JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
2 PETER 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men
LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror(ISM), consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
OH BUT ISLAM IS PEACEFUL.THEY LOVE THEIR GIRLS AND WOMEN GETTING SMART BY GOING TO SCHOOLS.THE POPE CLAIMES ISLAM IS SO PEACEFUL AND WANTS TO COMIT FORNICATION WITH ISLAM IN THE NAME OF BRINGING ALL RELIGIONS TO ONE PEACEFUL WORLD.AND OBAMA CLAIMES ISLAM IS SO PEACEFUL THATS WHY HES GOING TO VISIT A MOSQUE IN MALAYSIA ON HIS ASIA TRIP COMING UP.I SAY LIGHT KING JESUS AND ISLAM - CHRISLAM DOES NOT MIX.WHO CAN TRY TO BE FREINDS WITH A RELIGION - ISLAM.THAT WANTS TO KILL YOU IN THE NAME OF THEIR GOD.YES ISLAM WANTS WORLD DOMINATION AND IF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DON'T WANT TO BECOME MUSLIMS.YES ITS TO THE CHOPPING BLOCK OF YOUR HEAD.I'M WITH ISRAEL.IF THEY WANT TO KILL US.WE SURE DON'T JOIN THEM IN THEIR SEX FOR MURDER-72 VIRGIN-ALLAH MURDER KILL CHRISTIANS AND JEWS CULT.
OBAMA TO VISIT MALAYSIAN MOSQUE-The NewStraitsTimes-APR 20,14
In Seoul, Obama will hold talks with South Korean President Park Geun-Hye that focus on North Korea's belligerence. He will also attempt to ease tensions between Seoul and Tokyo.Obama will then travel to Malaysia, where he will become the first US president to visit since Lyndon Johnson stopped by in 1966 as part of an Asian tour designed to check the spread of communism.Obama begins his Malaysia programme with a state dinner on April 26. The next day, he will hold talks with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and visit the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur.In one of the keynote moments of the trip, he will host a town-hall style meeting with young leaders across Southeast Asia at Universiti Malaya.On April 28, Obama will head for the Philippines for talks with President Benigno Aquino. He is scheduled to hold a joint press conference with Aquino and be the guest of honour at a state dinner.
22 April 2014| last updated at 09:17PM-230 girls abducted in Nigeria still missing-New StraitsTimes
CHIBOK, Nigeria: Nigerian parents say more than 200 girls and young women abducted from a school by Islamic militants remain missing one week later, despite a “hot pursuit” by security forces and an independent search by desperate parents who went into a dangerous forest.Dozens of the kidnapped girls managed to escape by jumping from the back of an open truck or hiding in dense forest. Although the military has mounted a hunt, parents who spent days searching the forest say they did not see any soldiers. The Defence Ministry said today it is deploying more troops to searches for the students.The failure of Nigeria’s military to rescue the schoolgirls is a major embarrassment to the armed forces, which have said they are containing the Islamic insurgency. --AP
Piles and piles' of bodies in S. Sudan slaughter
By JASON STRAZIUSO 17 minutes ago-APR 22,14-YahooNews
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gunmen who targeted both children and the elderly left "piles and piles" of bodies — many of those in a mosque — in a provincial capital in South Sudan, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official in the country said Tuesday.Toby Lanzer told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday that the ethnically targeted killings are "quite possibly a game-changer" for a conflict that has been raging since mid-December and that has exposed longstanding ethnic hostilities. There was also a disturbing echo of Rwanda, which is marking the 20th anniversary this month of its genocide that killed 1 million people."It's the first time we're aware of that a local radio station was broadcasting hate messages encouraging people to engage in atrocities," said Lanzer, who was in Bentiu on Sunday and Monday. "And that really accelerates South Sudan's descent into an even more difficult situation from which it needs to extract itself."U.N. human rights investigators said late Monday that hundreds of civilians were killed last week because of their ethnicity after rebel forces seized Bentiu, the capital of oil-producing Unity state. Those rebel forces are Nuer, the same ethnic group that former Vice President Riek Machar, who is now a rebel leader, comes from.Lanzer said thousands of civilians from several ethnic groups are streaming to the U.N. peacekeeping base in Bentiu because many believe more violence is coming. The base now holds 25,000 people but has only one liter of water per person per day and only one latrine per 350 people."The risk of a public health crisis inside our base is enormous," he said.As rebel forces entered Bentiu last week, residents were led to believe that by entering the city mosque they would be safe, Lanzer said, citing accounts from survivors. But once inside they were robbed of their valuables — mostly money and mobile phones — and a short while later gunmen arrived and began killing, both inside the mosque and inside the city hospital.British Ambassador Ian Hughes on Tuesday said the April 15-16 killings are a clear violation of international law. He said those behind the atrocities and those inciting the killings will be held to account.U.N. officials began helping to clear the bodies from the streets and city buildings. Lanzer arrived in Bentiu on the third day of that operation but still counted 150 bodies. He said the U.N. is documenting the killings and will soon have "a pretty good grasp" on the precise number killed.The violence is only one part of a dual crisis South Sudan faces. Because of all the fighting, very few residents are tending to their crops. Lanzer said there is a severe risk of famine in coming months because April and May is when people should be planting and cultivating.The U.N. hasn't spelled out clearly who exactly the victims were, but because ethnic Nuers carried out the killings it is mostly likely that ethnic Dinkas were among those killed. The U.N. also said former residents of the Darfur region of Sudan were among those killed in the slaughter. Nuer residents who refused to take part in the attacks were also killed.The U.N. has been warning of mounting evidence of ethnically-targeted killings in the world's newest nation as both government troops and rebel forces lose and gain territories in sporadic clashes. Despite a ceasefire signed earlier this year, both sides continue to trade allegations over human rights violations.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) 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).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42
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,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
22 April 2014| last updated at 06:41PM-Pakistan says it's test-fired short-range missile-NewStraitSTimes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military says it has successfully test-fired a short-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead.A military statement says the Hatf III Ghaznavi missile with a range of 290 kilometres (180 miles) was launched today from an undisclosed location.It says the test was conducted during a field training exercise and that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen. Rashad Mahmood and other officers were present.Afterward, Mahmood congratulated scientists and engineers involved for the successful launch.Pakistan, which became a nuclear power in 1998, routinely test-fires what it claims are indigenously developed missiles.The international community closely watches its weapons program as Pakistan has fought three wars with its nuclear-armed archenemy and neighbour India after gaining independence since 1947. --AP
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North Korea 'may be close to nuclear test' warns Seoul
By Giles Hewitt 4 hours ago-APR 22,14
Seoul (AFP) - North Korea could well be preparing to carry out a fourth nuclear test, South Korea said Tuesday, citing increased activity at its main test site just days ahead of a visit to Seoul by US President Barack Obama."Our military is currently detecting a lot of activity in and around the Punggye-ri nuclear test site," defence ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok told a press briefing.Kim stressed that North Korea's nuclear weapons programme was at a stage where it could conduct a test "at any moment" once the order was given by the leadership in Pyongyang.North Korea has conducted three nuclear tests -- in 2006, 2009 and 2013 -- all at the Punggye-ri site in the northeast of the country.Kim declined to give details of the monitored activity, but cautioned that it may be no more than a "deception tactic" to raise tensions ahead of Obama's visit which is due to begin on Friday."We are thinking of possibilities that the North may stage a surprise nuclear test or just pretend to stage a nuclear test," Kim said.Obama is visiting Seoul as part of an Asia tour, and there has been widespread speculation that the North may stage a provocation to coincide with the trip.Kim said the South Korean and US militaries were closely sharing intelligence and Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff had set up a special task force in case Pyongyang goes ahead with an underground detonation.On Monday, Pyongyang slammed Obama's upcoming trip as a "dangerous" move that would escalate military tension and bring the "dark clouds of a nuclear arms race" over the Korean peninsula.Several analysts said they were sceptical that North Korea would carry out a test at the current time, and said Pyongyang was just seeking to rattle a few cages.