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.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
UPDATE MON FEB 02,2015-09:25PM
THE US IS SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT PUTTING MORE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. AND AMERICA WANTS TO GIVE AID AND WEAPONS TO THE UKRAINE TO FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA.AND JORDAN IS THREATENING TO USE SEVERE FORCE ON ISIS.IF ISIS KILLS THE JORDANIAN PILOT INSTEAD OF TRADING A PRISONER SWAP FOR THE WOMAN MURDERER TERRORIST.AND ALSO THAT GODLESS NDP LEADER MULCAIRE IS CALLING CONSERVATIVE STEPHEN HARPER A ISLOMOPHOBE FOR SAYING MOSQUES PREACH HATE FROM AT TIMES.MULCAIRE WANTS HARPER TO APPOLOGIZE TO THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM FOR HIS REMARKS.I SAY NDP-GET A LIFE.HATE AGAINST INFIDELS AND WESTERNERS DO COME FROM MOSQUES. NO APPOLOGY NEEDED FROM HARPER.NDP-LIBERALS QUIT SUCK HOLING UP TO ISLAM.YOU CHRISTIANPHOBES.
EP staff return to buildings after evacuation By EUOBSERVER-2. Feb, 13:38
Staff from European Parliament administrative buildings in Brussels returned to work early Monday afternoon after having been evacuated from their offices due to the presence of a suspect vehicle in the street. Earlier Monday, a similar alarm was raised concerning a car parked in front of the US embassy.
Report: Juncker seeks alternative to troika missions By EUOBSERVER-2. Feb, 09:29
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker wants to stop sending the troika mission of international lenders to Athens, German daily Handelsblatt reports, quoting unnamed commission sources. "We have to find an alternative quickly," the sources said. Ending the troika is a key demand of the new Greek PM, Alexis Tsipras.
Next edition of Charlie Hebdo to appear Feb. 25: journalist-AFP | Updated: February 03, 2015-ASTRO AWANI
PARIS: The next edition of Charlie Hebdo will appear on February 25, a journalist from the French satirical magazine said Monday, less than a month after 12 people were killed at their offices."Finally. A bit more patience, but Charlie Hebdo will come out on February 25 at all good kiosks," said Laurent Leger on his Twitter account.A so-called "survivors' issue" published on January 14 had a print run of seven million, with a first batch selling out within minutes. Before the attacks, the weekly sold around 30,000 copies.The front cover of the last issue featured a cartoon of the prophet Mohammed holding a sign "Je Suis Charlie", which became a rallying cry for freedom of expression since the deadly attacks, and the words "all is forgiven" over the cartoon.The cover sparked deadly demonstrations in some parts of the Muslim world, where depicting the prophet is seen as deeply offensive.The new publishing director of the magazine said last month that there would "probably not" be a cartoon of the prophet in the next edition.On January 7, two Islamist gunmen stormed into Charlie Hebdo's offices in Paris and killed 12 people, most of them journalists and cartoonists.They said they were acting in revenge for the cartoon's previous portrayals of the prophet.A total of 150 musicians in solidarity of the 'Charlie Hebdo' massacre in Paris.The attack marked the start of three days of bloodshed that culminated in twin siege dramas and left a total of 17 people dead.
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Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile-POSTED: 03 Feb 2015 00:44-CNA
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday (Feb 2) test-fired a cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, just over a week after its arch-rival India reached a new civilian nuclear accord with the United States.The military described the domestically-developed Ra'ad as a "low-flying, terrain-hugging missile" which can deliver nuclear or conventional warheads to targets up to 350 kilometres away with "pinpoint accuracy".The agreement reached during President Barack Obama's visit to New Delhi broke a deadlock that stalled a civilian atomic power agreement for years. But it drew condemnation from Pakistan, which said the deal could destabilise South Asian security.The US and India in 2008 signed a landmark deal giving India access to civilian nuclear technology. But it had been held up since then by US concerns over India's strict laws on liability in the event of a nuclear accident.India and Pakistan are both nuclear-armed in addition to operating civilian atomic plants. They have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947.- AFP/de
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Germany rules out arms to Ukraine By EUOBSERVER-2. Feb, 14:23
German leader Merkel told press in Budapest Monday: "Germay will not support Ukraine with guns and weapons ... we are putting all our bets on sanctions and doing our best to find a diplomatic solution". She spoke after press reports the US is considering military assistance as the conflict escalates.
