EVENTS IN TIME (BIBLE PROPHECY LITERALLY FULFILLED)(BY GOD)

I WRITE NEWS ABOUT AND PUT NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM PERTAINING TO BIBLE PROPHESY HAPPENINGS.JOEL 3:20 But Judah (ISRAEL) shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.(THATS ISRAEL-JERUSALEM WILL NEVER BE DESTROYED AGAIN)-WE CHRISTIANS ARE ALL WAITING PATIENTLY FOR THE PRE-TRIBULATION RAPTURE TO OCCUR.SO WE CAN GO TO JESUS AND GET OUR NEVER DYING BODIES.SO WE CAN RULE OVER CITIES OURSELVES.WHILE JESUS RULES FROM DAVIDS THRONE FOREVER IN JERUSALEM.

Thursday, April 05, 2007

ERITREA BANS FEMALE CIRCUMCISION

REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE

REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:1X7=7 YEARS)and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to
cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until theconsummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

PASSOVER DAY 4 IN ISRAEL SCRIPTURES. (NISAN 17) APR 5,07

TORAH

NUMBER 28:16-25
16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
20 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
22 And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.

PROPHETS

EZEKIEL 37:1-14
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.
5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:
6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.
8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.
9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
11 Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
12 Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
13 And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,
14 And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

Patriarch performs Holy Week rite APR 5,07

JERUSALEM - Hundreds of Greek Orthodox believers filled the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City to watch their patriarch wash the feet of followers as part of a Holy Thursday tradition. The ceremony was a reenactment of Jesus' act of humility when, according to Christian belief, he washed the feet of his 12 apostles.Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theofilos III, dressed in white robes, poured soapy water from an ornate silver pitcher into a bowl.

Twelve priests, selected by seniority, dipped their feet in the water and Theofilos carefully cleaned them with a white cloth.This is important because it shows and reminds us of the humility of Christ. It shows love toward our fellow man, said Archbishop Aristarchous. I think it's the solution to our human problems today.On Easter Sunday, the Orthodox Church will hold its 1,200-year-old holy fire rite in which the faithful light torches and candles from a flame that believers say is miraculously ignited. The rite also takes place at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Christians believe Jesus died on the cross.

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Holy Thursday rites
Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:07:00GMT Author : DPA

Vatican City- Pope Benedict XVI commemorated Jesus's Last Supper with a Holy Thursday Mass in Rome's Basilica of St John in Lateran. The afternoon ceremony, which saw the pope wash the feet of 12 lay men - a traditional gesture commemorating Christ's act of humility with his disciples - ushered in the so-called Easter Triduum, which denotes the three days from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. The former theology professor devoted his homely to a study of the biblical accounts of the Last Supper, the final meal Jesus shared with the 12 apostles before his death, in light of the discovery about half a century ago of the Dead Sea scrolls - probably the oldest surviving Biblical documents. Funds raised during the collection were to be destined by the pope to help pay for the rebuilding of a clinic in Somalia's south-central city of Baidoa, the Vatican said.

Earlier Thursday, the pope presided over a Holy Chrism Mass in the Basilica of St Peter's, in which the 79-year-old pontiff blessed holy oils that are used by priests in the sacraments. Benedict plans to attend the traditional evening Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession around Rome's Coliseum on Good Friday and an Easter Vigil on Saturday. On Easter Sunday he is due to celebrate Mass in St Peter's Square anddeliver his Urbi et Orbi message and blessing to the City and the World.

Theceremony is to be broadcast in nearly 70 countries around the world. Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and is Christians' most important annual religious feast. Respective Author

OTHER WORLD NEWS NISAN 17, APR 5,07

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS.2-La Nina may form, but timing and strength uncertain.
3-Severe storms rake Tenn., Ky., Ark. 4-Winter's grip takes hold of the East. 5-Winter storm to pound Ontario over Easter. 6-Disease breaking out after Solomon Islands quake. 7-House Speaker Pelosi visits Saudi Arabia. 8-SANE founded to expose truth about the evils of Islam. 9-Israel, PA agree to open trade passages to Gaza Strip. 10-Fatah Threatens Attacks On Jews Outside Israel. 11-Eritrea bans female circumcision.

EARTHQUAKES

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, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS (USGS)

Update time = Thu Apr 5 12:00 AM EDT

APR 5,07
MAP 5.1 BURYATIYA, RUSSIA
MAP 4.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.5 RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 5.0 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 6.3 AZORES ISLANDS REGION
MAP 2.5 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 5.2 FIJI REGION
MAP 2.5 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII
MAP 3.5 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 3.2 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 2.8 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 4.6 FIJI REGION

APR 4,07
MAP 5.1 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 2.8 OREGON
MAP 5.7 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 4.5 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 3.1 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
MAP 5.9 MAURITIUS - REUNION REGION
MAP 2.8 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.9 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 4.9 IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 2.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.0 LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP 3.4 SOUTH OF ALASKA
MAP 3.6 MONA PASSAGE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MAP 2.7 FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 2.7 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 3.6 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 3.4 GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA, CALIFORNIA
MAP 6.4 VANUATU
MAP 6.2 LOYALTY ISLANDS
MAP 4.7 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.3 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 2.6 MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
MAP 5.2 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 2.9 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 5.0 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 4.8 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 6.4 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 5.1 BOUGAINVILLE REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
MAP 3.9 ALASKA PENINSULA
MAP 3.5 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
MAP 3.5 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 4.7 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 4.9 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 3.3 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS., ALASKA
MAP 5.1 NORTH OF ASCENSION ISLAND
MAP 6.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 5.0 SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 4.9 VOLCANO ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
MAP 3.0 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

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

La Nina may form, but timing and strength uncertain By Rene Pastor APR 5,07

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A La Nina weather anomaly may be forming in the equatorial Pacific, but a fog of unpredictability enshrouds when it may strike and how strong it might be, according to the Climate Prediction Center of the U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. In its monthly update issued Thursday, the center said atmospheric and oceanic conditions are consistent with a trend towards a Pacific cold (La Nina) episode.The formation of La Nina could lead to more storms in the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, forecasters say.

The weather anomaly could occur between May and July of this year.

However, the latest computer models indicate considerable uncertainty as to when La Nina might develop and how strong it might be, according to the CPC.