-- Slap in the face for China? --Professor Yang Moo-Jin of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, said a test now would risk permanently alienating the North's only major ally and chief economic benefactor, China."It would be a huge slap in the face for China and North Korea may not feel confident enough to deal with the backlash from Beijing," Yang said.A nuclear test would extinguish any chance of a resumption of six-country talks on North Korea's nuclear programme that China has been pushing for.Other parties to the stalled discussions -- most notably a sceptical South Korea and the US -- insist Pyongyang must first make a tangible step towards denuclearisation.China said it was aware of the reports of a possible test and urged restraint."We call on all relevant parties to keep calm ... and stick to the goal of realising the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula ... through dialogue," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular briefing.-- Fourth test a 'game-changer' --Kim Yong-Hyun, a North Korean expert at DongGuk University, said the diplomatic fallout from another nuclear test "might be hard for the North to cope with"."I think this is more likely North Korea posturing to get some international attention," Kim said.The North warned at the end of March that it would not rule out a "new form" of nuclear test after the UN Security Council condemned its latest series of medium-range missile launches.Experts saw this as a possible reference to testing a uranium-based device or a miniaturised warhead small enough to fit on a ballistic missile."If North Korea goes ahead with another nuclear test as it has publicly warned, it will be a game changer," South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se said Monday.Warning Pyongyang that it was playing an "unwinnable game" against the international community, Yun said the world would not tolerate a nuclear-armed North Korea.Last year, the North restarted a plutonium reactor that it had shut down at its Yongbyon nuclear complex in 2007 under an aid-for-disarmament accord.The Yongbyon reactor is capable of producing six kilograms (13 pounds) of plutonium a year -- enough for one nuclear bomb.Pyongyang is currently believed to have enough plutonium for as many as six bombs, after using part of its stock for at least two of its three atomic tests to date.It is still unclear whether the 2013 test used plutonium or uranium as its fissile material.A basic uranium bomb is no more potent than a basic plutonium one, but the uranium enrichment path holds various advantages for the North, which has substantial deposits of uranium ore.Uranium enrichment carries a far smaller footprint than plutonium and can be carried out using centrifuge cascades in relatively small buildings that give off no heat.
KNOWLEGE AND WORLD TRAVEL (IMMIGRATION) INCREASED
DANIEL 12:4
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 FROM FLEEING WARS) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS MICROCHIPS ETC)
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD KILLED IN OVERNIGHT RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
AMOS 1:5
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
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)
Almost one million' Syrian refugees in Turkey: PM-APR 22,14-YahooNews
Ankara (AFP) - The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey has reached "almost one million," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, while pledging to keep accepting those fleeing the war."Are we supposed to ask our brothers not to come, and to die in Syria?" Erdogan said as he addressed his party's lawmakers in parliament.The three-year conflict in Syria has sent millions fleeing to neighbouring countries and beyond.Turkey, a staunch opponent of the regime in Damascus, is one of the countries that has born the brunt of the refugee crisis, along with Lebanon and Jordan.The United Nations said earlier this month that more than a million people Syrians had officially registered as refugees in Lebanon, and that numbers were swelling by the day.
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(4 WINDS OF THE WORLD-WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(COULD ALSO MEAN THE 4 CORNERS OF THE EARTH OR WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
22 April 2014| last updated at 08:58PM-Asia-Pacific navies sign communication agreement-NewStratsTimes
QINGDAO, China: Naval officials from the U.S. and two dozen Asia-Pacific nations adopted an agreement today aimed at improving communication at sea to reduce the possibility of conflict amid rising friction between an increasingly assertive China and its neighbours.The Code For Unplanned Encounters at Sea provides simple standardised phrases — such as “alpha” meaning divers are in surrounding waters — that navies can use when they come across ships from other countries. It’s hoped the code will lessen the possibility of collisions or misunderstandings that could lead to conflict in the heavily trafficked sea lanes surrounding China, Japan and Southeast Asia.Tensions have risen in the region over competing territorial claims, especially over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that are controlled by Japan but claimed by China. The agreement, approved unanimously at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao, is targeted at “establishing international standards in relation to the use of the sea,” according to a text of the agreement provided by a U.S. Navy officer. Although not legally binding, China’s adoption of the code indicates its increased willingness to engage with its neighbours, U.S. Navy officials said. The U.S., Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru and several other nations also signed on. In the China-Japan island dispute, the U.S. has said it takes no side on the question of sovereignty but that it recognises Japan’s administration of the chain and has responsibilities to protect Japanese territory under a mutual defence treaty. Chinese and Japanese ships have come into regular contact in the area since China stepped up patrols near the islands after Tokyo moved to nationalise them in 2012. Addressing the symposium on Tuesday afternoon, China’s navy commander, Adm. Wu Shengli, welcomed the accord as a means for closer cooperation in humanitarian missions, as well as a way to avoid misunderstandings.“For the sake of the extremely precious peace we enjoy at present, we need to ... try to avoid extreme behaviours that may endanger regional security and stability,” Wu told participants, including U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert. U.S. Navy officers said the code was based on protocols already used by the U.S. military and its allies. It had been discussed among Asia-Pacific states for more than a decade, but legal and linguistic barriers were overcome only in the past year. While ships at sea already talk over the radio, the accord seeks to standardise those communications with code phrases, the meaning of which have been translated into local languages.“Bravo” indicates a ship is conducting weapons practice, reassuring other craft that they are not being fired at. “Foxtrot” means the ship is launching or retrieving helicopters or other aircraft. While that doesn’t guarantee conflicts won’t occur, it does give regional navies a standard way to communicate and avoid incidents such as the Dec. 5 near-collision between a U.S. Navy cruiser, the USS Cowpens, and a ship accompanying China’s sole aircraft carrier in international waters of the South China Sea. U.S. Navy officials said the Cowpens manoeuvred to avoid crashing into the Chinese ship, in the two nations’ most serious sea confrontation in years. China has been increasingly forceful in its claims over almost the entire South China Sea, bringing it into conflict with neighbours to the south, especially Vietnam and the Philippines. The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Harry Harris, told the meeting that Washington would continue to discourage all sides from using force in dealing with their territorial disputes.“The only acceptable way for responsible nations to resolve these issues is through diplomacy. The U.S. strongly opposes coercion or intimidation as means to resolve territorial disputes,” Harris said. The meeting in Qingdao, home to China’s northern fleet, is the latest example of Beijing using its military for diplomatic outreach. Earlier this month in Qingdao, Chinese military officials granted U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel the first visit by a foreign official to China’s first aircraft carrier, a refurbished Ukrainian ship serving as a test-bed for future domestically built ships. In another first for China’s military, the navy intends to send a pair of destroyers, an oiler and a hospital ship to join in U.S.-led, 23-nation naval drills near Hawaii, building on a trend of integration with foreign navies begun in 2008 when China committed ships to anti-piracy patrols off Somalia. The outreach only goes so far, however.The Qingdao symposium originally was scheduled to include an international parade of navy ships, but that was cancelled, ostensibly due to the continuing multinational search for Malaysia Airways Flight 370. However, U.S. Navy officials said the cancellation followed Washington’s refusal to take part after China declined to invite Japan’s navy. --AP
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
Russia says Kiev 'breaking Geneva accord' on Ukraine
Today @ 09:19=APR 22,14-By EUOBSERVER
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday accused the government in Kiev of breaching the international Geneva accord reached last week aimed at defusing the crisis in Ukraine. He said Kiev authorities had not granted an amnesty to arrested protesters, as required by the Geneva deal.
