rise against the dollar. Switzerland is believed to have made a similar move last week, and Japan has spoken loudly about taking its own steps to arrest the yen's gains.While the dollar's weakness is getting most of the attention, the pound may face an even bleaker future than the greenback.Investors speculate that U.K. officials may favor a weaker currency and could take additional measures to boost Britain's ailing economy.In the third quarter, sterling lost 2.9% of its value against the dollar and gave up 6.9% against the euro, reversing a positive second quarter in which it rebounded from multiyear lows against the dollar and euro. After trading as high as $1.70, the pound was at $1.5909 late Tuesday in New York, down from $1.5944 late Monday, around the low end of its recent range.A weaker pound is adding to consternation among euro-zone exporters. Already dealing with a weak dollar, now these countries face the prospect that the pound will also fall hard against the euro. That would make euro-zone exports to the U.K., the zone's biggest trading partner, relatively more expensive. That scenario could hamstring Europe's own ability to recover from the recession.

Investors again are focusing on the U.K.'s heavy dependence on the financial sector and how that part of the economy faces a long, torpid recovery, at best. Unlike the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Bank of England isn't expected to raise short-term rates anytime soon. Indeed, it is mulling even more aggressive moves to ease monetary conditions in a bid to boost the economy.The U.K.'s elections, which must be held before next June, could add to market uncertainty as political squabbling intensifies ahead of the vote. Foreign investors are taking fright,says Stuart Thomson, an economist at Ignis Asset Management in Glasgow, who says sterling could hit $1.51 by year-end and the euro could rise to 95 pence from 92.61 pence midday Tuesday in New York.But other observers remain upbeat about the pound's future. "It is not surprising that there are stress fractures in the U.K. But the pound is an international reserve currency, and London is still the financial center of the world," says Stephen Jen, managing director at BlueGold Capital Management LLC in London, who says sterling is undervalued. If the euro keeps rising against the pound and dollar, it could become a major problem for Europe's economies in coming months. The region's biggest economy, Germany, depends heavily on exports to fuel growth, while smaller economies like Spain and Ireland are also hoping that exports could help revive growth.

And there are reasons to be especially concerned about the U.K., some observers say.

The U.K. currency's downdraft picked up steam in early August, when the Bank of England surprised investors by expanding the size of a program to pump cash into the economy despite tentative signs of economic improvement. Many believe the Bank of England may move to expand the program again, possibly in November. Meanwhile, Bank of England Gov. Mervyn King has said that weaker sterling and lowering interest rates on reserves held at the central bank might be helpful for the U.K. economy, something markets interpreted last month as a sign the central bank is still worried about the economic recovery. The Bank of England's next policy meeting begins Wednesday.Thanos Papasavvas, head of currency management at Investec Asset Management, says much of the zigzagging in the U.K. currency is because investors have been whipsawed so many times during the financial crisis. Some may have missed out on sterling's rally earlier this year, then bought the currency as it neared its highest levels. They may now be looking for opportunities to get out of those positions, suggesting the pressure on the pound may be short-lived.Write to Neil Shah at neil.shah@dowjones.com Printed in The Wall Street Journal, page A1

UN calls for new reserve currency
(AFP) – OCT 6,09

ISTANBUL — The United Nations called on Tuesday for a new global reserve currency to end dollar supremacy which has allowed the United States the privilege of building a huge trade deficit.Important progress in managing imbalances can be made by reducing the reserve currency country?s privilege to run external deficits in order to provide international liquidity,UN undersecretary-general for economic and social affairs, Sha Zukang, said.Speaking at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Istanbul, he said: It is timely to emphasise that such a system also creates a more equitable method of sharing the seigniorage derived from providing global liquidity.He said: Greater use of a truly global reserve currency, such as the IMF?s special drawing rights (SDRs), enables the seigniorage gained to be deployed for development purposes,he said.The SDRs are the asset used in IMF transactions and are based on a basket of four currencies -- the dollar, euro, yen and pound -- which is calculated daily.China had called in March for a new dominant world reserve currency instead of the dollar, in a system within the framework of the Washington-based IMF.

Dollar drops on plans to ditch dollar-oil price OCT 6,09

LONDON (AFP) – The dollar fell on Tuesday, hit by a media report that Gulf states are planning to stop using the US currency for oil transactions and on prospects of low US interest rates long-term, traders said.The report was denied by Kuwait, but the European single currency rose to 1.4729 dollars from 1.4648 dollars late in New York on Monday.Against the Japanese currency, the dollar slid to 89.06 yen from 89.51yen on Monday.Britain's Independent newspaper reported on its website on Tuesday that Gulf countries have held secret meetings with officials outside the region to discuss dropping the dollar for oil trade.The countries would instead use a basket of currencies, including the yen, the paper said, citing Gulf Arab and Chinese banking sources in Hong Kong.The report increased recent negative sentiment toward the dollar, dealers said.The timing made it easier to sell the dollar on the news, Yuzo Sakai, manager at brokerage Tokyo Forex & Ueda Harlow, told Dow Jones Newswires.

