FORMER US NEGOTIATOR TO THE EUROPEAN UNION.STOP GIVING THE ARABS FREE REIGN.

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)

ISAIAH 33:8
8  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).

JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)

Former US Negotiator: Stop Giving PA Free Rein-US chief negotiator Dennis Ross pens NYT op/ed calling on the EU to 'stop giving Palestinians a pass.'-By Tova Dvorin-First Publish: 1/6/2015, 11:30 AM-israelnationalnews

The European Union (EU) and others in the international community need to stop enabling the Palestinian Arabs to make demands without making concessions, Dennis Ross, US peace talks mediator from 1993 to 2001, stated in an Op/Ed in the New York Times Sunday. Ross, who resigned from his post as Middle East adviser in 2011, relates that he met with a European official recently who praised the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s unilateral moves against Israel in international agencies and organizations, specifically the draft resolution PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas submitted to the United Nations (UN) Security Council last week.But Ross countered that a true Palestinian state depends, in his words, on the global community "giving Palestinians a pass" - and noted that the PA has rejected three separate peace deals, in 2000, in 2008, and in 2014."Palestinian political culture is rooted in a narrative of injustice; its anticolonialist [sic] bent and its deep sense of grievance treats concessions to Israel as illegitimate," Ross explained. "Compromise is portrayed as betrayal, and negotiations - which are by definition about mutual concessions - will inevitably force any Palestinian leader to challenge his people by making a politically costly decision.""But going to the United Nations does no such thing," he argued. "It puts pressure on Israel and requires nothing of the Palestinians. Resolutions are typically about what Israel must do and what Palestinians should get.""If saying yes is costly and doing nothing isn’t, why should we expect the Palestinians to change course?"Ross urged European leaders to "raise the cost of saying 'no' or doing nothing at all" for the PA in future negotiations - and, at the very least, to offer a "balanced" proposal for a peace deal which included land swaps, but also allowing "security arrangements that leave Israel able to defend itself by itself" and a resolution concretizing Israel's own character as a Jewish state. Ross added that he believes that the PA would nonetheless reject such a proposal, and demanded that it bear consequences in terms of international support after so many failed attempts to bring peace.

PA Formally Recognizes ICC Jurisdiction for Gaza War-In latest move to file war crimes charges against Israel, PA accepts Hague's jurisdiction for Operation Protective Edge.By Arutz Sheva Staff-First Publish: 1/6/2015, 8:06 AM-israelnationalnews

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday said the Palestinian Authority had formally recognized the court's jurisdiction to investigate crimes allegedly committed during last summer's Gaza war, according to AFP.The legal declaration would allow the ICC to scrutinize offenses allegedly committed since June 13, 2014, the start of Israel's military operation, but does not mean the court would automatically launch an investigation, it said.The Palestinian Authority (PA) have formally requested to join the Hague-based court in a move which opens the way for them to file suit against Israeli officials for alleged war crimes in Judea-Samaria, a request that has infuriated Israel.Acceptance of the ICC's jurisdiction differs from accession to the Rome Statute, the Court's founding treaty. The UN is still reviewing documents submitted by the Palestinian Authority to join the Court."On 1 January 2015, the Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Herman von Hebel, received a document... by the Palestinian government declaring Palestine's acceptance of the jurisdiction of the ICC since 13 June 2014," the ICC said in a statement.It was on June 13 that Israel began a massive crackdown on terror in the PA after the kidnapping and subsequent murder of three Israeli teenagers, triggering a series of events which led to a seven-week Gaza war."Acceptance of the ICC's jurisdiction does not automatically trigger an investigation," the court added.The ICC can prosecute individuals accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed since July 1, 2002, when the Rome Statute came into force.The ICC only has jurisdiction from that date onwards, but those joining after that time may nonetheless separately accept the authority of the court for the period before the statute entered into force for them.

Tit for tat?

The Palestinian Authority (PA) formally presented a request to the United Nations on Friday to join the ICC, in a move firmly opposed by both Israel and the United States. On Friday, Israel delayed the transfer of $127 million to the PA in retaliation for the initial step.Israel's freezing funds apportioned to the PA has been used as a political tactic before, as the PA is already struggling to dig itself out of at least $4.8 billion in debt. The PA regularly fails to stand by its agreements, and owes Israel staggering sums, including over 1.4 billion shekels (over $360 million) in unpaid electric bills.Similarly, the US said it is "reviewing" its $440 million aid package to the PA over the move, although technically membership to the ICC does not incur punishment - only a war crimes suit against Israel does, under American law.The PA has stated intent to file those charges against Israel in the Hague, and sources say that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and his aides are already preparing material to do so.However, Israel has already filed counter-suits; on Monday, legal rights group Shurat Hadin filed three more war crimes charges against the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the terror group behind the PA, in the ICC. The PLO already faces criminal charges being levied against it in the US court system for terror attacks it committed during the early 2000s. But even if the PA files charges against Israel, legal rights experts say that having the ICC enter the fray of the Israeli-Arab conflict will ultimately harm the PA, Hamas, and the ICC itself - not Israel.In a recent interview, the PA's envoy to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) admitted the PA has no hope of pressing charges against Israel in international courts - because Palestinian Arab terrorist groups are far worse violators of international law themselves.The desperate move follows the PA exhausting other international means of prosecuting Israel, after its draft resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem failed in a UN Security Council vote last week.

Israel: EU support for Palestine is 'biggest challenge'-05.01.15 @ 09:28-euobserver-By Andrew Rettman

BRUSSELS - Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman has described EU support for Palestine as Israel’s top diplomatic challenge after a UN vote on withdrawal from the occupied territory.Speaking at a meeting of Israel’s European ambassadors in Jerusalem on Sunday (4 January), he said: "Our biggest challenge is not the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states, but Western countries … The best example here is the [UN] Security Council vote. Of its members, three EU countries participated in the vote and two voted with the Palestinians, France and Luxembourg, while one country, Britain, abstained”.He described Germany as the “principal anchor” of Israeli-EU relations.He noted that Israel should cultivate better ties due to its trade dependence on the bloc: "In terms of Israeli exports, Western Europe has this big market … We will have to deal with Western Europe, with the EU".But he accused some European politicians of anti-Semitism by comparing their statements to appeasement of Nazi Germany on the eve of World War II."Some European nations' conduct is reminiscent of 1938, just before the Munich Agreement … The conduct by countries like Sweden and Ireland is reminiscent of how [European powers] abandoned Czechoslovakia to its fate. Now they are making all kinds of excuses to abandon Israel”, he said."Sometimes, you are just amazed by the amount of lies, fabrications, and the distortion of reality you find in the records of meetings held by European parliaments. It's like another chapter in 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’.”The protocols are a fake Jewish “manifesto” for world domination circulated by 1930s Germany as justification for its purges. Lieberman spoke after the UN Security Council, following a US veto in a vote on Friday, rejected a Jordanian resolution calling on Israel to withdraw troops to 1967 lines.France is working on its own resolution giving Israel and Palestine two years to reach an accord or face French recognition of Palestinian statehood.Sweden recently became the first sitting EU state to recognise Palestine, while a string of national EU parliaments called for similar measures if there is no progress.For her part, the EU’s new foreign relations chief, Federica Mogherini, in a communique on the UN vote urged “both parties to resume negotiations urgently and to refrain from any action further undermining the viability of the two-state solution.”But Palestine’s bid, filed also on Friday, to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague in order to prosecute Israeli soldiers for war crimes, met with a harsh reaction.Israel, in retaliation, froze transfers of more than €100 million of Palestinian tax revenues and has called on US lawmakers to suspend the €330 million a year in US aid which helps the Palestinian Authority pay its civil servants.The moves are set to leave the EU, which pays around €1 billion a year in aid to Palestine, as its only Western sponsor.Lieberman added the ICC development leaves Israel free to abandon its commitments to the Oslo process, a 1990s template for creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel.“The first conclusion that can be made from the Palestinian Authority’s move is that the Oslo accords have collapsed,” he said.Israel’s intelligence minister, Yuval Steinitz, noted in remarks on Army Radio that “if the Palestinian Authority doesn’t take one step back, I believe that we need to take much more drastic steps up to the dissolution of the Palestinian Authority”.

France warns Palestinians over escalating crisis with U.N. bid-Reuters-jan 6,15-yahoonews

PARIS (Reuters) - France warned the Palestinians on Tuesday against escalating a diplomatic battle with Israel after President Mahmoud Abbas said he would resubmit to the U.N. Security Council a resolution calling for the creation of a Palestinian state.The United States helped defeat the resolution, which also demands an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied West Bank, in a Security Council vote on Dec. 30. Abbas said on Sunday he hoped to resubmit the resolution "perhaps after a week".France, one of the Council's five permanent members, backed the resolution despite some reservations. France's parliament also backed Palestinian independence in a symbolic vote on Dec. 2 that underlined Europe's impatience with a stalled Middle East peace process.But Paris signaled concern that Abbas' diplomatic offensive -- he has also signed up to 20 international conventions including the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court -- could harm chances for peace by antagonizing Israel."We are against the logic of letting this spiral (out of control)," Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters."While we think the Palestinians have the right to move the status quo, at the same time there has to be an effort to find a consensus solution. Once you set this cycle off, you get results that you don't want one way or another."Abbas hopes that new countries which joined the U.N. Security Council on Jan. 1 will be more sympathetic to the Palestinian resolution, which demands an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories and independence by late 2017.France had been working prior to the Dec. 30 vote on a separate resolution with Britain and Germany that aimed to set the parameters and a time frame for new peace talks."We worked on this resolution believing we could achieve a consensus but it wasn't possible," he said, indicating that France was likely to back a new Palestinian resolution provided the text remained broadly unchanged.However, Fabius questioned the wisdom of resubmitting the resolution, adding he would discuss the issue in coming days with Jordan, Egypt and other regional players."The real question is to understand what is behind this move. Is it to get an American veto with a new U.N. Security Council composition? Is it to reaffirm an attitude towards the Israeli government? I don't know."The United States, which has veto power as a permanent Council member, has pledged to block Abbas's plan, calling it one-sided and unproductive.(Reporting By John Irish and Marine Pennetier; Editing by Gareth Jones)

Hamas man sentenced by Israel to life for teen killings that led to Gaza war-Reuters-jan 6,15-yahoonews

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a Palestinian to life imprisonment over the killing of three Israeli youths, whose abduction in the occupied West Bank set off a chain of events leading to the 50-day Gaza war last summer.The court found that Hussam Kawasmeh, a member of the militant Hamas Islamist group, planned the abduction in which Eyal Yifrach, 19, and Gilad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel, both 16, were shot dead while hitchhiking in the occupied West Bank in June.Kawasmeh was arrested in August and charged with murder. A three-judge panel sentenced him to three life terms, according to a court document released to the media.Two Hamas operatives suspected of having killed the youngsters after picking them up on a road near a Jewish settlement died in a firefight with Israeli forces at their West Bank hideout in September.The bodies of the three Israelis were found in the West Bank nearly three weeks after their disappearance.In an alleged revenge attack in July, a Palestinian teenager, Mohammed Abu Khudair, was abducted and burned to death in Jerusalem by three suspected Jewish assailants, who have since been charged with his murder.Khudair's death and sweeping arrests by Israel of suspected Hamas men across the West Bank led to clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in East Jerusalem and cross-border rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.A seven-week-long Gaza war ensued in July and August in which, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, more than 2,100 Palestinians, most of them civilians, were killed. Sixty-seven Israeli soldiers and six civilians in Israel were also killed.(Writing by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Jeffrey Heller/Jeremy Gaunt)