Deadly Clashes in Ukraine as Cease-Fire Talks Break Down By Aleksandar Vasovic-FEB 2,15-YAHOONEWS
YENAKIEVE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Separatist rockets streaked across hills in eastern Ukraine on Monday as rebels pounded the positions of Ukrainian government troops holding a strategic rail town while both sides pressed ahead with mobilizing more forces for combat.Kiev's military said five more Ukrainian soldiers were killed in clashes while municipal authorities in the big rebel-controlled city of Donetsk said 15 civilians were killed at the weekend by shelling in a surge of violence following the collapse of a new peace effort on Saturday.Talks between Ukraine, Russia and rebel officials in Minsk, Belarus, had raised hopes of a new ceasefire to stem the violence in a conflict that has claimed more than 5,000 lives. But they broke up without progress with Ukraine and the separatists accusing each other of sabotaging the meeting.Donetsk reverberated to the thud of artillery and mortar fire through the night and several homes were destroyed with at least one civilian death on Monday.But separatists kept up attacks on Debaltseve, a strategic rail hub to the northeast of Donetsk, in an attempt to dislodge government forces there.The outskirts of Yenakieve and Vuhlegirsk, both on the main highway to Debaltseve, were under heavy artillery fire as rebel multiple rocket launchers and artillery pummeled the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area.At one point, a salvo of around three dozen rockets fired from rebel positions screamed across surrounding hills towards Debaltseve. It was followed 15 minutes later by incoming fire from government forces."The toughest situation is around Debaltseve where the illegal armed formations are continuing to storm the positions of Ukrainian military," military spokesman Andriy Lutsenko told a briefing. But he said Ukraine's forces in the town were enough to hold it and he denied government forces were encircled.According to Kiev officials January was one of the bloodiest months in eastern Ukraine since the conflict erupted. Regional police spokesman Vyacheslav Abroskin said 112 civilians were killed by separatist shelling and attacks.The rebels, in a statement quoted by Russia's RIA Novosti news agency, said 242 civilians were killed in the month as well as 92 of their number.
GENERAL MOBILIZATION
The separatists, whom the West says are armed by Russia and supported by several thousand Russian troops, defiantly announced a general mobilization plan which they said would boost their fighting forces to 100,000 men.Kiev itself is also pressing ahead with a fourth wave of military call-up aimed at raising an extra 50,000 men.The Western powers support Kiev's view that a peace deal reached last September, which included a ceasefire and a commitment for foreign fighters and military equipment to be withdrawn from Ukraine, is the only viable roadmap to ending the conflict.But the separatists, who have declared their own 'people's republics' and have notched up several military successes since then including taking Donetsk airport from government troops, now appear to want to negotiate a new blueprint.German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed for a ceasefire to be urgently restored in Ukraine, under the terms of the Minsk peace plan, and said Germany would not support Kiev's military forces through deliveries of weapons.The New York Times reported on Sunday that President Barack Obama's administration was however taking a new look at providing Ukrainian forces with defensive weapons and equipment in the face of the rebel offensive.The separatist rebellion erupted last April after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea in response to the ousting of a Moscow-back president by street protests in Kiev which ushered in a government committed to integration with Europe.Moscow denies it has any regular troops in Ukraine despite what the West and Kiev say is incontrovertible proof.In a street on Yenakieve outskirts, a shell landed directly onto a 3rd floor apartment of a nine-story building, instantly killing a woman and wounding her husband."We had to climb across the balcony to evacuate the man, and we left her lying in the rubble. She was picked up later by a sanitary team," said Anatoly Pomazanov, 42, who owns a grocery shop in the building."It is like this every day. The shelling is incessant. We keep children in cellars. We let them out only during lulls in shelling, for about 30 minutes at most. I want to ask President Poroshenko: are we also Ukrainians or simply targets?" Several residents were seen loading bags in cars and hastily leaving the neighborhood.Natalya, 68, who with her daughter lives in an apartment a floor below the one destroyed, was weeping. "Tell me what do I do now? This is all I had, the soldiers are two kilometers away, there are no targets here."Dmytro Boichuk, 78, a retired miner, said people were already immune to the shelling. "We are numb. We go about our businesses. Someone gets killed, someone gets wounded, but we carry on."(Additional reporting by Natalia Zinets in Kiev; Writing by Richard Balmforth; Editing by Giles Elgood and Sophie Walker)