There has been similar talk before but this comes as concern over the dollar's place in the world is increasing,Sakai said.The dollar also dropped after a top US central banker said that interest rates in the world's biggest economy were likely to remain very low for some time.The federal funds rate target is likely to remain exceptionally low for an extended period amid weak inflation and a modest economic rebound, Federal Reserve Bank of New York president William Dudley said.The trend is for a weak dollar as the market is convinced that US rates won't rise any time soon, said Yuji Saito, head of foreign exchange at Societe Generale in Tokyo.The Australian dollar jumped after the Reserve Bank of Australia announced it was raising its official interest rates to 3.25 percent, from a 49-year-low of 3.0 percent.Australia is the first advanced economy to raise interest rates since the global financial crisis. Investors generally prefer the currencies of countries offering higher yields.In London on Tuesday, the euro was changing hands at 1.4729 dollars against 1.4648 dollars late on Monday, at 131.14 yen (131.12), 0.9225 pounds (0.9193) and 1.5114 Swiss francs (1.5119).

The dollar stood at 89.06 yen (89.51) and 1.0264 Swiss francs (1.0320).The pound was at 1.5964 dollars (1.5934).On the London Bullion Market, the price of gold jumped to 1,019.65 dollars an ounce from 1,005.50 dollars an ounce late on Tuesday.

Gold sets record high above $1,040 per ounce By Frank Tang and Jan Harvey – OCT 6,09

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Gold surged to a record high above $1,040 per ounce on Tuesday, fueled by a steadily falling U.S. currency, which prompted investors to buy gold as a hedge against dollar-denominated portfolios.Both spot gold prices and U.S. gold futures have benefited from a convergence of factors, including the dollar's decline, technical buying momentum and worries about potential inflation as central banks struggle to emerge from unprecedented fiscal stimulus measures.In an environment where interest rates are virtually zero, the incremental cost of moving into gold is nil. It stands to reason for investors that gold is more desirable, said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at Harris private bank in Chicago.Spot gold hit a historic $1,043.45 per ounce, and was last up 2.2 percent at $1,039.40 at 12:43 p.m. EDT, compared with $1,016.65 quoted late in New York on Monday.However, Tuesday's all-time high was still sharply below the inflation-adjusted record pinpointed by analysts. Metals consultancy GFMS put that figure as high as $2,079 an ounce.Most-active U.S. gold December futures hit an all-time high $1,045, surpassing the previous record for the contract of $1,033.90 set in March 2008 on a second-month continuation basis. December was last at $1,039.30 an ounce.The metal also hit six-month highs when priced in sterling and euros, breaking above 700 euros an ounce for the first time since early April.A positive technical picture for gold fueled buying on the fund side, traders said. However, the weight of near-record long positions in New York gold futures still leaves the market vulnerable to a correction.The dollar slipped sharply after UK newspaper the Independent said Gulf Arab states were in secret discussions to end the use of dollars in oil trading. Big oil-producing countries later denied the report.Peter Fertig, a consultant at Quantitative Commodity Research, said the final quarter is typically strong for gold, due to a seasonally soft dollar and rising jewelry demand, which is expected to be weaker than usual this year.That is the major driver of investment demand,he said.The speculation, even if it has been denied, that Gulf states would like to peg oil prices to a currency basket and not the U.S. dollar alone has been a positive factor for gold, while weakening the dollar against other major currencies.

COMMODITIES CLIMB

Among other commodities, oil and base metals climbed on the back of the U.S. currency weakness, which makes dollar-priced assets cheaper for holders of other currencies. Strength in other commodities is often reflected in gold.Physical demand for the metal also trickled through. The largest gold exchange-traded fund, New York's SPDR Gold Trust, said its holdings rose 1.5 tonnes on Monday.Traders said they were also seeing rising demand in India, the largest consumer of gold last year, ahead of the Diwali festival on October 19.Mark Cutifani, chief executive of AngloGold Ashanti (ANGJ.J), the world's third largest and Africa's top gold producer, said he saw gold prices at $950 to $1,100 an ounce in the next 12 months, and they could break $1,100 if the U.S. economy continued to dip and investment demand rises.The yellow metal's gains helped lift silver to a two-week high of $17.36 an ounce as investors bought it as a cheaper proxy for gold. Silver, which has the market characteristics of both the precious and industrial metals, was later at $17.25 an ounce against $16.59. Palladium hits its highest since August last year at $308.50. It was last at $307.50 against $298.50.Platinum, the precious metal widely used in autocatalyst manufacturing, also benefited from gold's climb, as well as the better appetite for risk demonstrated by rising equity markets. Platinum was at $1,315 an ounce against $1,293.(Additional reporting by the New York Treasury Desk and Veronica Brown in London; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)

How the Irish yes vote helps Europe – and the US By Stuart Eizenstat and Anthony Luzzatto Gardner – Mon Oct 5, 5:00 am ET