What Does Israel's Declaration of Independence Look Like?-Rare glimpse of declaration scroll given as it is photographed with special advanced technology to preserve original appearance.By Arutz Sheva Staff-First Publish: 1/6/2015, 5:47 PM-israelnationalnews

Israel's Declaration of Independence was removed from its special preservation facility on Tuesday in a rare event meant to photograph the cornerstone document establishing the renascent modern Jewish state of Israel.The scroll, which enshrines Israel's status as a Jewish and democratic country, was removed in a joint initiative of the Israel State Archives and Israel Antiquities Authority. It was photographed with special technology developed for the Dead Sea scrolls so as to preserve the original appearance of the scroll for future generations.An advanced multi-spectral photographic system that allows shooting different exposures at various wavelengths - from the visible to the near infrared region of the spectrum - gives information ranging from the texture of the scroll's material to its ink and surface topography.The near infrared exposure will allow characters that have faded over time to be seen as well, showing a precise image of the scroll as it was at its creation - and the creation of the modern state."Today the scroll is stored in an environment with special lighting and temperature conditions, in a secure and guarded facility of the Israel State Archives," said State Archivist Dr. Yaacov Lozowick. "Until a decision is made regarding how the scroll is to be exhibited to the public, we will continue performing various operations aimed at documenting, revealing and preserving the scroll for future generations."Explaining the procedure on Tuesdsay, Lozowick said "today’s photography is another step in this process after last year when the archive, with the assistance of the Israel National Heritage - Landmarks program, digitally photographed the scroll in collaboration with Google.”"With the unique technology we developed at the Israel Antiquities Authority together with the best scientists in the world, and generous assistance of the Leon Levy and Arcadia Foundations, we are happy to help not only in preserving the material heritage from the distant past but the recent cultural heritage as well," said Pnina Shor, director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Project at the Israel Antiquities Authority.Shor remarked on the symbolism of the photographing, saying "it is exciting and symbolic to document the Declaration of Independence today, one of the cornerstones of the State of Israel, with technology developed specifically for the Dead Sea scrolls - the earliest Hebrew texts, two thousand years old, which were first discovered on the eve of the establishment of the state, at the time when the Declaration of Independence was written."Dr. Mordechai Naor, a writer and historical researcher, described the ceremony proclaiming the state of Israel in his recent book "Great Friday."In it, he noted "because the ceremony was held in Tel Aviv, some of the signatories were unable to arrive because Jerusalem was under siege, and they signed the scroll only a month later, in 'spaces' that were left them specifically for this purpose.""Because the guest lists have not been found to this day, it is not known exactly who the 300 individuals were that were invited to the ceremony proclaiming the state. One person that was almost not allowed to enter was the designated Minister of Justice Pinchas Rosenblüth (Rosen) who forgot to bring his invitation. It was only after Ze'ev Sherf, Secretary of the Situation Committee, intervened was he permitted to enter and thus was also able to sign the Declaration of Independence," revealed Naor.The Declaration of Independence is the first document declaring Jewish sovereignty since the time of the Hasmonean kingdom over 2,000 years ago.The scroll was read as a proclamation of independence, on Friday, the 5th day of Ayar, 5708 (May 14, 1948) in the Tel Aviv Museum, then located at 16 Rothschild Street in the house of the city’s first mayor, Meir Dizengoff. Twenty-five members of the Provisional State Council signed the declaration and twelve others who were in besieged Jerusalem signed it later. The scroll is 117 cm long and 29.7 cm wide. It is made in three parts, and bound on the side with an interwoven thread and a wax seal.Amos Ben Gershom, GPO

FALSE POPE FROM THE VATICAN

ISAIAH 23:15-17
15  And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16  Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17  And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.(COULD THIS BE 70 YEARS AFTER ISRAEL BECAME A NATION IN 1948)(IF SO THIS SATANIC ONE WORLD WHORE CHURCH WILL MINGLE TOGETHER BY 2018)(AND NOW ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY AND ALL RELIGIONS ARE MINGLING AS ONE PEACE-LOVE-JOY-GET ALONG RELIGION LEAD BY THE VATICAN RIGHT NOW 4 YEARS FROM THE 70 YEAR TIME WHEN ISRAEL BECAME A NATION).AND IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM.

REVELATION 13:11-13
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he (FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADER) exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(BOMB OR NUKE THE VATICAN)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city,(VATICAN) which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

01/ 5/2015-vatican insider-Pope and Carl Anderson ranked among world's top 100 influencers on business ethics-Pope Francis and Carl Anderson-Pope Francis has been included in the list for the second year in a row while the head of the Knights of Columbus has made it to the list for the first time-Vatican Insider Staff

Rome-It is a list that includes billionaire businessman Warren Buffet, Federal Reserve Chairperson Janet Yellen, and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, along with scores of other business people, government leaders, academics and philanthropists from around the world. And included on that list are the world's best known Catholic, Pope Francis, and the  head of the world's largest Catholic Fraternal organization, Knights of  Columbus Supreme Knight Carl Anderson.Pope Francis made the list for the second year in a row, making his way into the top ten with a ranking of number 8, up ten spots from his rank last year. Carl Anderson made the list for the first time this year.Each year, Ethisphere recognizes 100 individuals that have made a material impact in the world of business ethics and compliance through the annual 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics list.The Ethisphere Institute is an independent center of research, best practices and thought leadership that promotes best practices in corporate ethics and governance and enables organizations to improve compliance, mitigate risk, and enhance relationships with employees, business partners, investors and the broad regulatory community.Ethisphere evaluates and benchmarks compliance and governance programs, honors superior achievement through its World’s Most Ethical Companies recognition program.It is an honor to be included on a list that includes so many people who have worked so hard to advance business ethics - especially the pope, whose leadership in transparency, and promoting Catholic Social teaching, has created a worldwide awareness of the need to put values, and thus people, before profits» said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson. «As a great deal of research has shown, the history of the most successful companies is a history of companies that put values before profit. A commitment to building a successful enterprise should not, and need not,  come at the expense of values, and in the long run, basing business decisions on ethical criteria makes for better decisions, more responsible action, and a positive impact on the business culture, and the culture at large. If businesses would make decisions with the pope's criteria of fraternity in mind, trust and values would be restored to economics in a way that would benefit individual people, entire countries, and the businesses themselves.Ethisphere is also the leading provider of independent verification of corporate ethics and compliance programs that include: Ethics Inside Certification, Compliance Leader Verification and Anti-Corruption Program Verification (www.ethisphere.com).

01/ 5/2015 -the vatican insider-Pius XII and Benedict XVI’s “global” Consistories-Pope Pius XII-The path Francis has taken with such determination has a precedent in the great batch of new cardinals created during the Consistory of 1946. A witness talks about Pacelli’s indecisiveness about the Nunciatures and the “cardinalatial” dioceses. And then there is the precedent of the last Consistory held by Benedict XVI-andrea tornielli

vatican city-The message Pope Francis was aiming to get across with the announcement of his choice of new cardinals was loud and clear and requires no interpretation in order to be understood. The internationalisation of the College of Cardinals has a precedent in the great Consistory called by Pius XII in February 1946, just after the end of World War II. Pius XII (Pope Pacelli), who had not created one single cardinal in the first six years of his Pontificate, suddenly nominated 32 of them. This was the largest batch of cardinals ever created in the history of the Church up until then and the record was kept until the 2001 Consistory called by Pope John Paul II.Putting together the list of new cardinals was no easy task for Pius XII, who was not used to taking spur-of-the-moment decisions but tended to take his time weighing up the pros and cons. “He talked to me about the creation of new cardinals more than once,” Fr. Wilhelm Heinrich one of Pius XII’s secretaries said in a statement during the process for Pope Pacelli’s beatification. “He found the whole process stressful and worrying as the choice of cardinals was not easy for him. He pondered on whom to choose, he asked for advice and substantial changes were often made to the list of names. He confided in me that the whole thing caused him such worry that it hounded him for weeks, at night time and in his sleep.”The first decision the Pope had to make was how many cardinals the sacred college should be composed of.  Should he increase the quota set by Sixtus V in 1586 with the Postquam verus Constitution? Pius XII decided not to. His successor was to do so. But what he was very undecided about, in relation to the cardinals’ nominations, were the abilities and merits of each candidate. He did not accept that a first class Nuncio should be created a cardinal simply because he was in charge of a particular see. He was of the same opinion when it came to residential sees, the so-called cardinalatial sees. After some years of service, a Nuncio could feel content and satisfied with the rank of titular archbishop. The third cause of his indecision was the need to take into account the growth of the Church in countries once considered to be missionary nations...”Only 4 out of 32 new cardinals in that post-war Consistory were Italian, just as many as those representing the US, three red birettas went to France, three to Germany and three to Spain; of the remaining 15, two went to Brazil and one to each of the following nations: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, England, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland and Hungary. This was the first real internationalisation of the College of Cardinals. Among the new cardinals were the two German bishops who distinguished themselves the most for their efforts against Nazism: Berlin’s von Preysing and Münster’s von Galen. Both were pastors of dioceses that were traditionally seen as “cardinalatial sees”. Other prelates who played a key role in the fight against Nazism and anti-Semitism, also received the red biretta, for example, Adam Sapieha (Kraków) Jules-Géraud Saliège (Toulouse) and Johannes de Jong (Utrecht).At the 1939 Conclave that elected Pius XII Pope, almost half of the cardinals were members of the Roman Curia. This figure dropped to 24% in the 1946 Consistory but rose again in the years and pontificates that followed.Finally, it should not be forgotten that Benedict XVI had already made the shock decision to step down from the pontificate when in November 2012 he held his last Consistory, giving the red biretta to six new cardinals, none of them members of the Curia (James Harvey from the US became Archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul). In the list, alongside Harvey, there was also the Lebanese Patriarch Béchara Boutros Raï, the Major Archbishops of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankar Rite, India) Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, the Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria) John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan the Archbishop of Bogotá (Colombia) Rubén Salazar Gómez and the Archbishop of Manila (Philippines) Luis Antonio Tagle. On that occasion, Benedict XVI decided to leave out a number of candidates from the so-called “cardinalatial sees” as well as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Gerhard Ludwig Müller. The second Consistory of 2012 – Ratzinger’s last – came after the one held in February, when many Curia members had received nominations.

