PUTIN SIGNS BALTIC PIPELINE DEAL

DANIEL 7:23-24
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast(THE EU,REVIVED ROME) shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth,(7TH WORLD EMPIRE) which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.(TRADE BLOCKS)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:(10 NATIONS) and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.(BE HEAD OF 3 KINGS OR NATIONS).

WORLD GOVERNMENT - WORLD TRADE BLOCS
http://www.womensgroup.org/SUE-TOBY-RADIO-SHOW.pps#263,9,Slide 9

MEMORIAL TO DEAD RABBI AND WIFE AT MUMBAI
http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=
4441467&ct=6421343

CNN NEWS VIDEO
http://edition.cnn.com/video/

YAHOO NEWS VIDEO
http://news.yahoo.com/video

MIDEAST CONFLICT NEWS
http://news.yahoo.com/video/1874;_ylt=A0wNcxFdg6xIgbkAwD6z174F

ABC NEWS VIDEO
http://news.yahoo.com/video/2461

FOX NEWS VIDEO
http://news.yahoo.com/video/3074

FOX BUSINESS VIDEO
http://news.yahoo.com/video/3045

AP NEWS VIDEO
http://news.yahoo.com/video/2529

BBC NEWS VIDEO
http://news.yahoo.com/video/2918

REUTERS VIDEO NEWS
http://news.yahoo.com/video/2704

AFP NEWS VIDEO
http://news.yahoo.com/video/3091

CNBC NEWS VIDEO
http://news.yahoo.com/video/3245

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: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

WORLD MARKET RESULTS
http://money.cnn.com/data/world_markets/

HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS TUE DEC 02,2008

09:30 AM +18.83
10:00 AM +9.00
10:30 AM +147.98
11:00 AM +168.20
11:30 AM +200.63
12:00 PM +231.45
12:30 PM +268.40
01:00 PM +216.88
01:30 PM +221.66
02:00 PM +131.89
02:30 PM +10.21
03:00 PM +112.46
03:30 PM +208.12
04:00 PM +270.00 8419.09

S&P 500 848.81 +32.60

NASDAQ 1449.80 +51.73

GOLD 782.5 +5.7

OIL 47.63 -1.45

TSE 300 8327.81 -78.40

CDNX 731.10 -8.02

S&P/TSX/60 503.11 -4.73

MORNING,NEWS,STATS

Dow +75 points at 4 minutes of trading today.
Dow +211 points at high today so far.
Dow +9 points at low today so far.

YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
-Dow -38.57%
-Nasdaq -47.29%
-S&P -44.41%
-Russell 2000 -45.55%
-NYSE Composite -47.72%
-Dow Transports -30.06%
Nasdaq now 50% below 6 3/4 year high set in OCT 2007.
Major Averages higher for 6th of last 7 sessions so far this morning.
Russell 2000 now 50% below record close set in JULY 2007.

Sears Holding (SHLD)Q3($0.90)VS($0.49)EST.
SEARS HOLDING STRUGGLES (NOV SAME STORE SALES)
-Domestic -8.7%
-Sears -7.8%
-Kmart -10%
Q3 EBITDA forcast no longer relevent givin severe conditions in the Economy.
-Closed 14 stores,Will close another 8.
-Cash and cash eqivalents of $1.2 BILLION.
-Merchandise Inventoies NOV 1 were $11.4 BILLION compared to $12.1 BILLION a yr ago.
-Authorized additional $500 MILLION for share repurchase.
SEARS HOLDING SHARE REPURCHASE
-Paid an average of $75.40 for shares this year.
-Paid an average of $118.35 for shares since SEARS/KMART merger.

AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS

Dow +268 points at high today.
Dow +9 at low today.

WSJ:Bill Richardson to be named by Obama as Commerce Secretary tomorrow.
Toyota New Sales -33.9%.
2 CEO'S of big 3 will drive cars to meetings in WSH thursday and Friday instead of coming by their company jets.
ALEX JONES:Get ready for Pakistan invasion,Asia troubles,Economic Collapse,Riots,Troops on streets.

WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS

Dow -4 points at low today.
Dow +287 points at high today.
OIL at $47.03 a barrel at 2:35PM today.
Dow +3.4% today.
Nasdaq +3.7% today.
S&P +4.0% today.
Dow,Nasdaq,S&P break 1 day minus streak.
Yesterday TSE 865 points loss was 2nd most in History (percentage wise).

INVESTOR SENTIMENT
-Expect a lot less optimism,more loathing,panic and apathy,if market was at a true bottom.
-People arguing this is a historic buying opportunity.
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
-Stay in Cash.
-Bonds (Especially Municipality)may offer oppertunities.
-Look for companies who post good earnings.

AUTO SALES (NOVEMBER)
-Chrysler US sales down 47% in NOV Vs a year ago.
-Ford US sales down 30.6% in NOV Vs 32.5% EST.
-GM requests loans up to $12 BILLION to provide adequite liquidity.

Political drama engages, outrages Canadians across the country
By Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press DEC 2,08

The drama unfolding in Ottawa with all the intrigue of a well-crafted political thriller has riveted Canadians across the country - both political junkies and citizens who turned out in such anemic numbers for the federal election barely seven weeks ago. While premiers like Ontario's Dalton McGuinty weighed in Tuesday, Canadians weren't leaving the talking to the politicians. Talk-show phone lines buzzed with a seldom-seen fervour and media websites groaned under a flood of comments. Wow. Never have I seen more regular people upset at politicians, a reader from British Columbia wrote on the Globe and Mail's website. Most everyone it seemed - those furious at the hijacking of democracy and those blissful at democracy working exactly as it should - had a strong opinion. This is what bullies in a school yard do when they can't win a fight fair and square - gang up, read another post on the Globe's site. Daniela Scopa, a producer with CJAD in Montreal, said the phone lines were jammed for close to three hours during their Tuesday morning talk show. People are just appalled. They can't believe that any of this is going on, they're disgusted by it, Scopa said. That's the word most people use, just completely and utterly disgusted.Putting his feet up on his desk after a program in which the phones lit up like Christmas trees, Bill Carroll, a veteran host at Toronto's CFRB radio, called the high-stakes machinations in the nation's capital a dream issue for talk shows. This is like a once-a-decade kind of story, Caroll said.

You don't have to work to get phone calls . . . the story comes to you. The passion is out there.The volume of calls was probably 10 times or more greater than typical, he said, adding people are both engaged and enraged.Barely 60 per cent of those eligible to vote actually made it to the polling booths for the Oct. 14 election that saw Harper's Conservatives returned to government with a bulked up minority. The historically low turnout prompted many analysts to despair at voter apathy and fatigue - a malaise that appears to have been swept aside by political theatre at its best. Spectacle aside, however, there were those who just want the situation settled, especially amid the roiling economic climate and gut-wrenching market volatility. While I am giddy at the sound come-uppance being dealt to Mr. Harper, I can't help but think that enough is enough, one person wrote on the Toronto Star's website. The country's premiers seemed to share that view, with Saskatchewan's Brad Wall saying earlier in the week it's time for political leaders in Ottawa to get their heads out of their kilts.Speaking at the Ontario legislature on Tuesday, McGuinty also urged an end to the political crisis, saying the feds need to get on with dealing with the economy, particularly the floundering auto sector, and do it fast. Let's get back to the table. Let's see what we can do together to support the auto sector, not just for the good of Ontario but for the good of the country as a whole.McGuinty was adamant the province would not get involved in the political intrigue, saying only that when Ottawa is ready to talk to the province, the talk will be about the auto sector.

A Facebook group inviting people to join a day-long party of sorts in cyberspace billed as Stephen Harper's Last Day as Prime Minister had send out almost 30,000 invitations - with nearly 8,000 accepting as of Tuesday afternoon. The virtual event was scheduled for Dec. 8, when the government could first be toppled. Then there's the I Don't Understand Parliamentary Democracy and I'm Outraged Facebook group - but the reaction was not only virtual. A website, rallyforCanada.ca, is trying to organize protests in cities across the country Saturday against opposition coalition plans to form a government - with the help of the separatist Bloc Quebecois.

People, it seems, can barely wait for every twist and turn of the political plot.
Whenever we do put up a new headline, you can just see the traffic come in, said Trevor Wilker, news editor at Yahoo Canada. The CBC's Jeff Keay said the broadcaster's website was getting huge volumes of commentary. This is probably as high as anything we've seen before, Keay said. We've cracked 4,000 (comments) and that's probably several orders of magnitude higher than what we'd get for a normal story.

Wall Street rebounds sharply after big drop By JOE BEL BRUNO, AP Business Writer Joe DEC 2,08

NEW YORK – In a session that showed more indecision than conviction, the stock market rebounded Tuesday from the previous day's massive decline. The Dow Jones industrials rose 270 points after fluctuating sharply, and all the major indexes rose more than 3 percent.Investors wary about the economy drew solace from Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Alan Mulally, who said the automaker has enough cash to make it through 2009 and might not need government help. Rival General Motors Corp. said late in the day that it needs $12 billion in government loans to continue operating; the news briefly shook the market, but stocks rebounded before the close.

The market was also encouraged after General Electric Co. said it expects to pay a dividend despite projections that fourth-quarter results will near the low end of its previous guidance.That raised some hopes that U.S. companies may fare better during the recession than the market has feared. Meanwhile, investors got an additional lift after the Federal Reserve said it will extend the life of key programs aimed at loosening the credit markets and restoring stability to the financial sector.But, that still wasn't enough to completely calm investors who are weary after huge swings in the market the past few months — including the nearly 680-point slide in the Dow on Monday. The blue chips were up more than 260 points during the afternoon Tuesday, then dipped to a loss before swinging higher. Analysts said the volatility underscores how bear markets operate, and warned this kind of trading pattern isn't expected to change anytime soon.I don't know where the bottom to all this is, said Alexander Paris, economist and market analyst for Chicago-based Barrington Research. In these kind of markets, all you have to do is get enough confidence to hold your nose and ignore the bad news to send the market higher.The market remains uncertain about what might lie ahead, from how long the recession might last to more troubles in the struggling financial sector. Wall Street this week is uneasy about a number of reports due to be released, primarily Friday's jobs report that is widely considered the most important economic reading of the month.

According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 270.00, or 3.31 percent, to 8,419.09.Broader stock indexes also soared. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 32.60, or 3.99 percent, to 848.81, while the Nasdaq composite index gained 51.73, or 3.70 percent, to 1,449.80.

United Nations,UN confims global recession 01/12 19:52 CET
http://www.euronews.net/en/article/01/12/2008/un-confims-global-recession-amid-stability-fears/

The world economy faces its worst downturn since the Great Depression, according to the United Nations. The body expects global economic output to contract by as much as 0.4 percent in 2009, due to recession stalking developed countries, particularly Europe and the United States.The UN offered a baseline forecast of one percent growth, a pessimistic analysis of 0.4 percent contraction and an optimistic scenario of 1.6 percent growth. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon painted a gloomy picture: Today’s financial crisis will become tomorrow’s human crisis. Social unrest and political instability will grow. The UN said it marked the first year of shrinkage since the 1930s.The World Economic Situation and Prospects Report sees developed economies shrinking by 1.5 percent, while developing nations should show a 2.7 percent growth. The slowing of the economies in the poorer countries will impact on the progress made on poverty reduction in many developing nations.