Washington and London – This past weekend the European Union took a significant step that will have a positive impact on the United States. Despite having rejected the Treaty of Lisbon one year ago, Irish voters approved it – thereby removing the last major roadblock before its full implementation.The treaty aims to bring EU institutions into the 21st century, streamline its decisionmaking machinery, reinforce accountability, and improve its ability to address domestic and global issues.It will make the EU a stronger foreign-policy partner of the US when facing common threats, including the Iranian nuclear challenge, climate change, international terrorism, and continued conflict in the Middle East.All of this should come as a relief to critics in the US who have maintained that the EU has been unfairly shirking its burden of global responsibilities.Opponents see the Lisbon Treaty as part of a federalist agenda threatening national sovereignty. But the treaty does no such thing.Currently, EU foreign policy is not as effective as it could be. That's because of competing and overlapping responsibilities between the foreign-policy representative of the Council of Ministers (which represents the interests of the 27 member states of the EU) and the external affairs commissioner of the European Commission, the EU's executive arm. The former has clout as the voice of the member states, but is hampered by a limited budget and staff and has no diplomatic corps. The latter has a significant budget and staff, but does not speak for the member states.

Under the Lisbon Treaty, the two posts are merged. One individual will help bridge the gap by serving as vice president of the European Commission while primarily representing the 27 national leaders and foreign ministers. The individual, likely to be a high profile politician of international stature, will serve as High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy – essentially the EU's foreign minister in all but name.Secretary of State Henry Kissinger famously quipped that it was difficult for the US to deal effectively with Europe without a single phone number to call. Now it will have one.Some critics have alleged that the Lisbon Treaty is merely a constitution that creates a superstate. However, it is really a pact between sovereign states, which will continue to call their own shots; the US will continue to have the opportunity to influence the member states individually.

On nearly every foreign- and security-policy issue, the high representative will only be able to act with the unanimous consent of the members. Member states will remain free to formulate and conduct foreign policy, retain national diplomatic services, and be represented in international organizations, including at the Security Council of the United Nations.Despite this retained sovereignty, the treaty will likely increase the EU's unity and ability to serve as a partner of the US in addressing global challenges, over time. The EU has already shown that it is capable of speaking with one voice on trade policy, despite the internal struggle between free-traders and protectionists.The treaty also improves the coherence and continuity of the EU as an international actor by appointing a full-time president of the European Council, every 2-1/2 years, instead of rotating in leaders from member states every six months.The combination of a new president and foreign minister for a Europe that – for the first time in its war-torn history – peacefully unites Western and Eastern Europe into one democratic union, will give Europe a powerful voice in world affairs.The Irish vote puts an end to almost a decade of debilitating obsession in the EU with institutional reform. If the member states now have the political will to implement the treaty as envisaged, it will represent a major step forward in US-EU relations, which we should welcome.Stuart Eizenstat was a US ambassador to the European Union during the Clinton administration; he also held several other senior positions in the Carter and Clinton administrations. Anthony Luzzatto Gardner is director of Structured Finance at Palamon Capital Partners in London and served as director of European Affairs in the National Security Council from 1994-95.

Ukraine failing to meet EU conditions for gas loan
ANDREW RETTMAN Today OCT 7,09 @ 09:12 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - There is no risk of a fresh gas supply crisis in the coming winter despite Ukraine's inability to meet the conditions of an EU-brokered loan for its ailing national gas company, a senior Ukrainian official has said.Right now, Ukraine is ready to pump gas to European customers. We have enough gas in our underground storage tanks to ensure supplies for the winter of 2009 and 2010, Ukraine's top official in charge of energy security, Bohdan Sokolovsky, told EUobserver in a phone interview on Tuesday (6 October).But if the financial situation of Naftogaz does not improve, there could be a problem in 2010 and 2011, he added.Mr Sokolovsky's remarks come after an EU-led delegation to Kiev last week said international banks will not pay out a €1.2 billion loan designed to prop up the gas company's finances until the country moves forward on agreed reforms.The EU in July helped put together the financial assistance from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank and the World Bank.But European Commission official Hugues Mingarelli in Kiev last Friday told Mr Sokolovsky that the funds will not be released unless Naftogaz first raises domestic consumer prices by 20 percent and takes steps to separate its transit and domestic distribution businesses.The Ukrainian official blamed the impasse on Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's unwillingness to raise prices ahead of her bid in the January 2010 presidential elections.Ms Tymoshenko needs to put forward a social package to help impoverished consumers shoulder the price hikes in order for Ukrainian courts to approve the 20 percent increase. But the prime minister has refused to do so, he explained.

These gas price increases would not help her in the elections,said Mr Sokolovsky, a loyalist of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.Yulia Tymoshenko is blocking the price reforms.Naftogaz' perilous financial situation is linked to its take-or-pay contract with Russian supplier Gazprom under which the Ukrainian firm has agreed to buy set volumes per month despite a sharp dip in demand due to the economic crisis.