01/ 5/2015-vatican insider-The triumph of the southern hemisphere-New cardinals-With the upcoming Consistory Francis is continuing along the path he set out on a year ago: restructuring the Curia and focusing on the peripheries whilst doing away with automatically assigned titles-andrea tornielli

vatican city-More than the statistics and percentage analyses, it was the pronouncement of the names of the new cardinals that really signalled change in the upcoming Consistory: most of the choices made came as a complete surprise and were totally unexpected. Pastors from the peripheries of the world, in many cases bishops of dioceses that had never had a cardinal before. This is a sign that Pope Francis intends to continue along the path he set out on a year ago: cutting down on the number of cardinals who are members of the Curia (on 14 February their number will drop from 30% to 27%); stopping the Cardinalate from being automatically connected to certain sees, that is the unwritten tradition of naming cardinals the archbishops of certain sees considered "cardinalatial sees"; and above all giving a voice to the southern part of the world, thereby allowing the true universality of the Church to increasingly shine through.The names on the list all appear to be very personal choices made by the Pope: the new cardinals learnt about their nominations on the television. The Italian, Edoardo Menichelli, found out through a friend who called up to tell him the news, which at first he believed to be a joke. The elderly Sardinian archbishop Luigi de Magistris, a pupil of Cardinal Ottaviani, was in Cagliari Cathedral listening to faithful’s confessions. Other “chosen-ones” were reluctant to believe journalists as they tried to get a statement. Nothing was leaked and even the timing of the announcement caught many by surprise.Francis clearly wants to restyle the future Conclave, bringing into the College of Cardinals pastor-electors who have first-hand experience of difficult contexts, in countries like Tonga and Myanmar that act as frontier lines, in regions torn apart by violence such as Morelia in Mexico and sometimes in small Churches or in areas where the Church represents a minority. In Italy, the Pope chose pastors from periphery Churches over bishops from the country’s biggest dioceses, Turin and Venice. Menichelli from Ancona and Francesco Montenegro from Agrigento. The former drives around his diocese in an old Fiat Panda and has started initiatives to help fragile marriages. The latter is the Bishop of Lampedusa and is right in the thick of the immigration problem. Three of the new cardinals are Italian, two of them are electors and one is over 80, which shows Francis’ attention for Italy.“Of one thing I am certain: Great changes in history were realized when reality was seen not from the centre but rather from the periphery,” Francis said just over a year ago during his meeting with religious superiors. The new nominations seem to set this in stone.The 15 new cardinal electors below the age of 80 come from 14 different countries. This number rises to 18 if we consider the five “outsiders” who cannot vote in a Conclave due to their age. If a Conclave is held to elect a new Pope, the electoral college will be made up of fewer Curia representatives and fewer Europeans, even though the list of names read out yesterday mentioned 5 European cardinal electors, 3 from Asia, 3 from Latin America, 2 from Africa and 2 from Oceania.No red birettas for the US and Canada, but North America was already well represented and the number of cardinal electors representing it remains stable. The Archbishop of Chicago Blaise Cupich and the Archbishop of Madris Carlos Osoro did not receive birettas. Both recently received nominations from Pope Francis and are believed to be especially close to him. So Francis wanted the unwritten rule of making archbishops wait if emeritus predecessors were under the age 80 (and therefore eligible to vote in a Conclave), to apply to everyone.Francis chose to include the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, Mamberti, a Curia member, in the list. He is still young by Vatican standards so Francis could have skipped him this time round but the fact he included him, indicates that Francis remains faithful to the standards set by John Paul II. Those who had a right to be receive the cardinalate in Francis’ Curia have received it. Meanwhile, heads of Pontifical Councils – which will be undergoing extensive reforms – did not receive it. The Curia will count less in the election of a Pope.

DANIEL 7:23-25
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast (EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADING BLOCKS-10 WORLD REGIONS/TRADE BLOCS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS-10 WORLD DIVISION WORLD GOVERNMENT) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(THE EU (EUROPEAN UNION) TAKES OVER IRAQ WHICH HAS SPLIT INTO 3-SUNNI-KURD-SHIA PARTS-AND THE REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE IS BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER-THE TWO LEGS OF DANIEL WESTERN LEG AND THE ISLAMIC LEG COMBINED AS 1)

TTIP's teflon coat wears thin-05.01.15 @ 07:40-euobserver-By Benjamin Fox

BRUSSELS - The prospect of an EU-US trade agreement was one of relatively few sources of comfort for EU lawmakers during the bloc’s struggling economy in 2013.Opening the first round of talks last July, European Commission officials and ministers spoke of a "debt free stimulus" that could be worth as much as €100 billion extra to the EU’s GDP. Many governments described the potential deal as "win-win".Trade officials concluded their seventh round of talks on the cumbersome-sounding transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) in Brussels in October 2014. Their plan to initial a draft agreement by the end of 2015 remains the goal.But in 2014, TTIP’s teflon coat started to wear off as politicians and trade negotiators got down to hard detail, while opponents of the talks got organised.

Backlash

The backlash came as a surprise to both the EU commission, which is negotiating on the EU’s behalf, and the Americans. No previous trade talks have attracted so much attention or controversy. But then no EU trade deal has come close in size and importance to TTIP.TTIP was always likely to be vulnerable to latent anti-Americanism in many EU countries. There were scare stories about the prospect of US chlorine-treated chicken and hormone-treated beef flooding European supermarkets.But rules on investor protection appear to pose the greatest risk to TTIP’s survival.Until recently, detailed knowledge of investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) was confined to corporate lawyers and trade negotiators. Outside these circles, few people had ever heard of it or understood it.

Investor disputes

The mechanism was designed in the 1960s by Germany, which now opposes its inclusion in TTIP, to let companies take legal action against governments on grounds of unfair treatment or discrimination in favour of domestic firms.Critics say that corporate lawsuits, or even the threat of them, could prevent governments from passing legislation in fields such as health and safety and environmental and social protection.The best-known case is an ongoing dispute between tobacco giant Philip Morris and the Australian government over Australia's plain packaging regime – a ban on cigarette advertising.The EU executive parked the issue by opening a public consultation on ISDS at the start of the year.In November, six months after the consultation closed, Cecilia Malmstrom, who replaced the abrasive Karel de Gucht as EU trade commissioner, told MEPs the commission is still evaluating its findings.The German and French governments have indicated that ISDS is unnecessary because investor rights are already safeguarded by national laws.It is a mark of how international trade has evolved that the main bone of contention is not tariffs or state subsidy for a particular sector but investor protection.

Already 1,400 agreements

The trouble is that EU governments have already signed up to more than 1,400 investment protection agreements, covering nearly half of the 3,000 such deals between governments around the world.The US ambassador to the EU, Anthony Gardner, laments that media reports on ISDS overestimate the importance of existing claims.The commission’s preference, and that of the Americans, is to keep the clauses in any deal. De Gucht was a vocal supporter, telling reporters in October that excluding ISDS would be “an absolute disaster”, while Malmstrom, has been more circumspect.But it now looks increasingly likely that MEPs will veto the entire TTIP agreement if ISDS is part of it.If so, the Juncker commission may conclude that keeping it in isn’t worth the risk. Lawmakers have mooted a possible compromise under which ISDS would be taken out of TTIP and dealt with as a stand-alone agreement - the same way the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights is attached to the Lisbon treaty.

Sceptical public

In her first speech on the trade talks as commissioner, Malmstrom hinted at a change of tack on how to sell TTIP to a sceptical public. She noted that striking an agreement with the US would help protect Europe's economy from the rising might of China.The strategic element – that a US deal would strengthen the EU’s hand in negotiations with China – is a new line to take.In the context of Europe’s declining share of world trade and the comatose state of global trade talks, many analysts view TTIP as a chance to shape regulatory standards across the world.If nothing else, the furore on investor protection has demonstrated the importance of political symbolism. The perception of the US as the holy land of low regulation and brutal multinationals is hard to shake.

The court of public opinion

TTIP’s path was always going to be longer and trickier than lawmakers cared to admit.Officials hope to reach agreement on a draft text before the end of 2015 and lawyers will have months to scrutinise it before MEPs get their hands on it. Ratification, if it comes at all, is unlikely to be completed before 2018.Unlike previous agreements it will have to pass the court of public opinion. One online petition against TTIP and a similar trade deal between the EU and Canada had over 1 million signatures in December.The fact that the talks have already generated thousands of metres of newsprint is a sign EU officials won't be able to deflect TTIP scrutiny by hiding behind technical small print.The story is already too big and too political for that.

MUSLIM NATIONS (SLAUGHTERED BY NUKES FOR COMING AGAINST ISRAEL)

EZEKIEL 36:4-5
5  Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire (NUCLEAR BOMBS) of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea,(ARAB-MUSLIMS) which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
6  Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury,(OF MY ANGER) because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:
7  Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are (Round) about you,(ARAB-MUSLIMS) they shall bear their shame.(AND BE NUKED)

EZEKIEL 35:9-11
9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy (ARABS) cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
10 Because thou (ARABS) hast said, These two nations (ISRAEL & JUDAH) and these two countries (ISRAEL & JUDAH) shall be mine, and we (ARABS) will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
11 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy (GELIOUSY) which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them;(ISRAELIS) and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.(ARABS)

EZEKIEL 38:1-12
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog,(RULER) the land of Magog,(RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal,(TOBOLSK) and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) the chief prince of Meshech(MOSCOW) and Tubal:TOBOLSK)
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws,(GOD FORCES THE RUSSIA-MUSLIMS TO MARCH) and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia,(IRAN,IRAQ) Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer,(GERMANY) and all his bands; the house of Togarmah (TURKEY) of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.(AFRICAN MUSLIMS,SUDAN,TUNESIA ETC)
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.(RUSSIA-EGYPT AND MUSLIMS)
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages;(ISRAEL) I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil,(OIL IS IN SPOIL) and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

EZEKIEL 39:1-8,11-21
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back,(RUSSIA-ARAB MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS) and leave but the sixth part of thee,(5/6TH OR 300 MILLION DEAD RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS I BELIEVE) and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog (RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS) a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers (EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN JORDAN VALLEY) on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog (RUSSIAN) and all his multitude:(ARAB/MUSLIM HORDE) and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.(BURIEL SITE OF THE 300 MILLION,RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIMS)
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.(OF ISRAEL)
13 Yea, all the people of the land (OF ISRAEL) shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I (GOD-JESUS) shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment,(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMB EXPERTS) passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it,(WON'T TOUCH IT) till the buriers have buried it (PROPERLY) in the valley of Hamongog.(RUSSIA/ARAB/MUSLIMS NEW BURIEL SITE)(EAST OF THE DEAD SEA IN THE JORDAN VALLEY)
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.(OF THE ISRAEL-GOD HATERS)
17 And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl,(500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS THREW ISRAEL EVERY SPRING,FALL) and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.(OF THE RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ARMIES)
18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
19 And ye (MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL) shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.(RUSSIAN/ARAB/MUSLIM ISRAEL HATERS)
20 Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
21 And I (GOD-JESUS) will set my glory among the heathen,(WORLD NATIONS) and all the heathen (WORLD NATIONS) shall see my judgment that I have executed,(AGAINST ISRAELS ENEMIES) and my (GODS) hand that I have laid upon them.(ISRAELS HATER ENEMIES)

JEREMEIAH 49:35-37 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITE SOME BELIEVE)
35  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRAN/BUSHEHR NUCLEAR SITE) the chief of their might.(MOST DANGEROUS NUKE SITE IN IRAN)
36  And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,(IRANIANS SCATTERED OR MASS IMIGARATION) and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(WORLD IMMIGRATION)
37  For I will cause Elam (IRAN-BUSHEHR NUKE SITE) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger,(ISRAELS NUKES POSSIBLY) saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:(IRAN AND ITS NUKE SITES DESTROYED)

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.(I belive ISIS-DAMASCUS GET NUKED BY ISRAEL)

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)

JEREMIAH 47:1-7
1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN/ARABS) before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
2  Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north,(NORTHERN TSUNAMI POSSIBLY) and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
3  At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses,(ISRAELS ARMY) at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;(ISRAEL POSSIBLY NUKES GAZA)
4  Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines,(PALESTINIAN FAKE ARABS) and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.
5  Baldness is come upon Gaza;(NUKED POSSIBLY) Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?
6  O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
7  How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? (MEDITTERANEAN SEA) there hath he appointed it.