Israel shekel down 1.8 pvt vs dlr on cbank purchases Reuters - Tuesday, December 2

TEL AVIV, The Israeli shekel weakened 1.8 percent against the dollar on Monday, a day after the Bank of Israel said it would continue buying foreign currency until forex reserves reach $40 billion to $44 billion.The shekel's representative, or official, rate was set at 3.99 per dollar, compared with Friday's rate of 3.92 per dollar.The shekel reached a 13-month low of 4.022 per dollar on Nov. 21.The dollar strengthened because of its gains abroad and also because of the Bank of Israel's announcement on forex purchases, a dealer at Union Bank of Israel said.Israel's foreign exchange market is closed on Sundays.The central bank began buying $25 million a day of forex in March and raised it to $100 million a day in July in a plan to boost reserves by $10 billion, which was expected in late November.

The Bank of Israel said on Sunday its reserves have increased by $10 billion to reach $37 billion and it planned to continue buying $100 million a day of forex until reserves reach between $40 billion and $44 billion.The shekel has weakened sharply against the dollar in recent months, partly due to the central bank's forex programme.Last month, the Bank of Israel said it was considering extending the programme in light of increasing uncertainty regarding the state of the global economy.The Union dealer said the shekel was expected to trade in a near-term range of 3.95-4.05 per dollar.

Uganda: World Bank Boosts Mineral Sector
David Muwanga 30 November 2008

Kampala — THE World Bank has approved a $5m (about sh9.9b) credit to finance to the Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Project.The additional credit will strengthen the Government's capacity to develop a sound minerals sector based on private investments and improvements in selected artisanal and small scale mining areas.These extra International Development Assistance (IDA) resources come at a time for Uganda, when the world is experiencing a minerals boom which has seen a rapid increase in prices for metals, the bank explained in a statement.Uganda will utilise the funds to position itself to take advantage of the increasing exploration investments, said Christopher Sheldon, the World Bank task team leader for the project.The statement added that the number of mineral licenses and amount of non-tax mineral revenue collected by Uganda had increased by 200%t since the project's inception in 2003.Revenues from mining peaked $1.66m in 2007 from $550,000 in 2003, the statement disclosed.In the same period, the Government issued 229 mineral exploration and development licenses generating $22m in revenue up from 190 licenses generating $5m in 2003.The number of licenses given to artisanal and small scale miners has also risen to 221 in 2007 from 100 in 2003.The bank said Uganda's leading mineral export is gold although active mining activities extend to many other minerals including copper, tin and wolfram.The project was initially funded by an IDA credit of $25m with $5.35m co-financing from the African Development Bank and $6m from the Nordic Development Fund.Initially scheduled to close on June 30, 2009, the additional funds from IDA have resulted in extending the project to June 30, 2011, said the statement.This project will enable the development of the mineral resources in an efficient, socially sustainable, and environmentally sound manner, as well as contribute substantially to the country's earnings, employment, reduction of poverty, and improvement of quality of life in rural areas, said Kundhavi Kadiresan, the World Bank country manager for Uganda.2008 New Vision.

Gulf Arabs told not to help out struggling economies,Rich Gulf Arabs should not be propping up the world's struggling economies nor the World Bank or IMF(International Monetary Fund), according to a recent poll in the Middle East, commissioned by the Doha Debates. Qatar: Monday, December 01 - 2008 at 13:44 PRESS RELEASE

Qatar Foundation signs partnership with UK's Imperial College London and University of Oxford.Large majority in Arab world favours stability over democracy.Almost 70% of Arabs also labelled the distribution of wealth in the Gulf unfair and 55% were critical of the way their government spends money. The survey supported the results of a Doha Debate, held on November 17, where 75% of the audience decided that Gulf Arabs value profit over people. The majority of respondents cited the treatment and pay of foreign workers as the main reason for believing that Gulf Arabs value profit over people. A third said Saudi Arabia was the biggest offender of workers' rights, followed by Kuwait. The poll, conducted by YouGovSiraj between November 18 and 24, was completed by 1119 respondents from an online panel of 149,000 people in the Gulf, North Africa, Levant and Iraq. The Doha Debates are broadcast eight times a year on BBC World News and focus on controversial issues in Arab and Islamic countries.

Global markets hammered as recession reality sinks in Mon Dec 1, 5:07 pm ET

NEW YORK (AFP) – A fresh wave of selling hit global stock markets Monday as weak economic news from around the world and confirmation of a US recession prompted a massive pullback from last week's gains.The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 679.95 points (7.70 percent) to close at 8,149.09, in the fourth-steepest point loss in history for the blue-chip index.The Nasdaq composite plummeted 8.95 percent to 1,398.07 and the broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index tumbled 8.93 percent to 816.21.A pullback was expected after a huge snapback rally over the past several sessions, with the Dow posting its best five-day percentage increase since 1932 of 17percent. But selling began early and quickly became a freefall.Market action came as the economic panel recognized as the arbiter of business cycles said the US had entered recession in December 2007 based on its measure of income, employment and other factors.The market has gotten off to a tough start to the week today, as recession fears have now become a reality, and the questions that remain are just how bad and for how long this recession will linger over us, said Michael Fowlkes, analyst for the online investment service Investors Observer.European markets were also sharply weaker, as the rally from last week came to a grinding halt after news of deeper economic woes in Germany, France and the full 15-nation eurozone and weak data from India and China.Jocelynn Drake at Schaeffer's Investment Research said the market responded to a round of weak economic data around the globe that has stoked concerns that we may not have seen the worst of the economic slowdown.Fresh data released on Monday showed German retail sales fell 1.6 percent in October from the previous month, while in France a closely watched index of manufacturing activity fell to 37.3 in November, its worst-ever reading.In China, manufacturing activity hit a three-year low in November, underlining the fallout of the global financial crisis on emerging markets.Meanwhile, India's exports in October tumbled 12 percent from a year ago for the first time in three years, hit by slumping demand in its key US and European markets.Augustine Faucher at Moody's Economy.com said the confirmation of a US recession by the National Bureau of Economic Research only added to the gloom.The important questions now are when will the recession end and how severe will it be, he said.Moody's Economy.com expects the current downturn to last through the first half of 2009 and to be the worst of the post-World War II era. Even with a substantial stimulus package, unemployment is likely to peak close to 9.0 percent in early 2010.

In Europe, London's FTSE 100 index closed down 5.19 percent, the Paris CAC 40 shed 5.59 percent while Frankfurt's DAX lost 5.88 percent on the grim news.Economic growth figures have outlined the worst global recession since at least the 1980s while gauges of inflation expectation point to growing deflation fears across the G7, said Lena Komileva, an analyst at brokerage Tullett Prebon in London, referring to the Group of Seven rich countries.A deluge of economic data and company reports Monday suggested economic growth was slowing in powerhouse emerging markets China and India and reinforced expectations of a deep recession in advanced economies.

In the US, a survey from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) showed a weaker-than-expected reading while separate data showed construction spending down 1.2 percent in October. The ISM index fell 2.7 points to 36.2 percent, the weakest since May 1982. The problems appeared worldwide, even in fast-growing Asian economies. In China, manufacturing activity hit a three-year low in November, according to a survey. Meanwhile, India's exports in October tumbled for the first time in three years, hit by slumping demand in its key US and European markets. Exports fell by 12 percent from the same month a year earlier to 12.8 billion dollars as demand shrank, according to government figures. It's time for another downturn, said Hideaki Higashi, a strategist at SMBC Friend Securities. Investors are selling, anticipating a correction after the string of advances.In other markets, the Toronto S&P/TSX plunged 9.32 percent and Brazil's Bovespa sank 5.07 percent. Earlier in Tokyo, shares closed down 1.35 percent, Mumbai's stock market lost 2.78 percent and Seoul and Sydney each fell 1.6 percent. Hong Kong rose 1.6 percent and Shanghai gained 1.25percent. Global stock markets had soared last week as governments rolled out measures to stimulate the global economy and fight against the credit problems in the financial sector.But like many times since the start of the financial crisis in mid-2007, a euphoric rally has been followed by a brutal correction.

A MESSAGE OF HOPE FROM DR. JACK VAN IMPE
The Birth of the Eternal God DEC 2,08

I feel that there is a tremendous need to enlighten mankind as to the true identity of Christ. Multitudes think of the Saviour as just another member of the human race born nearly 2,000 years ago. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this newsletter, I clearly want to trace the preexistence of Christ to prove that He was the Eternal God who became man, in order that He might die for poor, helpless, hopeless sinners. I also want to show that His birth had to be through the channels of a virgin, inseminated by the power of the Holy Spirit, if His sacrifice for sinners was to be effective.

Christ's preexistence

The altogether lovely One, born in Bethlehem's manger, existed from all eternity. The verse that prophesies His exact birthplace also tells of His preexistence. Micah 5:2: But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Isaiah masterfully handles this truth in chapter 9, verse 6, For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Let's analyze this verse for a moment. Notice that a child is born (this speaks of the Lord's birth), but the next phrase mentions a son being given. This speaks about God sending the Son who was in His presence and coincides with Galatians 4:4, When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son. Then Isaiah goes on to proclaim this Son as God by the titles The mighty God and The everlasting Father. These terms are possible because of the relationship of the Trinity. Remember that Jesus said in John 10:30, I and my Father are one.John opens his gospel with the statement, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made (John 1:1-3). In verse 14, he identifies this member of the Trinity who is called the Word. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. Think of it. This One who was in the beginning with God and was God became flesh and lived among insignificant human beings because of His love for sinners.

Yes, Christ always existed and came from heaven to earth. Listen to His numerous statements verifying this truth: For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world (John 6:33). I am the living bread which came down from heaven (John 6:51). Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world (John 8:23). I proceeded forth and came from God (John 8:42). I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world (John 16:28).In His high priestly prayer, Jesus said, I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, 0 Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was (John 17:4, 5). Jesus said in John 5:46, Moses...wrote of me. Here Christ delves back hundreds of years to the first five books of the Bible, called The Pentateuch, and states that Moses mentioned Him. This is important because Moses recorded these words centuries before the birth of Christ. Jesus also said in John 8:56, Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. How could Abraham see His day centuries before His birth if there were no preexistent One? Oh, friend, Jesus always existed as a coequal member of the Trinity. Don't listen to a group of blinded cultists who would rob Christ of His deity, but hear the Word of the Lord. His preexistence is also proven through the Bible statements indicating that He created the world. John 1:3: All things were made by him. John 1:10: He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. Colossians 1:16: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. Hebrews 1:2 states, By whom also he [Christ] made the worlds.The part Christ had in creating the world and mankind agrees with the Old Testament account of creation. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1:1). The Hebrew for God is Elohim, a plural noun, meaning more than one. This is a glorious declaration of the Trinity. You don't believe it? What will you do with Genesis 1:26? And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.We have but skimmed the surface of evidence that proves that Christ preexisted His earthly birth. Now let's move on to the glorious truth of His coming to earth via the channel of a virgin's womb. At this point let's consider Philippians 2:5-8 because it is such a glorious transitional passage. It brings the eternal God from heaven to a bodily appearance upon earth so that He might die for sinners. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God [His spirit form in eternity], thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men [His birth]. Why? Verse 8: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Christ's virgin birth

Lost religionists mock the virgin birth. In an issue of the magazine Challenge, a number of sickening articles and poems appeared. I quote one of them to show the world how far liberal modernistic religionists will go in their attempt to rob Christ of His deity. It is a poem about Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the poem she says:First, I've got nothing to say -- about anything that happened before Joseph and I got married. Jesus was our child. Joseph's and mine. You can believe it or not. Suit yourself. He was my first born so naturally I thought he was something special. So, he's the Messiah they say. I'd rather he had stayed a carpenter, married a nice Jewish girl and given me a lot of fat little grandchildren.What blasphemy! This is the prophecy of the Apostle Peter fulfilled before our eyes. But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of (2 Peter 2:1, 2).Yes, the way of truth is often evil spoken of because of ordained wolves in sheep's clothing who call themselves members of the Christian faith and yet would tear Christ to shreds if the opportunity presented itself. The crucifixion would be mild in comparison to what some of our lost seminary professors would do to Jesus if they had the chance in this twentieth century. However, let's not waste our time on man's drivel but instead invest it wisely as we listen to the Word of God concerning the truth about the virgin birth.