NATO minesweepers set off on Baltic deployment-APR 22,14-YahooNews
KIEL, Germany (AP) — Five NATO mine-hunting ships set off Tuesday on a deployment in the Baltic Sea, part of the alliance's efforts to strengthen its presence in Europe's ex-communist east as members there worry about Russia's intentions in Ukraine.The ships — a minesweeper and a support ship from Norway and one mine-hunter each from the Netherlands, Belgium and Estonia — left the German port of Kiel for an exercise that will continue under Norwegian command until the end of May. Germany will then take command of the deployment.The ships will visit several Baltic ports and also participate in previously scheduled operations to dispose of ordinance from the two world wars.Commodore Arian Minderhoud, the NATO Allied Maritime Command's deputy chief of staff for operations, said the exercise "is part of the whole package of ... actions to show NATO's resolve, to show NATO's preparedness."NATO said last week it was strengthening its military footprint along its eastern border.During a visit Tuesday to the Czech capital, Prague, Canada's foreign minister stressed his country's support for NATO's eastern members. "We will stand with you in the face of aggression," John Baird said after meeting his Czech counterpart.Last week, Canada announced it would contribute six CF-18 jet fighters to a NATO air-policing mission to be based in Poland. Baird said in Prague: "we will be making other announcements of specific projects in the coming days."
U.S. backs Ukraine, warns Russia with Biden visit
By Jeff Mason and Pavel Polityuk 33 minutes ago-APR 22,14-YahooNews
KIEV (Reuters) - In a show of U.S. support for Ukraine's embattled government, Vice President Joe Biden delivered an aid package on Tuesday and demanded Russia back off but also warned Kiev it must tackle the "cancer of corruption".Demanding Moscow "stop talking and start acting" to disarm pro-Russian separatists who Ukraine says aim to undermine the May 25 election, Biden told presidential candidates it may be "the most important election in Ukrainian history".Part of the $50-million aid package was earmarked to support the "integrity" of the vote. But after 23 years of post-Soviet independence from Moscow that have seen endemic graft sap the economy and public faith in the state, Biden told lawmakers: "To be very blunt ... you have to fight the cancer of corruption."Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, who took office after the overthrow of Ukraine's Kremlin-backed president two months ago, told him that this would be a priority of the new administration.Repeating a threat of heavier economic sanctions after those impose following the annexation of Crimea last month, Biden renewed U.S. calls for Russia to pull back troops from Ukraine's eastern border and said "time is short" for Moscow for show it is upholding its commitments under a four-way agreement signed at Geneva on Thursday that is intended to defuse the crisis.Ukraine and its U.S. and European Union allies, which signed the accord with Russia, complain Moscow is failing to persuade separatists in the east to disarm and vacate occupied public buildings. Russia denies it is orchestrating the militants, who say they want the chance to join Crimea in being annexed by Moscow."No nation should threaten its neighbors by amassing troops along the border. We call on Russia to pull these forces," Biden told a joint news conference after meeting Yatseniuk." We have been clear that more provocative behavior by Russia will lead to more costs and to greater isolation," the vice president said. "We've heard a lot from Russian officials in the past few days. But now it's time for Russia to stop talking and start acting."Biden added: "We will not allow this to become an open ended process. Time is short in which to make progress."Yatseniuk said: "Everything that is now happening in the east and which Russia is supporting is aimed at wrecking the presidential election."We demand that our Russian neighbors immediately recall their special forces, which are in the east, recall the army from Crimea and turn this shameful page in which Ukrainian territory has been seized by Russian troops."
ELECTION AID
Of the $50 million in new aid, the White House said in a statement, $11.4 million was earmarked for helping with the election to choose a successor to President Viktor Yanukovich.It also offered an additional $8 million in non-lethal military aid, including radios and vehicles.Small in terms of Ukraine's needs and in relation to the $1 billion loan guarantee already signed with Washington, the aid package, along with Biden's visit, was a clear show of support for the new authorities in the confrontation with Russia."The United States is committed to ensuring that Ukrainians alone are able to determine their country's future without intimidation or coercion from outside forces," the statement said. U.S. experts would also work on reducing Ukraine's dependence on Russian gas and in fighting corruption.In a meeting with leading members of parliament, including several candidates for the presidency, Biden spoke of the "heroism" of Ukrainians and of the "humiliating threats" they face in trying to create a united nation: "Getting it right is within your grasp," he said. "And we want to be your partner, your friend in the project. And we're ready to assist."In reference to disenchantment with the lost opportunities of independence and of the Orange Revolution a decade ago that promised a new start, Biden said: "You have an opportunity, a chance to bring about an era of reform and democratic renewal that you all hoped for two, five, 10, 15 years ago, to lay the groundwork for an even more united and more prosperous Ukraine."Touching on the country's dependence on Russia for gas, which has limited Kiev's options in negotiations with Moscow, the United States is offering advice on diversifying Ukraine's energy supply. Biden said it would take time, but added:"Imagine where you'd be today if you were able to tell Russia: keep your gas. It would be a very different world."As well as the prime minister, Biden met parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Turchinov, who is acting president, and a group of lawmakers who included presidential candidates Petro Poroshenko, Oleh Tyagnibok and Serhiy Tigipko.Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is not a member of parliament but is leading presidential candidate, was invited but was unable to attend, a U.S. official said.(Additional reporting by Alastair Macdonald, Richard Balmforth and Natalia Zinets in Kiev; Writing by Alastair Macdonald; editing by David Stamp)
Time for EU energy union, says Polish PM
Today @ 10:54-APR 22,14-YahooNews-By Benjamin Fox
BRUSSELS - The European Union must create an energy union to secure its supply and reduce its dependence on Russian gas, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said.Tusk's energy blueprint, set out in an article in the Financial Times on Tuesday (22 April), would establish a single European body that would buy gas for the whole 28-nation bloc. This would end a system that currently sees the different countries negotiate their own deal with energy giant Gazprom, the government-backed firm which dominates Russia's gas market.Meanwhile, "solidarity mechanisms" between EU countries would kick into action if countries were threatened with being cut off from gas supplies.The question of energy independence, which was already one of particular concern to the EU's eastern European countries, many of whom complain that they are overcharged by Gazprom, has become more prominent as a result of the ongoing Ukraine crisis.Last month, Russia doubled the price of the energy it sells to Kiev, increasing the pressure on the already cash-strapped government in Ukraine.Meanwhile, Baltic country Lithuania is suing Gazprom, arguing that it pays 35 percent more for its gas than Germany.Gazprom is currently subject to a probe by the European Commission's competition department over its dealings with eight EU countries, including Lithuania, and could face a multi-million euro fine for abusing its position as the dominant force in the gas market."Today, at least 10 EU member states depend on a single supplier - Gazprom - for more than half of their consumption," noted Tusk.However, Tusk's view is not shared by the bloc's energy commissioner, Gunther Oettinger who has stated that gas deals between EU countries and Russia will not be affected even if economic sanctions are imposed on Moscow because of its role in destabilising Ukraine."From my many talks with Gazprom, my impression is that our Russian partners will fulfill their contractual obligations and want to supply the gas," Oettinger told a German Sunday newspaper."I am against scaling back or even cutting our gas links with Russia in the coming years," he added.Tusk also calls for EU countries to be allowed to exploit existing supplies of fossil fuels and the so-far untapped resources of shale gas.Poland has been one of the most enthusiastic countries about shale gas exploration. However, uncertainty about the volume of gas deposits on European soil and public disquiet about the practice of hydraulic fracturing - needed to access the gas - means that Europe has not seen anything approaching the shale gas boom that has transformed the US energy market."No nation should be forced to extract minerals but none should be prevented from doing so - as long as it is done in a sustainable way," Tusk said.Data published by EU statistics office Eurostat's indicates that imported gas accounted for 65.8 percent in 2012 up from 63.4 percent in 2009. Of this, Russian gas accounts for 30 percent, up from 22 percent in 2010.Most European energy policy making is currently in the hands of national governments.