Qatar says released Taliban detainees not back to militant activities-Reuters-FEB 2,15-YAHOO NEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Qatar's foreign minister on Monday denied reports that one of five high-level Taliban detainees transferred from the Guantanamo Bay prison to Qatar has attempted to re-engage in militant activity."It's totally false," Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiya said. "They are living according to the agreement we signed with the United States."The five men were transferred from Guantanamo last May as part of an exchange that freed U.S. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his military post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was captured by militants.Under a deal struck by U.S. President Barack Obama and Qatar's emir, the five are supposed to be closely monitored to ensure they don't return to militant activities.CNN reported last week that U.S. military and intelligence officials suspect that one of the five, whom it did not identify, had "reached out" to suspected Taliban associates in Afghanistan to encourage militant activity.If confirmed, the development could present a political headache for Obama, who wants to close the Guantanamo facility and has accelerated the transfer of its remaining detainees.But al-Attiya, speaking at a forum sponsored by The Atlantic magazine, said there was no cause for concern.U.S. and Qatari security agencies "will monitor and pick up anything that will happen," he said. "I can assure you, no one has made an attempt to go back" to Afghanistan, he added.Al-Attiya, who met earlier in the day with Secretary of State John Kerry, also pressed Qatar's position that the coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria should broaden its focus to include the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.The narrow focus on Islamic State "is sad," he said."In fact, the regime was the magnet to attract the terrorist groups" to Syria, al-Attiya said, adding that only by replacing Assad "can we get rid of any terrorism in the region."(Reporting by Warren Strobel; Editing by Bernard Orr)
UPDATE MON FEB 02,2015-09:25PM
AND CHICAGO ARE SHREDDING THEIR 140 YEAR OLD SNOW RECORDS IN MANY CITIES.WITH TODAYS SNOW STORM.AT LEAST 4 ARE DEAD IN THE SNOW STORMS AS OF THIS HOUR. AND POWER IS OUT ALL OVER CHICAGO AND AREAS WERE THE SNOW IS PILING UP.
Snow smashes northeastern U.S. for second time in week-Reuters-By Ellen Wulfhorst and Elizabeth Barber-FEB 2,15-YAHOONEWS
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - A record breaking winter storm walloped the northeastern United States on Monday, burying Boston to force the delay of its Super Bowl victory parade and leaving behind more than a foot (30 cm) of snow in the Chicago area.The second major storm in less than a week pummeled residents from New York City to Boston with snow, freezing rain and gusty winds, and was blamed for at least four deaths.Boston, already blanketed by two feet (60 cm) of snow from a blizzard last week and predicted to get another foot, set a record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history. The 34.2 inches (86.8 cm) measured by 1 p.m. on Monday surpassed the 31.2 inches (79.2 cm) set in January 1996.Heavy snowfall expected to last until about midnight prompted Mayor Marty Walsh to postpone by one day until Wednesday the parade to celebrate the New England Patriots' 28-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks in Sunday's National Football League championship game. The snow also delayed until Wednesday jury selection for the federal trial of the accused Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.About 2,900 flights were canceled at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Boston Logan International Airport and New York's LaGuardia Airport, according to Flightaware.com.In the Boston suburb of Weymouth, a snow plow struck a woman, identified as Cynthia Levine, 57, as she walked through the parking lot of her condominium complex, killing her, police said.The death of a dining hall worker at the University of Connecticut who spent overnight storm duty in a dormitory dining room also was linked to the weather. The state medical examiner was conducting an autopsy, university officials said.Two other people were killed on Monday in a highway accident in Indiana, police said. They said hazardous road conditions caused by the storm may have been a contributing factor.Snow and ice in New York City, where as much as 6 inches (15 cm) of snow was forecast, caused a crowded subway train to stall on an elevated stretch of track.So many workers - 36 percent of staff - failed to make it to the Cook County Jail in Chicago that it was put on lockdown, limiting visitation for the 9,000 inmates typically housed there, Sheriff Tom Dart said.