A virgin birth was necessary because Adam sinned. Since Adam was the head of the human race, every person born into it through natural generation or through the process of birth inherits the old sinful Adamic nature. Wherefore, as by one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned (Romans 5:12). Yes, all sinned or became guilty of sin simply by inheriting the fallen nature of Adam at birth. Quirks and diseases are passed on from generation to generation. Sugar diabetes is a prime example. Likewise, the sin nature is passed on to every generation. Romans 5:18 is another verse that clearly teaches the necessity of a virgin birth. Therefore as by the offence of one [Adam] judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [Christ] the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.Notice that judgment came upon all men unto condemnation because of Adam's sin, but through the righteousness of Christ one may be liberated from this judgment. It is only logical to conclude that if Christ had come through the normal channels of reproduction, He would have also been born with this judgment of condemnation upon Him because He also would have inherited Adam's sinful nature. Therefore, in order that He might set men free from this condemnation, He had to be born in another manner so as not to be tainted with the old wicked nature of Adam.There was only one way this possibility existed and that was through a virgin birth -- bypassing man through insemination of the virgin's ova by the Holy Spirit. This ova lies dormant in every woman until it is activated by a male sperm. Gasoline is also dormant until activated by a spark. Is it an impossibility for the God, who formed man out of the dust of the ground and took a rib out of man to form woman, to place the activating seed within this holy virgin and bring forth His Son through the miracle-working power of His Holy Spirit? Of course not. This is exactly what the Father did. Hear the Word of God.The very first messianic prophecy is found in Genesis 3:15. There we hear the Lord God uttering a prophecy against the serpent, saying, And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it [the woman's seed] shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. The statement, her seed, is the first reference to the virgin birth in God's Word. All humans are from the seed of man, but the seed of a woman implies a stupendous miracle. Jeremiah 31:22 again speaks of a miraculous event that would occur upon this earth. For the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.A woman conceiving and bearing a manchild would not be a new thing in the earth this is the rule of life. After conception, one bears a male or female child. Therefore this entirely new thing that would transpire had to be a miracle. What was it? A woman, without any human intervention or penetration, would conceive, carry, and deliver a man-child. This happened to be the Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of the world. Isaiah 7:14 again sheds light on this event of the ages. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah is not merely referring to a young woman giving birth to a son. That would not be a sign. Millions of young women have been able to bear sons. The sign is that a virgin shall bear a son without an act of intercourse.

Forget the arguments of the religious contortionists who argue that the Hebrew word almah is young woman instead of virgin. All one need do is study Matthew 1:23 where the Greek word parthenos can only be translated virgin to arrive at a final answer. Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Verse 22 states that this is a quotation from the prophet. What prophet? Isaiah. And where did Isaiah make the statement? Chapter 7, verse 14. So, the Greek text handles the Old Testament He brew text proving that God meant a virgin and not a young woman.I repeat what was stated earlier: A young woman bearing a child would be no sign. Any of you young expectant mothers reading this would be the first to realize this truth. However, had you become impregnated miraculously by the power of God without knowing a man, it would very obviously be a sign. That happened to Mary and only to Mary.The reason that God the Son, originally in spirit form (see Philippians 2:5), had to have an earthly birth is found in Hebrews 10:4, 5. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not [animal blood could not take away sin], but a body hast thou prepared me. Since animal blood only covered sin and was presented as a down payment for sin's debt until God's Lamb should come, Christ had a body with divine blood prepared in the womb of a virgin so that He could shed that blood and die for the sins of the world. Because it had to be pure blood, free from the taint of Adam's sin, the body and blood were prepared by the Father and placed in the womb of the virgin Mary.Luke 1:26-28,30,31,34 depicts this thrilling story: And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.... Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

This is a precious truth. Though she was espoused or engaged to Joseph, she had not known a man or experienced premarital sex. Remember that God wrote the Bible, and He declares that Mary was a pure virgin. Away with the mentally warped, religious hypocrites who are so defiled that they imagine all sorts of depraved things about this sweet virgin. Not everyone thinks and acts as they do. Mary declares, I have never known a man -- how shall this baby be conceived? The blessed answer is found in verse 35: The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Anyone who believes that God created this gigantic, fantastic, and astronomical universe certainly believes that God can bring His only begotten Son into the world by a separate act of creation. With God nothing shall be impossible (Luke 1:37).There is the entire story. The preexistent God, second member of the Trinity, came to take upon himself a body with blood so as to shed His blood for sinners. The sin-tainted blood inherited from Adam would not qualify Him as the sinless Saviour, so a body was prepared with blood produced by the Father, and placed into the womb of a virgin by the blessed Holy Spirit. Christ eventually went to the cross and shed His blood. Because He was the God-man shedding untainted holy blood, mankind may have eternal life by receiving this sacrifice. Believe the Word of God -- see Christ crucified and risen again. Receive this Christ today.

FROM THE HEART OF DR. REXELLA VAN IMPE
Is There Room in Your Heart for Him? DEC 2,08

What a special time of the year! Thanksgiving and Christmas are more precious to me than any other holidays, and they so beautifully go hand in hand.More and more, Dr. Van Impe and I realize the importance of being grateful for the true essence of Christmas - that God became flesh. He came as a baby, humbling himself to a manger, and, one day, to Calvary's tree for you and me. Oh, what love!I wonder if we can really understand the emotion in heaven and the joy here on earth as Mary and Joseph made their way to Bethlehem just prior to the birth of Christ.Can you see them as they wearily make their way through the narrow streets of Bethlehem? Mary, tired from the long journey, sits on the little donkey as Joseph leads it along.Their journey is almost over, and none too soon. They stop in front of one of the inns in Bethlehem. With a tender word, Joseph comforts his wife and then strides quickly toward the inn door.Have you ever wondered what Mary was thinking as Joseph knocked at the innkeeper's door? Perhaps she was remembering what her cousin Elizabeth had said to her some time before. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance [fulfillment] of those things which were told her from the Lord. (Luke 1:42-45).Mary knew how blessed she was, for out of all the women in the world, God had chosen her to give the world this baby; He was the Son of God, produced by the Holy Spirit, waiting to be born in Bethlehem (see Luke 1:35 and Hebrews 10:5).

Mary knew about the promise that foretold: But thou, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting (Micah 5:2).Mary's mind didn't dare leap ahead to contemplate the rest of those words. It was enough for her to know that she was, at this very moment, in Bethlehem (ancestral home of King David, Joseph's forefather) and that her time to give birth was at hand.Mary looked at Joseph, footsore and fatigued from walking alongside the donkey all the way so that she could ride. She knew how blessed she was to have this good and just man as her husband. He had handled the situation so well. He had shown her nothing but love and concern. More than once he had told her, I know, beloved wife, that this child has been conceived in a special way. The angel laid all my fears to rest.Joseph had learned of Mary's pregnancy after she returned from visiting Elizabeth. For six months, they had marveled at the conversations they each had with the angel. It must have been awesome for them, realizing that the Holy Ghost had visited Mary and that the child she carried was a divine original.Oh, Joseph, I can hear Mary saying, He is to be called the Son of God.Yes, Mary, Joseph responded, and His name is to be called JESUS, for He shall save His people from their sins.Did they recall the words of Isaiah? Did they repeat those names? Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel ... For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 7:14, 9:6).Perhaps Mary remembered those conversations as her husband knocked at the innkeeper's door. She was so tired. The journey had been long and hard. But now, at last, they had arrived in Bethlehem.For us, today, a journey to Bethlehem is still not easy. In the hustle and bustle of the season, there are many things to deter us. We've all heard that we should keep Christ in Christmas, but let's be sure that we keep ourselves in Christmas, as well! If we are not careful, we can become so busy with Yuletide activities that we are exhausted before we get to Bethlehem - and miss the real Christmas altogether.

Knock ... knock ... knock!

Joseph knocks at the innkeeper's door. A Baby is about to be born - the most important Baby ever to be born on this earth. Let us in ... let Him in ... out of the cold and darkness of the night. But the Bible tells us there was no room for them in the inn (Luke 2:7).No room! Those are heart-rending words. Would we have said that? Yet, isn't it being said every day? We are all innkeepers, with room for many things, but do we have room for Him? In our lives - shabby stables that they are - He may be cradled, but we must give Him room.Joseph, the rugged carpenter of Nazareth, a just man whose faith transcended his misgivings, enfolded Mary's helplessness in his strong arms as he lifted her off the back of the little donkey. Someone had tapped him on his sagging shoulders and said, There is a place, if your wife won't mind. I know I can fix it and make it clean. It will be quiet there ... and warm.Joseph had ministered to Mary's needs in that weary pilgrimage to Bethlehem; but his husbandly duties had not yet ended. Mary in a stable? The Son of God born in a barn? How his mind must have reeled. Remember, he was very human.

Husband, would you like for your wife to give birth to her firstborn in a stable? What lowly circumstances! The Lord of all heaven and earth was about to make His human presence known in the world - but in a barn? This was not the birthplace Joseph had imagined for JESUS.Barns smell, not just of clean hay, but of animals. Barns are not always sanitary. Oh, the lovely Nativity scenes we see at Christmas do not begin to portray what Joseph and Mary must have experienced in those pre-birth moments, as they contemplated their plight.One wishes we could push back the pages of time and make it different - different, perhaps, like the school Christmas play I heard about.One little boy had been asked to play the role of the innkeeper; it was quite a challenge for him because he was a very excitable child - but his teachers wanted to include him. His parents, teachers and schoolmates were so pleased that he had this opportunity.His were simple lines. When Joseph knocked at the door and asked for a room, he, the innkeeper, would say, There is no room in the inn. Seven words. And that was all.The big night came. Practice performances had gone well. Then came that moment.Knock ... knock ... knock - Joseph knocks at the inn door. With great emotion and convincing reality, Joseph presents his case to the innkeeper. His wife is very pregnant. In fact, the baby is due any moment. Won't the innkeeper please let them in? The little boy who had rehearsed his lines so very carefully, listened patiently, then said the seven words loud and clear: There is no room in the inn.Joseph turned, his shoulders sagging. But before he could leave, the innkeeper opened the door, thrust his head out, and said, loud and clear, Wait ... wait! You can have my room.

It wasn't in the script. Nor was it in the script on that first Christmas. And so it was, that ... she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn (Luke 2:6,7).As we recall this short synopsis of the most beautiful story ever given from God, may your heart be reminded of the importance of remembering, not just the gifts that are to come, the families we are to see, and the loved ones we shall enjoy, but remembering the true message of Christmas - God's love for us. And may we not get so distracted by the many activities of the holiday season that we never even reach Bethlehem.Dr. Van Impe and I are grateful for the opportunity to share the saving message of God's love for the world in these closing days of time. Thank you for your prayers and support.

THERE ARE 2 ELECTS THE CHURCH AND ISRAEL

ISRAEL ON EARTH DURING TRIBULATION 7 YR PEACE TREATY

ISAIAH 42:1
1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

ISAIAH 45:4
4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

ISAIAH 65:9,22
9 And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.
22 They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

ROMANS 11:28
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.

THE CHURCH ELECT

1 PETER 1:2
1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Manhigut Yehudit to Leiter: 100% of Israel - Not 50% December 1, 2008

Weak Israeli leaders create an atmosphere in which terrorists understand that they receive a reward for terror. Whether it is releasing murderers from prison cells, offering Jewish land for the illusion of peace, or persecuting Jewish citizens who cling to their heritage and their holy Land of Israel, a signal is sent out that terror pays and pays big. Yesterday, Yechiel Leiter - the alleged right-winger and former Benjamin Netanyahu campaign manager who is running for the Likud’s Knesset list - made an astounding statement that should be a wake-up call to those who love the Land of Israel. Leiter publicly and unashamedly stated that, If I have to choose between receiving 0% and receiving 50% [of Judea and Samaria], I choose the latter. He added that, if we don't declare our own borders they will be declared for us.