22 April 2014| last updated at 09:42PM-S. Korea Ferry Incident: Death toll reaches 121, 181 still missing-NewStraitsTimes
JINDO , South Korea: The confirmed death toll from South Korea’s ferry disaster rose sharply to more than 120 today as divers speeded up the grim task of recovering bodies from the submerged ship and police took two more of its crew into custody.Better weather and calm seas spurred their efforts but underwater visibility was still very poor, forcing divers to grope their way blindly though the corridors and cabins of the ferry that capsized and sank last Wednesday.Nearly one week into one of South Korea’s worst peacetime disasters, close to 200 of the 476 people who were aboard the 6,825-tonne Sewol — most of them schoolchildren — are still unaccounted for.The official toll stood at 121, with 181 still missing.Distraught families of victims gathered in the morning at the harbour on Jindo island — not far from the disaster site — awaiting the increasingly frequent arrival of boats with bodies.In the initial days after the Sewol went down, their anger was focused on the pace of the rescue effort.With all hope of finding any survivors essentially gone, this has turned to growing impatience with the effort to locate and retrieve the bodies of those trapped.“I just want my son back,” said the father of one missing student. “I need to be able to hold him and say goodbye. I can’t bear the idea of him in that cold, dark place.” The disaster has profoundly shocked South Korea, a proudly modernised nation that thought it had left behind large-scale accidents of this type.The sense of national grief is accompanied by an equally deep but largely unfocused anger that has been vented towards pretty much anyone in authority.Coastguard officials have been slapped and punched, senior politicians — including the prime minister — pushed and heckled, and rescue teams criticised for their slow response.If there is a chief hate figure, it is the ferry’s captain Lee Joon-Seok, who was arrested at the weekend and charged with criminal negligence and abandoning his passengers.Six members of his crew are also under arrest and prosecutors said two more were taken into police custody today.President Park Geun-Hye, who faced a hostile crowd when she met relatives on Jindo last week, has described the actions of Lee and his crew as being tantamount to murder”. Four of the detained crew were paraded — heads bowed and faces hidden — before TV cameras today, and asked why only one of the Sewol’s 46 life rafts had been deployed.“We tried to gain access to the rafts but the whole ship was already tilted too much,” one of them responded.The Sewol capsized after making a sharp right turn — leading experts to suggest its cargo manifest might have shifted, causing it to list beyond a critical point of return.The large death toll has partly been attributed to the captain’s instruction for passengers to stay where they were for around 40 minutes after the ferry ran into trouble.By the time the evacuation order came, the ship was listing so badly that escape was almost impossible.A transcript released Sunday of the crew’s final communications with marine transport control illustrated the sense of panic and confusion on the bridge before the ferry sank.Captain Lee has insisted he acted in the passengers’ best interest, delaying the order to abandon ship because he feared people would be swept away and drowned.Nearly 750 divers, mostly coastguard and military, are now involved in the operation.“The weather is better, but it’s still very difficult for the divers who are essentially fumbling for bodies in the silted water,” a coastguard official told reporters.A priority for today is to access the ferry’s main dining hall.“We believe there are many bodies there as the accident took place in the morning when students must have been eating breakfast,” the official said.Of the 476 people on board the Sewol, 352 were students from the Danwon High School in Ansan city just south of Seoul, who were on an organised trip to the holiday island of Jeju.Among the bodies recovered so far were those of three foreign nationals — believed to be a Russian and two Chinese.Read more: S. Korea Ferry Incident: Death toll reaches 121, 181 still missing - Latest - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-s-korea-ferry-incident-font-death-toll-reaches-121-181-still-missing-1.576046#ixzz2zcluNHoo
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
37 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-04-22 10:02:38 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)37 earthquakes in map area
4.9 122km NE of Hachijo-jima, Japan 2014-04-22 07:46:47 UTC-04:00 49.5 km
2.9 47km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 2014-04-22 07:28:45 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
3.2 9km W of Cobb, California 2014-04-22 06:47:15 UTC-04:00 2.2 km
3.2 9km W of Cobb, California 2014-04-22 06:47:09 UTC-04:00 2.4 km
3.0 136km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico 2014-04-22 06:46:45 UTC-04:00 68.0 km
2.9 9km WNW of Cobb, California 2014-04-22 06:46:44 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
4.4 262km NE of Nord, Greenland 2014-04-22 06:30:23 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
2.9 6km NNW of Fontana, California 2014-04-22 05:59:59 UTC-04:00 3.6 km
3.3 9km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma 2014-04-22 05:57:07 UTC-04:00 8.3 km
4.4 5km NNE of Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia 2014-04-22 04:58:28 UTC-04:00 12.4 km
3.1 5km S of Langston, Oklahoma 2014-04-22 04:04:17 UTC-04:00 6.1 km
2.5 85km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-22 03:56:28 UTC-04:00 24.0 km
2.9 76km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-22 03:47:30 UTC-04:00 52.0 km
2.8 78km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-22 02:19:05 UTC-04:00 7.0 km
3.4 31km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 2014-04-21 20:23:30 UTC-04:00 82.0 km
2.9 67km E of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 20:16:52 UTC-04:00 34.0 km
2.8 1km NNW of The Geysers, California 2014-04-21 19:49:30 UTC-04:00 1.7 km
2.5 61km NNW of Kodiak Station, Alaska 2014-04-21 19:37:41 UTC-04:00 56.7 km
3.0 61km SW of Kobuk, Alaska 2014-04-21 18:00:02 UTC-04:00 14.4 km
5.4 97km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-21 17:59:05 UTC-04:00 35.0 km
5.3 64km SE of Pangai, Tonga 2014-04-21 17:41:35 UTC-04:00 34.0 km
2.5 39km NW of Coalinga, California 2014-04-21 17:38:28 UTC-04:00 11.8 km
4.5 18km S of Ulcinj, Montenegro 2014-04-21 17:25:30 UTC-04:00 14.2 km
4.6 29km SE of Hasaki, Japan 2014-04-21 17:22:54 UTC-04:00 16.3 km
5.5 51km WSW of Fuerte, Philippines 2014-04-21 16:45:22 UTC-04:00 11.3 km
4.8 75km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-21 15:58:18 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
4.8 49km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-21 15:46:51 UTC-04:00 52.9 km
2.6 81km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 15:29:27 UTC-04:00 8.0 km
2.8 69km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 14:28:46 UTC-04:00 52.0 km
3.2 23km N of Enid, Oklahoma 2014-04-21 14:16:08 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
4.1 97km SW of Iquique, Chile 2014-04-21 12:59:55 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
2.9 61km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 12:25:10 UTC-04:00 34.0 km
2.8 72km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 12:02:35 UTC-04:00 7.0 km
2.7 35km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 2014-04-21 11:22:49 UTC-04:00 57.3 km
3.4 72km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 11:07:57 UTC-04:00 36.0 km
4.7 Kuril Islands 2014-04-21 11:00:31 UTC-04:00 74.0 km
5.3 108km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-21 10:57:56 UTC-04:00 46.7 km
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
2 PETER 2:5
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 PETER 3:7
7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men
LEVITICUS 26:16
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you( sudden) terror(ISM), consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
ISAIAH 33:1,18-19 Woe to thee that spoilest,(destroys) and thou wast not spoiled;(destroyed) and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,(destroy) thou shalt be spoiled;(destroyed) and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
18 Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
OH BUT ISLAM IS PEACEFUL.THEY LOVE THEIR GIRLS AND WOMEN GETTING SMART BY GOING TO SCHOOLS.THE POPE CLAIMES ISLAM IS SO PEACEFUL AND WANTS TO COMIT FORNICATION WITH ISLAM IN THE NAME OF BRINGING ALL RELIGIONS TO ONE PEACEFUL WORLD.AND OBAMA CLAIMES ISLAM IS SO PEACEFUL THATS WHY HES GOING TO VISIT A MOSQUE IN MALAYSIA ON HIS ASIA TRIP COMING UP.I SAY LIGHT KING JESUS AND ISLAM - CHRISLAM DOES NOT MIX.WHO CAN TRY TO BE FREINDS WITH A RELIGION - ISLAM.THAT WANTS TO KILL YOU IN THE NAME OF THEIR GOD.YES ISLAM WANTS WORLD DOMINATION AND IF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DON'T WANT TO BECOME MUSLIMS.YES ITS TO THE CHOPPING BLOCK OF YOUR HEAD.I'M WITH ISRAEL.IF THEY WANT TO KILL US.WE SURE DON'T JOIN THEM IN THEIR SEX FOR MURDER-72 VIRGIN-ALLAH MURDER KILL CHRISTIANS AND JEWS CULT.