NO HELP FROM THE GROUNDHOG
Snow-weary residents could take little comfort from groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, who emerged from his burrow on Monday morning in western Pennsylvania and saw his shadow. According to legend, seeing his shadow means six more weeks of winter.The National Weather Service (NWS) warned residents of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and northern Connecticut to expect as much as a foot (30 cm) of fresh snow from the potent storm.Plowing crews in Maine, where nearly three feet (90 cm) of snow fell last week, struggled to cope with the accumulation.The NWS warned of dangerous wind chills through the coming days. "Bitterly cold weather will settle in behind this system from the Upper Midwest to New England," it said.The storm, which dropped more than 19 inches (48 cm) of snow at O'Hare airport, prompted some Chicago residents to use the traditional "dibs" system to reserve dug-out parking spaces with lawn chairs, laundry baskets or other household items.“You have to. You put time in, and time is money," said plumber Keith Glover, 32.If someone were to move his markers and take his spot, he said, “I’d bury the car in snow. Then they can dig it out.”(Additional reporting by Jonathan Allen and Barbara Goldberg in New York, Richard Weizel in Connecticut, Mary Wisniewski, Fiona Ortiz and Christine Stebbins in Chicago, Elizabeth Daley in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Dave Sherwood in Bowdoinham, Maine and Tim McLaughlin in Boston; Editing by Will Dunham and Grant McCool)
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UPDATE MON FEB 02,2015-09:25PM
THE US IS SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT PUTTING MORE SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. AND AMERICA WANTS TO GIVE AID AND WEAPONS TO THE UKRAINE TO FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA.AND JORDAN IS THREATENING TO USE SEVERE FORCE ON ISIS.IF ISIS KILLS THE JORDANIAN PILOT INSTEAD OF TRADING A PRISONER SWAP FOR THE WOMAN MURDERER TERRORIST.AND ALSO THAT GODLESS NDP LEADER MULCAIRE IS CALLING CONSERVATIVE STEPHEN HARPER A ISLOMOPHOBE FOR SAYING MOSQUES PREACH HATE FROM AT TIMES.MULCAIRE WANTS HARPER TO APPOLOGIZE TO THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM FOR HIS REMARKS.I SAY NDP-GET A LIFE.HATE AGAINST INFIDELS AND WESTERNERS DO COME FROM MOSQUES. NO APPOLOGY NEEDED FROM HARPER.NDP-LIBERALS QUIT SUCK HOLING UP TO ISLAM.YOU CHRISTIANPHOBES.
EP staff return to buildings after evacuation By EUOBSERVER-2. Feb, 13:38
Staff from European Parliament administrative buildings in Brussels returned to work early Monday afternoon after having been evacuated from their offices due to the presence of a suspect vehicle in the street. Earlier Monday, a similar alarm was raised concerning a car parked in front of the US embassy.
Report: Juncker seeks alternative to troika missions By EUOBSERVER-2. Feb, 09:29
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker wants to stop sending the troika mission of international lenders to Athens, German daily Handelsblatt reports, quoting unnamed commission sources. "We have to find an alternative quickly," the sources said. Ending the troika is a key demand of the new Greek PM, Alexis Tsipras.