Yechiel Leiter's clear implication is that Israel is not a sovereign nation but just a puppet of the nations of the world.Leiter’s statement comes on top of his own Leiter Plan in which he advocated the destruction of 11 Jewish towns. He added that, We will tear our clothing in mourning [for these towns]. We will sit shiva but the nation will accept it. There will be only 2% who won’t accept it. Ostensibly, Leiter does not include his town among those who he deems eligible to be destroyed.The Jewish Nation has already sat shiva for thousands of Jews who have been murdered as a result of the sin of giving away parts of our G-d-given Land of Israel.David Ben-Gurion said that no Jew has the right to give away any of the Land of Israel. Menachem Begin assured us that by giving away the Sinai we would forever keep all of Judea and Samaria. Yitzhak Rabin only pledged autonomy to the Arabs. Manhigut Yehudit officials ask Yechiel Leiter why it is by his word that the Jewish People should forever give away to our sworn enemies the Land which we have been given by our Creator. We ask by what hubris (and by what logic) does Yechiel Leiter – who touts himself as a religious Jew who has been instrumental in the settlement enterprise – think that he is the one to save Israel by creating a terror state in our biblical heartland.

Leiter's statements that concessions are inevitable further the minority, leftist, suicidal plan to amputate the biblical heartland of Israel. Leiter's words not only are dangerous to Israel’s physical existence, but they also contradict the official Likud Charter which calls for the annexation of all areas of Israel liberated in the 1967 War.The Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Schneerson, a true Torah giant and Jewish leader of this generation, warned of the danger to Jewish lives of negotiating Jewish Land. He also explicitly stated that it is forbidden to cede to a non-Jew, even a tiny strip of the Land of Israel. Unfortunately his warnings continue to be unheeded by most of those leading Israel.Less than 48 hours after two of the Rebbe's emissaries were brutally murdered in India for the sole crime of being Jewish, Yechiel Leiter dishonored their memory by speaking of further concessions.Israel needs new leadership that will cling to its heritage and its land in the example of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and his emissaries. On December 8th, Likud voters can choose such a candidate. No, it is not Yechiel Leiter. It is Moshe Feiglin, who will restore Jewish values and Jewish pride to the state of Israel. He will stay true to the Land of Israel (and to the Likud Charter's statement on the Land), the Jewish People, and our Creator. When Moshe Feiglin enters the government in the party which controls the country, he will do everything in his power to move Israel in this direction. A “belief-based” Knesset Member like Feiglin in the Likud party with clear aspirations for the Prime Minister’s office in the near future will set off a revolution of thought throughout Israel that it is possible (and necessary) for Israel to change course, to survive, and to thrive by clinging to its heritage.

MUSLIM NATIONS

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

ISAIAH 17:1
1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

PSALMS 83:3-7
3 They (ARABS,MUSLIMS) have taken crafty counsel against thy people,(ISRAEL) and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:(TREATIES)
6 The tabernacles of Edom,and the Ishmaelites;(ARABS) of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon,(JORDAN) and Amalek;(SYRIA) the Philistines (PALESTINIANS) with the inhabitants of Tyre;(LEBANON)

EZEKIEL 39:1-8
1 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog,(LEADER OF RUSSIA) and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech (MOSCOW) and Tubal: (TUBOLSK)
2 And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts,(RUSSIA) and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands,( ARABS) and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
6 And I will send a fire on Magog,(NUCLEAR BOMB) and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

JOEL 2:3,20,30-31
3 A fire(NUCLEAR BOMB) devoureth before them;(RUSSIA-ARABS) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
20 But I will remove far off from you the northern army,(RUSSIA,MUSLIMS) and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.(SIBERIAN DESERT)
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(NUCLEAR BOMB)
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Russia test launches ICBM from White Sea, hits Kamchatka target
20:49 | 28/ 11/ 2008

MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti) - The Dmitry Donskoi Typhoon-class strategic nuclear-powered submarine has carried out another test launch of a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile, a Defense Ministry source said on Friday. The Bulava was launched from a submerged position in the White Sea toward a target located at the Kura test site on the Kamchatka Peninsula, the source said. He later said it had successfully engaged its designated target on the Kamchatka Peninsula about 6,700 kilometers (4,200 miles) east of Moscow. The previous test of the Bulava missile was carried out on September 18. Russia is planning to adopt new Bulava missiles for service with the Navy and commission the first Borey-class strategic nuclear submarine in 2009. The Bulava (SS-NX-30), developed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, is designed for deployment on Borey-class Project 955 nuclear-powered submarines. The first submarine in the series, the Yury Dolgoruky, was built at the Sevmash shipyard in the northern Arkhangelsk Region and is currently undergoing sea trials. The submarine has a length of 170 meters (580 feet), a body diameter of around 13 meters (42 feet), and a submerged speed of about 29 knots. It will be equipped with 16 Bulava ballistic missiles, each carrying up to 10 nuclear warheads and having a range of 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles).

Russian PM Putin signs order to build Baltic Pipeline System-2
20:09 | 01/ 12/ 2008

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed an instruction on the design and construction of the second stage of the Baltic Pipeline System, the government said on Monday. The Baltic Pipeline System-2 with an estimated cost of 120-130 billion rubles ($4.3-4.7 billion) will run from western Russia's Bryansk Region to the Leningrad Region port of Ust-Luga with a branch going to the Kirishi oil refinery. According to the document, the project will be funded through a long-term ruble-denominated bond issue by pipeline monopoly Transneft. The bonds will be placed through a private offering among state-controlled financial organizations. The Energy Ministry along with the Ministry of Economic Development, the Regional Development Ministry, the Finance Ministry, the Federal Tariff Service and state-run VEB bank are to develop a model to fund the project within three months after Transneft has submitted a feasibility study. Construction on BPS-2 is to be launched in 2009 and completed two years later. Oil will start to be transported in late 2012 with an initial pumping capacity of up to 30 million metric tons (220 million bbl), which will subsequently be raised to 50 million tons a year (367 million bbl). The Russian premier earlier proposed that foreign partners use BPS-2 and that they buy shares in BPS-2's terminal at Ust-Luga. The first stage of the Baltic Pipeline System, with a capacity of 12 million tons of oil annually and designed to transport oil from both Russia's oil-rich regions and Kazakhstan, was commissioned in 2001. Its current capacity is 75 million tons. The BPS-2 project emerged during an oil dispute between Russia and Belarus in January 2007, when Russia cut off supplies to Europe for four days via the Druzhba pipeline after Belarus refused to let Russian oil pass through the country without payment of a transit duty.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

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)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

Ukraine, Georgia will join NATO when ready: Rice Mon Dec 1, 11:21 am ET

LONDON (AFP) – Ukraine and Georgia will eventually become NATO members, but they have a long road ahead to meet the entry criteria, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday.She was speaking a day before NATO foreign ministers meet in Brussels, where they are likely to back away from offering the two former Soviet states a fast-track process to join the world's biggest military alliance.Rice also defended NATO's suspension of ties with Russia following its brief war in August with Georgia. Moscow strongly opposes the NATO aspirations of both Georgia and Ukraine.Georgia and Ukraine will be members of NATO, Rice said in a joint press conference in London with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who will also attend the Brussels NATO talks.We believe strongly in NATO's open-door policy that states that are prepared for NATO membership and can assume the responsibilities therein should be welcomed into the organisation.But there is a long road ahead for both Georgia and Ukraine to reach those standards. The United States stands resolutely for those standards, meaning that there should be no shortcuts to membership of NATO.No one wants to see a circumstance in which Ukraine and Georgia are shut out, she said.Meanwhile Rice added that Washington is not opposed to the resumption of ties between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and Russia, suspended after Russia's occupation of part of Georgia in August.We have in principle no problem with the resumption of our ties between NATO and Russia. Indeed there have been at lower level the resumption of those discussions.It's simply a matter of what is appropriate, and what was appropriate at a time when clearly Russia's behaviour in Georgia was quite contrary to all of the values and principles on which NATO stands.

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with 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 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, 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, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

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.

Mumbai Massacre: Concessions Fuel Global Terror
December 1, 2008

Last week’s horrific massacre in India claimed the lives of nearly 200 victims including six Israelis brutally murdered. In the aftermath of the attack, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has once again demonstrated that he steadfastly refuses to fight our enemies except by appeasement and has pledged to release another 250 terrorists.In Mumbai, the terrorists specifically targeted the Chabad House and murdered the beautiful Jews Rabbi and Rebbetzin Holtzberg and their four Jewish visitors. The fact that the government in the Jewish homeland releases terrorists as a goodwill gesture only empowers the terrorists and makes citizens of free countries worldwide susceptible.Olmert’s actions clearly create a situation that could precipitate more attacks globally. Olmert, Foreign Minister Livni, Defense Minister Barak and the other Israeli leaders who all claim to be in the mainstream but are really left-wing extremists advocate rewarding terror with further concessions of Jewish land and by releasing murderers. These leaders, who will do anything to cling to power - except clinging to their Jewish heritage - have already demonstrated that their Land for Peace plans only lead to dead and maimed Jews and the loss in the belief of the justness of our cause by Jews in Israel and worldwide. In order to deflect attention from their lack of interest in Israel’s survival, they attempt to portray Likud candidate for Knesset Moshe Feiglin in a negative light. In actuality Feiglin is the only leader in Israel who has a cogent platform that is in tandem with the stated American goal of fighting and defeating terror. Feiglin opposed (and remains opposed to) the Oslo Accords which rewarded evil by reinventing a mass murderer, Yasser Arafat, as a man of peace and giving him huge sections of Israel – free of Jews - in which most of our Jewish holy sites are located. Oslo resulted in thousands murdered throughout Israel, and suicide bombers then made their way next to U.S. soil on 9/11. The United States would never adopt a land for peace platform on its own homeland to appease Al Qaeda. Why should Israel? rmuchnick@manhigut.org The Manhigut Yehudit website is www.jewishisrael.org.

90% OF US BABY FORMULA CONTAMINATED

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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: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

WORLD MARKET RESULTS
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HALF HOUR DOW RESULTS MON DEC 01,2008

09:30 AM -79.34
10:00 AM -349.10
10:30 AM -380.08
11:00 AM -387.96
11:30 AM -403.97
12:00 PM -389.00
12:30 PM -430.10
01:00 PM -451.84
01:30 PM -430.65
02:00 PM -430.34
02:30 PM -441.01
03:00 PM -412.10
03:30 PM -507.75
04:00 PM -679.95 8149.09

S&P 500 816.21 -80.03

NASDAQ 1398.07 -137.50

GOLD 769.8 -48.8

OIL 49.12 -5.25

TSE 300 8406.21 -864.41

CDNX 739.12 -27.23

S&P/TSX/60 507.84 -55.25

MORNING,NEWS,STATS

Dow -223 points at 4 minutes into trading today.
Dow -407 points at low today so far.
Dow -143 points at high today so far.
YEAR TO DATE PERFORMANCE
-Dow -33.44%
-Nasdaq -42.10%
-S&P -38.96%
-Russell 2000 -38.23%
-NYSE Composite -42.51%
-Dow Transports -23.16%
-Dow Utilities -28.22%

European Bank Stocks down 7-10%.
Commodity Stocks down 5-10%.
GE -4% on Citi Analyst report.
Johnson & Johnson buys mentor for $31/share.
Energy stocks weak on OPEC decision to delay supply cut.
ISM Manufacturing 36.2 (NOV) Vs 38.9 (OCT)
Construction spending -12% (OCT) Vs Unchanged (SEPT).