OBAMA TO VISIT MALAYSIAN MOSQUE-The NewStraitsTimes-APR 20,14
In Seoul, Obama will hold talks with South Korean President Park Geun-Hye that focus on North Korea's belligerence. He will also attempt to ease tensions between Seoul and Tokyo.Obama will then travel to Malaysia, where he will become the first US president to visit since Lyndon Johnson stopped by in 1966 as part of an Asian tour designed to check the spread of communism.Obama begins his Malaysia programme with a state dinner on April 26. The next day, he will hold talks with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and visit the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur.In one of the keynote moments of the trip, he will host a town-hall style meeting with young leaders across Southeast Asia at Universiti Malaya.On April 28, Obama will head for the Philippines for talks with President Benigno Aquino. He is scheduled to hold a joint press conference with Aquino and be the guest of honour at a state dinner.
22 April 2014| last updated at 09:17PM-230 girls abducted in Nigeria still missing-New StraitsTimes
CHIBOK, Nigeria: Nigerian parents say more than 200 girls and young women abducted from a school by Islamic militants remain missing one week later, despite a “hot pursuit” by security forces and an independent search by desperate parents who went into a dangerous forest.Dozens of the kidnapped girls managed to escape by jumping from the back of an open truck or hiding in dense forest. Although the military has mounted a hunt, parents who spent days searching the forest say they did not see any soldiers. The Defence Ministry said today it is deploying more troops to searches for the students.The failure of Nigeria’s military to rescue the schoolgirls is a major embarrassment to the armed forces, which have said they are containing the Islamic insurgency. --AP
Piles and piles' of bodies in S. Sudan slaughter
By JASON STRAZIUSO 17 minutes ago-APR 22,14-YahooNews
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gunmen who targeted both children and the elderly left "piles and piles" of bodies — many of those in a mosque — in a provincial capital in South Sudan, the U.N.'s top humanitarian official in the country said Tuesday.Toby Lanzer told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday that the ethnically targeted killings are "quite possibly a game-changer" for a conflict that has been raging since mid-December and that has exposed longstanding ethnic hostilities. There was also a disturbing echo of Rwanda, which is marking the 20th anniversary this month of its genocide that killed 1 million people."It's the first time we're aware of that a local radio station was broadcasting hate messages encouraging people to engage in atrocities," said Lanzer, who was in Bentiu on Sunday and Monday. "And that really accelerates South Sudan's descent into an even more difficult situation from which it needs to extract itself."U.N. human rights investigators said late Monday that hundreds of civilians were killed last week because of their ethnicity after rebel forces seized Bentiu, the capital of oil-producing Unity state. Those rebel forces are Nuer, the same ethnic group that former Vice President Riek Machar, who is now a rebel leader, comes from.Lanzer said thousands of civilians from several ethnic groups are streaming to the U.N. peacekeeping base in Bentiu because many believe more violence is coming. The base now holds 25,000 people but has only one liter of water per person per day and only one latrine per 350 people."The risk of a public health crisis inside our base is enormous," he said.As rebel forces entered Bentiu last week, residents were led to believe that by entering the city mosque they would be safe, Lanzer said, citing accounts from survivors. But once inside they were robbed of their valuables — mostly money and mobile phones — and a short while later gunmen arrived and began killing, both inside the mosque and inside the city hospital.British Ambassador Ian Hughes on Tuesday said the April 15-16 killings are a clear violation of international law. He said those behind the atrocities and those inciting the killings will be held to account.U.N. officials began helping to clear the bodies from the streets and city buildings. Lanzer arrived in Bentiu on the third day of that operation but still counted 150 bodies. He said the U.N. is documenting the killings and will soon have "a pretty good grasp" on the precise number killed.The violence is only one part of a dual crisis South Sudan faces. Because of all the fighting, very few residents are tending to their crops. Lanzer said there is a severe risk of famine in coming months because April and May is when people should be planting and cultivating.The U.N. hasn't spelled out clearly who exactly the victims were, but because ethnic Nuers carried out the killings it is mostly likely that ethnic Dinkas were among those killed. The U.N. also said former residents of the Darfur region of Sudan were among those killed in the slaughter. Nuer residents who refused to take part in the attacks were also killed.The U.N. has been warning of mounting evidence of ethnically-targeted killings in the world's newest nation as both government troops and rebel forces lose and gain territories in sporadic clashes. Despite a ceasefire signed earlier this year, both sides continue to trade allegations over human rights violations.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) 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).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42
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,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
22 April 2014| last updated at 06:41PM-Pakistan says it's test-fired short-range missile-NewStraitSTimes
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military says it has successfully test-fired a short-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead.A military statement says the Hatf III Ghaznavi missile with a range of 290 kilometres (180 miles) was launched today from an undisclosed location.It says the test was conducted during a field training exercise and that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen. Rashad Mahmood and other officers were present.Afterward, Mahmood congratulated scientists and engineers involved for the successful launch.Pakistan, which became a nuclear power in 1998, routinely test-fires what it claims are indigenously developed missiles.The international community closely watches its weapons program as Pakistan has fought three wars with its nuclear-armed archenemy and neighbour India after gaining independence since 1947. --AP
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North Korea 'may be close to nuclear test' warns Seoul
By Giles Hewitt 4 hours ago-APR 22,14
Seoul (AFP) - North Korea could well be preparing to carry out a fourth nuclear test, South Korea said Tuesday, citing increased activity at its main test site just days ahead of a visit to Seoul by US President Barack Obama."Our military is currently detecting a lot of activity in and around the Punggye-ri nuclear test site," defence ministry spokesman Kim Min-Seok told a press briefing.Kim stressed that North Korea's nuclear weapons programme was at a stage where it could conduct a test "at any moment" once the order was given by the leadership in Pyongyang.North Korea has conducted three nuclear tests -- in 2006, 2009 and 2013 -- all at the Punggye-ri site in the northeast of the country.Kim declined to give details of the monitored activity, but cautioned that it may be no more than a "deception tactic" to raise tensions ahead of Obama's visit which is due to begin on Friday."We are thinking of possibilities that the North may stage a surprise nuclear test or just pretend to stage a nuclear test," Kim said.Obama is visiting Seoul as part of an Asia tour, and there has been widespread speculation that the North may stage a provocation to coincide with the trip.Kim said the South Korean and US militaries were closely sharing intelligence and Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff had set up a special task force in case Pyongyang goes ahead with an underground detonation.On Monday, Pyongyang slammed Obama's upcoming trip as a "dangerous" move that would escalate military tension and bring the "dark clouds of a nuclear arms race" over the Korean peninsula.Several analysts said they were sceptical that North Korea would carry out a test at the current time, and said Pyongyang was just seeking to rattle a few cages.-- Slap in the face for China? --Professor Yang Moo-Jin of the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, said a test now would risk permanently alienating the North's only major ally and chief economic benefactor, China."It would be a huge slap in the face for China and North Korea may not feel confident enough to deal with the backlash from Beijing," Yang said.A nuclear test would extinguish any chance of a resumption of six-country talks on North Korea's nuclear programme that China has been pushing for.Other parties to the stalled discussions -- most notably a sceptical South Korea and the US -- insist Pyongyang must first make a tangible step towards denuclearisation.China said it was aware of the reports of a possible test and urged restraint."We call on all relevant parties to keep calm ... and stick to the goal of realising the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula ... through dialogue," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular briefing.-- Fourth test a 'game-changer' --Kim Yong-Hyun, a North Korean expert at DongGuk University, said the diplomatic fallout from another nuclear test "might be hard for the North to cope with"."I think this is more likely North Korea posturing to get some international attention," Kim said.The North warned at the end of March that it would not rule out a "new form" of nuclear test after the UN Security Council condemned its latest series of medium-range missile launches.Experts saw this as a possible reference to testing a uranium-based device or a miniaturised warhead small enough to fit on a ballistic missile."If North Korea goes ahead with another nuclear test as it has publicly warned, it will be a game changer," South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se said Monday.Warning Pyongyang that it was playing an "unwinnable game" against the international community, Yun said the world would not tolerate a nuclear-armed North Korea.Last year, the North restarted a plutonium reactor that it had shut down at its Yongbyon nuclear complex in 2007 under an aid-for-disarmament accord.The Yongbyon reactor is capable of producing six kilograms (13 pounds) of plutonium a year -- enough for one nuclear bomb.Pyongyang is currently believed to have enough plutonium for as many as six bombs, after using part of its stock for at least two of its three atomic tests to date.It is still unclear whether the 2013 test used plutonium or uranium as its fissile material.A basic uranium bomb is no more potent than a basic plutonium one, but the uranium enrichment path holds various advantages for the North, which has substantial deposits of uranium ore.Uranium enrichment carries a far smaller footprint than plutonium and can be carried out using centrifuge cascades in relatively small buildings that give off no heat.