Gazprom chief Alexey Miller at a gas industry congress in Buenos Aires on Tuesday defended take-or-pay deals, saying this system guarantees the sustainability of gas supply for importers and consumers, and is a crucial element of energy security.He also said that the Russian firm will start up two pipelines, Nord Stream and South Stream, designed to reduce Ukraine's importance as an EU transit country, in 2011 and 2015, respectively. Ukraine currently transits 80 percent of Russia's gas shipments to Europe. A Russia-Ukraine gas price dispute last winter caused mass-scale interruptions to EU supplies costing hundreds of millions of euros in unrecoverable economic damage.

Moldovan democracy needs EU support, says president
VALENTINA POP Today OCT 7,09 @ 09:27 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Moldova's chance to become a real democracy depends on EU political and financial support as well as the new government's commitment to reforms, the country's interim president said in an interview.Only a week after the new Moldovan premier and foreign minister came to Brussels to meet the heads of EU and Nato institutions, the country's interim president, Mihai Ghimpu, also visited the EU capital on Tuesday (6 October) on his first official trip abroad.This is how we are going to work. One week in Chisinau, one in Brussels,he joked to the EUobserver, during his visit to the European Parliament. Recently elected speaker of the Moldovan parliament, the leader of the Liberal Party is the interim head of state until 23 October, when the legislature is set to elect the country's president.The current pro-Western alliance lacks eight votes to elect its own candidate. But Mr Ghimpu is confident that no parliamentary group wants to trigger early elections, especially since the constitution would only allow them to be organised next spring.Turning to the scope of his visit, Mr Ghimpu talked about his country's most pressing need - to overcome the economic crisis.We still have money for salaries and pensions for another one to two months,the Liberal politician said. But then we'll have a problem.The Communist Party, which had governed the country since 2001 left a state with no economy, a deficit of €500 million, foreign debt and promised to increase salaries and pensions in order to get more votes,he explained.

Embezzlement, corruption and state monopolies were the rule with the former government, he added.We are the poorest country in Europe, but with one of the wealthiest political elites - the Communists.The country has been promised a substantial assistance package by the EU commission, but no money can start to flow until Chisinau signs an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).We can't overcome the crisis alone,the president said. Asked about the hundreds of millions promised by Russia and China in the run-up to the elections, Mr Ghimpu said he preferred serious commitments, not empty promises.The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development promised €100 million for infrastructure projects, the US €170 million for infrastructure and sewage systems, but for now we need to fill the budget gap.

Aiming at EU membership

A commission official present at the debate with MEPs on Tuesday evening confirmed the commitment of the EU executive to helping the new democratic government. Apart from the macro-economic stabilisation package to be negotiated with the IMF, the commission is also sending experts to the various ministries that deal with EU-inspired reforms.The declared aim of Moldova's new four-party coalition named the Alliance for European Integration is EU accession, Mr Ghimpu said, while admitting this was a long term goal.The first step is upcoming negotiations on a new EU-Moldova Association Agreement. Explicit wording on the accession perspective for Moldova is unlikely, as is the prospect of being included in the same package as the western Balkan countries, which are all in line for membership. However, the Swedish EU presidency has signalled that the agreement will go beyond the current partnership formula. The only precondition for starting negotiations has already been fulfilled: lifting visas for Romanian citizens. The measure was imposed by the Communist regime as retaliation for what it believed to be Romanian-organised street protests following the fraudulent April elections. The EU parliament and the commission requested a full investigation into the street violence and brutal police crackdown which followed.A broad international inquiry committee, comprising representatives of the European Parliament, Council of Europe, UN and all the political parties, including the Communists, will be set up very soon. We already set up a working group to prepare the composition of this committee,Mr Ghimpu told MEPs.Romanian MEP Monica Macovei, head of the EU-Moldova delegation, stressed the need for the judicial truth to be established, independently from the political inquiry.Regardless of what the government and the political parties are undertaking, for instance if they settle with the victims, the criminal investigations need to be pursued,she said.

Russian troubles

With its openly declared pro-Western course and increased co-operation with Nato, the new team in Chisinau has put itself on collision course with Moscow. But Mr Ghimpu said that Moldova-Russia relations will remain normal.We can't ignore its market or its force,he said. Similarly to Georgia, Moldova also has a Russian-backed frozen conflict in its backyard, in the separatist region of Transnistria, a thin slice of land along its eastern border with Ukraine. Russia still has troops and ammunition stationed in the area, despite withdrawal commitments made in the 1990s.
The key to solving the Transnistrian problem is in Moscow,Mr Ghimpu says.Besides having the 14th Russian army stationed there, Moscow also has peacekeepers deployed, which is an obvious conflict of interests. That's why we're calling for an international mission,he explained, again pinning his hopes on EU assistance.I hope the day will come when Moscow leaders will understand that they will be respected only by treating other states correctly and according to democratic principles, he said.