Next edition of Charlie Hebdo to appear Feb. 25: journalist-AFP | Updated: February 03, 2015-ASTRO AWANI
PARIS: The next edition of Charlie Hebdo will appear on February 25, a journalist from the French satirical magazine said Monday, less than a month after 12 people were killed at their offices."Finally. A bit more patience, but Charlie Hebdo will come out on February 25 at all good kiosks," said Laurent Leger on his Twitter account.A so-called "survivors' issue" published on January 14 had a print run of seven million, with a first batch selling out within minutes. Before the attacks, the weekly sold around 30,000 copies.The front cover of the last issue featured a cartoon of the prophet Mohammed holding a sign "Je Suis Charlie", which became a rallying cry for freedom of expression since the deadly attacks, and the words "all is forgiven" over the cartoon.The cover sparked deadly demonstrations in some parts of the Muslim world, where depicting the prophet is seen as deeply offensive.The new publishing director of the magazine said last month that there would "probably not" be a cartoon of the prophet in the next edition.On January 7, two Islamist gunmen stormed into Charlie Hebdo's offices in Paris and killed 12 people, most of them journalists and cartoonists.They said they were acting in revenge for the cartoon's previous portrayals of the prophet.A total of 150 musicians in solidarity of the 'Charlie Hebdo' massacre in Paris.The attack marked the start of three days of bloodshed that culminated in twin siege dramas and left a total of 17 people dead.
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Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile-POSTED: 03 Feb 2015 00:44-CNA
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday (Feb 2) test-fired a cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, just over a week after its arch-rival India reached a new civilian nuclear accord with the United States.The military described the domestically-developed Ra'ad as a "low-flying, terrain-hugging missile" which can deliver nuclear or conventional warheads to targets up to 350 kilometres away with "pinpoint accuracy".The agreement reached during President Barack Obama's visit to New Delhi broke a deadlock that stalled a civilian atomic power agreement for years. But it drew condemnation from Pakistan, which said the deal could destabilise South Asian security.The US and India in 2008 signed a landmark deal giving India access to civilian nuclear technology. But it had been held up since then by US concerns over India's strict laws on liability in the event of a nuclear accident.India and Pakistan are both nuclear-armed in addition to operating civilian atomic plants. They have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947.- AFP/de
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Germany rules out arms to Ukraine By EUOBSERVER-2. Feb, 14:23
German leader Merkel told press in Budapest Monday: "Germay will not support Ukraine with guns and weapons ... we are putting all our bets on sanctions and doing our best to find a diplomatic solution". She spoke after press reports the US is considering military assistance as the conflict escalates.
Deadly Clashes in Ukraine as Cease-Fire Talks Break Down By Aleksandar Vasovic-FEB 2,15-YAHOONEWS
YENAKIEVE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Separatist rockets streaked across hills in eastern Ukraine on Monday as rebels pounded the positions of Ukrainian government troops holding a strategic rail town while both sides pressed ahead with mobilizing more forces for combat.Kiev's military said five more Ukrainian soldiers were killed in clashes while municipal authorities in the big rebel-controlled city of Donetsk said 15 civilians were killed at the weekend by shelling in a surge of violence following the collapse of a new peace effort on Saturday.Talks between Ukraine, Russia and rebel officials in Minsk, Belarus, had raised hopes of a new ceasefire to stem the violence in a conflict that has claimed more than 5,000 lives. But they broke up without progress with Ukraine and the separatists accusing each other of sabotaging the meeting.Donetsk reverberated to the thud of artillery and mortar fire through the night and several homes were destroyed with at least one civilian death on Monday.But separatists kept up attacks on Debaltseve, a strategic rail hub to the northeast of Donetsk, in an attempt to dislodge government forces there.The outskirts of Yenakieve and Vuhlegirsk, both on the main highway to Debaltseve, were under heavy artillery fire as rebel multiple rocket launchers and artillery pummeled the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area.At one point, a salvo of around three dozen rockets fired from rebel positions screamed across surrounding hills towards Debaltseve. It was followed 15 minutes later by incoming fire from government forces."The toughest situation is around Debaltseve where the illegal armed formations are continuing to storm the positions of Ukrainian military," military spokesman Andriy Lutsenko told a briefing. But he said Ukraine's forces in the town were enough to hold it and he denied government forces were encircled.According to Kiev officials January was one of the bloodiest months in eastern Ukraine since the conflict erupted. Regional police spokesman Vyacheslav Abroskin said 112 civilians were killed by separatist shelling and attacks.The rebels, in a statement quoted by Russia's RIA Novosti news agency, said 242 civilians were killed in the month as well as 92 of their number.