La Nina is less famous than El Nino, during which waters in the Pacific turn abnormally warm.That warming could wreak havoc in the weather across the Asia-Pacific region, causing flooding in Peru and Ecuador in South America and withering drought in Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.El Nino also spurs stronger wind shear in the Atlantic basin. This greatly hindered storm formation in 2006 when only 10 occurred, sharply lower than the record 28 storms of the year before which included monsters like hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma.La Nina has the opposite effect, and U.S. government and private forecasters said it may cause a higher-than-normal number of hurricanes. Most predictions pegged the number of storms this year at 17.

El Nino means literally little boy in Spanish. The name was used by Latin American anchovy fishermen in the 19th century who first noticed the anomaly because it usually peaked during Christmas.The last La Nina occurred from 1998 to 2001, leading to drought across much of the western United States.The CPC forecast is available on: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_a dvisory/ensodisc.html

Severe storms rake Tenn., Ky., Ark. Wed Apr 4, 2:05 PM ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Violent thunderstorms battered a three-state region with hail as big as softballs and wind that damaged several homes and caused power outages. The storms that hit Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee marked the leading edge of a mass of cold air that dropped temperatures Wednesday morning into the 20s in the central Plains and upper Midwest.No tornadoes were confirmed during the storms Tuesday night, but strong wind heavily damaged three homes in Tennessee's Cumberland County, authorities said.The storm damaged the roof of the emergency entrance at the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Harlan, Ky. Emergency room services were temporarily moved to another area of the hospital while repairs were made and no one was injured, hospital CEO David Brash said Wednesday.

More than 42,000 homes and businesses lost power during the storms in Kentucky, utilities said. In Tennessee, the Knoxville Utilities Board said more than 6,000 were blacked out during the storm.Wind gusted to 68 mph at Frankfort, Ky., and hail the size of softball hammered Kentucky's Hart County, the National Weather Service said.One (police) cruiser was pelted with golf ball-size hail for probably 20 minutes, said Kentucky State Police dispatcher Della Shaw.High straight-line wind or a possible tornado damaged a business and several parked vehicles in Jonesboro, Ark.My truck was just totaled, Mark Burrough told Jonesboro television station KAIT-TV. We have two or three trailers tipped over.

Winter's grip takes hold of the East Wayne Verno, Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Thu Apr 5, 6:40 AM ET

Northeast

A storm system will track to just offshore of Maine today, pushing heavy snow across Bangor, Portland, and Burlington. Additional accumulations of 5 to 10 inches will be likely. Another low pressure north of the Great Lakes will continue to wrap snow showers and cold air across the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast States today, through Sunday. Areas from Pittsburgh and Buffalo, north through Syracuse and Burlington will continue to see snow showers, while partly cloudy skies prevail from Washington, DC to Boston. It will also be windy across the entire area, with sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph common, with a few gusts over 40 mph possible. Temperatures into the weekend will be in the 20s and 30s across Pittsburgh, Erie, Buffalo, Albany, and Burlington, to the 40s and 50s from Baltimore and Washington, to Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston.

Midwest

Low pressure north of the Great Lakes will continue to wrap cold air, windy conditions, and snow showers across the Great Lakes today, through the weekend.
Areas from Marquette to Traverse City and Grand Rapids could see a few more inches. A stationary front across the High Plains will focus rain and snow from Rapid City, southeast to just west of the Kansas City area today, spreading into the South Plains by Saturday. A few inches of snow could accumulate across the central and southern Plains into Saturday. Meanwhile much of the Midwest and Ohio valley will remain dry, but cool, with temperatures generally in the 30s and 40s from Louisville and St. Louis, to Kansas City, Chicago, and Minneapolis. Temperatures in the 20s and 30s will be common across the northern Plains, and northern parts of the Upper Midwest.

South

A cold front will continue to push south into the Gulf and Florida today, bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms to areas from Orlando to Miami. Temperatures will also be warm ahead of the front, with readings in the 80s. Behind the cold front much colder air is filtering into the Deep South today. With mainly clear skies, afternoon temperatures will only be in the 50s and 60s from Charlotte and Atlanta, west through Memphis, New Orleans, and Dallas. Highs in the 40s and 50s will spread through the Tennessee Valley into the weekend. Morning low temperatures will be very cold, with freezing temperatures spreading into parts of the Deep South this weekend. Over Texas, the chance for rain and rain showers will be on the increase Friday into Saturday, as a weather disturbance approaches the area. Also, by Saturday colder air will filter in, allowing for possible accumulating snow into northern Texas.

West

Much of the West will remain under high pressure today through Friday, providing dry conditions from Seattle and Portland, south through San Francisco and Los Angeles. The exception will be across the Rockies, where a stationary front will focus rain and snow, from Billings, into the Denver area. A few isolated thunderstorms will also be possible near Denver. Warm temperatures will also build into the Pacific Northwest today and Friday, with highs in the 60s and 70s. By Saturday and Sunday a storm system will begin to affect the Northwest, with rain showers developing across the western Washington, western Oregon, and northern California area.

Winter storm to pound Ontario over Easter
Thursday, April 5, 2007 | 8:27 AM ET - CBC News

It may sound like Christmas in Ontario, but it's definitely an Easter forecast.After dumping 15 to 20 centimetres of snow over northern parts of the province, a weakening winter storm migrated eastward Thursday, likely to make the Easter long weekend look and feel more like winter than last Christmas did.

As the slow system dwindled, the Greater Toronto Area saw some blowing flurries early Thursday morning, but didn't experience the near-zero visibility conditions experienced near Lake Superior, where strong northerly winds were blowing at 40 to 60 km/h.Still, the wind chill made it feel like –13 C in Toronto on Thursday morning. Temperatures are expected to hover around freezing through the weekend, with a high of 4 C on Sunday.Meanwhile, heavy snowfall continued from the Timmins to Geraldton areas Thursday, with an additional five to 10 centimetres expected in the warned regions, Environment Canada forecast.Snowsqualls swept through southern Ontario Wednesday night and should continue through the Easter weekend sure to make the busy travelling weekend an arduous one.And the Ontario Provincial Police are taking note, warning motorists to use extreme caution in the messy conditions before setting out on any long road trips.Last year, Easter weekend temperatures were sunny and into the teens.