KNOWLEGE AND WORLD TRAVEL (IMMIGRATION) INCREASED
DANIEL 12:4
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 FROM FLEEING WARS) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS MICROCHIPS ETC)
ISAIAH 17:1,11-14
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
12 Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations,(USELESS U.N) that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!
13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
14 And behold at evening tide trouble; and before the morning he is not.(ASSAD KILLED IN OVERNIGHT RAID) This is the portion of them that spoil us,(ISRAEL) and the lot of them that rob us.
AMOS 1:5
5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:(IRAQ) and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir,(JORDAN) saith the LORD.
JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23 Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)
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)
Almost one million' Syrian refugees in Turkey: PM-APR 22,14-YahooNews
Ankara (AFP) - The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey has reached "almost one million," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, while pledging to keep accepting those fleeing the war."Are we supposed to ask our brothers not to come, and to die in Syria?" Erdogan said as he addressed his party's lawmakers in parliament.The three-year conflict in Syria has sent millions fleeing to neighbouring countries and beyond.Turkey, a staunch opponent of the regime in Damascus, is one of the countries that has born the brunt of the refugee crisis, along with Lebanon and Jordan.The United Nations said earlier this month that more than a million people Syrians had officially registered as refugees in Lebanon, and that numbers were swelling by the day.
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(4 WINDS OF THE WORLD-WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(COULD ALSO MEAN THE 4 CORNERS OF THE EARTH OR WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
22 April 2014| last updated at 08:58PM-Asia-Pacific navies sign communication agreement-NewStratsTimes
QINGDAO, China: Naval officials from the U.S. and two dozen Asia-Pacific nations adopted an agreement today aimed at improving communication at sea to reduce the possibility of conflict amid rising friction between an increasingly assertive China and its neighbours.The Code For Unplanned Encounters at Sea provides simple standardised phrases — such as “alpha” meaning divers are in surrounding waters — that navies can use when they come across ships from other countries. It’s hoped the code will lessen the possibility of collisions or misunderstandings that could lead to conflict in the heavily trafficked sea lanes surrounding China, Japan and Southeast Asia.Tensions have risen in the region over competing territorial claims, especially over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that are controlled by Japan but claimed by China. The agreement, approved unanimously at the Western Pacific Naval Symposium in the eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao, is targeted at “establishing international standards in relation to the use of the sea,” according to a text of the agreement provided by a U.S. Navy officer. Although not legally binding, China’s adoption of the code indicates its increased willingness to engage with its neighbours, U.S. Navy officials said. The U.S., Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru and several other nations also signed on. In the China-Japan island dispute, the U.S. has said it takes no side on the question of sovereignty but that it recognises Japan’s administration of the chain and has responsibilities to protect Japanese territory under a mutual defence treaty. Chinese and Japanese ships have come into regular contact in the area since China stepped up patrols near the islands after Tokyo moved to nationalise them in 2012. Addressing the symposium on Tuesday afternoon, China’s navy commander, Adm. Wu Shengli, welcomed the accord as a means for closer cooperation in humanitarian missions, as well as a way to avoid misunderstandings.“For the sake of the extremely precious peace we enjoy at present, we need to ... try to avoid extreme behaviours that may endanger regional security and stability,” Wu told participants, including U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert. U.S. Navy officers said the code was based on protocols already used by the U.S. military and its allies. It had been discussed among Asia-Pacific states for more than a decade, but legal and linguistic barriers were overcome only in the past year. While ships at sea already talk over the radio, the accord seeks to standardise those communications with code phrases, the meaning of which have been translated into local languages.“Bravo” indicates a ship is conducting weapons practice, reassuring other craft that they are not being fired at. “Foxtrot” means the ship is launching or retrieving helicopters or other aircraft. While that doesn’t guarantee conflicts won’t occur, it does give regional navies a standard way to communicate and avoid incidents such as the Dec. 5 near-collision between a U.S. Navy cruiser, the USS Cowpens, and a ship accompanying China’s sole aircraft carrier in international waters of the South China Sea. U.S. Navy officials said the Cowpens manoeuvred to avoid crashing into the Chinese ship, in the two nations’ most serious sea confrontation in years. China has been increasingly forceful in its claims over almost the entire South China Sea, bringing it into conflict with neighbours to the south, especially Vietnam and the Philippines. The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Adm. Harry Harris, told the meeting that Washington would continue to discourage all sides from using force in dealing with their territorial disputes.“The only acceptable way for responsible nations to resolve these issues is through diplomacy. The U.S. strongly opposes coercion or intimidation as means to resolve territorial disputes,” Harris said. The meeting in Qingdao, home to China’s northern fleet, is the latest example of Beijing using its military for diplomatic outreach. Earlier this month in Qingdao, Chinese military officials granted U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel the first visit by a foreign official to China’s first aircraft carrier, a refurbished Ukrainian ship serving as a test-bed for future domestically built ships. In another first for China’s military, the navy intends to send a pair of destroyers, an oiler and a hospital ship to join in U.S.-led, 23-nation naval drills near Hawaii, building on a trend of integration with foreign navies begun in 2008 when China committed ships to anti-piracy patrols off Somalia. The outreach only goes so far, however.The Qingdao symposium originally was scheduled to include an international parade of navy ships, but that was cancelled, ostensibly due to the continuing multinational search for Malaysia Airways Flight 370. However, U.S. Navy officials said the cancellation followed Washington’s refusal to take part after China declined to invite Japan’s navy. --AP
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
Russia says Kiev 'breaking Geneva accord' on Ukraine
Today @ 09:19=APR 22,14-By EUOBSERVER
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday accused the government in Kiev of breaching the international Geneva accord reached last week aimed at defusing the crisis in Ukraine. He said Kiev authorities had not granted an amnesty to arrested protesters, as required by the Geneva deal.