Spanish Insurer Mapfre Goes Global to Thrive By Mark Scott – Tue Oct 6, 11:51 am ET

The worst of the Great Recession may be over, but much of the world isn't out of the woods just yet. That's particularly true for Spain, where unemployment borders on 20%and the country's gross domestic product is expected to contract 3.2% in 2009 after years of record growth.Yet despite that dire domestic outlook, some of Spain's largest companies continue to grow. Take Mapfre (MAP.F), the country's biggest insurance company, with annual sales of $26 billion and operations in 45 countries, including the U.S. Over the first half of 2009 the Madrid outfit boosted revenues to $14.6 billion, up 12.9% from the same period last year. No wonder, then, that Mapfre is the highest-ranking finance firm in A.T. Kearney's 2009 league table of global champions.

Expanded U.S. Presence

So how has Mapfre succeeded when others in the financial services industry have floundered? There are a couple of reasons. In recent years, the insurer, which specializes in nonlife products such as home and auto insurance, has aggressively expanded into new international markets, like Turkey and the U.S., while investing millions to shore up its 25-year presence across Latin America. The global push has been coupled with cost-cutting moves at home to offset lackluster growth in the Spanish market, which still represents 66% of the insurer's profits. The recession has hit Mapfre like everyone else, but its international size and shrewd business approach have offset many of the problems,says Joo Pena, A.T. Kearney's managing partner for Spain and Portugal.Right now, the company's strategy is looking very attractive.Mapfre first entered Latin America in the mid-1980s, but its emphasis has shifted to the non-Spanish speaking world. In March 2007, the company bought an 80% stake in Turkish insurer Genel Sigorta for $375 million. Months later, Mapfre forked out $2.2 billion for Webster (Mass.)-based Commerce Group, which helped ramp up the company's previously negligible U.S. presence. Analysts expect Mapfre to use its growing footprint in the Northeast U.S. to expand into other states. The international markets where we're present have much more growth potential than our Spanish business,says Alberto Manzano, Mapfre's vice-president.The global push has come at just the right time. While Mapfre's first-half profits from its sluggish Spanish operations fell 10.3% annually, to $538 million, the international business's profits jumped 32.6%, to $273 million. The insurer's share price has more than doubled since global stock markets hit their lows in early spring, and has jumped 18.5% since the beginning of the year.

Cross-Marketing Advantage

While global expansion has provided most of Mapfre's recent growth, squeezing out efficiencies from the domestic business also has played a role. Like fellow financial services giant Banco Santander (NYSE:STD - News), the Spanish insurer has world-class software that allows Mapfre to cross-sell products to its Spanish clients. Customers with car insurance, for instance, can be offered household coverage and other services through Mapfre's 3,200 branches across the country. That, according to Standard & Poor's analyst Angelo Sacca, gives Mapfre a distinct advantage over smaller rivals, which don't have the same product range.Analysts stress Mapfre must continue its overseas expansion, since the Spanish market will remain in dire straits for some time to come. Historically, the domestic nonlife insurance business represented around 60% of the company's annual net income. That meant bumper profits when the Spanish economy was booming. But with Spain's home and car sales near 10-year lows, those easy profits are gone. It's up to Mapfre's customers in Turkey, the U.S., and elsewhere to pick up the slack.

Upbeat Canada economic figures greeted cautiously By Ka Yan Ng – OCT 6,09

TORONTO (Reuters) – More evidence emerged on Tuesday that the Canadian economy is pulling out of recession but economists were guarded in their enthusiasm, saying that September jobs figures due out on Friday will offer a better test.Data showed that business purchasing activity in the economy rose in September and that the value of building permits increased in August.That helped the Canadian dollar rally to its highest level against the U.S. currency in a year, but most of the currency's thrust came from soaring commodity and equity prices and a decision by Australia's central bank to raise interest rates, which was interpreted as a sign of confidence in economic recovery.Building permits in August recovered most of the ground lost in July, when the city of Toronto was unable to issue permits because of a strike by its workers.Statistics Canada said August permits were up 7.2 percent from July, but up by only 0.8 percent if Toronto were excluded. July's decline was revised to 10.0 percent from 11.4 percent.The key here is that if not for the end to the latest strike by Toronto's municipal workers that had shut down permit approvals in July, permits would have only risen by 0.8 percent in August,said Derek Holt, economist at Scotia Capital.That's a far cry from the headline pop that was largely expected, after controlling for prior month revisions.The value of permits in the residential sector rose by 11.2 percent, including 15.1 percent in single-family dwellings and 2.6 percent in multifamily dwellings. Nonresidential permits rose by 2.2 percent. The figures are seasonally adjusted.