Disease breaking out after Solomon Islands quake By Walter Nalangu
Thu Apr 5, 12:39 AM ET

HONIARA (Reuters) - Aid workers battled an outbreak of diarrhea on Thursday among Solomon Islanders who fled their homes after an earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 34 in the tiny Pacific nation. Australian media said 11 children were believed to have perished in the village of Titiana, once home to about 700 people but now mostly deserted with only a few buildings still standing.A two-year-old girl and her four-year-old brother were swept from their mother's arms by Monday's tsunami, and another family lost three children, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.Scores of people were still missing, aid agencies and the United Nations said, and up to 5,400 people were crammed into makeshift camps in hills behind their coastal villages, too scared to go home.There have been many false alerts and warnings and people who have been back in the town have run back to the hills.

The tremors have been quite strong, World Vision aid worker Tanya Rad told Reuters from the provincial capital, Gizo, which bore the brunt of the magnitude 8 quake and tsunami.

Aid workers brought tents and food to those affected, but Rad said supplies of fresh water and sanitation were the most pressing problems, with disease a growing complication.There's been an outbreak of diarrhea up in the camps but some camps have not been reached yet, Rad said, adding medical teams were on the way.

FOOD SHORTAGES

More than 2,000 people were crowded in one camp near the town but for some remote villagers, relief was still days away.The only way for aid to reach many of the tiny islands was by boat, but many motorized canoes were swept away by Monday's tsunami, Rad said.Authorities reopened Gizo's main airport early on Thursday, helping the relief effort, as the New Zealand and Australian air forces flew in medics, tarpaulins, water purifiers and other aid supplies to the country's worst-affected western islands.

The two countries' militaries have been active in peacekeeping in the Solomons for years, after repeated outbreaks of communal violence in a country that saw fierce fighting during World War Two on and around the island of Guadalcanal.Solomon Islands disaster officials reported food shortages in Gizo, which were expected to worsen as local gardens were swamped by sea water. Food markets were closed and fishing disrupted.The United Nations office for humanitarian affairs said initial reports showed 30 schools had been damaged and health facilities in several islands had been badly damaged.Mosquito nets were being distributed to try to prevent an outbreak of malaria.The Solomons earns some money from fishing, timber and dive resorts but most of the 500,000 people live on what they grow or catch from the sea on a string of small islands along the Pacific's Ring of Fire, where volcanic activity and earthquakes are common.

House Speaker Pelosi visits Saudi Arabia By DONNA ABU-NASR, Associated Press Writer APR 5,07

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) said Thursday that she raised the issue of Saudi Arabia's lack of female politicians with Saudi government officials on the last stop of her Mideast tour. Pelosi, the first woman House speaker, said she had not discussed King Abdullah's recent criticism of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, focusing instead on praise for the king's Mideast peace initiative, and efforts to quell conflicts in Somalia and Darfur.She met with the king Wednesday and with several members of the Shura Council, an unelected advisory assembly named by the king, on Thursday.Asked if she had discussed the lack of women on the council, she told reporters, The issue has been brought up in our discussions with the Saudis on this trip.

Pelosi arrived in Saudi Arabia from Syria, where she defied the White House's Middle East policy by meeting with President Bashar Assad and saying the road to Damascus is a road to peace. The Bush administration has rejected direct talks with Damascus and criticized Pelosi for her visit.In an interview with ABC News, Vice President Dick Cheney said Assad has been isolated and cut off because of his bad behavior, and the unfortunate thing about the speaker's visit is it sort of breaks down that barrier.

Pelosi was met at the Riyadh airport by officials including Abdul-Rahman al-Zamel, the head of the Saudi-American friendship committee at the Shura Council. He described the speaker's visit as a breakthrough and praised the inclusion of the first Muslim member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison (news, bio, voting record), D-Minn., in her delegation.Pelosi wore a lavender pantsuit instead of the long black robe, called an abaya, that women, Saudi and non-Saudi, have to wear in the kingdom.Visiting women dignitaries are not expected to wear the robe, and other female U.S. government officials who have visited Saudi Arabia in the past few years, such as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, did not wear abayas when they met with Saudi officials.Ihsan Abu-Holeiqa, a member of the council, said the meeting with Pelosi Thursday included discussion of the new difficulties Saudis have in getting U.S. visas, with some waiting four to five months. The lengthy process followed the Sept. 11 attacks carried out by 19 hijackers, 15 of them Saudis.

We told her there should be some movement on the visa issue because, while we understand the security needs, the situation is unacceptable, said Abu-Holeiqa.Al-Zamel also praised Pelosi's visit to Syria, saying Syria is part of this Arab world, part of the issues to be resolved, and to ignore people gets you nowhere.Pelosi was the highest-ranking American politician to visit Syria since relations began to deteriorate in 2003. Then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell went to Damascus in May 2003.Washington accuses Syria of backing Hamas and Hezbollah, two groups it deems terrorist organizations, and fueling Iraq's violence by allowing Sunni insurgents to operate from its territory.

Pelosi's visit heightened tensions between the Bush administration and congressional Democrats, who have stepped up their push for change in U.S. policy in the Mideast and the Iraq war.But Democrats and some Republicans said the lack of dialogue had closed doors to possible progress in resolving Mideast crises.Pelosi said she expressed to Assad our concern about Syria's connections to Hezbollah and Hamas and militant fighters slipping across the Syrian border into Iraq.We came in friendship, hope, and determined that the road to Damascus is a road to peace, said Pelosi, who met for three hours with Assad. Assad has repeatedly said over the past year that Damascus is willing to negotiate with Israel, insisting the talks must lead to the return of the Golan Heights, seized by Israel in the 1967 Mideast War. He's ready to engage in negotiations for peace with Israel, Pelosi said of the Syrian leader. AP correspondent Zeina Karam in Damascus, Syria contributed to this report.

SANE founded to expose truth about the evils of Islam
Chad Groening OneNewsNow.com - April 4, 2007

An organization formed last year is trying to get the word out about radical Islam and its aim to destroy America and create a Muslim-controlled world.

Jewish scholar David Yerushalmi, president of the Society of Americans for National Existence (SANE), says his organization came into being because its founders recognized the reality of what had happened on September 11, 2001.We looked at Islam and the faithful members of Islam -- those who adhere to shariah -- and understood that this was a war, and there was no way around that, Yerushalmi contends. And as long as the American government wasn't prepared to treat it as [a war], the Americans needed to begin to shake the tree.