NATO minesweepers set off on Baltic deployment-APR 22,14-YahooNews
KIEL, Germany (AP) — Five NATO mine-hunting ships set off Tuesday on a deployment in the Baltic Sea, part of the alliance's efforts to strengthen its presence in Europe's ex-communist east as members there worry about Russia's intentions in Ukraine.The ships — a minesweeper and a support ship from Norway and one mine-hunter each from the Netherlands, Belgium and Estonia — left the German port of Kiel for an exercise that will continue under Norwegian command until the end of May. Germany will then take command of the deployment.The ships will visit several Baltic ports and also participate in previously scheduled operations to dispose of ordinance from the two world wars.Commodore Arian Minderhoud, the NATO Allied Maritime Command's deputy chief of staff for operations, said the exercise "is part of the whole package of ... actions to show NATO's resolve, to show NATO's preparedness."NATO said last week it was strengthening its military footprint along its eastern border.During a visit Tuesday to the Czech capital, Prague, Canada's foreign minister stressed his country's support for NATO's eastern members. "We will stand with you in the face of aggression," John Baird said after meeting his Czech counterpart.Last week, Canada announced it would contribute six CF-18 jet fighters to a NATO air-policing mission to be based in Poland. Baird said in Prague: "we will be making other announcements of specific projects in the coming days."
U.S. backs Ukraine, warns Russia with Biden visit
By Jeff Mason and Pavel Polityuk 33 minutes ago-APR 22,14-YahooNews
KIEV (Reuters) - In a show of U.S. support for Ukraine's embattled government, Vice President Joe Biden delivered an aid package on Tuesday and demanded Russia back off but also warned Kiev it must tackle the "cancer of corruption".Demanding Moscow "stop talking and start acting" to disarm pro-Russian separatists who Ukraine says aim to undermine the May 25 election, Biden told presidential candidates it may be "the most important election in Ukrainian history".Part of the $50-million aid package was earmarked to support the "integrity" of the vote. But after 23 years of post-Soviet independence from Moscow that have seen endemic graft sap the economy and public faith in the state, Biden told lawmakers: "To be very blunt ... you have to fight the cancer of corruption."Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, who took office after the overthrow of Ukraine's Kremlin-backed president two months ago, told him that this would be a priority of the new administration.Repeating a threat of heavier economic sanctions after those impose following the annexation of Crimea last month, Biden renewed U.S. calls for Russia to pull back troops from Ukraine's eastern border and said "time is short" for Moscow for show it is upholding its commitments under a four-way agreement signed at Geneva on Thursday that is intended to defuse the crisis.Ukraine and its U.S. and European Union allies, which signed the accord with Russia, complain Moscow is failing to persuade separatists in the east to disarm and vacate occupied public buildings. Russia denies it is orchestrating the militants, who say they want the chance to join Crimea in being annexed by Moscow."No nation should threaten its neighbors by amassing troops along the border. We call on Russia to pull these forces," Biden told a joint news conference after meeting Yatseniuk." We have been clear that more provocative behavior by Russia will lead to more costs and to greater isolation," the vice president said. "We've heard a lot from Russian officials in the past few days. But now it's time for Russia to stop talking and start acting."Biden added: "We will not allow this to become an open ended process. Time is short in which to make progress."Yatseniuk said: "Everything that is now happening in the east and which Russia is supporting is aimed at wrecking the presidential election."We demand that our Russian neighbors immediately recall their special forces, which are in the east, recall the army from Crimea and turn this shameful page in which Ukrainian territory has been seized by Russian troops."
ELECTION AID
Of the $50 million in new aid, the White House said in a statement, $11.4 million was earmarked for helping with the election to choose a successor to President Viktor Yanukovich.It also offered an additional $8 million in non-lethal military aid, including radios and vehicles.Small in terms of Ukraine's needs and in relation to the $1 billion loan guarantee already signed with Washington, the aid package, along with Biden's visit, was a clear show of support for the new authorities in the confrontation with Russia."The United States is committed to ensuring that Ukrainians alone are able to determine their country's future without intimidation or coercion from outside forces," the statement said. U.S. experts would also work on reducing Ukraine's dependence on Russian gas and in fighting corruption.In a meeting with leading members of parliament, including several candidates for the presidency, Biden spoke of the "heroism" of Ukrainians and of the "humiliating threats" they face in trying to create a united nation: "Getting it right is within your grasp," he said. "And we want to be your partner, your friend in the project. And we're ready to assist."In reference to disenchantment with the lost opportunities of independence and of the Orange Revolution a decade ago that promised a new start, Biden said: "You have an opportunity, a chance to bring about an era of reform and democratic renewal that you all hoped for two, five, 10, 15 years ago, to lay the groundwork for an even more united and more prosperous Ukraine."Touching on the country's dependence on Russia for gas, which has limited Kiev's options in negotiations with Moscow, the United States is offering advice on diversifying Ukraine's energy supply. Biden said it would take time, but added:"Imagine where you'd be today if you were able to tell Russia: keep your gas. It would be a very different world."As well as the prime minister, Biden met parliamentary speaker Oleksandr Turchinov, who is acting president, and a group of lawmakers who included presidential candidates Petro Poroshenko, Oleh Tyagnibok and Serhiy Tigipko.Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is not a member of parliament but is leading presidential candidate, was invited but was unable to attend, a U.S. official said.(Additional reporting by Alastair Macdonald, Richard Balmforth and Natalia Zinets in Kiev; Writing by Alastair Macdonald; editing by David Stamp)
Time for EU energy union, says Polish PM
Today @ 10:54-APR 22,14-YahooNews-By Benjamin Fox
BRUSSELS - The European Union must create an energy union to secure its supply and reduce its dependence on Russian gas, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said.Tusk's energy blueprint, set out in an article in the Financial Times on Tuesday (22 April), would establish a single European body that would buy gas for the whole 28-nation bloc. This would end a system that currently sees the different countries negotiate their own deal with energy giant Gazprom, the government-backed firm which dominates Russia's gas market.Meanwhile, "solidarity mechanisms" between EU countries would kick into action if countries were threatened with being cut off from gas supplies.The question of energy independence, which was already one of particular concern to the EU's eastern European countries, many of whom complain that they are overcharged by Gazprom, has become more prominent as a result of the ongoing Ukraine crisis.Last month, Russia doubled the price of the energy it sells to Kiev, increasing the pressure on the already cash-strapped government in Ukraine.Meanwhile, Baltic country Lithuania is suing Gazprom, arguing that it pays 35 percent more for its gas than Germany.Gazprom is currently subject to a probe by the European Commission's competition department over its dealings with eight EU countries, including Lithuania, and could face a multi-million euro fine for abusing its position as the dominant force in the gas market."Today, at least 10 EU member states depend on a single supplier - Gazprom - for more than half of their consumption," noted Tusk.However, Tusk's view is not shared by the bloc's energy commissioner, Gunther Oettinger who has stated that gas deals between EU countries and Russia will not be affected even if economic sanctions are imposed on Moscow because of its role in destabilising Ukraine."From my many talks with Gazprom, my impression is that our Russian partners will fulfill their contractual obligations and want to supply the gas," Oettinger told a German Sunday newspaper."I am against scaling back or even cutting our gas links with Russia in the coming years," he added.Tusk also calls for EU countries to be allowed to exploit existing supplies of fossil fuels and the so-far untapped resources of shale gas.Poland has been one of the most enthusiastic countries about shale gas exploration. However, uncertainty about the volume of gas deposits on European soil and public disquiet about the practice of hydraulic fracturing - needed to access the gas - means that Europe has not seen anything approaching the shale gas boom that has transformed the US energy market."No nation should be forced to extract minerals but none should be prevented from doing so - as long as it is done in a sustainable way," Tusk said.Data published by EU statistics office Eurostat's indicates that imported gas accounted for 65.8 percent in 2012 up from 63.4 percent in 2009. Of this, Russian gas accounts for 30 percent, up from 22 percent in 2010.Most European energy policy making is currently in the hands of national governments.