Purchasing by Canadian businesses expanded for a fourth straight month in September, and at a faster pace than had been expected, according to the Ivey Purchasing Managers Index.Economists were encouraged by the purchasing index, which rose to 61.7in September from 55.7 in August, well above expectations for a reading of 56, according to a Reuters survey.All of the subcomponents of Ivey -- employment, prices, supplier deliveries and inventories -- also rose.Analysts zeroed in on the employment subindex, which surged to 55.9 from 47.5, saying the improvement could bode well for this Friday's jobs report. It was the first time the employment index has risen above 50 since August of last year.If anything, this is an indication of some positive momentum in the Canadian labor market, and does present some upside risks to our above-consensus call for a 10,000 jobs' gain in Canada in September, said Millan Mulraine, economics strategist at TD Securities.The September labor force survey remains the major test for markets this week as the market is eager to see if the economy added jobs for a second straight month.Following an unexpected gain of 27,100 jobs in August, the September jobs report is expected to show a slim increase of 5,000 jobs and an uptick in the unemployment rate to 8.8 percent from an 11-1/2 year high of 8.7 percent in August.Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Tuesday that the global economy is experiencing a mild, fragile recovery that won't kick in in earnest until unemployment starts to turn around. We're certainly not out of the woods,he told Toronto's Newstalk 1010 radio.Recent figures supporting sentiment that the economy is recovering include rising industrial product prices for August and firmer consumer confidence in September. On the flip side, gross domestic product came in flat in July.(Reporting by Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren in Ottawa and Ka Yan Ng in Toronto; editing by Peter Galloway)

Stocks surge as investors bet on corporate profits By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer – Tue Oct 6, 6:03 pm ET

NEW YORK – The stock market got a big lift from a faraway place: Australia.The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 132 points Tuesday and all major indicators rose more than 1 percent as the Australian central bank's decision to raise interest rates boosted investor optimism about the global economy. The Dow is up 244 points in two days, its best back-to-back gain since mid-July.Investors' show of confidence ahead of a flood of corporate earnings reports came as Australia became the first major country to raise interest rates since the onset of the financial crisis last year. The move signals that policymakers see the country's economy as strong enough to withstand higher borrowing costs. That touched off hopes that other economies might also be growing.Australia's decision also dented demand for the U.S. dollar, which, in turn, raised commodities prices. U.S. energy and materials stocks jumped as oil rose and gold reached a record high.Investors' upbeat tone is a departure from the past two weeks, when disappointing reports on unemployment, manufacturing and consumer sentiment gave stocks their first consecutive weekly drops since July. Investors now seem inclined to grab hold of any good news, and their shifting sentiment has led to some mild volatility including the surge upward this week.

The market's climb also came as some investors ratcheted up expectations for companies' earnings for the July-September quarter. Yum Brands Inc., parent of the Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut chains, reported results after the closing bell that topped expectations and raised its profit forecast for the year. Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. reports on Wednesday.Phil Orlando, chief equity market strategist at Federated Investors in New York, said investors are raising their expectations for earnings because few companies have issued profit warnings since the quarter's end.

We've gone through confessional season and we haven't had a peep from anyone, he said, referring to companies that would try to prepare investors for disappointment. It's just crickets and tumbleweed throughout Wall Street because companies are going to beat.The Dow rose 131.50, or 1.4 percent, to 9,731.25 after rising 112 Monday. It was the Dow's biggest gain since Aug. 21 and leaves the index fewer than 300 points from the psychological benchmark of 10,000. The Dow's two-day rise is its biggest since July 16.It was only the fifth time this year that all 30 stocks that comprise the Dow closed higher.The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 14.26, or 1.4 percent, to 1,054.72, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 35.42, or 1.7 percent, to 2,103.57.

Stocks jumped Monday on news that the U.S. service industry grew for the first time in a year. Upbeat comments about the nation's largest banks also drew buyers, as did a drop in the dollar.Bond prices fell Tuesday, sending the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note up to 3.26 percent from 3.23 percent late Monday.Crude oil rose 47 cents to settle at $70.88 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Gold rose as high as $1,045 an ounce on the Nymex before closing at $1,039.70, its highest finish since March 2008. Taking inflation into account, the high was $2,200 an ounce back in January 1980, according to the World Gold Council, an industry trade group.

Stock investors cheered the drop in the dollar because it boosts corporate profits by making U.S. goods cheaper to overseas buyers. Companies can also get a bump in profits when they convert sales made in foreign currencies to dollars. The dollar has been falling for months so that added to expectations for corporate profit reports.The reality is that a weak dollar right now is beneficial to us because it's driving export volumes to foreign economies that are doing better and it's going to result in currency gains,Orlando said.The market lost about 6 percent in recent weeks, following a rally of about 60 percent since March, as investors questioned whether they had been too quick to place bets on a rebound in the economy. The same concerns emerged from mid-June to mid-July, when stocks fell 7 percent before companies turned in surprisingly strong profits.

Metals and mining and energy stocks rose Tuesday as commodities surged.