Americans must understand what radical Islam does to those who are not Muslim, SANE's spokesman asserts. According to Islamic tradition, he notes, the non-believer must be converted by persuasion, or he must be subject to submission [as a second-class citizen], or he must be killed.

That is the legal pronouncement of the past 1,400 years.Yerushalmi says Americans need to recognize that there is within the U.S. Islamic community an enormous base of support for jihad against America. He says SANE was formally established in January of 2006 but has been in development since September 11, 2001. I and other Americans who witnessed that horrific event realized almost immediately what we were up against, the Jewish scholar notes. In the aftermath of that tragedy, he says, he and his group looked at the beliefs and practices of radical Islam's faithful and quickly came to realize that this was war and would have to be treated as such.American Family News Network

10:18 05/04/2007 (INN)
Israel, PA agree to open trade passages to Gaza Strip
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service

Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed on opening trade passages to the Gaza Strip. A terminal for imports to Gaza will operate via the Kerem Shalom Crossing. Palestinians will be able to import and export goods from Egypt and other countries via the Rafah Crossing alone. The plan, which is supported by the international community, is pending the approval of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz. A special trade terminal for the Gaza Strip has recently been prepared at the Erez Crossing in the northern end. This terminal would enable the passage of a small quantity of goods (60-80 trucks a day) to the Strip. The Defense Ministry is preparing to renovate the entrance area to the Strip on the Palestinian side of Erez, as part of the preparations for setting up a Turkish-controled industrial zone near the crossing, between Israel and Gaza.

The plan was initiated during the Second Lebanon War by Peretz's political aide, Hagai Alon. It was completed by an inter-ministerial team headed by Amos Gilad, head of foreign policy and security in the Defense Ministry, in an attempt to solve Gaza's economic straits caused by the obstructions in the Karni passage. The passages will be operated by the Airport Authority. The PA said it would privatize
the border passages but leave the security and supervision of customs officials in the hands of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' Presidential Guard. Peretz has agreed to the plan in principle but has yet to issue his final approval. Meanwhile, however, some problems have emerged that could delay the plan's implementation. According to the plan, Palestinian customs officials are to charge customs and VAT at the new passage located on Israeli territory that borders Egypt.

However, following the formation of the Palestinian unity government, Israel demanded that the responsibility for the Palestinian customs authority be transferred from the Palestinian finance ministry to the President's Office. Head of the negotiations team Saeb Erekat presented the Israelis with several letters from Abbas confirming the transfer of the authorities over the customs to his office. Erekat also produced confirmation of opening a bank account, into which funds collected at the passage will be deposited. Olmert and Peretz must now decide whether to sign the new customs protocol.

Another problem is that of exporting goods from Gaza. According to the agreement, the Rafah Crossing would open for export if the present passage operates effectively for about a year. However, Israel is yet to approve the agreement to open the passage to export. This approval is likely delayed due to security considerations. I see no reason for Israel not to agree to open the Rafah Crossing to export, Erekat told Haaretz. The financial issue has been settled and now we must proceed with the plan rapidly.

Fatah Threatens Attacks On Jews Outside Israel
By: David Bedein, The Bulletin - 04/04/2007

Jerusalem, Israel - A senior source in Israeli intelligence reports that the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the Fatah organization chaired by Mahmoud Abbas, has threatened to target Jewish institutions outside of Israel.The threat was made with the condition of Jews continuing to invade the Al Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during this week's Passover holiday. These groups are allowed to visit the Temple Mount grounds in small groups, although Jews are not allowed by the Israeli police to pray there, in accordance with the rules issued by the Islamic religious authority known as the WAKF.

The statement stated that The Zionist conqueror bears full responsibility for this invasion and all Zionist targets are legitimate.

Although the Al Aksa remains on the active list of organizations defined by the United States government as a terrorist organization, the Clinton administration and now the Bush administration have issued a waiver every half year for the past 13 years to allow the Fatah to maintain a Washington office, which is represented by Edward Abington, former U.S. consul in Jerusalem.Meanwhile, numerous Jewish organizations host representatives of the Fatah, such as the Americans for Peace Now, the Israel Policy Forum and the Jewish Voices for Peace. All of these organizations were unavailable for comment, due to the Passover holiday.

The Failure Of The Riyadh Summit

Dr. Dore Gold, former Israeli U.N. ambassador, and now the head of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, has issued a stinging working paper in which Gold termed the Saudi initiative at the Riyadh Summit as a failure, writing that the initiative got off to a bad start when Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal warned Israel its rejection of the plan would leave its fate in the hands of the lords of war.

Gold warned that the Saudis demand full withdrawal from all the territories Israel captured 40 years ago in the 1967 Six-Day War and the right of return of Arabs who fled from Israel in 1948. Gold notes that past peace conferences and diplomatic initiatives were based on U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, which does not make any such demands on Israel. Gold gave the example of the Madrid conference in 1991, which produced a multilateral track that led to direct diplomatic contacts between Israel and the Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia. Gold asks, simply, If 242 was sufficient in 1991, why is it not good enough for 2007?

But the Arab peace initiative got off to a bad start when Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal warned Israel that rather than obtaining some flexibility, Israel was handed an ultimatum.

What has almost completely disappeared from the public discourse concerning the Saudi plan at the Riyadh Summit of the Arab League remains the fact that both Saudi Arabia and the Arab League remain in a formal, active state of war with Israel since 1948.Hamas-Affiliated Executive Force Of The Palestinian Authority Will Not Be Dissolved The Palestinian Ma'an News Agency reports that the outgoing Palestinian minister of Interior and Hamas leader, Said Siyam, now visiting Algeria told the media there that the Hamas-affiliated Executive Force, which was formed during his period in office, will not be dissolved.He clarified that the force will continue to exist, because it has succeeded where the other forces failed.

Siyam, the head of the Hamas bloc in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), added that no changes will be made with respect to the force.He also said the force confirmed its success in the field through maintaining security and order and preventing the huge armed clans from violating the law and this is what the other forces couldn't do.The significance of this development is that the Hamas security forces have now been absorbed by the mainstream Palestinian Authority armed forces, which remain funded by the European Union. The Bush administration proposal to provide new funding for Palestinian armed forces is still pending approval by the U.S. Congress. David Bedein can be reached at Media@actcom.co.il. His Web site is www.IsraelBehindTheNews.com,,,,The Evening Bulletin

GOD SAYS BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY AND FILL THE EARTH (WITH CHILDREN), NOT CUT OUT WOMENS PARTS SO THEY ARE DEFORMED AND HURT. ERITREA IS A SMART COUNTRY BANNING FEMALE CIRCUMCISION.