Dutch probing what was known of risks before MH17 downing-Associated Press-jan 6,15-yahoonews

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch authorities are launching an investigation into what Dutch intelligence agencies knew about the risks of flying through Ukrainian airspace before Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed in July.The Commission of Oversight for the Intelligence and Security Services announced the investigation Tuesday at the request of crash investigators probing the air disaster that killed all 298 people on board the Boeing 777.A key question being asked by the commission is what information two Dutch intelligence agencies had about the safety of airspace over conflict-torn eastern Ukraine before the July 17 downing of the plane and to what extent they shared that with aviation security authorities.Dutch police say the most likely cause they are investigating is that the passenger jet was shot down.

France: EU-Russia sanctions 'must stop now'-Today @ 09:30-jan 6,15-By Andrew Rettman

BRUSSELS - French leader Francois Hollande has dangled the prospect of lifting EU sanctions on Russia ahead of the year’s first Ukraine crisis summit."I think the sanctions must stop now. They must be lifted if there is progress. If there is no progress the sanctions will remain”, he said on France Inter radio on Monday (5 January).“[Russian president] Mr Putin doesn’t want to annex eastern Ukraine. He’s told me that … what he wants is to remain influential. What he wants is for Ukraine not to fall into the Nato camp”, he added, referring to his impromptu meeting with Putin at a Moscow airport in December.Hollande spoke on France Inter for two hours in a Q&A dominated by French economic problems.His remarks come ahead of a summit of French, German, Russian, and Ukrainian leaders - the so-called Normandy format - in Kazakhstan on 15 January.They also come ahead of EU foreign ministers’ talks in Brussels four days later on whether to renew Russia sanctions when they begin to expire in March.At the same time, Moscow has called for new EU talks on trade co-operation with the Eurasian Economic Union.The New Year diplomacy is also set to see Putin go to the Czech Republic and to Poland for a World War II memorial on 27 January. Hungarian media report he might visit Budapest in March and Russia has invited select EU leaders to attend a WWII military parade in Moscow on 9 May.Foreign ministry officials from the Normandy states met in Berlin on Monday to prepare for the Kazakhstan event.But both Hollande and German chancellor Angela Merkel have said they won't go if there is no chance of a breakthrough."I will go to Astana on January 15 on one condition, which is that there should be a possibility of making new progress. If it's just to meet and talk without making any actual advances then there's no point. But I think there will be progress”, Hollande told France Inter.

Actions, not words

Commentators in Russian media, such as RT, said his remarks mean Russia is off the hook for annexing Crimea and that France is keen to resume delivery of two warships to Russia.Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, the German centre-left SPD party, and EU foreign relations chief Federica Mogherini have also said they want to re-engage with Russia.But a US state department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said in Washington on Monday that Hollande’s words say nothing new.“Hollande said sanctions would be lifted if, quote, ‘progress is made’ toward a lasting peace. This has been our position, as well as the position of our European and other partners from the very beginning”, she noted.“If Russia and the separatists implement the commitments each party made in Minsk [at ceasefire talks in September], we’ll be in a position to begin a rollback of some of the sanctions. But there can be no rollback until there is tangible progress on the ground … It’s not just simply words. It’s actions”.A spokeswoman for the EU foreign service, Catherine Ray, the same day said there is no change in the EU position as spelled out in summit conclusions in December.“The EU will stay the course. The European Council is ready to take further steps [against Russia] if necessary”, the conclusions say.

WWII diplomacy

Meanwhile, Latvian foreign minister Edgars Rinkevics - whose country took over the rotating EU presidency on 1 January - urged EU leaders not to break ranks.Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania - former Soviet republics which host Russian-speaking minorities - fear that if Putin gets away with partitioning Ukraine he will cause trouble in the Baltic states in future.WWII memorials are said to be sacrosanct from contemporary disputes, but end up turning into informal summits.Asked on Monday whether the Latvian president would go to Moscow for the 9 May parade, Rinkevics told Latvian broadcaster 900 Sekundes: “At the moment, I would really like to see the EU take a joint position. Before any decisions are made, the EU ought to discuss this matter”.

Eastern partnership countries: Democracy in limbo-Today @ 10:33-jan 6,15-euobserver-By Iryna Solonenko

BRUSSELS - As we enter 2015 it is worth taking another look at the political developments in the EU's neighbourhood.A glance shows us that democracy progress in the Eastern Partnership countries – Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus – has been uneven.There are big differences between the six countries, although they are governed by the same EU policy – the Eastern Partnership Initiative.Nevertheless, looking at the trends in the past years, it seems the countries of the region can be divided into two groups.Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine - which signed Association Agreements with the EU last summer - show higher standards of democracy than the other three countries; Armenia, Belarus, and Azerbaijan.

Moldova

In the past years Moldova has clearly been the frontrunner, showing higher standards of conduct of elections, political freedoms and human rights. It tops the latest European Integration Index for Eastern Partnership countries.The pro-European coalitions that have been running Moldova since 2009 demonstrated political will to reform and have achieved a lot.In the recent parliamentary elections, the pro-European parties again won a majority, though the vote was close this time.Moldova was also the first country in the region to adopt anti-discrimination legislation in line with EU requirements. It also made significant progress in fighting corruption and reforming the judiciary.

Georgia

Georgian political elites have also demonstrated willingness to integrate with the EU. Despite significant democracy shortcomings during Mikhail Saakashvili’s presidency, the country implemented certain reforms successfully and has begun to tackle corruption and to reform the judiciary and the public service.The pro-European coalition that has been in power since 2011 is continuing this course despite the most recent internal turmoil.In the latest edition of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI), which analyses transformation processes towards democracy and a market economy in 129 developing and transition countries, Georgia made the largest gains in political transformation in the Eurasian region since 2011.

Ukraine

Ukraine, however, has been rocked by turbulence in recent years. The inability of the ‘Orange’ political elites to institutionalise democratic achievements led to the consolidation of authoritarian trends during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych between 2010 and 2014.It was only due to the Euromaidan protests that that opportunities for reform arose.In October 2014 Ukraine managed to hold free and fair elections. Yet it remains a highly dysfunctional state which has to overcome corruption and promote the rule of law.

Armenia

In 2008, Armenia saw a brutal crackdown on peaceful protests against alleged electoral fraud yet it has since seen an improvement both in the conduct of elections and media freedom.The country also managed to make some progress on reforming the judiciary, fighting corruption and improving public administration.Armenia actively pursued rapprochement with Brussels until September 2013 when President Serzh Sargsyan announced that closer ties with the EU was no longer on his agenda.In October last year, Armenia became a member of the Eurasian Economic Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Azerbaijan and Belarus

Azerbaijan and Belarus remain highly authoritarian states where human rights and political freedoms are suppressed.According to some estimates, there are around 142 political prisoners in Azerbaijan yet its position as an exporter of oil and gas allows the country to ignore criticism coming from the West.While Belarus is subject to EU sanctions, Azerbaijan enjoys extensive cooperation with the EU in the field of energy.Azerbaijan negotiated an Association Agreement with the EU but then dropped the idea and proposed an alternative strategic modernisation partnership. Brussels’ leverage in both countries is limited and the prospects of democratisation remain gloomy.

Civic engagement

Political will and a strong civil society combined with pro-EU public opinion appear to be key factors for successful democratisation. Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine serve as good examples.Where the survival of the regime is at stake, however, democracy has no chance of succeeding. Azerbaijan, Belarus, Armenia and Ukraine during the Yanukovych presidency demonstrate this very clearly.The political elites in these countries have sustained their power through clientelistic networks, corruption, and elimination of political freedoms. Liberalisation of the political environment would undermine the pillars that uphold the regime.Only a strong push from within such a system can challenge it.

Eastern partnership countries and democracy

There is also an interesting relationship between the Association Agreements (AAs) with the EU and the state of democracy in the Eastern Partnership countries.Commitment to European integration and the political will to implement reforms seem to go hand-in-hand. The AAs serve both to recognise the reforms that have taken place in some of the eastern neighbourhood countries, and as a tool to push for further change. Georgia, Moldova and post-Euromaidan Ukraine have taken this path.From this perspective the gap between the three countries that have signed the AAs and the other three, which have opted for other arrangements, might grow over time.Iryna Solonenko is a DAAD/Open Society Foundations Scholar at the European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder. She is also part of the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Thinkers network.

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.(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,(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-2 billion)
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, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

EU wants explanation from Turkey on migrant smugglers-Associated Press-By LORNE COOK-jan 6,15-yahoonews

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union wants Turkey to explain how human traffickers could have taken two cargo ships filled with migrants out of the country and sent them toward Italy without Turkish authorities noticing.European Commission spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud said Tuesday that "given what has happened in recent days with the two ships, we wanted to clarify things with the Turkish authorities."The cargo ships were picked up in the Mediterranean last week with more than 1,000 migrants aboard, many of them fleeing Syria. The smugglers had locked up the migrants and sent the ships speeding toward the Italian coast with no one at the helm.Bertaud said contacts with Turkey are happening at the "political and technical level.""It's always the same area the cargo ships are leaving from, so there is a problem that has to be resolved," she said.Turkey's Foreign Ministry didn't have an immediate response.The EU's border agency Frontex said the smugglers of the latest two cargo boats are probably business opportunists in southeast Turkey who are not connected to regular smuggling networks."There is no evidence of these networks being connected. This might just be a new business opportunity that someone has picked up in Turkey," spokeswoman Izabella Cooper told the Associated Press by telephone from Frontex headquarters in Warsaw.Italy says it rescued at sea or escorted to shore about 170,000 migrants in 2014. Most tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea, departing from the Libyan coast in small, unseaworthy, overcrowded boats run by criminal gangs. Frontex analysts so far have been unable to establish any links between the many smuggling groups.Cooper said Islamic extremists in Libya are making life dangerous for smugglers and migrants alike. New visa requirements in Algeria for Syrians could also be forcing those fleeing the conflict there to look for escape routes closer to home.___Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, contributed to this report.