Alcoa rose 47 cents, or 3.5 percent, to $13.89. Barrick Gold Corp. rose $1.93, or 5.2percent, to $38.84, while Newmont Mining Corp. jumped $3.01, or 7 percent, to $46.21.Oilfield services company Schlumberger Ltd. rose $1.28, or 2.2 percent, to $59.24.
David Kelly, chief market strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds, said the stock market has room to advance despite its already huge climb. Stocks are still down from their peak two years ago.Kelly said the long-term move in the stock market should be upward as the economy improves and problems like unemployment slowly get better, a process that he expects to take years.As the economy gradually pulls itself back together and we march back to full employment the stock market will reflect that, Kelly said.Four stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to 5.1 billion shares compared with 4.4 billion traded Monday.The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 10.87, or 1.8 percent, to 601.98.Britain's FTSE 100 gained 2.3 percent, Germany's DAX index rose 2.7 percent, and France's CAC-40 gained 2.6 percent. Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.2 percent.

National retail group offers weak holiday forecast By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer – OCT 6,09

NEW YORK – After parents cut back on clothes and accessories for children this past fall, the retail industry suspects they won't be any more generous by the holidays.

The National Retail Federation, usually bullish about holiday sales, predicts a 1 percent decline in total sales to $437.6 billion for November and December combined. The projection from the world's largest retail trade group comes amid forecasts that U.S. retailers saw a key measure of sales drop in September for the 13th month in a row compared with a year earlier.The NRF is less optimistic this year than several other groups offering holiday sales forecasts.We just don't see a sharp turnaround in consumer sentiment and spending until employment and income look a lot better, said Rosalind Wells, chief economist at the National Retail Federation. Shoppers are going to remain very frugal.NRF's figures exclude sales from restaurants, gasoline, autos and online business; they include low-price retailers, department stores, grocery stores and specialty stores.Last year, the Washington-based NRF issued a 2.2 percent growth forecast in mid-September just as the financial meltdown ballooned. The trade group decided not to offer a reduced estimate because the spending climate was deteriorating so quickly that forecasters couldn't be accurate. The industry ended up having the weakest holiday season — when compared with the previous year — since at least 1967, when the U.S. Commerce Department started collecting retail sales data.

So far, holiday 2009 forecasts range from as weak as a 3.5 percent decline from Wells Fargo senior economist Mark Vitner to predictions at the top end from Deloitte Research and TNS Retail Forward that sales will be the same as last year.Job security is a key factor in consumers' ability and willingness to spend, and the latest government jobs report, issued Friday, fueled more concerns about the holiday shopping season. The figures showed unemployment ticking up to 9.8 percent in September, a 26-year-high, and employers shedding 263,000 jobs, more than the 180,000forecast by economists.Those seeking work also have fewer prospects: The average time to find a job is 26.2 weeks, up from 19.8 weeks in January.Meanwhile, shoppers continue to grapple with tight credit and dwindling net worth.Last fall's steep and swift spending drop came too late for retailers to cut their inventory or orders, which left them with no option but to steeply discount the piles merchandise already headed for their stores.Analysts expect stores won't be in the same panic mode this year because they have cut inventory, but there still will be generous deals and stores may have a hard time predicting what shoppers want.According to a recent study by BDO Seidman LLP, a leading accounting and consulting firm, 60 percent of finance executives at top U.S. retailers say there is greater risk for stores in having too much inventory than not enough.BMO Capital Markets analyst John Morris estimated that the volume and level of discounts at the 25 mall-based apparel chains he follows already are up 5 percent even though they have 15 percent less inventory than a year ago. That indicates retailers feel it takes a carrot and a stick to get shoppers into the store, he said.

We are not seeing any consistency in consumer strength. The consumer is responding to need and promotions,Morris said.We will likely have a disappointing holiday season.Morris and other analysts will be dissecting the September sales results coming Thursday for any more insight into consumer behavior — specifics about hot sellers and weak spots — and traffic patterns. Thursday's figures, for sales at stores that have been open at least a year, are considered a key measure of a retailer's health.The federal figure for September's monthly retail sales, which includes a much broader range of businesses such as auto, gasoline and building materials retailers, is due out Oct. 14. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters project a 1.4 percent drop.Michael P. Niemira, chief economist at the International Council of Shopping Centers, forecasts a 2 percent drop for September for sales at stores opened at least a year. That compares with a 1 percent decline last year when the free-fall in spending began. That even takes into account benefits from a late Labor Day and this year's later school openings.The figures exclude results from Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which stopped releasing monthly data after its report for April.

Niemira expects sales trends to improve in coming months, however, and to rise 1 percent for November and December, compared with the 5.8 percent drop a year ago. He cautioned that this year's numbers will look better in part because last year's plunge was so steep.The turn is upon us in the upcoming months, but it's mainly driven by the arithmetic,Niemira said.

Commodities surge drives stock market higher By STEPHEN BERNARD and TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writers – OCT 6,09

NEW YORK – Investors rushed into stocks for a second day amid signs that the global economy is recovering and as a weak dollar pushed up prices of commodities.The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 110 points, bringing its two-day advance to more than 200, as major stock indicators rose more than 1 percent.The drop in the dollar came as Australia became the first major country to raise interest rates. That dented demand for the dollar as did speculation that several oil-producing countries were considering ending the dollar's role in crude pricing.