GENERAL MOBILIZATION
The separatists, whom the West says are armed by Russia and supported by several thousand Russian troops, defiantly announced a general mobilization plan which they said would boost their fighting forces to 100,000 men.Kiev itself is also pressing ahead with a fourth wave of military call-up aimed at raising an extra 50,000 men.The Western powers support Kiev's view that a peace deal reached last September, which included a ceasefire and a commitment for foreign fighters and military equipment to be withdrawn from Ukraine, is the only viable roadmap to ending the conflict.But the separatists, who have declared their own 'people's republics' and have notched up several military successes since then including taking Donetsk airport from government troops, now appear to want to negotiate a new blueprint.German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed for a ceasefire to be urgently restored in Ukraine, under the terms of the Minsk peace plan, and said Germany would not support Kiev's military forces through deliveries of weapons.The New York Times reported on Sunday that President Barack Obama's administration was however taking a new look at providing Ukrainian forces with defensive weapons and equipment in the face of the rebel offensive.The separatist rebellion erupted last April after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea in response to the ousting of a Moscow-back president by street protests in Kiev which ushered in a government committed to integration with Europe.Moscow denies it has any regular troops in Ukraine despite what the West and Kiev say is incontrovertible proof.In a street on Yenakieve outskirts, a shell landed directly onto a 3rd floor apartment of a nine-story building, instantly killing a woman and wounding her husband."We had to climb across the balcony to evacuate the man, and we left her lying in the rubble. She was picked up later by a sanitary team," said Anatoly Pomazanov, 42, who owns a grocery shop in the building."It is like this every day. The shelling is incessant. We keep children in cellars. We let them out only during lulls in shelling, for about 30 minutes at most. I want to ask President Poroshenko: are we also Ukrainians or simply targets?" Several residents were seen loading bags in cars and hastily leaving the neighborhood.Natalya, 68, who with her daughter lives in an apartment a floor below the one destroyed, was weeping. "Tell me what do I do now? This is all I had, the soldiers are two kilometers away, there are no targets here."Dmytro Boichuk, 78, a retired miner, said people were already immune to the shelling. "We are numb. We go about our businesses. Someone gets killed, someone gets wounded, but we carry on."(Additional reporting by Natalia Zinets in Kiev; Writing by Richard Balmforth; Editing by Giles Elgood and Sophie Walker)
Qatar says released Taliban detainees not back to militant activities-Reuters-FEB 2,15-YAHOO NEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Qatar's foreign minister on Monday denied reports that one of five high-level Taliban detainees transferred from the Guantanamo Bay prison to Qatar has attempted to re-engage in militant activity."It's totally false," Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiya said. "They are living according to the agreement we signed with the United States."The five men were transferred from Guantanamo last May as part of an exchange that freed U.S. Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his military post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was captured by militants.Under a deal struck by U.S. President Barack Obama and Qatar's emir, the five are supposed to be closely monitored to ensure they don't return to militant activities.CNN reported last week that U.S. military and intelligence officials suspect that one of the five, whom it did not identify, had "reached out" to suspected Taliban associates in Afghanistan to encourage militant activity.If confirmed, the development could present a political headache for Obama, who wants to close the Guantanamo facility and has accelerated the transfer of its remaining detainees.But al-Attiya, speaking at a forum sponsored by The Atlantic magazine, said there was no cause for concern.U.S. and Qatari security agencies "will monitor and pick up anything that will happen," he said. "I can assure you, no one has made an attempt to go back" to Afghanistan, he added.Al-Attiya, who met earlier in the day with Secretary of State John Kerry, also pressed Qatar's position that the coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria should broaden its focus to include the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.The narrow focus on Islamic State "is sad," he said."In fact, the regime was the magnet to attract the terrorist groups" to Syria, al-Attiya said, adding that only by replacing Assad "can we get rid of any terrorism in the region."(Reporting by Warren Strobel; Editing by Bernard Orr)
UPDATE MON FEB 02,2015-09:25PM
AND CHICAGO ARE SHREDDING THEIR 140 YEAR OLD SNOW RECORDS IN MANY CITIES.WITH TODAYS SNOW STORM.AT LEAST 4 ARE DEAD IN THE SNOW STORMS AS OF THIS HOUR. AND POWER IS OUT ALL OVER CHICAGO AND AREAS WERE THE SNOW IS PILING UP.