AFTERNOON,NEWS,STATS

Dow -463 points at low so far today.
Dow -143 at high today so far.

WHAT IS THE FED POLICY?
-Is the Fed targeting an interest rate anymore?
-Is Fed funds now an upper limit on rates,rather than a target.
-Will Fed suggest rates will be low for a considerable period?
-Is the Fed going to buy Assets without selling Assets.
SPENDING ESTIMATES (BLACK FRIDAY TALLIES)
-NRF Survey +7%.
-Comscore online Sales +2%.
-Shoppertrk Projection +3%.

All 30 Dow stocks are down so far today.
10 Year yield reaches lowest since JUNE 1955.
Major Averages lower for 1st time in 6 sessions.
Financials among worst performers.
Oil Stocks among worst performers as oil Prices slide.
Latest expansion lasted 73 months,prior expansion lasted 12 0 months.
December 2007 marked the peak of expansion that began in NOV 2001.
National bureau of economic research says recession began in DECEMBER 2007.
Stocks tumble on Economic worries.

WRAPUP,NEWS,STATS

Dow -686 at low today.
Dow -143 at high today.

MARKETS AT CLOSE
-Reality Check:
-Stocks give back half of recent gains.
-Issues:
-Poor Economic stats in US,China.
-Bond Market blowout.
-Commodities decline.

Dow -7.7% today.
Dow -38.6% this year.
Dow near 8150 today.
S&P -8.9% today.
S&P -44.4% this year.
Dow ,S&P break 5 day gain streak.
Nasdaq -9.0% today.
Nasdaq -47.3% this year.
Nasdaq worst day in 2 months.
Nasdaq all 100 shares drop today.
Crude allmost down 10%,back below $50 a barrel.
Citigroup down 22% today.
Bank of America -21% today.
J P Morgan down 18% today.
Stocks worst day since Mid-October.
Volatility Index up 24% today.
1.6 BILLION shares traded today.

PREVIOUS RECESSIONS
-MARCH 2001 - NOVEMBER 2001 8 months.
-JULY 1990 - MARCH 1991 8 Months.
-JULY 1981 - NOVEMBER 1982 16 Months.
-JANUARY 1980 - JULY 1980 6 MONTHS.
-NOVEMBER 1973 - MARCH 1975 16 MONTHS.

Dow drops nearly 680 on consumer spending worries By SARA LEPRO and TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer DEC 1,08

NEW YORK – The reality that the nation is indeed in recession and that the downturn may well be prolonged sent Wall Street plunging Monday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 700 points and wiping out more than half of last week's big gains. All the major indicators fell more than 7 percent, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index down nearly 9 percent.The market spent the day absorbing a litany of bad news that convinced investors that the optimism that fed a 1,276-point gain over five sessions was premature. Stocks first slid on initial reports that the first weekend of the holiday shopping season, while better than some retailers and analysts feared, saw only modest gains. That had Wall Street worried that the rest of the season would be disastrous, a troubling possibility not only for retailers but for an economy that is dependent on consumer spending for its growth.According to figures released by ShopperTrak RCT, a research firm that tracks total retail sales at more than 50,000 outlets, sales over Friday and Saturday rose just 1.9 percent.Meanwhile, downbeat economic reports on the manufacturing sector and construction spending only added to investors' concerns. Speeches from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson also did little to assuage investors about the downturn.The day's news reminded investors, who last week were buying on a burst of optimism, that the economy is still in serious trouble. Then, at midday, Wall Street got confirmation of what everyone has suspected for months, that the nation is indeed in a recession. The National Bureau of Economic Research, considered the arbiter of when the economy is in recession or expanding, said the U.S. recession had begun a year ago, in December 2007.

That assessment made the retail sales figures all the more unnerving.Unfortunately, two-thirds of the American economy is based on the spending of the American consumer, said Mike Stanfield, chief executive of VSR Financial Services. When the consumer pulls back, it's very hard for the economy to gain much traction.Investors had been hopeful that last week's rally — when the major indexes shot up by double digit percentages — was a sign that some stability had returned to a market badly shaken by months of discouraging economic data. But analysts expect economic concerns to weigh on the market for some time to come.Everyone knows the recession is on us, the question is now will it be short and shallow or long and severe, Stanfield said.Chuck Widger, chief executive of investment management firm Brinker Capital, expects the volatility to continue until investors have better visibility on the future.Investors are looking for better data on the economy, he said. We've got baked in pretty nasty assumptions for the economy this quarter. The markets are looking ahead to the first quarter for data that will confirm or deny the bad news.

According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 679.95, or 7.70 percent, to 8,149.09. The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 80.03, or 8.93 percent, to 816.21, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 137.50, or 8.95 percent, to 1,398.07.Only 218 stocks were in positive territory on the New York Stock Exchange with 2,693 declining. Volume came to 1.62 billion shares.The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 56.07, or 11.85 percent, to 417.07.Bond prices rose. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 2.76 percent from 2.92 percent Friday. The yield on the three-month T-bill, considered one of the safest investments and an indicator of investor sentiment, slipped to 0.02 percent from 0.05 percent Friday. The lower the yield, the more anxious investors tend to be.The market received no relief after a pair of speeches from Paulson and Bernanke about the economy.Paulson said the administration is looking for more ways to tap a $700 billion financial rescue program and will consult with Congress and the incoming Obama administration. The program has distributed $150 billion out of the $250 billion earmarked to buy stock in banks as a way to boost their resources so they can lend more.He said the administration is looking at other ways to utilize the rescue package, including alternatives for providing capital to financial institutions. Meanwhile, Bernanke said in another speech Monday that further interest rate cuts are certainly feasible, but he warned there are limits to how much such action would revive the economy. The central bank's key interest rate now stands at 1 percent, a level seen only once before in the last half-century. Many economists predict policymakers will drop the rate again at their next meeting on Dec. 15-16. And, there have certainly been enough weak economic news to compel the Fed to make another cut. There was no shortage of disappointing economic news on Monday. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives, said its index of manufacturing activity fell to a 26-year low in November. Meanwhile, the Commerce Department said construction spending fell by a larger-than-expected amount in October. Stanfield also said investors have lost some confidence in recent moves by the government to bolster the financial system. The financials are still lagging, which in my opinion shows a lack of confidence in (Treasury Secretary) Paulson and the undertaking of the Fed and the Treasury, he said. Analysts say investors have been frustrated by the government's change in strategy as it implements its $700 billion financial bailout program; the Treasury originally said it would buy soured mortgage debt from banks, then decided to buy stock in the banks. Last week, with the rescue of Citigroup Inc., the government again said it was buying the bank's failed debt. The government injected a fresh $20 billion into the banking giant and said it would guarantee up to $306 billion of the bank's risky assets. Banking stocks were among the biggest sectors pulling the overall market down on Monday. Citigroup tumbled $1.84, or 22.2 percent, to $6.45. Morgan Stanley shares dropped $3.40, or 23.1 percent, to $11.35. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. fell $13.23, or 16.7 percent, to $65.76. Retailers were among the day's poorest performers. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell $2.87, or 5.1 percent, to $53.01, while JCPenney Co. tumbled $2.44, or 12.8 percent, to $16.55. Light, sweet crude dropped $5.15 to settle at $49.28 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange after OPEC decided not to cut production at an informal meeting in Cairo on Saturday. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which accounts for about 40 percent of global supply, reduced output quotas in October by 1.5 million barrels a day. The dollar fell against other major currencies. Gold prices also fell. Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 1.35 percent. At the close, Britain's FTSE 100 was down 5.19 percent, Germany's DAX index was down 5.88 percent, and France's CAC-40 was down 5.59 percent. On the Net: New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com Nasdaq Stock Market: http://www.nasdaq.com

Britain closer to euro, Barroso says
LUCIA KUBOSOVA Today DEC 1,08 @ 09:26 CET

The global credit crunch has sparked a debate about joining the euro among people who matter in Britain,European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said.

Speaking on a French RTL radio and LCI television show on Sunday (30 November), Mr Barroso argued that the entry to the eurozone of some EU member states who had previously strongly opposed the move is now closer than ever before.I'm not going to break the confidentiality of certain conversations, but some British politicians have already told me, If we had the euro, we would have been better off, he said. I don't mean to say that it will be tomorrow and I know that the majority in Britain are still opposed, but there is a period of consideration under way and the people who matter in Britain are currently thinking about it, the former Portuguese prime minister added.Apart from the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007, the UK is one of three western European member states - along with Sweden and Denmark - that have abstained from joining the common currency, partly due to the views of the current British prime minister Gordon Brown.Despite the Labour party promising to adopt the euro ahead of its election in 1997, current leader and former finance minister Gordon Brown has historically resisted such calls, arguing that the British economy was not ready. He has over the years presented several reports describing how the scrapping of the pound would harm employment and investment in the country's jobs and investment.But according to the head of the EU's executive, the financial crisis has now changed the argument. The pound has suffered from problems in both the financial sector and the real economy, with 2 million jobs in the UK expected to go by the end of this year.A Downing Street spokesperson played down suggestions by Mr Barroso however, saying: We have no comment on this. Our position on the euro is the same - it has not changed, BBC reported.

Iceland considering unilateral euro adoption

A similar debate to that in Britain is a step further in Denmark, with government officials actively explaining to the public the country's cost in not being part of the eurozone, Mr Barroso suggested. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said last month that he would try to achieve a broad public consensus on holding a referendum on the euro,, which analysts expect in March or April next year. Meanwhile, Iceland is considering switching to the euro even without a green light from EU institutions and despite their warnings against such a unilateral move.

People are looking into the possibility of [something similar to] dollarisation, or unilateral adoption of the euro, which would probably raise a lot of eyebrows in the European Union, Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde said in an interview on Saturday (29 November), Reuters reported.Mr Haarde said that the issue is an open question at the moment, while noting that the process of joining the EU and the common currency according to the normal procedures and guidelines would take two to three years.Clearly, this debate is not the answer to the current crisis, he said. Until now, the prime minister's Independence Party has been sceptical about EU membership.For its part, the European Commission has warned Reykjavik it cannot adopt the euro without joining the 27-strong Union.The eurozone currently consists of 15 member states, with Slovakia set to join on 1 January 2009.

Manufacturing index drops to 26-year low By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer DEC 1,08

WASHINGTON – A measure of U.S. manufacturing activity fell to a 26-year low in November as new orders dropped for the twelfth consecutive month, a trade group said Monday.The Institute for Supply Management's monthly index of manufacturing activity fell to 36.2 from October's 38.9. The reading is worse than Wall Street economists' expectations of 38.4, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters. A figure below 50 indicates the sector is contracting.The November reading is the lowest since May 1982, the ISM said, when the economy was in the midst of a painful recession.The report indicates a continuing rapid rate of contraction in manufacturing, said Norbert Ore, chairman of the ISM's survey committee.The survey's new orders index fell to 27.9 from 32.2, the report said, its lowest level since June 1980. The production index fell to 31.5 from 34.6, its third straight month of decline.Manufacturing employers continue to cut jobs, the survey found. The employment index fell to 34.2 from 34.6, its fourth straight drop.Manufacturers have been hit hard by the housing slump and financial crisis, which have led to cutbacks in business and consumer spending.

Deere & Co., which makes agriculture and construction machinery, has seen its profit fall amid the economic downturn. The Moline, Ill.-based company said last week that its fourth-quarter earnings fell 18 percent and it forecast that profit will drop by 7 percent in 2009.