The dollar's drop sent oil higher and gold jumped to a record high.

Australia's rate increase reinforced expectations that world governments expect the economy to strengthen. The country's central bank governor said it was time to begin reducing the economic stimulus provided by low interest rates and that the risk of major economic contraction in the country was over. The dollar hit a 14-month low against the Australian dollar.Leaving interest rates low for too long can ignite inflation but raising them too quickly can choke off a nascent recovery. Dean Curnutt, president of Macro Risk Advisors, cautioned that other central banks are unlikely to soon follow Australia's lead because the recession exacted a heavier toll in the U.S. and Europe.Other large, central banks are not in a position to do that yet,Curnutt said.Curnutt said the Federal Reserve is still focused on avoiding deflation and trying to boost asset prices, such as home values, to help rebuild wealth.The dollar's slide followed an article in a British newspaper, The Independent, saying that secret meetings were taking place among Arab states, China, Russia, Japan and France, to end dollar dealings for oil and move to a basket of currencies including the euro, the yen and the Chinese yuan. Officials in several of the countries either denied that talks were occurring or said they had no knowledge of them.The slumping dollar helped stocks for a second day. Stocks jumped Monday after two consecutive losing weeks following news that the U.S. service industry grew for the first time in a year. Upbeat comments about the nation's largest banks also drew buyers, as did a drop in the dollar.Commodities are priced in dollars, and when the currency falls commodities become more appealing to foreign buyers.

In early afternoon trading, the Dow rose 109.20, or 1.1 percent, to 9,708.95 after rising 112 on Monday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 12.54, or 1.2 percent, to 1,053.00, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 30.52, or 1.5 percent, to 2,098.67.
The Dow jumped 1.2 percent Monday, while the S&P surged 1.5 percent.Metals and mining and energy stocks rose as commodities surged. Crude oil rose 86 cents to $71.27 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold rose above $1,040 an ounce.Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc., which is due to report third-quarter earnings Wednesday, rose 52 cents, or 3.9 percent, to $13.94. Barrick Gold Corp. rose $1.79, or 4.9 percent, to $38.70, while Newmont Mining Corp. jumped $2.67, or 6.2 percent, to $45.87. Oilfield services company Schlumberger Ltd. rose $1.54, or 2.7 percent, to $59.50.David Kelly, chief market strategist at J.P. Morgan Funds, said the stock market has room to advance further although it is already up 50 percent since March. Stocks are still down from their peak two years ago.He said the long-term move in the stock market should be up as the economy improves and problems like unemployment slowly get better, a process that he expects to take years.As the economy gradually pulls itself back together and we march back to full employment the stock market will reflect that,he said.Bond prices slipped, sending the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note up to 3.26 percent from 3.23 percent late Monday.Five stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, where volume came to 597.4 million shares compared with 510.4 million shares traded at the same point Monday. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 10.16, or 1.7 percent, to 601.27.
Britain's FTSE 100 gained 2.3 percent, Germany's DAX index rose 2.7 percent, and France's CAC-40 gained 2.6 percent. Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.2 percent.

Protests sweep across Yemen's south BY Ahmed Al-haj, Associated Press Writer – OCT 6,09

SAN'A, Yemen – Thousands of activists have taken to the streets across Yemen's south calling for independence, even as much of the central government's army is tied up fighting a Shiite rebellion in the far north.The demonstrations are the latest in a steady series of protests there underlining the lingering tensions between the north and south more than a decade after a 1994 southern attempt to secede was quashed.The south, which was a separate country until it unified with the north in 1990, complains that it is discriminated against by the northerner-dominated government.

The latest unrest also comes as fighting has erupted in the north between government forces and Shiites rebelling over neglect and discrimination. The many conflicts have raised concern over the strategically located country's stability.Nasser al-Khubbogi, a lawmaker from the south, estimated that at least 100,000 people were protesting in across southern Yemen, calling on the visiting secretary general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, to liberate the south from the north.The Yemeni government did not comment on the demonstrations or provide crowd estimates of its own.The southerners are demanding the Arab League oversee talks with the government that would allow the south to secede, said al-Khubbogi.Moussa told reporters after meeting with Yemen's president that the country's leadership seemed open to any ideas preserving the country's unity.I have sensed from the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, sincerity for dialogue with all the political factions inside and outside the country, on condition on keeping Yemen's unity and stability,Moussa added.Since last August, several southern cities and towns have been the scene of constant demonstrations by disaffected southerners.Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, is beset on several fronts: the Shiite rebels in the north, secessionists in the south, al-Qaida militants in the hinterlands and pirates off its coasts and disgruntled tribes all over.Yemen is also Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland, in whose waters al-Qaida bombed the USS Cole in 2000, killing 17 American sailors. More recent attacks include an assault on the U.S. Embassy a year ago.