Snow smashes northeastern U.S. for second time in week-Reuters-By Ellen Wulfhorst and Elizabeth Barber-FEB 2,15-YAHOONEWS
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - A record breaking winter storm walloped the northeastern United States on Monday, burying Boston to force the delay of its Super Bowl victory parade and leaving behind more than a foot (30 cm) of snow in the Chicago area.The second major storm in less than a week pummeled residents from New York City to Boston with snow, freezing rain and gusty winds, and was blamed for at least four deaths.Boston, already blanketed by two feet (60 cm) of snow from a blizzard last week and predicted to get another foot, set a record for the snowiest seven-day period in the city's history. The 34.2 inches (86.8 cm) measured by 1 p.m. on Monday surpassed the 31.2 inches (79.2 cm) set in January 1996.Heavy snowfall expected to last until about midnight prompted Mayor Marty Walsh to postpone by one day until Wednesday the parade to celebrate the New England Patriots' 28-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks in Sunday's National Football League championship game. The snow also delayed until Wednesday jury selection for the federal trial of the accused Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.About 2,900 flights were canceled at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Boston Logan International Airport and New York's LaGuardia Airport, according to Flightaware.com.In the Boston suburb of Weymouth, a snow plow struck a woman, identified as Cynthia Levine, 57, as she walked through the parking lot of her condominium complex, killing her, police said.The death of a dining hall worker at the University of Connecticut who spent overnight storm duty in a dormitory dining room also was linked to the weather. The state medical examiner was conducting an autopsy, university officials said.Two other people were killed on Monday in a highway accident in Indiana, police said. They said hazardous road conditions caused by the storm may have been a contributing factor.Snow and ice in New York City, where as much as 6 inches (15 cm) of snow was forecast, caused a crowded subway train to stall on an elevated stretch of track.So many workers - 36 percent of staff - failed to make it to the Cook County Jail in Chicago that it was put on lockdown, limiting visitation for the 9,000 inmates typically housed there, Sheriff Tom Dart said.
NO HELP FROM THE GROUNDHOG
Snow-weary residents could take little comfort from groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, who emerged from his burrow on Monday morning in western Pennsylvania and saw his shadow. According to legend, seeing his shadow means six more weeks of winter.The National Weather Service (NWS) warned residents of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and northern Connecticut to expect as much as a foot (30 cm) of fresh snow from the potent storm.Plowing crews in Maine, where nearly three feet (90 cm) of snow fell last week, struggled to cope with the accumulation.The NWS warned of dangerous wind chills through the coming days. "Bitterly cold weather will settle in behind this system from the Upper Midwest to New England," it said.The storm, which dropped more than 19 inches (48 cm) of snow at O'Hare airport, prompted some Chicago residents to use the traditional "dibs" system to reserve dug-out parking spaces with lawn chairs, laundry baskets or other household items.“You have to. You put time in, and time is money," said plumber Keith Glover, 32.If someone were to move his markers and take his spot, he said, “I’d bury the car in snow. Then they can dig it out.”(Additional reporting by Jonathan Allen and Barbara Goldberg in New York, Richard Weizel in Connecticut, Mary Wisniewski, Fiona Ortiz and Christine Stebbins in Chicago, Elizabeth Daley in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Dave Sherwood in Bowdoinham, Maine and Tim McLaughlin in Boston; Editing by Will Dunham and Grant McCool)
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