Economy rebounds, but recession seen By Louise Egan DEC 1,08

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's economy grew at a faster clip than expected in the third quarter, just before the global financial crisis intensified, as a rebound in goods-producing industries offset weak exports and consumer spending.Statistics Canada said on Monday that Canada's gross domestic product expanded 1.3 percent on an annualized basis in the third quarter, beating the market forecast of 1.1 percent growth, after stagnating in the first half of the year.That compares with a U.S. economic contraction of 0.5 percent in the same period.It was a bit better than the market was looking for and pretty close to what we were expecting, so it was a decent third quarter, but I guess it's ancient history given the developments since then, said Craig Wright, chief economist at Royal Bank of Canada.The upbeat numbers come as Prime Minister Stephen Harper faces a serious political crisis over his management of the economy. The three opposition parties have struck a tentative deal to defeat his minority government on December 8 and form a coalition government. They accuse him of not acting quickly enough to inject stimulus into the economy or to aid the auto sector.Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is now forecasting a recession in Canada and expects the economy to contract in the fourth quarter and first quarter of next year.That recession, not the healthy third-quarter growth, is likely to be the focus of the Bank of Canada as it prepares for a December 9 interest rate decision. Markets have priced in a 62 percent chance of a 50 basis-point rate cut next week.The Canadian dollar shrugged off the now-outdated third-quarter report and remained unchanged at C$1.2465 to the U.S. dollar, or 80.22 U.S. cents.

BAD NEWS LOOMING

The world financial crisis intensified in mid-September, the final month of the third quarter, after the bankruptcy of the U.S. investment bank Lehman Bros Holding Inc.We're certainly worried about what's looming through the windshield, said Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.Guatieri expects a 2 percent contraction in the fourth quarter, and said the signs of that slowdown were hidden in the details of the third-quarter report.It doesn't give you much confidence when the two biggest contributors to the growth in that quarter were a buildup in inventories and a big decline in imports, he said.Most of the third-quarter strength was concentrated in July, Statscan said. The economy grew 0.1 percent in September.

Overall in the quarter, exports declined for the fifth straight quarter and consumer spending grew at its weakest pace in almost five years.Imports declined 1.6 percent and businesses accumulated inventories, especially in the auto sector, as consumers curtailed their spending.However, industries boosted their output of goods in the quarter after four straight quarters of declines. Oil and gas extraction activities led the gain, while construction and manufacturing also expanded.(Additional reporting by Toronto Treasury desk; editing by Peter Galloway)

European socialists adopt 2009 manifesto
VALENTINA POP Today DEC 1,08 @ 15:01 CET

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – European Socialists (PES) have opted for a green discourse in the run up to the 2009 EU elections, when they aim win more votes than the conservative European People's Party (EPP), the party's manifesto has revealed.

Relaunching the European economy by focusing on smart green growth plays a central role in the PES manifesto, People First, adopted at a party council meeting in Madrid on Monday (1 December).We propose a European strategy for smart green growth and jobs that will create 10 million new jobs by 2020 – with two million in the renewable energies sector alone – and help make Europe a world leader in innovation, new green technologies and products, the manifesto reads.Concrete proposals included a more competitive and affordable high-speed rail network between major European cities and regions, as well as an integrated airspace to shorten flying times and making maritime and inland waterway transport cleaner, more efficient and safer for workers and passengers.One new job creating sector, in the PES view, could be the insulation of buildings as part of EU's energy efficiency strategy. We propose active co-operation between the EU, governments, regional and local authorities to help people cope with rising fuel prices by reducing their energy consumption, funding energy efficiency improvements in homes, and ensuring that energy companies' pricing and customer policies are fair and responsible, the document reads.The Socialists also call for an European initiative to expand energy and broadband infrastructure for the purposes of economic modernisation and for EU support from the globalisation fund for businesses who anticipate changes caused by climate change and technological shifts, by helping workers retrain if they lose their jobs as a result of these changes. The European budget should be refocused on smart green growth and meeting future challenges. Because it is a budget of solidarity, it should serve to improve living standards and foster social cohesion and growth throughout Europe as well as supporting convergence of the least-developed EU regions, not least in the new member states, the Socialists said.

Obama-style campaigning against the EPP

Echoing the US Democratic campaign, in which the now president-elect Barack Obama used change as his key messag, the European Socialists also want to portray themselves as a force for change, and denounce the conservative leadership that has dominated EU institutions and national governments over the past five years.The PES formed the largest group in the European Parliament from 1994-1999, but has since fallen behind the center-right EPP, which currently holds 215 seats compared to the EPP's 285.Conservatives have pursued a policy of blind faith in the market and we are now seeing the damage that badly regulated markets can do. But we know we can do something about this. We can relaunch Europe's economy, the socialists said, promising to work for a fairer, safer and greener Europe.PES also took on the EPP rivals for having played on the fear factor in terms of migration policies, instead of offering humane answers to the challenges of legal and illegal immigration.

Climate change will also provoke new migration from the poorest affected regions, which we must address, the Socialists note, saying asylum is a fundamental human right that requires a fair and firm system.The PES supports the free movement of labour, as long as it does not lead to a brain drain from less prosperous regions and reduced social standards or wage cuts designed to give one member state a competitive advantage over others at the expense of workers.

Abolish tax havens

In terms of responding to the current financial and economic crisis, the Socialists propose comprehensive regulation of all financial players, new standards for transparency and disclosure as well as rigorous capital requirements and limits on excessive borrowing and bad loans. Limits are also needed on top executive pay and bonuses, notably so that earnings reflect losses as well as profits. New rules are needed to prevent conflicts of interest,the manifesto reads.We propose to put an end to tax havens, tax avoidance scams and tax evasion, and step up the fight against money laundering in the European Union and globally so that all market actors pay their fair share of tax to the countries in which they operate.The PES also called for an improved European system of supervision by imposing obligations to disclose asset and regulatory structures and to inform investors about risks, the limitation of excess debt financing and restrictions on investments.

DION WILL LEAD THE OVER THROW OF THE CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT TO LEAD THE 3 PARTY GOVERNMENT.

DION WILL BE PRESIDENT
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Leadership candidates agree to Dion as PM
Updated Mon. Dec. 1 2008 2:02 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff

The three main contenders to replace Liberal Leader Stephane Dion announced on Monday their unanimous agreement that Dion should lead a coalition with the NDP and serve as interim prime minister if the government is brought down. Speaking outside of the Liberal caucus meeting, Dominic LeBlanc, standing shoulder to shoulder with Bob Rae and Michael Ignatieff, said they all back the deal forged with the NDP. The accord that was presented to us received unanimous support and the other issue which is very important is we decided the only person and the best person to lead and form a coalition government is the elected leader of our party, the leader of the opposition Stephane Dion, LeBlanc said. Ignatieff echoed his words, saying the coalition deal is economically responsible, preserves Liberal ideals and upholds Dion as party leader until May, when a leadership convention will be held. We are at one, the three of us, that the only person who can lead the party is the duly elected leader of the party Mr. Stephane Dion, Ignatieff said. Rae described the meeting as historic, positive, upbeat and moving. Earlier Monday the candidates met with Dion, who presented them with the draft agreement that has been negotiated with the New Democrats and the Bloc Quebecois, who would support the coalition from outside of government. They agreed that the terms were good, and they went to the Liberal caucus, where we are told they unanimously said they support Mr. Dion in being the leader, said CTV's Mike Duffy. The current political storm erupted last week after Finance Minister Jim Flaherty unveiled his economic update -- a blueprint that contained no stimulus package, temporarily shut down public servants' ability to strike and outlined plans to slash public funding for political parties. As a confidence motion the fiscal update must pass in the House of Commons or the government would fall. Almost immediately after Flaherty's announcement, opposition parties began meeting to discuss forming a coalition. Details have been in the finalization process over the weekend and on Monday as party members worked to hammer out an agreement to topple the Conservatives.

Economic guidance

CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife reported earlier Monday that a high-profile, four-person economic panel would guide a Liberal-NDP coalition government on finance matters. The group would comprise Frank McKenna, Paul Martin, John Manley and Roy Romanow. This is a way to assure Canadians the economy would be managed properly, Fife told CTV Newsnet. The panel of wise men would help the new government navigate the current global economic turbulence, he said. The list includes three Liberals and one New Democrat, though none currently hold elected office. McKenna is a former Liberal premier of New Brunswick and ambassador to the U.S., Martin is a former Liberal finance minister and prime minister, Manley is a former Liberal finance minister and foreign affairs minister, and Romanow is a former New Democrat premier of Saskatchewan. Fife reported earlier Monday that the cabinet formed under the coalition would include both Liberal and NDP ministers. The Liberals would take 18 cabinet seats, while the NDP would get six. Fife also reported that the coalition government would introduce a $30-billion economic stimulus package and roll back $50 billion in planned corporate tax cuts. He said that an adviser to NDP Leader Jack Layton informed the party caucus of the plans on Sunday. The conversation was taped by Conservatives.

Tape suggests dissension

The tape also reveals some dissension among New Democrats on the notion of forming a coalition. MP Charlie Angus can be heard saying that NDP efforts to win over the Liberals, rather than the public, are insane and disastrous.Layton then responds by saying that in order to win over the Liberals, the NDP needs to create public support and that it's the Liberals that have all the nervousness and could screw this up.Layton goes on to call the current situation a game of chicken. If it doesn't result in a coalition, Layton says, there are only two other options: either the NDP will have to help support the Conservatives, or there will be another election, less than two months after Canadians went to the polls. And that's the game of chicken that we're trying to get out of, by a much more hopeful alternative, Layton says. New Democrat MP Peter Julian also weighs in on the tape, saying the party must be prepared to drop the deal if it starts to go south. If we don't think this is going to be solid, if we don't think we're going to be able to attain our objectives, the cost of walking away is far, far smaller than the ultimate cost in the long term, Julian says.

Power grab

Conservative Transport Minister John Baird slammed the opposition's moves as nothing more than a back-door power grab. I think this is all about the opposition wanting to take power without an election, Baird told Canada AM. They don't want to earn the right to govern they just want to take it.He said it is insane that the Liberal party, which received its poorest showing since Confederation in the last election, could end up in government. He said the Conservatives wanted to lead by example with their plan to cut political party funding, and are disappointed with the opposition parties for not following suit.

Liberal-NDP officials meet to resolve coalition snags
By The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The NDP and Liberals are meeting this morning to remove obstacles to a broad agreement on a pact that could topple the Conservative government and install Canada's first coalition government in 91 years. Sources say the two parties have already drafted a blueprint that would see them jointly govern until mid-June 2011, but they would need support from the Bloc Quebecois and the separatist party is not prepared to give them so long a lease on life. Just who leads the Liberal party and the coalition remains far from resolved. Stephane Dion has overseen the negotiations, but he was rejected by voters six weeks ago and has said he will step down after the party chooses a new leader in May. Sources close to Liberal MP and presumed frontrunner Michael Ignatieff say he wants little to do with an agreement he did not oversee that may handcuff him for years if he is elected leader. The Conservatives' frantic efforts to scupper their defeat will include a further release of secretly recorded conversations from a weekend NDP caucus meeting that outlines their wish-list in any coalition government.