Eritrea bans female circumcision By Jack Kimball APR 5,07

ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrea has banned female circumcision, a life-threatening tradition that aid groups say afflicts some 90 percent of the country's women. A government statement issued on Thursday said anyone who requested, took part in or promoted the practice now faced a fine of several hundred dollars or up to 10 years in jail.Female circumcision is a procedure that seriously endangers the health of women, causes them considerable pain and suffering besides threatening their lives, the statement said.Whosoever requests, incites or promotes female circumcision ... shall be punishable with a fine and imprisonment.The ban took effect on March 31, it said.

Female circumcision, also called female genital mutilation (FGM), is widespread in the Horn of Africa and involves cutting off the clitoris and other parts of the female genitalia.There are degrees of severity and many practitioners are untrained and use crude instruments.FGM is a deep rooted culture and it needs a persistent continuous effort (to halt it), Luul Ghebreab, president of National Union of Eritrean Women, told Reuters.We do not believe (this ban) will automatically eradicate circumcision, but surely it will play a role.Up to 140 million women and girls worldwide are estimated to have undergone female circumcision, and U.N. agencies estimate that another three million a year are subjected to it.A health survey by Eritrea's government in 2002 found 62 percent of circumcised women in the Red Sea state had the procedure done before their first birthday. Less than one percent had been performed by trained health professionals.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

IRAN TO SET FREE HOSTAGES

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

CHINA - SUDAN MILITARY TIES

REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE

REVELATION 11:1-2
1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

DANIEL 9:27
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant with many for one
week: (1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until theconsummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

PASSOVER DAY 2 IN ISRAEL SCRIPTURES.

TORAH

LEVITICUS 22:26-23:44
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.
30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.
31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
7 In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
13 And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD.
17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.
20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
28 And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.
29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
33 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.
37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:
38 Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month.
42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths:
43 That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.

NUMBER 28:16-25
16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:
20 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
22 And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.

PROPHETS

2 KINGS 23:1-9,21-25
1 And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.
3 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
7 And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
22 Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
24 Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

NEW TESTAMENT

1 CORINTHIANS 5:6-8
6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

OTHER WORLD NEWS APR 03, 2007

1-WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. 2-6.2-quake hits Afghanistan. 3-Survivors seek food after tsunami. 4-The Nation's Weather. 5-Forecasters expect 9 Atlantic hurricanes in 2007. 6-European Union offers help in SAFTA. 7-Who holds the reins of Europe, NATO or EU? 8-Sinai pumice linked to ancient eruption. 9-Evangelicals Transform Christian Unity in Canada. 10-Palestinians not ready for full contacts with EU, says Merkel. 11-China Strengthens Military Ties With Sudan.

EARTHQUAKES

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, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

WORLD QUAKES LAST 2 DAYS. (USGS)

Update time = Tue Apr 3 10:00 AM EDT

APR 03,07
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6.2-magnitude quake hits Afghanistan By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writer Tue Apr 3, 1:57 AM ET

KABUL, Afghanistan A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit a remote and mountainous area of
northeastern Afghanistan Tuesday morning, shaking buildings in the capital, Pakistan, Tajikistan and India.

The earthquake in Badakhshan province was about 200 miles northeast of the capital, Kabul,where residents felt shaking buildings and some windows were shattered. There were no immediate casualty reports.It was a very strong earthquake, said Agha Noor Kemtoz, the provincial police chief of Badakhshan, which shares a border with Pakistan, Tajikistan and China. My room was shaking and the light was swinging back and forth.The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.2-quake was centered 40 miles south of Faizabad and hit at 8:05 a.m.Damage reports from northeastern Afghanistan are often slow to trickle in, because of the region's remoteness and a lack of communication facilities.

The quake was felt across northern Pakistan, including in the capital, Islamabad, 280 miles away. It also was felt in Tajikistan and in the Indian and Pakistan-administered portions of Kashmir, where a severe earthquake in October 2005 left thousands dead and caused widespread destruction.

Badakhshan the most remote area in Afghanistan is home to the towering mountains of the Hindu Kush and is a region prone to earthquakes.A 6.7-magnitude quake struck Badakhshan in December 2005, killing at least five children. That quake was centered about 60 miles southeast of Faizabad. In May 1998, a 6.9-magnitude quake hit near Faizabad, triggering massive mud slides and flooding that left more than 5,000 people dead.

Survivors seek food after tsunami By MERAIAH FOLEY, Associated Press Writer APR 03,07

HONIARA, Solomon Islands - Survivors scavenged for food and drinking water in towns hammered by a tsunami on the Solomon Islands' west coast, while officials said the death toll was 28 and would rise as they struggled to reach remote communities. The first television footage of the devastated region taken by helicopter after Monday's double disaster a huge undersea earthquake followed minutes later by a surging wall of water showed building after tin-and-thatched-roof building collapsed along a muddy foreshore.Men, some shirtless and wearing shorts, picked through the debris. Some buildings leaned awkwardly on broken stilts.Many of the homeless spent Monday night sleeping under tarpaulins or the stars on a hill behind worst-hit town of Gizo after the magnitude 8.1 quake hit under the sea about 25 miles off the town. Walls of water up to 16 feet high plowed into the coast five minutes later.Three medical teams six doctors and 13 nurses were to fly to the region Wednesday morning from the capital Honiara to treat an unknown number of survivors, National Disaster Management Office spokesman Julian Makaa said Tuesday.The teams were to set up medical centers at Gizo and the nearby center of Munda and Taro island, Makaa said.

They've been instructed to treat the injured there rather than bringing them back to Honiara, he said after a crisis meeting of senior lawmakers and bureaucrats authorized the mission.

Makaa said officials can only guess at the numbers of dead and seriously hurt in the remote and inaccessible west coast villages where two-way radio is the usual mode of contact with the outside world.Arnold Moveni, chairman of the disaster committee in the Solomons' hardest-hit Western Province, said 28 people were confirmed dead, and that the toll was expected to keep rising. Most bodies were found by residents as they searched through rubble for missing relatives, he said.Five unconfirmed deaths were reported in neighboring Papua New Guinea.Makaa said an initial damage assessment was 916 houses destroyed with about 5,000 people affected, but that the final toll could be much higher.