22 April 2014| last updated at 09:42PM-S. Korea Ferry Incident: Death toll reaches 121, 181 still missing-NewStraitsTimes
JINDO , South Korea: The confirmed death toll from South Korea’s ferry disaster rose sharply to more than 120 today as divers speeded up the grim task of recovering bodies from the submerged ship and police took two more of its crew into custody.Better weather and calm seas spurred their efforts but underwater visibility was still very poor, forcing divers to grope their way blindly though the corridors and cabins of the ferry that capsized and sank last Wednesday.Nearly one week into one of South Korea’s worst peacetime disasters, close to 200 of the 476 people who were aboard the 6,825-tonne Sewol — most of them schoolchildren — are still unaccounted for.The official toll stood at 121, with 181 still missing.Distraught families of victims gathered in the morning at the harbour on Jindo island — not far from the disaster site — awaiting the increasingly frequent arrival of boats with bodies.In the initial days after the Sewol went down, their anger was focused on the pace of the rescue effort.With all hope of finding any survivors essentially gone, this has turned to growing impatience with the effort to locate and retrieve the bodies of those trapped.“I just want my son back,” said the father of one missing student. “I need to be able to hold him and say goodbye. I can’t bear the idea of him in that cold, dark place.” The disaster has profoundly shocked South Korea, a proudly modernised nation that thought it had left behind large-scale accidents of this type.The sense of national grief is accompanied by an equally deep but largely unfocused anger that has been vented towards pretty much anyone in authority.Coastguard officials have been slapped and punched, senior politicians — including the prime minister — pushed and heckled, and rescue teams criticised for their slow response.If there is a chief hate figure, it is the ferry’s captain Lee Joon-Seok, who was arrested at the weekend and charged with criminal negligence and abandoning his passengers.Six members of his crew are also under arrest and prosecutors said two more were taken into police custody today.President Park Geun-Hye, who faced a hostile crowd when she met relatives on Jindo last week, has described the actions of Lee and his crew as being tantamount to murder”. Four of the detained crew were paraded — heads bowed and faces hidden — before TV cameras today, and asked why only one of the Sewol’s 46 life rafts had been deployed.“We tried to gain access to the rafts but the whole ship was already tilted too much,” one of them responded.The Sewol capsized after making a sharp right turn — leading experts to suggest its cargo manifest might have shifted, causing it to list beyond a critical point of return.The large death toll has partly been attributed to the captain’s instruction for passengers to stay where they were for around 40 minutes after the ferry ran into trouble.By the time the evacuation order came, the ship was listing so badly that escape was almost impossible.A transcript released Sunday of the crew’s final communications with marine transport control illustrated the sense of panic and confusion on the bridge before the ferry sank.Captain Lee has insisted he acted in the passengers’ best interest, delaying the order to abandon ship because he feared people would be swept away and drowned.Nearly 750 divers, mostly coastguard and military, are now involved in the operation.“The weather is better, but it’s still very difficult for the divers who are essentially fumbling for bodies in the silted water,” a coastguard official told reporters.A priority for today is to access the ferry’s main dining hall.“We believe there are many bodies there as the accident took place in the morning when students must have been eating breakfast,” the official said.Of the 476 people on board the Sewol, 352 were students from the Danwon High School in Ansan city just south of Seoul, who were on an organised trip to the holiday island of Jeju.Among the bodies recovered so far were those of three foreign nationals — believed to be a Russian and two Chinese.Read more: S. Korea Ferry Incident: Death toll reaches 121, 181 still missing - Latest - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-s-korea-ferry-incident-font-death-toll-reaches-121-181-still-missing-1.576046#ixzz2zcluNHoo
EARTHQUAKES
ISAIAH 42:15
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
37 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2014-04-22 10:02:38 UTC-04:00Showing event times using Local System Time (UTC-04:00)37 earthquakes in map area
4.9 122km NE of Hachijo-jima, Japan 2014-04-22 07:46:47 UTC-04:00 49.5 km
2.9 47km NW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 2014-04-22 07:28:45 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
3.2 9km W of Cobb, California 2014-04-22 06:47:15 UTC-04:00 2.2 km
3.2 9km W of Cobb, California 2014-04-22 06:47:09 UTC-04:00 2.4 km
3.0 136km NNE of Vieques, Puerto Rico 2014-04-22 06:46:45 UTC-04:00 68.0 km
2.9 9km WNW of Cobb, California 2014-04-22 06:46:44 UTC-04:00 0.0 km
4.4 262km NE of Nord, Greenland 2014-04-22 06:30:23 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
2.9 6km NNW of Fontana, California 2014-04-22 05:59:59 UTC-04:00 3.6 km
3.3 9km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma 2014-04-22 05:57:07 UTC-04:00 8.3 km
4.4 5km NNE of Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia 2014-04-22 04:58:28 UTC-04:00 12.4 km
3.1 5km S of Langston, Oklahoma 2014-04-22 04:04:17 UTC-04:00 6.1 km
2.5 85km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-22 03:56:28 UTC-04:00 24.0 km
2.9 76km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-22 03:47:30 UTC-04:00 52.0 km
2.8 78km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-22 02:19:05 UTC-04:00 7.0 km
3.4 31km SSW of Boca de Yuma, Dominican Republic 2014-04-21 20:23:30 UTC-04:00 82.0 km
2.9 67km E of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 20:16:52 UTC-04:00 34.0 km
2.8 1km NNW of The Geysers, California 2014-04-21 19:49:30 UTC-04:00 1.7 km
2.5 61km NNW of Kodiak Station, Alaska 2014-04-21 19:37:41 UTC-04:00 56.7 km
3.0 61km SW of Kobuk, Alaska 2014-04-21 18:00:02 UTC-04:00 14.4 km
5.4 97km WSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-21 17:59:05 UTC-04:00 35.0 km
5.3 64km SE of Pangai, Tonga 2014-04-21 17:41:35 UTC-04:00 34.0 km
2.5 39km NW of Coalinga, California 2014-04-21 17:38:28 UTC-04:00 11.8 km
4.5 18km S of Ulcinj, Montenegro 2014-04-21 17:25:30 UTC-04:00 14.2 km
4.6 29km SE of Hasaki, Japan 2014-04-21 17:22:54 UTC-04:00 16.3 km
5.5 51km WSW of Fuerte, Philippines 2014-04-21 16:45:22 UTC-04:00 11.3 km
4.8 75km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-21 15:58:18 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
4.8 49km W of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-21 15:46:51 UTC-04:00 52.9 km
2.6 81km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 15:29:27 UTC-04:00 8.0 km
2.8 69km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 14:28:46 UTC-04:00 52.0 km
3.2 23km N of Enid, Oklahoma 2014-04-21 14:16:08 UTC-04:00 5.0 km
4.1 97km SW of Iquique, Chile 2014-04-21 12:59:55 UTC-04:00 10.0 km
2.9 61km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 12:25:10 UTC-04:00 34.0 km
2.8 72km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 12:02:35 UTC-04:00 7.0 km
2.7 35km W of Anchor Point, Alaska 2014-04-21 11:22:49 UTC-04:00 57.3 km
3.4 72km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2014-04-21 11:07:57 UTC-04:00 36.0 km
4.7 Kuril Islands 2014-04-21 11:00:31 UTC-04:00 74.0 km
5.3 108km SW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea 2014-04-21 10:57:56 UTC-04:00 46.7 km