90 Percent of U.S. Infant Formula May Be Contaminated with Melamine; FDA Abruptly Declares Chemical Safe for Babies Saturday, November 29, 2008 by: Mike Adams, NaturalNews Editor Key concepts: Melamine, Infant formula and The FDA

(NaturalNews) Up to 90 percent of the infant formula sold in the United States may be contaminated with trace amounts of melamine, the toxic chemical linked to kidney damage, according to recent tests. The FDA's test results, which the agency hid from the public and only released after the Associated Press filed a Freedom of Information Act request, showed that Nestle, Mead Johnson and Enfamil infant formula products were all contaminated with melamine.The AP is also reporting that Abbott Laboratories conducted its own in-house tests that detected trace levels of melamine in its formula products. Together, these infant formula manufacturers make about 90 percent of the infant formula sold in the United States.Prior to these test results being made public, the FDA had published a document on its website that explained there was no safe level of melamine contamination in infant formula. Specifically, the FDA stated, FDA is currently unable to establish any level of melamine and melamine-related compounds in infant formula that does not raise public health concerns.Once tests found melamine in U.S.-made formula products, however, the FDA changed its story. As of today, the FDA has now officially declared melamine to be safe in infant formula as long as the contamination level is less than one part per million (1 ppm).Astonishingly: The FDA has no new science to justify its abrupt decision declaring melamine to be safe!

Protecting Big Business instead of American babies
Rather than being based on science, the FDA's decision appears to be based entirely on creating cover for U.S. infant formula manufacturers whose products were found to be contaminated with melamine. The acceptable level of contamination (1 ppm) is conveniently just above the levels found in U.S. infant formula products, thus placing U.S. infant formula in the safe contamination level category.And yet the FDA has conducted no safety testing whatsoever to determine whether 1ppm of melamine is safe for infants to consume. There is no science involved in this decision whatsoever. Rather than this decision being based on science, the FDA is once again resorting to politically-motivated decisions that seek to protect the profits of Big Business rather than the safety of infants and children.Recall that the FDA also recently declared Bisphenol-A to be safe for infants to consume, even while countries like Canada banned the chemical from baby bottles. The FDA, it seems has never met a corporate-sponsored chemical it didn't like.

Where did the melamine come from?
Laughingly, the FDA claims the 1ppm of melamine in U.S. infant formula must have come from the manufacturing machines or food packaging equipment. And yet the AP is reporting that the expected level of melamine contamination from manufacturing equipment is only 15 ppb (parts per billion).But the FDA's own tests on Mead Johnson infant formula reveal it to contain 245 ppb, or 1600% more than what would be expected to exists due to melamine contamination from manufacturing equipment.

There are two really important questions that any intelligent consumer should be asking about all this:Question #1) If the manufacturing and packaging equipment is contaminated with melamine, does this mean that ALL food products containing milk protein are similarly contaminated? The same companies that make infant formula also make Slim Fast, Ensure and Boost -- all are milk protein-based meal replacement products containing many of the same ingredients as infant formula. Are they contaminated with melamine, too? Question #2) If manufacturing and packaging machinery should only result in melamine contamination levels of 15 ppb, and yet 245 ppb were found in the infant formula, then where did all the extra melamine come from? The FDA has no explanation for this and seems to hope people will forget to ask.

Two theories of melamine contamination
I offer two theories to explain the melamine contamination of these products. Obviously, the contamination could not be caused by the manufacturing and packaging of the product, because the melamine levels already found in U.S. infant formula products greatly exceed the expected levels from such manufacturing and packaging. The following two theories may explain the additional levels of detected melamine.

Theory #1: The infant formula is adulterated with melamine

This is what happened in China: Infant formula manufacturers added melamine to their milk protein to bulk up the product without adding much cost (melamine is much cheaper than milk protein). Because melamine's chemical profile is strikingly similar to milk protein, it can often fool simple protein analysis tests and appear to be legitimate.If infant formula products use any milk protein from China, it could very easily have been adulterated with melamine. However, this is just a theory, and NaturalNews has no evidence that U.S. infant formula manufacturers actually used milk protein from China. Thus, we do not believe Theory #1 to be correct. Theory #2, below, seems more likely.

Theory #2: U.S. dairy operations are using animal feed contaminated with melamine

Because melamine is passed through cow's milk, the contamination of U.S. dairy cows with melamine through their feed could result in high melamine concentrations in the resulting milk proteins.China has already admitted that melamine has been detected in alarming quantities in animal feed there, and tests have already shown chickens to be contaminated with the chemical. The question today is this: Do U.S. dairy farms use animal feed containing ingredients imported from China? If so, then we may have a problem here that's much, much bigger than infant formula. We may have a dairy industry that's producing melamine-contaminated milk, which could mean that virtually all milk, yoghurt, butter and cheese produced in the U.S. might be contaminated with some level of melamine.Again, NaturalNews has no proof that this is the situation, but the melamine must have come from somewhere. It didn't just spontaneously generate in the infant formula as the FDA would seemingly want us to believe. If the milk proteins in infant formula are contaminated with melamine, then it stands to reason that the milk proteins used throughout the food supply may also be contaminated.

We may, indeed, be looking at an industry-wide problem here. Powdered milk, meal replacement products and even milk protein drinks may all be contaminated with melamine at levels similar to the infant formula products.Because you have to follow the logic here: Either the infant formula manufacturers ADDED melamine to their products (highly unlikely), or the entire milk product industry has a melamine problem.You can't logically conclude that these infant formula manufacturers somehow got all the melamine-contaminated milk proteins but everybody else got melamine-free milk proteins. Milk proteins are a commodity in the food industry, and milk from thousands of different cows can all be mixed together in a single pound of milk protein. What could be happening here is that one dairy farm may have highly-contaminated cows because it used cheap feed fillers from China.At this point, this is all just a theory, but it's a theory that makes sense. It makes a lot more sense than the FDA's theory that there's no problem and babies should just keep drinking melamine (and Bisphenol-A, for that matter...) and the press should stop asking questions.

Secret tests and public lies
There's no doubt that these infant formula manufacturers are pursuing the very same contamination theories I'm describing here. They're probably scrambling to test their milk protein sources, trying to figure out where all the extra melamine is coming from.As usual, they'll try to keep the test results secret, preventing this from exploding into a much larger public health issue. The FDA, for its part, will continue to conduct any actual science in secret, preventing the public from knowing the tests results unless it is sued by organizations like the AP.That's assuming the FDA conducts any science at all, because now the FDA believes it can declare contaminants to be safe at a level it just invents on the spot, without conducting any science whatsoever. The FDA is playing Wheel of Fortune with public safety (http://www.naturalnews.com/023681.html), and it's relying on guessing games - rather than actual science - to declare safety levels of chemicals it doesn't even understand.The upshot of all this is really quite simple: People who feed their babies manufactured, mainstream infant formula products are fools! If there was ever a reason to breastfeed your baby, this is it. And if you're looking for truly safe infant formula products, go with natural brands such as Genesis Organics Goat Milk Formula (www.GenesisOrganics.com) or other natural brands that don't use cheap cow's milk proteins.After all, it's quite clear at this point that the FDA doesn't care about your baby's health. You're the only one who can protect your baby from melamine. The FDA flat out refuses to do so. In fact, it's doing the opposite by declaring melamine to be safe!So stop buying conventional infant formula products and start feeding your baby what it was meant to consume: Human breast milk from a healthy, well-nourished mom who eats lots of omega-3 oils and superfoods.That's the best infant formula in the world. And by the way, human babies shouldn't be drinking bovine milk in the first place. The whole infant formula industry was a scam long before melamine came along. Now it's a contaminated scam.

Militants have power to start regional war: Zardari
By Rina Chandran DEC 1,08

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has appealed to India not to punish his country for last week's attacks in Mumbai, saying militants have the power to precipitate a war in the region, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
Zardari, whose wife Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by Islamist militants last year, warned that provocation by rogue non-state actors posed the danger of a return to war between the nuclear-armed neighbors.Even if the militants are linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba, who do you think we are fighting? asked Zardari in an interview with the Financial Times.We live in troubled times where non-state actors have taken us to war before, whether it is the case of those who perpetrated (the) 9/11 (attacks on the United States) or contributed to the escalation of the situation in Iraq, said Zardari.Now, events in Mumbai tell us that there are ongoing efforts to carry out copycat attacks by militants. We must all stand together to fight out this menace.

The Mumbai assaults that killed nearly 200 people bore the hallmarks of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based group blamed for previous attacks in India.Indian officials have said most, perhaps all, of the 10 Islamist attackers who held Mumbai hostage with frenzied attacks using assault rifles and grenades came from Pakistan, a Muslim nation carved out of Hindu-majority India in 1947.The fallout from the three-day rampage in Mumbai, India's commercial center, has threatened to unravel India's improving ties with Pakistan and prompted the resignation of India's security minister.

RICE VISIT

The White House said on Sunday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would travel to India on Wednesday, as analysts warned the United States could get ensnared in the row and it may prove to be a setback in the war on Islamic radicals on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.Secretary Rice's visit to India is a further demonstration of the United States' commitment to stand in solidarity with the people of India as we all work together to hold these extremists accountable," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said in a statement.Rice will arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday after attending a NATO meeting in London on Tuesday.New Delhi has said it was raising security to a war level and had no doubt of a Pakistani link to the attacks, which unleashed anger at home over the intelligence failure and the delayed response to the violence that paralyzed India's financial capital.Officials in Islamabad have warned any escalation would force it to divert troops to the Indian border and away from a U.S.-led anti-militant campaign on the Afghan frontier.

Zardari has vowed to crack down if given proof.

But security officials in Islamabad said Pakistan would move troops from its western border with Afghanistan, where forces are battling al Qaeda and Taliban fighters as part of the U.S.-led campaign against militancy, to the Indian border if tension escalated.It's part of the usual blackmail of the United States that Pakistan does to take more interest in India-Pakistan issues, said B. Raman, a former head of Indian intelligence agency RAW.They think this kind of argument will make the United States sit up and take notice of their sensitivities and do something about it, he added, referring to warming ties between Washington and New Delhi, including a nuclear accord.Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Sunday he would boost and overhaul the nation's counterterrorism capabilities, an announcement which came after Federal Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigned over the attacks.(Reporting by New Delhi, Mumbai and Islamabad bureau; Writing by Jeremy Laurence; Editing by Jerry Norton)

GLOBAL JIHAD Murdered rabbi foresaw Mumbai attacks,Jewish leader banned photos of his building, believing terrorists were seeking intel November 30, 2008
5:12 pm Eastern By Aaron Klein 2008 WorldNetDaily

Mumbai's Chabad House

JERUSALEM – A rabbi killed in last week's coordinated terrorist raids in India was so fearful his Jewish outreach center would be attacked he forbade media photographers from snapping pictures inside the building, believing terrorists were seeking information on the building's layout. [Rabbi Holtzberg] constantly spoke of his fear of a terrorist attack in the Chabad House, said Meie Alfasi, a photographer for Shterum.org, a news website affiliated with the Chabad Lubavitch Jewish outreach movement. Once I wanted to bring a Reuters photographer to document the Chabad House activities, but he was adamantly against the idea, said Alfasi. He said that he was afraid of pictures, afraid of photographers and afraid of unnecessary public exposure that could harm the Chabad House that is located in a very sensitive area, said Alfasi, who spent time a few months ago India, staying for a few days at the home of the Holtzbergs. Gavriel Holtzberg, his wife, Rivka, and three other Israelis, as well as a Jews from the U.S. and Mexico, were killed after terrorists stormed Nariman House, a building in the heart of Mumbai's tourist center where the Chabad headquarters is located. The Holtzbergs had duel U.S. and Israeli citizenship. It was not immediately clear whether the Jews were killed by terrorists or during an ensuing raid on the Chabad house by Indian security forces. A top Chabad official, speaking to WND on condition of anonymity, said he believes the Indian forces were not competent. The official was in close coordination during last week's drama with Indian officials as well as Israel's foreign ministry and the FBI.