The Red Cross said about 2,000 of those were homeless in Gizo, the main population center of some 7,000 in the zone, and that outlying villages still to be reached may have fared much worse.Fred Fakarii, chairman of the National Disaster Management Council, said there had been one official assessment flyover, and another team would be sent soon to help draft a relief plan. Initial reports showed the destruction was massive and widespread, he said.Among the dead were a bishop and three worshippers killed when a wave hit a church during an ordination ceremony on the island of Simbo, the United Church said.The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported from Papua New Guinea that a family of five had been washed away in that country's far east the first reported deaths there. Government officials there could not confirm any casualties Tuesday.

A 53-year-old New Zealand man drowned trying to save his mother from the waves during a visit to Gizo, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said. His mother remained missing.Few of the homeless had even basic supplies, and their situation would quickly turn desperate, officials said.There is no food available in the main settlements of Gizo and Noro, said Alfred Maesulia, a government spokesman in the capital, Honiara. Some settlements have been completely wiped out by the waves.

One police patrol boat carrying emergency supplies arrived in Gizo from Honiara overnight and three private charters were due Tuesday. Australian and New Zealand military helicopters based in the Solomons as part of a security force also were expected to join relief operations. Solomons Deputy Police Commissioner Peter Marshall said planes searching coastlines for survivors had spotted corpses, but added the terrain would be difficult to navigate. There are some very ragged, remote areas and there's no connecting roads, (just) isolated villages, he told ABC.

New Zealand Defense Minister Phil Goff said a military C-130 cargo plane was flying to the Solomon Islands on Tuesday with tents, tarpaulins and food for several hundred people. The main airport at Gizo, phone and power lines, and coastal roads remained out of commission Tuesday. Makaa said the airport had been cleared of debris and was expected to be assessed as safe to use Wednesday. More than 25 aftershocks had shaken the region by late Tuesday, including two of magnitude 6.2.
Danny Kennedy, a dive shop operator, said survivors had ventured into Gizo looking for bottled water and other supplies and found a mess. Unfortunately a lot of the stores ... their cargo has fallen from the higher shelves and covered lower things, and the buildings are quite unstable, Kennedy told New Zealand's National Radio. Marshall said officials would tolerate survivors taking goods they don't own until emergency supplies arrived. These are desperate times in Gizo, he said. And we've got to be practical.Makaa said drinking water was the most pressing need for many survivors.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare declared a national state of emergency and held meetings with his impoverished country's aid donors about getting help. The Solomon Islands is a poverty-wracked archipelago of more than 200 islands with a population of about 552,000 people. On July 21, 1975, a large tsunami hit Bougainville, killing an estimated 200 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and World Health Organization.

STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES

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

The Nation's Weather By WEATHER UNDERGROUND, For The Associated Press
Tue Apr 3, 6:37 AM ET

Snow fell early Tuesday over the northern Plains as storms raked the nation's northern tier and took aim at the Great Lakes. Further south, thunderstorms swept across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys.

A low pressure system moving northeastward from the Plains was triggering snow across the Dakotas, Upper Mississippi Valley and northern portions of the Great Lakes region.Rain showers and thunderstorms were also possible across the southern Plains, the southern half of the Great Lakes region, the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, and the Southeast.Partly cloudy skies and dry conditions were to prevail over the central Plains, the Northeast, the mid-Atlantic region and much of Florida.

Partly cloudy skies and dry conditions were forecast throughout the central and southern high Plains, the Rocky Mountain region, the Desert Southwest, the Great Basin, California and the Pacific Northwest.Another beautiful spring day was in store for the Southwest.Temperatures in the Lower 48 states on Monday ranged from a low of 18 degrees at Burns, Ore., to a high of 98 degrees at Blythe, Calif.

Forecasters expect 9 Atlantic hurricanes in 2007 APR 03,07

MIAMI (Reuters) - The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season will be far more active than usual with an expected 17 tropical storms, of which nine will strengthen into hurricanes, a noted forecasting team founded by William Gray said on Tuesday. In an updated outlook for the June 1-November 30 season, the Colorado State University team led by hurricane forecast pioneer Gray and Philip Klotzbach raised the number of expected storms and hurricanes from the 14 and seven, respectively, that it had predicted in December.

Sinai pumice linked to ancient eruption By KATARINA KRATOVAC, Associated Press Writer Mon Apr 2, 8:55 PM ET

TEL HABUWA, Egypt - Egyptian archaeologists showed off white pumice Monday that they theorize was swept onto the northern Sinai desert by a tsunami triggered by the ancient volcanic eruption on Santorini island 530 miles away. Traces of the solidified lava foam from the eruption have been found on the island of Crete and in southwestern Turkey, but the archaeological team now believes it also reached the Sinai site where they were digging at an ancient fort 4 miles from the Mediterranean coast.

The Santorini explosion in the 17th century B.C. was devastating. It sank most of the now-Greek island and killed more than 35,000 people of a thriving Minoan community.The head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, said the discovery of the pumice would open a new field of study in Egyptology.Geologists will help us study how ... natural disasters, such as the Santorini tsunami, affected the Pharaonic period, he said.

A volcanologist at Greece's Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Georges Vougioukalakis, was skeptical that the pumice could have traveled so far with a tsunami.While noting that layers of ash from Santorini have been found in Egypt's Nile Delta, he told The Associated Press that he thought it more likely the floating pumice was carried to the Sinai by regular ocean currents.The archaeological team found the pumice while excavating at Tel Habuwa in the desert northeast of Qantara, a town on the Suez Canal nearly 95 miles northeast of Cairo.They were searching for Pharaonic forts that helped protect the Nile Delta from foreign invasion, and last month they uncovered remains here of an 18th Dynasty fort with four rectangular towers built of mud bricks.The pieces of lava stone were a surprise, but they were only part of the story, said team leader Mohamed Abdel Maqsud.For the archaeologists, more significant was finding a fortress used by ancient Egyptians to expel the Hyksos enemy during the New Kingdom, a Pharaonic empire that lasted from about 1500 B.C. to about 1000 B.C.The easternmost forts were so important that they were depicted in the reliefs on the walls of Karnak Temple in the ancient capital of Thebes the present day city of Luxor, 300 miles south of Cairo.Hawass did not elaborate on the geological tests that linked the Sinai pumice to Santorini, but said he was convinced more such lava would be found. This is only the beginning, he said.Associated Press writer Nicholas Paphits in Athens, Greece, contributed to this report.