North Korea boosted 'cyber forces' to 6,000 troops, South says-Reuters-jan 6,15-yahoonews

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean military's "cyber army" has boosted its numbers to 6,000 troops, the South Korean Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, double Seoul's estimate for the force in 2013, and is working to cause "physical and psychological paralysis" in the South.The new figure, disclosed in a ministry white paper, comes after the United States, South Korea's key ally, imposed new sanctions on North Korea for a cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. Pyongyang has denied involvement in the attack.For years, North Korea has been pouring resources into a sophisticated cyber-warfare cell called Bureau 121, run by the military's spy agency and staffed by some of the most talented computer experts in the country.Its long-term target may be telecoms and energy grids in rival nations, defectors from the isolated state said."North Korea is currently running its 6,000 (-member) workforce for cyber warfare and performing cyber attacks for physical and psychological paralysis inside South Korea such as causing troubles for military operations and national infrastructures," the South Korean Defense Ministry said.North Korea has denied involvement in the recent hack into Sony Pictures, which distributed a comedy film featuring an assassination plot against its leader Kim Jong Un and slammed the fresh U.S. sanctions, calling them hostile and repressive policies by Washington.The reclusive country is also suspected to have carried out a series of other cyber attacks against South Korea, which it is technically at war with.In 2013, South Korea blamed the North for crippling cyber-attacks that froze the computer systems of its banks and broadcasters for days.The two Koreas have remained technically at war for more than six decades as the Korean War ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.(Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by)

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 (DONKEY-JACKASS) 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)

Female suicide bomber hits police station in Istanbul's historic heart-Reuters-By Ayla Jean Yackley and Osman Orsal-jan 6,15-yahoonews

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew herself up inside a police station in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district on Tuesday, killing one officer and wounding another, the city's governor and Turkish media said.The woman spoke English as she entered the building but her nationality and identity were unknown, Governor Vasip Sahin told reporters at the scene.Turkish media said one of the officers died from his wounds.There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the bombing comes less than a week after far-left group DHKP-C said it was behind a grenade attack on police near the prime minister's office in Istanbul.Police sealed off the street where Tuesday's attack happened, across the square from the Aya Sofya museum and Blue Mosque and near the Basilica Cistern, which are among the top tourist destinations in one of the world's most visited cities.Public transport resumed after being briefly shut down and some tourists, braving heavy snow, were still walking around the historic Sultanahmet square.The DHKP-C (Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front) had warned of further strikes after last Thursday's attack, in which a man carrying an automatic weapon was detained near the Ottoman-era Dolmabahce Palace.The group was also behind a suicide bombing at the U.S. Embassy last year as well as attacks on Turkish police stations.Turkey faces other security threats.Some of the thousands of foreign fighters who have joined the ranks of Islamic State militants in neighboring Syria and Iraq have entered via Turkey, raising concern that they could return and strike on Turkish soil.There have also been clashes in predominantly Kurdish southeastern Turkey in recent weeks between members of Kurdish Islamist party and youths linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has also carried out urban attacks in the past.(Additional reporting by Humeyra Pamuk and Tulay Karadeniz; Writing by Nick Tattersall; Editing by Jonny Hogg and Alison Williams)

U.S.-led forces conduct 10 air strikes in Syria, two in Iraq: military-Reuters-jan 6,15-yahoonews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces conducted 10 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, mostly targeting the contested city of Kobani, and two strikes in Iraq since Monday, the U.S. military said.Eight air strikes near Kobani destroyed 14 Islamic State fighting positions and a building, and damaged a second building, the military said in a statement on Tuesday. In Iraq, the strikes were near al Qaim and al Asad, according to the Combined Joint Task Force.(Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Susan Heavey)

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

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

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

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

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

LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2  (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3  And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER,NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.

S&P 500 falls below 2,000; oil extends decline, bonds rally-Associated Press-By STEVE ROTHWELL 17-jan 6,15-yahoonews

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, bonds rallied and the price of oil continued to fall.
Investors had some downbeat news on the economy to digest, as reports showed that growth in the service industry slowed last month and that factory orders fell in November.KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down 21 points, or 1.1 percent, to 1,998, as of 1:14 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 193 points, or 1.1 percent, to 17,307. The Nasdaq composite dropped 66 points, or 1.4 percent, to 4,585.OIL SLIDE: U.S. crude continued to fall, dropping $1.84 to $48.19 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The price of oil has fallen by more than half since trading as high as $107 in June. Brent crude, the global benchmark, was down $1.86 at $51.25 a barrel.IMPACT: The prolonged slide in oil prices should help economic growth by reducing energy costs, however investors worry that the large scale of the downturn could foretell a global economic slowdown. Also, as the price of oil falls, energy companies might cut jobs, put off investment or go out of business.THE QUOTE: "The overall situation in the economy is still relatively positive," said Randy Schwab, Managing Director of Trading and Derivatives with the Schwab Center for Financial Research. "But I do have a bit of a cautious perspective in the next couple of weeks, just simply because oil does not seem to be finding a floor."KORS FOR CONCERN: Michael Kors slumped $7.50, or 10.3 percent, to $65.40. Analysts at Credit Suisse cut their price target on the company's stock to $79 from $103 following what they described as a "dramatic" increase in promotional activity at the luxury retailer, suggesting that it is struggling to maintain its growth rates.FEWER ORDERS: A report that orders to U.S. factories fell for a fourth straight month in November stoked investors' concerns about growth. The Commerce Department said Tuesday factory orders dropped 0.7 percent in November after a similar 0.7 percent fall in October. The November weakness came from decreases in demand for primary metals, industrial machinery and military aircraft.The Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday that its services index fell to 56.2 last month, down from 59.3 in November.EUROPE'S DAY: Germany's DAX was flat and France's CAC-40 fell 0.7 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.8 percent.EURO JITTERS: The possibility that Greece's anti-austerity Syriza party might win national elections this month has fed doubts about whether the country will stick to terms of its bailout and remain in the euro bloc. Meanwhile, a new survey showed that economic growth in the eurozone was weak at the end of 2014. The news helped keep pressure on the euro, which was down 0.2 percent to $1.1955, near a nine-year low.BONDS AND CURRENCIES: In government bond trading, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell back below 2 percent. Apart from a brief dip in the fall, it's the first time the note's yield has fallen below that level in more than 18 months. The yield on the note, which drops when prices rise, sank to 1.92 percent on Tuesday from 2.03 percent late Monday.The dollar declined to 118.75 yen from 119.44 yen.

DISEASES

REVELATION 6:7-8
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, 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).

DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS

1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.

REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUG ADDICTS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)

Clinical trial starts at Ebola center for anti-viral drug-Associated Press-By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH -jan 6,15-tahoonews

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — A clinical drug trial is now under way at a major health center in Liberia's capital to determine if a medication already used to treat other viruses could help those suffering from Ebola.The drug called brincidofovir is being tested in patients at the ELWA 3 center operated by Doctors Without Borders, the group said. Ebola, which has no licensed treatment or cure, has killed more than 8,000 people in West Africa over the past year."It must be stressed that it is not a miracle cure and it is still not known whether it will help patients survive the virus," the medical charity said in announcing the start of the drug trial this week.Brincidofovir is an antiviral drug being developed to treat several types of viruses, including one that infects patients undergoing bone marrow transplants.All new patients confirmed to be Ebola positive by blood test at the charity's ELWA 3 center will be informed about the trial and can decide whether they would like to participate, the group said. Those who opt out will receive the usual supportive care.Brincidofovir is not the only drug being considered for use in treating Ebola. Another drug — ZMapp — healed all 18 monkeys infected with the deadly virus in one recent study. Experimental doses of ZMapp also were given to several humans who suffered from Ebola before the manufacturer's supply ran out months ago. It was not known whether the doses of ZMapp helped the patients who recovered.A third drug — The TKM-Ebola injection, by Tekmira Pharmaceuticals of Canada — works by blocking genes that help the Ebola virus reproduce and spread. It has been used in at least one patient and is said to be in limited supply.Other patients have received blood donations from Ebola survivors who had developed antibodies to the virus.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)

THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.

Wintry weather strikes Middle East, bringing cold, sandstorm-Associated Press-By The Associated Press-jan 6,15-yahoonews

A powerful winter storm began striking across the Middle East on Tuesday, bringing a bitter cold to Syrian refugees huddled in Lebanon and blanketing Cairo in a sandstorm.In Lebanon, officials said they expected a snowstorm to strike Tuesday night in the Bekaa Valley, where hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria's civil war live, many in tents.Outside some makeshift tents near the Lebanese town of Anjar, some refugees collected wood or cleaned their wood-burning stoves in anticipation of the storm, while others placed sandbags at the base of their tents to help anchor the shelters and protect against potential flooding.The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, said it would "keep vulnerable refugees as warm as we can" in Jordan, which also hosts many who fled the war in Syria.In Egypt's capital, Cairo, a sandstorm engulfed the city Tuesday afternoon, blocking out the sun as rush-hour afternoon traffic began.In Israel, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said major roads leading in and out of the city would be closed to prevent a repeat of the chaos that occurred during a 2013 snowstorm, when hundreds of cars were stranded on highways near Jerusalem's entrance. As temperatures began to fall, anxious Israelis flooded supermarkets, stocking up on food.Strong waves from the Mediterranean Sea also lashed Lebanon, Syria and Israel. Syria's state news agency SANA reported that the country's two main ports in Tartous and Latakia had been closed as winds of up to 74 kilometers per hour (45 miles per hour) caused waves more than 5 meters (15 feet) high.In the Lebanese capital, Beirut, residents walked along the seaside promenade to snap photographs of waves slamming into the seawall and sending frothy water flowing across the pavement. Tuesday night, wind and rain caused delays at the city's airport.

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
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    3.1 4km SE of Perry, Oklahoma 2015-01-06 10:45:15 UTC-05:00 5.5 km
    3.2 11km WSW of Waikoloa Village, Hawaii 2015-01-06 08:01:03 UTC-05:00 41.4 km
    3.4 66km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-01-06 06:03:50 UTC-05:00 10.4 km
    3.3 21km N of Bridgeport, California 2015-01-06 04:56:56 UTC-05:00 12.6 km
    3.0 20km N of Yucca Valley, California 2015-01-06 04:49:15 UTC-05:00 4.0 km
    3.1 16km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii 2015-01-06 03:08:49 UTC-05:00 0.5 km
    2.7 53km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-01-06 02:05:02 UTC-05:00 8.0 km
    4.9 Easter Island region 2015-01-06 00:54:37 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
    4.2 48km SSE of Hokitika, New Zealand 2015-01-05 23:04:57 UTC-05:00 9.4 km
    4.5 181km NNW of Manado, Indonesia 2015-01-05 22:50:25 UTC-05:00 339.0 km
    2.5 34km SW of Rio Dell, California 2015-01-05 22:47:29 UTC-05:00 18.8 km
    4.8 214km S of L'Esperance Rock, New Zealand 2015-01-05 22:35:07 UTC-05:00 23.3 km
    2.7 68km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-01-05 22:30:02 UTC-05:00 9.1 km
    3.9 17km NNE of Noatak, Alaska 2015-01-05 21:39:14 UTC-05:00 13.6 km
    5.0 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 2015-01-05 21:11:14 UTC-05:00 10.0 km
    2.8 67km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-01-05 20:52:36 UTC-05:00 10.8 km
    5.3 206km NNW of Auckland Island, New Zealand 2015-01-05 19:14:21 UTC-05:00 27.0 km
    2.8 10km N of Arecibo, Puerto Rico 2015-01-05 18:40:21 UTC-05:00 14.0 km
    3.0 72km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-01-05 18:26:09 UTC-05:00 9.3 km
    3.6 3km SE of Perry, Oklahoma 2015-01-05 17:27:39 UTC-05:00 3.4 km
    3.6 3km SE of Perry, Oklahoma 2015-01-05 17:06:43 UTC-05:00 5.0 km
    4.9 117km S of Akureyri, Iceland 2015-01-05 16:53:21 UTC-05:00 7.3 km
    2.5 13km SSE of Pahala, Hawaii 2015-01-05 14:29:26 UTC-05:00 44.3 km
    5.6 44km SSE of Hokitika, New Zealand 2015-01-05 12:48:42 UTC-05:00 9.1 km

AIRASIA FLIGHT QZ 8501 MISSING ON WAY TO SINGAPORE AIRBUS A320-200-DAY 10

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)