April 02, 2007 European Union offers help in SAFTA implementation India-SAARC-EU

As it prepares to participate in the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) process for the first time, the European Union(EU) has offered its expertise and experience to help in implementation of South Asia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA), which has faced to take off despite agreement over a year ago.

The 25-nation EU said its own example had shown that by working together more effectively, regional groupings can fulfil their potential and contribute to solving global and regional issues. In a special message on the occasion of the 14th SAARC Summit being held on April 3-4, EU Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner expressed confidence that the meet would provide a decisive opportunity to advance regional integration in South Asia, PTI reported.

EU will be participating in the Summit as an Observer along with the US, China, Japan and South Korea. The EU sees itself a natural partner in all efforts aimed at reinforcing regional cooperation, people-to-people contacts and trade liberalisation in South Asia, which will bring benefits to all, she said. She said the European organisation stands ready to continue to share expertise and experience in all areas of interest to SAARC as well as in the implementation of the SAFTA.SAFTA was ratified by all the seven SAARC member nations by January 1, 2006 and notified on July 1, last year. However, it could not be implemented as Pakistan refused to conduct free trade with India under it and remained adamant on doing business on the basis of positive list of items.

The SAFTA issue is expected to come up for discussion at the Summit. Noting that many challenges remain in encouraging trade within South Asia despite economies of the member countries growing, the EU Commissioner hoped that SAARC will be successful in developing regional cooperation and trade liberalisation. Our own experience shows the importance of this (intra-region trade and cooperation) for sustained development and regional integration and this is, indeed, one among a number of areas where we are happy to cooperate with the efforts that SAARC is making, Waldner said in the message from Brussels. Citing the EU's example, she said it has come a long way to achieve peace, stability and free movement of persons, goods, services and capital beyond national borders.

Who holds the reins of Europe, NATO or EU? APR 03,07

The European Union (EU) has just celebrated its 50th anniversary of its with grandiose functions as well as a gathering of leaders in Germany, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is to usher in its 58th birthday on April 4. What are the respective roles of NATO and EU and what are trends with their development in the years ahead. On these issues of common concern, Zheng Xing and Jin Yanbo, both sub-editors of the People's Daily Overseas Edition, have conversed with Yang Yu, director of the EU Affairs Office of elite Nanjing University in east China's Jiangsu Province, Prof. Wu Yikang with the World Economy Institute of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, and Shen Jiru, a researcher of the Institute of World Economies and Politics under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The detailed account of the conversation is read as follows: Q. Most of the member states of the NATO and EU belong to the Europe. NATO has 21 EU member nations out of its present 26 membership, so both organizations have most of their mutually shared members. Then, what are differences between the organizations?

Shen Jiru (abbreviated as Shen below): The NATO, established in April 1949, originally had 15 member states and a headquarters in Brussels. It has been a military bloc headed by the United States, and a product of confrontation between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War period.

And the EU is an organization of regional integration of European nations. To date, it has been advancing its regional integration with their economic and monetary union development and European political integration cooperation.

Yang Yu (abbreviated as Yang below): During the cold war years, NATO was a tool used by the U.S. to materialize its global strategy as well as a collective defense organization of a military nature to confront and contain the Warsaw Pact Organization. It was not only a product of East-West confrontation but embodied the interests and resolve of the U.S. It was also a product of the European union and integration in the post-World War II years and a peace plan designed and practiced to cope with frictions or internal wars inside the Europe that have harassed its unity and peaceful development for so long, and particularly old hatreds or scores between France and Germany that have existed for centuries.

Wu Yikang (abbreviated as Wu below): NATO is a military bloc employed by the U.S. to serve its global strategy and also its tool to vie with EU and proceed to divide and rule the Europe. EU, however, is a combination body of sovereign states designed to construct a brand-new Europe. So there is a world of differences between them in term of character, task, setup mechanism and ways of doing things.

Q: NATO was a product of the Cold War era, but it did not step out of the historical stage with the splitting up of the Warsaw Pact in 1991, and instead carried out its enlargement eastward. Then what is the reason for its continuous existence?

Yang: NATO would have been dissolved with the end of the Cold War, but the reality is not so. A summit meeting of the North Atlantic Council, Washing D.C. in April 1999 set forth a concept of a new strategy gearing to the new century. With consolidation of a strong independence force, a pure military-political organization was transferred to a political-military organization. The strategic goal of collective defense was changed over to a given balance between collective defense and crise management, and the security of alliance has to be considered under the global framework. So the mission of the era and reason for its continuous existence have been verified.

Wu: The existence of its continuous existence is also ascribed to the fear and suspicions of numerous European nations for the nuclear power of Russia, and the eastward enlargement and the attempt to extend the scope of its defense affairs also give expressions to the enduring Cold War shadows.

The complexity of the situation adds uncertainty to the relations between the U.S. and Russia and between Europe and Russia and, with upheavals wrought by color revolutions occasionally in the eastern region of the former Soviet Union, there is an ensuing hidden danger for the intensification of US-Russian contradictions.

Shen: First of all, this is a need for the U.S. to defend its global hegemony. The U.S., through the eastern enlargement of the NATO, attempts to penetrate its forces into the former Soviet republics in Central Asia to encircle Russia from its southern arc cycle and exert pressures onto China from West and North. Meanwhile, it attempts to link NATO with the Japan-US Security Treaty and the US-Australia-New Zealand Alliance. Furthermore, most of the NATO members still need to ally with the U.S. and hinges on NATO to back themselves up to increase its weight and influence in global affairs due to a slow progress in the process of the EU political integration.

Q: EU is a cooperative partner whereas NATO is rival or adversary to a certain country, but both organizations have shared most same member nations, and what the two organization have diametrically opposed significance to another country?

Wu: A certain country, here I suppose, refers to Russia, which takes EU as its vital and crucial cooperative partner. Bother sides intend to carry out active cooperation in economy, trade, security and a range of other cooperative spheres. Russia, however, has a growing aversion to the eastern enlargement of NATO and even denounced it openly. Its acknowledgement of and attitude toward the two organizations are determined by the character and purpose of the two organizations.