PROVERBS 23:5
5  Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

JOB 40:18
18  His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

FLIGHT RADAR24.COM-ASIA
http://www.flightradar24.com/13.08,75.06/2
NEWS FOR QZ 8501-A320-200 ON MISSING PLANE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/airasia-flight-qz-8501-missing-on-way_5.html (D-9)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/airasia-flight-qz-8501-missing-on-way_4.html (D-8)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/airasia-flight-qz-8501-missing-on-way_3.html (D-7)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/airasia-flight-qz-8501-missing-on-way_2.html (D-6)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/airasia-flight-qz-8501-missing-on-way.html (D-5)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/12/airasia-flight-qz-8501-missing-on-way_31.html (D-4)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/12/airasia-flight-qz-8501-missing-on-way_77.html (D-3A)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/12/airasia-flight-qz-8501-missing-on-way_30.html (D-3)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/12/airasia-flight-qz-8501-missing-on-way_29.html (D-2)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/12/airasia-flight-qz-8501-missing-on-way.html (D-1A)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/12/airasia-flight-qz8501-missing-on-way-to.html (D-1)
ALL MH370 STORIES I DONE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/12/airasia-flight-qz8501-missing-on-way-to.html
MH 777-17 STORIES-RUSSIA DOWNS JETLINER
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2014/08/mh370-2-arrested-for-stealing-20000.html
QZ 8501 A320-200 DEMENTIONS AND DATA
http://www.airbus.com/aircraftfamilies/passengeraircraft/a320family/a320/specifications/
IDENTIFICATION PAGE OF THE DEAD FROM FLIGHT QZ 8501-A320-200
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/identification-page-of-passengers-and.html
AIRASIA A320-200 SEAT LAYOUT V2-QZ 8501-PK AXC
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Air_Asia/Air_Asia_Airbus_320.php
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Asiana/Asiana_Airbus_A320-200_V2.php
NAMES OF PERSONS ON FLIGHT A320-200 QZ 8501
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1669513/list-passengers-air-asia-flight-qz-8501
A320-200 UPDATE-REDDIT
https://www.reddit.com/live/u5bkiqteljl4
LIVE UPDATES ON QZ 8501-FROM CHANNEL NEWS ASIA
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/live-blog-airasia-flight/1563004.html
EARTH NETWORKS-LIGHTENING STRIKES
http://www.earthnetworks.com/ournetworks/lightningnetwork.aspx
TRANS7 INDONESIA
http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=id&u=http://www.trans7.co.id/&prev=search
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE DEAD THE SECOND THEY DIE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/what-happens-to-lost-and-christians.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/01/world-war-3-and-nuclear-weapons-that.html

MISSING FLIGHT QZ 8501 AIR BUS A320-200-pic-Indianexpress.com


THE SEARCH AREA FOR THE MISSING PLANES PARTS-BODIES  - channel NewsAsia

UPDATES-JAN 06,15-10:00PM
channelnewsasia updates in small type-6:00pm EST-ITS MORNING IN INDONESIA AND THE WEATHER IS NOT QUITE AS BAD.AND REPORTS SAY THEY SPOTTED 2 METAL OBJECTS IN THE WATER AGAIN.ONE 54 FEET LONG.ANOTHER 16 FEET LONG.SEE IF THESE ARE FALSE ALARMS AGAIN OR NOT.6.39PM: In its latest statement, AirAsia said cloudy weather, light rain, waves at 2 to 3 metres, strong underwater currents and poor visibility are hindering search operations. The airline also confirmed that the remains of Indra Yulianto, Hindarto Halim and Jou Brian Youvito, who were identified on Tuesday, have been handed over to their respective families. 6.48PM: The RSS Kallang has been experiencing poor weather and rough seas, which affects the underwater search for debris. "Despite unfavourable conditions, our sailors remain focused and are working hard to do their best," said CPT Koh Wee Seng, Operations Officer of RSS Kallang.It's their seventh day out at sea, and our mine countermeasure vessel RSS Kallang is still in the Java Sea conducting underwater search for the fuselage and black box of ‪#‎AirAsia‬ flight ‪#‎QZ8501‬. Equipped with underwater sensors and a Remotely Operated Vehicle, it is able to conduct underwater search for aircraft debris.Search efforts have been hampered by poor weather and rough seas. 8.26PM: Search sectors for Wednesday have been adjusted, with the establishment of two new sectors, said Malaysia Chief of Navy Abdul Aziz Jaafar.#QZ8510.Day 11. MPA Sector widened eastwards 40 nm n UWSA shrank to 300 sq nm. 2 new sectors, KNKT n LKP established. 8.41PM: The search operation has resumed with conducive early weather conditions, according to Channel NewsAsia reporter Jack Board, who is at Pangkalan Bun.Japanese helicopter crew takes off from base in Kalimantan for flight over #QZ8501 crash site.10.05PM: Authorities in Pangkalan Bun prepare to see off the bodies of two victims. They will be sent to Surabaya for identification.The final journey. Two bodies of victims of #QZ8501 to be flown to Surabaya to be formally identified. 

UPDATES-JAN 06,15-06:00PM
channelnewsasia updates in small type-8.40AM Quick recap: A quarter of the bodies of people on board QZ8501 have been recovered after Day 10 of the search for QZ8501. 16 of the bodies have been identified. Our correspondent in Pangkalan Bun, Jack Board, has a summary of the day's events. 10.18AM: With search and recovery operations hampered by heavy rain and strong winds of more than 20 knots, weather experts are on the ground to help provide quick and accurate information, Channel NewsAsia's Saifulbahri Ismail reports.Earlier today, 12 Muslim clerics left from Pangkalan Bun for the crash site to pray for victims, and for the success of the search operation. 10.24AM: In its latest statement, AirAsia said cloudy weather, light rain, waves at 2-3 metres, strong underwater currents and poor visibility are hindering search operations. The airline also confirmed that the remains of Indra Yulianto, Hindarto Halim and Jou Brian Youvito, who were identified today, were handed over to their respective families this afternoon. 

UPDATES-JAN 06,15-09:16AM
channelnewsasia updates in small type-12:42AM: Indonesia's Armed Forces Chief Moeldoko has announced on Twitter that he is headed to Pangkalan Bun to inspect search operations. 12.49AM: Top officials from Indonesia's military and police are expected to reach Pangkalan Bun Tuesday afternoon for a press conference, reports TODAY. 1.59AM: Indonesia Armed Forces Chief has landed in Pangkalan Bun via an Indonesia Armed Forces plane. US Seahawk helicopters are on standby to fly him to the USS Sampson. 2.00AM: Death certificates have been prepared for some of the victims, reports Sumisha Naidu. 2.13AM: Four air traffic control officers from Surabaya's Juanda International airport have been removed from their posts, reports Detik.com. They had failed to check the approved flight schedule for AirAsia Indonesia, according to Mr Wisnu Darjono, Indonesia AirNav's Director for Safety and Standard.2.13AM: Commander of the Indonesia Armed Forces General Moeldoko is now on the way to the USS Sampson via a US Seahawk helicopter. 3.37AM: Police in Surabaya announce that three victims of QZ8501 have been identified. They are Mr Indra Yulianto (14), based on forensics and CCTV recordings of the 51-year-old's outfit at the airport; Mr Hindarto Halim, 61 (15), and 19-year-old Jou Brian Youvito.(16) This means 16 out of 37 bodies retrieved have been identified.4.00AM: A Russian team has detected objects that could be AirAsia debris - described as big, red, orange and white in colour. They also found a "black square" the Jakarta Post quotes a military air base chief as saying. 4.05PM: Earlier today, BASARNAS chief Bambang Soelistyo told reporters that divers had taken advantage of a respite in bad weather at the search site to conduct searches. "Some divers have started to dive to the seabed," he said. 4:20AM: TWO MORE BODIES RECOVERED - Pangkalan Bun command operational director Supriyadi told media that Japan's JS Onami and Malaysia's KD Kasturi each recovered a body from the search site today. These brings the total bodies recovered to 39.4.50AM: China's rescue vessel Yongxingdao set sail from Sanya, Hainan Province, on Monday to assist the search operation for AirAsia flight QZ8501's black box, according to CCTV. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is expected to reach the site where the airplane went missing this Friday, naval authorities said. 5.20PM: An AirAsia flight between Kuala Namu Airport in Medan to Palembang was not allowed to take off today, as Indonesia's Transport Ministry reviews all flight approvals in the country, Metro TV reports. The review was ordered after it was found that AirAsia QZ8501 was flying on Sundays without authorisation, and four Surabaya airport officials have been removed from their positions for this. A Kuala Namu airport official said AirAsia's request for extra flights for the Kuala Namu- Palembang route on Tuesdays and Wednesday have not been approved.6.30AM: The Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) General Moeldoko said he saw for himself how difficult conditions are at sea, after he toured the QZ8501 search area. Speaking from Pangkalan Bun, he invited families to visit the crash site to scatter flowers and to view the search operations. He said the armed forces will provide the necessary assets to bring the families out there, but it depends on whether they accept the invitation.General Moeldoko also thanked all countries involved in the search and recovery operation. 7.13AM: The director of operations for Indonesia's national search and rescue agency Suryadi B. Supriyadi says search efforts by ships today did not make significant progress. Even though it was cloudy today, waves were as high as 3 metres and divers were not able to head underwater, TODAY reports. 7.41AM: TNI Commander General Moeldoko has left Pangkalan Bun, our correspondent Jack Board reports.General Moeldoko departs but his invite remains. Families have choice to accept offer to see crash site & say goodbye 

VIDEO-FAMILIES WELCOMED TO VISIT SEARCH SITE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5H_IeV9SqA

AIRASIA INDONESIA FLIGHT QZ 8501 UPDATE AS PER 6TH JANUARY 2015 20:00 HRS LT (GMT+7)

SURABAYA, 6TH JANUARY 2015 –AirAsia Indonesia wishes to provide an update regarding the latest development on the tenth day of search and rescue operation of QZ 8501 lead by The National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) Republic of Indonesia.The SAR operations continued around the focused area where the aircraft is most likely located. More than 40 vessels and 20 helicopters were deployed and focused to find the exact location of the plane’s wreckage as well as the black box.The weather was cloudy with light rain and waves at 2–3 meters. However, the underwater current is still strong around 4-5 knots and the visibility is still limited for the sea divers to identify more findings from under the sea.Indonesian National Armed Forces Commander, General Moeldoko visited the military base at Pangkalan Bun this afternoon, to inspect the search and evacuation operation which is still running today.This evening, BASARNAS also confirmed to recover two more remains from the focused search area. The two remains are still in Pangkalan Bun, waiting to be transported to Surabaya for further identification process.Meanwhile, the Disaster Victim Identification Police Department Republic of Indonesia (DVI POLRI) today announced that they have identified 3 more remains of QZ 8501 passengers as: Indra Yulianto (male), Hindarto Halim (male), Jou Brian Youvito (male). AirAsia Indonesia officially handed over the remains to the respective families at Bhayangkara Hospital, Surabaya this afternoon.To date, BASARNAS confirmed to have recovered a total of 39 remains of which 16 remains have been identified by DVI POLRI and 23 remains are still being identified.AirAsia would like to take this opportunity to urge the public seeking progress on the search and evacuation and identification process of QZ 8501 passengers to refer solely to official information from BASARNAS and DVI POLRI.Our thoughts and prayers remain with the families and friends of our passengers and colleagues on board QZ 8501.

Slow progress in AirAsia crash search-UPDATED: 06 Jan 2015 19:39-channel newsasia

PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia: Recovery teams made patchy progress on Tuesday (Jan 6) in the search for bodies from the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501, finding the remains of just two more victims on the tenth day of operations.Hindered by rough seas, the teams have found fewer than 40 bodies since the plane crashed during a storm early on December 28, carrying 162 people from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore.Recovery workers are also yet to find the "black box" flight data recorders, crucial to determining the cause of the crash, although they have located five major parts of the plane on the seabed including a "suspected tail" - where flight recorders are usually housed.Divers were sent down to the sea floor during a break in the weather on Tuesday but they were struggling to investigate the wreckage, according to search official S B Supriyadi. "Some of them tried to dive but the bad weather hampered the diving operation," he told AFP from Pangkalan Bun, a town on Borneo island with the nearest airstrip to the wreckage."Divers haven't managed to get close to the large parts of the plane so far," he said.The operation has prioritised finding the bodies of the victims, all but seven of whom were Indonesian. All of the bodies found so far were spotted floating on the sea's surface, some still strapped into their seats, according to officials.The two bodies found on Tuesday brought the total recovered to 39, despite an extension to the area of sea being searched in the belief that debris and bodies may have drifted in strong currents.

BACKPACKS AND SHOES AMID DEBRIS

Indonesian navy commander Yayan Sofyan, whose warship Bung Tomo was the first to find debris last week, described to AFP some of the everyday objects they had recovered. "We found backpacks, suitcases, shoes, a chair for a baby," he said, adding that the search teams were determined to overcome the monsoon season weather to find more bodies."In our mind we just want to get the victims reunited with the rest of their families."Indonesia has ordered the suspension of aviation officials involved in the departure of the flight. It says the flight operated by AirAsia Indonesia was flying on an unauthorised schedule when it crashed.The airline, a unit of Malaysia-based AirAsia, has been suspended from flying the Surabaya-Singapore route -- although Singapore officials said they had given permission for the flight at their end. Indonesia's transport ministry also promised action against any domestic airlines violating their flying permits in the country, which has a patchy aviation safety record.The Indonesian meteorological agency BMKG has said weather was the "triggering factor" of the crash, with ice likely damaging the plane's engines. The initial report by BMKG into the likely cause referred to infra-red satellite pictures that showed the plane was passing through clouds with temperatures of minus 80 to minus 85 degrees Celsius.But it remained unclear why other planes on similar routes were unaffected by the weather, and other analysts said there was not enough information to explain the disaster until the flight recorders were recovered.In Surabaya, which was home to a number of the victims, a crisis centre has been up for identifying bodies and wakes have been held as they are returned to relatives.Eric Edi Santo lost his aunt and five other family members, but so far only two of their bodies have been found. He was holding out hope for the others. "They died so tragically, at least I want them to have a proper burial," he said.- AFP/ir

QZ8501: 4 Surabaya airport officials removed from posts-POSTED: 06 Jan 2015 14:29-CHANNEL NEWSASIA

SURABAYA: Four officers at the Surabaya's Juanda International airport air traffic control were removed from their positions as they were directly responsible for failing to check the approved flight schedule for AirAsia, reported Detik.com on Tuesday (Jan 6).According to Mr Wisnu Darjono, Indonesia AirNav's Director for Safety and Standard, the officers include the General Manager of AirNav Juanda airport.Mr Wisnu added that the officers failed to check the Winter schedule for AirAsia that allows the airline to operate the Surabaya-Singapore route on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Instead they had used the Summer schedule which allowed the airline to fly on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.Mr Wisnu added no discrepancies have been found on other flights flying out of Surabaya following an extensive review of its operations.- CNA/av

UPDATES-JAN 06,15-12:03AM
channelnewsasia updates in small type-THERES 3,606 AIR BUS A320-200 AROUND THE WORLD.AND 6,000 A319,A321S AIR BUS PLANES AROUND THE WORLD.6:20PM-REPORTS SAY THEY MIGHT HAVE FOUND THE PLANES TAIL.SO THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET THE BLACK BOXES FROM THE QZ8501.SO FAR MOST OF THE IDENTIFIED BODIES CAME FROM NEAR THE BACK OF THE PLANE.WHICH TELLS ME IT BROKE UP NEAR THE BACK OF THE PLANE.2 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS MUST HAVE BEEN AT THE BACK OF THE PLANE. AND 5 PEOPLE FROM SEATS 3 TO 10 MUST HAVE GOT OUTTA THEIR SEATS BEFORE THEY DROWN TRYING TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY DOOR WHAT BROKE OFF.HERE ARE THE SEATS THAT DIED SO FAR. 2 FLIGHT ATTENDENTS-S-3C-S-6A-S-9E-S-10E-S-19A-S-21C-S-21F-S-23B-S-26B-S-26C-S-27A.THE QZ8501 MUST HAVE BROKE UP AROUND THE 17TH OR SO ROW OF SEATS. AND FROM ROWS 19-27 MUST HAVE DROWN OR BEEN KILLED INSTANTLY FROM THE BREAKUP OF THE PLANE. FIRST.AND WERE THE BRAKE WAS.THESE ROWS MUST OF FELL OUTTA THE PLANE FIRST. AS I STILL SAY MOST OF THE FRONT ROW PEOPLE SHOULD BE SEAT BELTED IN THEIR SEATS YET.WHEN FOUND. I'M JUST GOING BY THE FIRST 13 PEOPLE IDENTIFIED.BUT IT GIVES US A GREAT LOOK AT WERE THE DEAD CAME FROM.AND IT WAS FROM THE BACK OF THE PLANE.I STILL SAY THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT WERE THE LAST TO DROWN. BECAUSE I FIGURE THE WATER WOULD GET TO THEM ONLY IF THEY HAD THERE CABIN DOOR OPEN.IF NOT THEY MIGHT HAVE SURVIVED AWHILE.UNTIL THE WATER FINALLY DROWN THEM ALSO.

SEATING ON A320-200 BUT ONLY 28 ROWS ON QZ 8501 WAS 33 ROWS.
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Asiana/Asiana_Airbus_A320-200_V2.php

UPDATES-JAN 05,15-10:00PM
channelnewsasia updates in small type-11.45AM: The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on Tuesday (Jan 6) reiterated that it is an airline's responsibility to separately obtain approval of their flight schedules from the respective civil aviation authorities at each end of the flight routing."There is no need for coordination between the two authorities in approving the airlines' schedules. This is international practice," said Ms Margaret Tan, Director (Air Transport) at CAAS, in a forum letter sent to and published by TODAY. She was responding to an article by Malay Mail Online carried by TODAY titled "Spotty coordination plaguing air safety: Asia-Pacific aviation chief".Questions had been raised about the coordination between Indonesia and Singapore's aviation authorities as AirAsia was reportedly not allowed to fly the Surabaya-Singapore-route on Sunday, which is when the crash occurred. 12.20PM: The search sector has been expanded another 17 nautical miles eastwards, and the total area is now 22,110 square nautical miles, said Malaysia's Chief of Navy Abdul Aziz Jaafar. However, the search is still hampered by the weather, with visibility at 3 nautical miles, he added.

QZ8501 crash victims' bodies can be left to decompose at sea, says Grand Imam-Agensi | Updated: January 04, 2015-ASTRO AWANI

JAKARTA: Bodies of AirAsia flight QZ8501 victims that have suffered extensive decay and deemed unrecognisable can be left to submerge in the water, said Istiqlal Mosque Grand Imam, Ali Mustafa Yakub.“If the victims have suffered extensive decomposition and are no longer recogniseable, best to leave the bodies to sink in the water,” said Ali Mustafa in an interview with Republika here, Sunday.Ali Mustafa also explained that people who died on board a vessel and requires longer time to be brought to the mainland, the human remains can be disposed in the ocean for the final resting.“If we wait until it (the body) reaches the mainland, the remains will smell,” he said.The method, he said was discussed in several Islamic kitab where the weighted body can be left to sink to the seabed. There the remain will be slowly buried by broken down further over months or years, depending on the acidity of the water.In today’s scenario, burial management is viewed crucial by using the existing state-of-the-art technology available.“Since we have the technology on conducting DNA tests, so best to bring the remains back to mainland,” he said.Ali also said that burials should be conducted as soon as possible following fardhu kifayah (communal obligatory) in Islamic teachings.

No mass funeral for AirAsia QZ8501 victims - Chief Police-Harits Asyraf Hasnan, Astro Awani | Updated: January 05, 2015

SURABAYA: Indonesia's National Police has given its assurance that it will not conduct a mass funeral for the victims of the ill-fated AirAsia flight QZ8501 which crashed on Sunday.According to its Chief General Sutarman, all victims will be identified before their families can claim the bodies.Sutarman was speaking to the families of flight QZ8501 victims where sternly disputed extensive media report regarding the alleged 'mass funeral'.“I will ensure all victims retrieved will be identifiedm too. No way, the mass funeral will occur as what was reported by the media, the news is hoax and the public should not take heed of it,” said Sutarman, during a press conference held at the Police Operation Centre (POLDA) in East Java, today.Sutarman has urged the victims' families to be patient as identification process remains delicate and requires long hours due to stringent investigation process.“If there are organs available, it will be faster, if there are only bones (left), we need longer time to process. There are the antamortem data available and we are certain that the identification process will be coherent and accurate,” he added.A total of 260 personnel from the Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) have been tasked to identify the victims’ remains. It has been reported that forensics experts from Singapore, Australia, South Korea and Saudi Arabia will be joining the team soon.On a more personal note, Sutarman also apologised to the family members for the imminent delay in the identification process.The identification process, he clarified is not done in Pangkalan Bun.At approximately 2pm (local time), Bhayangkara Police Hospital in Ahmad Yani Street, Surabaya has received 34 victims’ bodies. Of this number, nine victims have been surrendered to the respective families.On Sunday, Indonesia's Istiqlal Mosque Grand Imam Ali Mustafa Yakub reportedly said that the victims' bodies which have suffered extensive decay and deemed unrecognisable can be left to submerge in the ocean.

AirAsia flight QZ8501: Indonesia will ensure compensation is paid, says transport chief
Published on Jan 5, 2015 8:00 PM-THE SRAITES TIMES

JAKARTA - Indonesia requires AirAsia Indonesia to pay compensation to the next of kin of victims of flight QZ8501, officials said on Monday."An airline must pay compensation," Acting Air Transportation Director-General Djoko Murdjatmodjo said. "The obligation to pay compensation lies with the airline," he said in response to a question on insurance payment by AirAsia.Payment dispute has arisen after AirAsia was reported to have illegally flying the Surabaya-Singapore route on Sundays when it was not granted permission from Indonesia to do so.Tribunnews had reported that AirAsia must pay 1.25 billion rupiah in insurance and other forms of payment for every passenger on the flight which went missing with 155 passengers on board on Dec 28.Search personnel have retrieved 37 bodies and debris so far from the Indonesian seas.