Shen: The EU nations, with a dread off Russia, chimed in with the NATO eastern enlargement strategy of the U.S. Russia is, however, concerned more about its immediate interests despite its resolute opposition to the encirclement, isolation and coercion by NATO and, likewise, EU also cares very much for its energy card and missile card. Hence, in spite of the US trying endeavor to coerce and suppress Russia with the help of EU nations, France, Germany, Italy, Greece and other EU
nations do not have an implicit faith in the U.S., and so EU nations are no longer counted as its little partners as a whole.

Yang: NATO still has relatively strong hues of the Cold War era following its shift to the post-Cold War era after 1999, as its reorganization was directed or orchestrated by the U.S., and it remained a US tool to seek global hegemony after being retooled. In contrast, EU, in a certain sense, resembles all the more like an economic community. To a certain country, EU is more like a strategic partner
rather than a vying adversary in view of its immense economic potential and its subtle and delicate ties with the U.S.

Q. Along with the steady uplifting in the strength of the EU itself, is it possible for the European nations to develop their European affairs and bypass the NATO, and what are development trends of NATO and EU in European affairs?

Shen: With its membership increasing to 27, the EU is still faced with a multitude of difficulties to its political integration resultant from its excessive enlargement. Referenda in both France and the Netherlands vetoed the draft EU charter not long ago imply a lot of hurdles yet to overcome with respect to the uniform diplomacy and defense policies of the E.U. Consequently, it is still hard for EU to replace the armed forces of NATO with its own force in a foreseeable future.

Wu: At present, the common security and defense policies for EU is in the making, and preparations for the EU Rapid Reaction Force is well under way, and the enlargement renders EU's peacekeeping mission with greater radius over the Balkan, Africa, Afghanistan, the Middle-east, the Trans-Caucasus and other regions. Furthermore, EU nations have stepped up their cooperation in war industry, military weaponry manufacturing and military researches among themselves.

Nevertheless, a few member nations propose turning to NATO to enhance the European defense matters. And German Chancellor Angela Merkel's open appeal to founding a joint EU armed force represents a positive trend.

Yang: With a strengthening of the strong independence force for EU and an estrangement of the US involvement, the EU will have a capacity to meet the goals pursued by Europeans incessantly for the control of crises and to perform peacekeeping and rescue operations.

Consequently, with a continuous uplifting of the economic and military might of EU, remarkable changes are expected to occur in the EU-NATO ties and somewhat lessen the American factor in the European affairs. By People's Daily Online

Evangelicals Transform Christian Unity in Canada APR 03,07

The increasing political influence of evangelical Christians in Canada is changing the face of Christian unity here, a story in the Anglican Journal reports. Over 50 percent of legislators belonging to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party are evangelical Christians.

They are becoming the mainline and we are becoming the sideline, says Lois Wilson, former president of the World Council of Churches. Even so, Bruce Clemenger, president of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, says evangelicals and ecumenicals have co-operated on issues such as poverty reduction campaigns and bio-ethics.

Palestinians not ready for full contacts with EU, says Merkel02.04.2007 09:30 CET | By Lucia Kubosova

German chancellor Angela Merkel has urged the new Palestinian government to renounce violence and recognise Israel before it can resume full contacts with the European Union.

Some of the government ministers do not accept our criteria, Ms Merkel said after a meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday (1 April) in Ramallah as part of her Middle East tour, according to press reports.She reacted to Mr Abbas' suggestion that the new Palestinian cabinet of national unity combining the Islamist Hamas group and secular Fatah movement had already met international demands.The so-called Middle East Quartet, composed of the UN, the US, the EU and Russia, has said the Palestinian government should recognise Israel, renounce violence and respect existing peace accords. The international community froze aid funds to the Palestinian administration last year after Hamas on the terrorist register both in the EU and the US won Palestinian elections. An EU-managed temporary mechanism bypassing the Hamas-led government was put in place to keep aid flowing to the impoverished Palestinian population.

Palestinians hoped the new unity government, formed two weeks ago, would pave the way for resuming aid and political contacts with international players.

But both the EU and the US remain reluctant to do so unless the Hamas group clearly renounces violence against Israel.At their meeting in Bremen on Friday and Saturday (30 - 31 March), EU foreign ministers pledged to meet non-Hamas moderate ministers in the administration a move criticised by Israel who refuses to deal with any government which includes Hamas members.We don't see any reason why we should not continue to see someone who we have known for many, many years, who has been cooperating with us, said EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, adding I see no reason to cut contacts ...they're friends, we continue to cooperate with them.

Take rare chance at peace

During her weekend tour, Ms Merkel urged both Palestinian president and Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert to grab a rare chance at resuming the peace process, referring to the revival of a five-year-old Arab peace plan at a Riyadh summit of Arab countries last week.

We are going through a period where we feel that things are moving, she said at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she received an honorary doctorate on Sunday.There is a window of opportunity...There is a real chance of reaching a breakthrough and we must grasp it, she added, according to AFP.Mr Solana expressed similar optimism in Bremen.We are beginning to have signs of hope, he said, adding there is a new dynamic in the region which could revive the stalled Middle East peace efforts.

China Strengthens Military Ties With Sudan
By Daniel Schearf Beijing 03 April 2007

Chinese officials say they will push forward with military cooperation with Sudan, despite accusations Khartoum supports militias that have killed hundreds of thousands of civilians in Sudan's Darfur region. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing.Western nations have long urged Beijing to use its influence with Sudan to get U.N. peacekeepers into the war-torn Darfur region, but China has instead used its veto power in the U.N. Security Council to prevent stronger condemnation of Khartoum.

This week, Beijing moved to strengthen ties with Sudan. During a visit by Sudan's military chief to Beijing, China's minister of defense said his government is willing to further develop cooperation between the two militaries in every sphere.China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang Tuesday urged Sudan to be more flexible on the deployment of U.N. troops. But he indicated China would not support tougher measures against Khartoum.

We think Sudan's territorial integrity and sovereignty should be respected and a political solution should be found to the Darfur issue through equal dialogue and discussions, he said.China is the biggest buyer of Sudan's oil and a major source of weapons for Khartoum.

U.N. reports say the Sudanese government supports militias that have raped and killed about 200,000 people in Darfur and driven millions from their homes during a four-year civil war.Washington and London want stronger sanctions imposed against Khartoum for atrocities committed in Darfur, which the United States has called genocide.