AirAsia flight QZ8501: Families of passengers get offer to board naval ship to plane's search location-Published on Jan 5, 2015 3:52 PM-THE STRAITS TIMES-By Amir Hussain

SURABAYA - Family members of passengers on the ill-fated AirAsia Flight QZ8501 have received an offer to board an Indonesian naval ship to visit the plane's search location.This is to "to lessen their sorrow and sense of loss", said Indonesia's armed forces chief Moeldoko on Monday.They will be ferried from Surabaya, where the AirAsia crisis centre for relatives is located, to Pangkalan Bun via military flight.Speaking at a press conference at the East Java police headquarters after he visited relatives at the crisis centre, General Moeldoko said he assured family members that the armed forces "is working hard (to find bodies and the plane wreckage) with friendly countries"."I told them to have trust in the armed forces that we are working hard," he said.Indonesia's police chief Sutarman said he also promised relatives that all bodies recovered will be identified."We are working to identify all bodies recovered, no matter the condition they arrive in, and to release them to their families," said Gen Sutarman.The Disaster Victim Identification team at the Bhayangkara hospital, 100m away from the crisis centre and where all recovered bodies will be taken to, now comprises 260 local and foreign forensic experts, he said.While fingerprint identification will take "just a matter of minutes", other methods of identification such as through dental records and DNA testing will take longer, he said.This is the first time both military and police chiefs are visiting relatives of the 162 people on board the ill-fated flight, which crashed in the Java Sea on Dec 28 while en route from Surabaya to Singapore.A total of 37 bodies have been recovered, with 34 of those brought to Bhayangkara hospital. Only nine have been released to their families. The other 25 remain in cold storage here, waiting to be identified by forensic experts working round the clock.

AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ 8501-Media Information (Issue 2)-30 December 2014

Airbus has been informed by the Indonesian authorities that the accident site of flight QZ 8501 has been located.The company wishes to offer the sincere sympathies of its management and staff to all those who have been affected by the loss of this aircraft.In line with international convention, the official investigation into this accident is being led by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), which will be supported by relevant international safety agencies. These include the French safety investigation authority BEA, which is an accredited party representing the state of design and manufacture of the aircraft.The release of all further information related to the progress of the investigation and the publication of findings will be undertaken by the NTSC.With safety as its prime concern, Airbus reaffirms its full commitment to provide all necessary technical assistance to the investigation authorities in order to establish the cause of this tragic accident.

WASHINGTON REVIEWING AID TO PALESTINIANS

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)

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).

JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)

Washington Reviewing Financial Aid to PA Over ICC Bid-The United States reviewing its annual $440-million aid package to the PA because of its effort to join the ICC, says State Department.By Elad Benari-First Publish: 1/6/2015, 6:16 AM-ISRAELNATIONALNEWS

The United States said Monday it was reviewing its annual $440-million aid package to the Palestinian Authority (PA) because of its effort to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) to pursue war-crimes charges against Israel, reports The Associated Press (AP).The PA formally presented a request to the United Nations on Friday to join the ICC, in a move firmly opposed by both Israel and the United States.“We’re deeply troubled by the Palestinian action,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday, adding that joining the court “is entirely counterproductive and does nothing to further the aspirations of the Palestinian people for a sovereign and independent state. It badly damages the atmosphere with the very people with whom they ultimately need to make peace.”At the same time, Psaki also criticized Israel’s move to freeze the transfer of tax revenues to the PA in retaliation for its bid to join the ICC, saying it was a step “that raises tensions as others do.”Under American law, noted AP, any PA case against Israel at the court would trigger an immediate cutoff of U.S. financial support. Membership itself, however, doesn’t automatically incur U.S. punishment.Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the matter by telephone over the weekend with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Other American officials spoke with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, hoping to dissuade him from his course.The administration is reviewing its assistance to the Palestinians to ensure it complies with U.S. law, Psaki said, adding there is a range of ways for the U.S. to respond, but suggested none would happen immediately.In September of 2011, a $192 million aid package was frozen by Congress after the PA submitted a failed unilateral bid for United Nations membership.Members of Congress later released $40 million in economic and humanitarian funding for the PA, saying it is “vital to establishing and strengthening the foundations necessary for a future Palestinian state.”In April of 2012, President Barack Obama bypassed a Congress block and signed a waiver declaring that aid to the Palestinian Authority is “important to the security interests of the United States.”

NGO Files 3 War Crime Suits in ICC against PLO-Complaints against Rajoub, Faraj and Hamdallah follow Shurat Hadin's previous complaints against Mashaal and Abbas.By Gil Ronen-First Publish: 1/5/2015, 1:01 PM-ISRAELNATIONALNEWS
Shurat HaDin (Israel Law Center) has filed three more war crimes suit against Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.The NGO says that while the Palestinian leadership can be indicted for terror acts carried out from 2002 onward, Israel can only be indicted for deeds done from the day the PLO joined the Rome Statute - the request to join was signed last week.The three new complaints, against PLO leaders Jibril Rajoub, Majid Faraj and Rami Hamdallah, follow the Israeli NGO's previous ground-breaking ICC complaints against Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal (filed in September) and against PLO and Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (filed in November) for war crimes and human rights violations.Shurat HaDin accuses the three Palestinian civilian officials of terrorism, torture and civil rights violations which are all international law offenses and actionable under the Rome Treaty of the ICC. Today's filings are the first war crimes complaints filed against senior Palestinian officials since PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas signed the Rome Treaty late last week.Jibril Rajoub is Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee and is second to Abbas within Fatah, a terrorist faction within the PLO. Majid Faraj is head of Palestinian General Intelligence while Rami Hamdallah was previously minister of the interior in the Palestinian Authority (PA), and now serves as prime minister.The Shurat HaDin complaint demands the investigation and arrest of Rajoub, contending that Rajoub was a leader of Fatah at the time the terrorist group was responsible for numerous rocket attacks on Israeli civilians, during the summer's Gaza War.Targeting civilians with deadly weapons constitutes a war crime under international law. Fatah has boasted on its Facebook page and in other social media that it – and not just Hamas or other factions – was responsible for launching rockets at Israel this summer.As a senior Fatah leader, Rajoub should be held responsible for the actions of his subordinates, who act according to the terrorist faction's policies and goals, said Shurat Hadin in a press release, noting that the terrorist rocket attacks from Gaza left numerous Israelis dead and injured.The complaint also alleges that Faraj and Hamdallah knowingly employ torture against ordinary Palestinians. As senior officials responsible for agencies within the Palestinian security apparatus, Faraj and Hamdallah are “liable for the widespread civil rights abuses and killings which were perpetrated by those agencies,” the NGO charged.The complaint requests that the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC investigate Faraj and Hamdallah for torture and murder and issue warrants for their arrest.

PLO 'playing with fire'

Shurat HaDin Chairperson Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner explained that all three men can be prosecuted in the ICC for offenses dating back to 2002 because, “These PLO officials are all Jordanian citizens and Jordan has been a member of the ICC since its founding in 2002.”The ICC is empowered to exercise its jurisdiction over all acts committed by the citizen of a member state, wherever those acts are committed, from the date the state was granted membership.Darshan-Leitner noted that almost all of the PLO leadership possesses Jordanian citizenship. In deciding to sign the Rome Statute, she added, “The Palestinian leadership is playing with fire. The Palestine Authority can only file complaints going forward, because court jurisdiction over acts committed within its territory begins at the date that a state joins the court. Abbas can only complain about future events which occur in the presently undefined territory of the Palestinian Authority because Abbas attempted to join the ICC only now.“The Palestinian leadership, however, may be tried by the ICC for the many terrorist acts and human rights abuses, including the Second Intifada, for which they are responsible, dating back to 2002, because they are Jordanian citizens and that is when Jordan joined the court.”As such, she elaborated, the ICC is compelled to investigate the war crimes and international law violations perpetrated by the PLO officials who retain Jordanian citizenship immediately without waiting for the Palestinian Authority's membership application to be approved.According to Darshan-Leitner: “Abbas and his colleagues in the Hamas terrorist organization believe that the ICC is a weapon to be used against Israel, and that the crimes of Palestinian leaders against their own people and terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians will go unpunished. All PLO and Hamas officials need to understand that the ICC is a two edged sword and their years of murder, terrorism and hate will now be brought before the prosecutors for investigation." 

Republican-Controlled Congress to Challenge Obama on Iran-Republicans say the Senate will vote within weeks on a bill to impose more sanctions on Iran, despite Obama's objection.by Ben Ariel-First Publish: 1/6/2015, 3:14 AM-ISRAELNATIONALNEWS

The new United States Congress, which convenes Tuesday with Republicans in control of the House and Senate, plans to challenge President Barack Obama on several issues, including the sanctions on Iran, reports The Associated Press (AP).Republicans who have accused Obama of being feckless in dealing with Syria, the Islamic State (ISIS) and Iran will push for a more confrontational strategy. They want to consider legislation penalizing Iran and authorizing force against ISIS, Monday’s report noted.Last week, diplomats said Iran and the U.S. have tentatively agreed on a formula that Washington hopes will reduce Tehran’s ability to make nuclear arms by committing it to ship to Russia much of the material needed for such weapons, a report which was later denied by Iran.In another sign of progress, the two diplomats told AP that negotiators at the December round of nuclear talks drew up for the first time a catalog outlining areas of potential accord and differing approaches to remaining disputes.The diplomats said differences still dominate ahead of the next round of Iran-six power talks on January 15 in Geneva. But they suggested that even agreement to create a to-do list would have been difficult previously because of wide gaps between the sides.While Washington and its partners are hoping to clinch a deal with Iran by July that would set long-term limits on Iran’s enrichment of uranium and other activity that could produce material for use in nuclear weapons, Republicans say the Senate will vote within weeks on a bill to impose more sanctions on Tehran.
Congressional lawmakers have warned Obama in the past they will work to increase sanctions on Iran if the administration makes what they consider a bad deal over Tehran's nuclear program.Last year, a bill was introduced by Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill) to impose new sanctions on Iran if international negotiations on curbing its nuclear ambitions falter.The bill was gaining momentum in Congress, but Obama lobbied hard against it and has more than once threatened to veto the bill if it passes.On a visit to Israel last month, Sen. Lindsey Graham said the bipartisan sanction legislation says: “If Iran walks away from the table, sanctions will be re-imposed. If Iran cheats regarding any deal that we enter to the Iranians, sanctions will be re-imposed.”Graham also is sponsoring legislation that would require any deal with Iran to be approved by Congress before sanctions could be lifted, noted AP.

Syria Complains to UN: McCain Violated Our Sovereignty-Syria complains to UN about several officials, including Senator John McCain, who entered the country without visas.By Arutz Sheva Staff-First Publish: 1/6/2015, 2:14 AM-ISRAELNATIONALNEWS

Syria has complained to the United Nations (UN) about several officials who, it claims, entered the country without visas in violation of its sovereignty.These include Republican Senator John McCain, former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and former U.S. diplomat Peter Galbraith, according to Reuters.Syria's UN ambassador, Bashar Ja'afari, called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the 15-member Security Council to pressure governments to take "the necessary measures against their nationals who enter Syrian territory illegally.""Such actions are a blatant violation of Syria's sovereignty and of the resolutions of the Security Council concerning Syria," Ja'afari wrote in a letter dated Dec. 30 and seen by Reuters on Monday.He complained generally about "certain journalists and prominent figures" entering Syria illegally but singled out McCain for entering Syria in June 2013. McCain visited Syria in May 2013 and met with some Syrian rebels, his spokesman said at the time.Ja'afari also cited Kouchner for visiting in November 2014, Galbraith for traveling to Syria in December 2014 with other U.S. political and military leaders, and former Kuwaiti politician Walid al-Tabtaba'i for entering Syria in September 2013.McCain, been a vocal opponent of President Barack Obama's Syrian policy, has in the past repeatedly called for his country to take action in the civil war in Syria, saying that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will make no effort to end the country’s civil war as long as he is winning on the battle field.Syria has used the tactic of complaining to the UN over “violation of its sovereignty” in the past, including complaining against Israel over alleged airstrikes in the country.