Levi Shemtov, executive director of Chabad in Washington, D.C., told Israel's Army Radio yesterday he talked several times by phone with one of the terrorists holed up inside Nariman House. He said a terrorist answered Holzberg's cell phone and claimed the hostages inside were all alive. I tried and tried and tried, and in the end someone answered and said, hello, Shemtov said. Shemtov explained the man who answered said he was an Urdu speaker, so Shemtov found an Urdu translator and dialed again. The man who answered sounded very calm and said his name was Imran.He didn't want to tell me what he wanted. He said the rabbi was OK, everyone was OK, that if they did what he wanted he would free them, Shemtov said. Shemtov said the terrorist wanted to speak to the Indian government. He said he asked the man not to hurt the hostages and promised to help him get in touch with Indian officials. I asked if we could hear the voice of the rabbi, or someone who was alive there, and we only heard the voice of one woman screaming in English, please help immediately, he said. I asked him to pass the phone to the rabbi. He said, You've already asked for too much.

Eventually, Shemtov said, the assailant said the cell phone battery was dying and hung up. During the initial attack, the Chabad center's cook, Sandra Samuel, managed to escape with the Holtzberg's 1-year-old son, Moshe. I took the child, I just grabbed the baby and ran out, said Samuel. She said that the rabbi and his wife, along with two other unidentified guests, were alive but were unconscious.

Chabad house targeted

Israeli security officials piecing together the events of last week confirmed that information indicated the Chabad house was specifically targeted in the attack amid reports terrorists may have even stayed at Nariman House to scope out the Jewish facilities. Yesterday, the Times of India reported Amir Kasab, 21, the only terrorist captured by Indian authorities following the Mumbai attacks, told interrogators during questioning that he and his men were sent specifically to kill Israelis, claiming they were committing revenge attacks for atrocities against Palestinians. One security source told the Times that Kasab's colleagues killed in the operation had stayed at the Nariman House in the past. They have stayed in Nariman house on rental basis identifying themselves as Malaysian students, said a source. Police were trying to determine why Nariman House rooms were given to non-Jews, the Times of India reported. The report claimed that Kasab also revealed during questioning names and addresses of at least five people living in India who provided assistance to the terrorists in carrying out the attacks. Joint Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria told the Times of India, We suspect there could be local assistants, but it is subject to verification. It will be very premature to comment on this at this stage, as our investigation is going on.Meanwhile, Indian newspapers reacted harshly to criticism from Israeli defense officials regarding the manner in which Indian forces raided the Chabad house and other terrorist targets throughout Mumbai, including luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals, a cinema and a crowded train station. Israeli and international media quoted Israeli security officials stating the Indian raid operations were premature and were carried out before collecting enough intelligence on the terrorists and hostages inside. The Israeli criticism was carried prominently by the Indian media. Israel's Haaretz newspaper yesterday quoted Indian newspapers reacting angrily to the Israeli criticisms, claiming Israel has a bad record in other hostage-rescue operations, aside from a successful 1978 operation in which Israeli forces saved Jewish hostages held at an airport in Entebbe. India's 60-hour terror rampage began last Wednesday night and ended Saturday when commandos killed the last three gunmen holed inside a luxury hotel. The official death count stood at 195, but is likely to rise after security forces complete a search of rooms at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. The assaults are being described by local media as Mumbai's 9/11.In addition to the Chabad center and several five-star hotels, terrorists reportedly armed with assault rifles, hand grenades and explosives attacked a popular cafe packed with tourists, a local Metro Cinema, a crowded train station and a hospital. In one case, a police van was stolen and gunmen opened fire in the street indiscriminately. The terrorists reportedly arrived at India's financial and tourist capital by boat before fanning out to launch the series of bloody attacks.

WW3 THE 3 WAVES THAT MARCH TO ISRAEL

DANIEL 11:40-45
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south( EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) and the king of the north (RUSSIA AND MUSLIM HORDES OF EZEK 38+39) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.(JORDAN)
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA 2ND WAVE OF WW3) 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)
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

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

The Third and Final Wave of WW3 is when all Nations march to Jerusalem, but JESUS bodily returns to earth and destroys them,sets up his KINGDOM OF RULE FOR 1000 YEARS THEN FOREVER.

2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL

REVELATION 16:12
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THIS IS THE ATATURK DAM IN TURKEY,THEY CROSS OVER).

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 angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(IRAQ-SYRIA)
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)

EU-China relations continue to fray
PHILIPPA RUNNER Today DEC 1,08 @ 09:29 CET

EU relations with China continued to deteriorate over the weekend, as EU leaders criticised Beijing for cancelling Monday's (1 December) summit and for executing Austrian-educated scientist Wo Weihan on spy charges.We know that China is extremely sensitive when it comes to Tibet and relations with the Dalai Lama. But frankly there was no reason for this decision [to cancel the summit], European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso said on France's RTL radio on Sunday.He [the Dalai Lama] has the right to meet whoever he wants.The remarks come after China last week called off the 11th EU-China summit in protest at French President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to meet the Dalai Lama while in Poland on Saturday. The Dalai Lama - a leading advocate of autonomy for Tibet, which has remained in Chinese hands since 1951 - will also address the European Parliament on Thursday.The EU's top diplomat, Javier Solana, on Friday also rebuked Beijing for executing 59-year old biochemist Wo Weihan - whose daughters are Austrian citizens - on charges of passing secrets to Taiwan.Mr Weihan was killed with a shot to the head the same day the EU had urged China to reconsider his case at an EU-China human rights council in the Chinese capital.This execution seriously undermines the spirit of trust and mutual respect required for this EU-China dialogue on human rights, Mr Solana's office said.

This behaviour must in this regard be considered by the entire EU as a premeditated affront, Austrian foreign minister Ursula Plassnik added.The Chinese reaction to the EU reprimands has been equally caustic.[France] wants to play the Tibet card and at the same time maintain good economic trade relations with China, which is very difficult to achieve, Chinese state-sanctioned analyst Feng Zongping wrote in the official China Daily newspaper on Saturday.China doesn't want the West to think that OK, we will meet the Dalai Lama and business will go on as usual.EU-China relations usually revolve around trade, with the EU buying €231 billion worth of goods from China last year and exporting €72 billion in return. But human rights concerns came to the fore during the Beijing Olympics, when scores of EU leaders stayed away from the opening ceremony after Chinese troops shot Tibetan protestors.China is also unhappy that the EU continues to uphold an arms export embargo dating back to the 1989 Tiananmen square massacre. The latest summit and death penalty row could play into the hands of European leaders keen to restrict the flow of Chinese imports during the EU's economic downturn, experts warn.Protectionist sentiment toward China in Europe has been growing for a while, Center for European Reform analyst Katinka Barysch wrote in the Wall Street Journal.Anti-China sentiment is on the rise in Germany ...Even in traditionally liberal Britain, people who see China as an economic threat outnumber those who see it as an opportunity by four to one.

EUROPEAN UNION ARMY

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)
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings(10 NATIONS) that shall arise: and another shall rise after them;(#11 SPAIN) and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.( BE HEAD OF 3 NATIONS)
25 And he (EU PRESIDENT) shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.(3 1/2 YRS)

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-39
36 And the king (EU DICTATOR) shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS JEWISH) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.(CLAIM TO BE GOD)
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(WAR) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,(DESTROY TERROR GROUPS) whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.

REVELATION 19:19
19 And I saw the beast,(EU LEADER) and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,(JESUS) and against his army.(THE RAPTURED CHRISTIANS)

UN chief backs EU Congo force
LEIGH PHILLIPS Today DEC 1,08 @ 09:29 CET

The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, wants a temporary EU force to be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo until a UN contingent can be deployed.

Belgium's foreign minister, Karel De Gucht, said on Belgian television that he had talked to the UN leader about the matter in New York, amid concerns that while the UN Security Council backed sending a further 3,000 peacekeepers of its own, the extra deployment would take some time.So the UN hopes that an European military force could come and fill in the gap during this period, the Belgian foreign minister told VRT news on Sunday (30 November).The UN head believes such an EU force would need to stay for between three and six months ahead of the UN deployment.In August, fighting broke out between Tutsi rebels under Laurent Nkunda and the armed forces of the DR Congo (French acronym FARDC), displacing some 250,000 civilians, according to the UN, joining the 1 million already displaced as a result of the long-standing regional conflict over mineral resources.Both the Congolese forces and the FARDC have carried out serious human rights abuses against civilians.On Wednesday (27November), Belgium, Congo's former colonial master, committed itself to participating in any EU force deployed in the region.If this were a European operation with a very well defined command structure and rules of engagement, yes, my country would be ready to participate in this with troops, Mr De Gucht told reporters, according to Reuters.

Some EU states, notably Germany, are opposed to such a mission for EU forces, backing instead greater support for NGOs in the region.NATO is also expected to discuss the matter further next week.The Belgian minister also said he would investigate any Belgian companies involved in the Coltan trade in Congo.Coltan, a metallic ore from which tantalum is extracted, has bankrolled much of the long-standing conflict in the region. The growth in demand in the metal for mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras and video consoles over the past decade has only exacerbated the situation.Tackling the sources of financing of armed groups could turn out to be more effective than any other military strategy, Mr De Gucht said.

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with 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 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, 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, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

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.

India clears bodies from last Mumbai siege site By JENNY BARCHFIELD, Associated Press Writer DEC 1,08

MUMBAI, India – Soldiers removed the last bodies from the shattered Taj Mahal hotel Monday as India formally demanded Pakistan take strong action against those behind the 60-hour seige that left at least 172 people dead.The United States, meanwhile, called on Pakistan to fully cooperate with investigations into the attack, which India has blamed on a banned Pakistani militant group. Mumbai's most influential Muslim cemetery rejected the corpses of nine of the gunmen and said Islam does not permit this sort of barbaric crime.The three-day terror attack was apparently carried out by just 10 gunmen and exposed the weakness of India's security forces. The country's top law enforcement official resigned amid growing criticism that the attackers appeared better trained, better coordinated and better armed than police. Two provincial officials offered to step down on Monday.An Indian police official said the only gunman captured alive after the attacks claimed to belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. The group has long been seen as a creation of the Pakistani intelligence service.Pakistan must follow the evidence wherever it leads, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in London. This is a time for complete, absolute, total transparency and cooperation and that's what we expect.

She said the perpetrators of attacks must be brought to justice.In India, Pakistan's high commissioner to the country was called to the foreign ministry and told that elements from Pakistan had carried out the attacks, ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash told reporters.The commissioner was told that India expects that strong action would be taken against those elements, Prakash said.Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said the men who attacked India's financial and entertainment capital had no links to any government. He called the attackers non-state actors, and warned against letting their actions lead to greater enmity in the region.Such a tragic incident must bring opportunity rather than the defeat of a nation, Zardari said in an interview with Aaj television. We don't think the world's great nations and countries can be held hostage by non-state actors.The top provincial official, Vilasrao Deshmukh, offered to resign Monday, as did his deputy, R.R. Patil, who outraged many by referring to the attacks as small incidents.In Mumbai, security forces declared the landmark 565-room Taj Mahal hotel — the scene of Saturday's final battle — cleared of booby traps and bodies.We were apprehensive about more bodies being found. But this is not likely — all rooms in the Taj have been opened and checked, said Maharashtra state government spokesman Bhushan Gagrani.The army had already cleared other sites, including the five-star Oberoi hotel and the Mumbai headquarters of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group. Israeli emergency workers sorted through the shattered glass and splintered furniture at the Jewish center Monday to gather the victims' body parts. At one point, one of the men opened a prayer book amid the rubble and stopped to pray.Joint Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria said the sole gunman known to have survived the attack, Ajmal Qasab, said he was trained at a camp in Pakistan.The announcement blaming militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba threatened to escalate tensions between India and Pakistan. However, Indian officials have been cautious about accusing Pakistan's government of complicity.Foreign Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash denied a news report that India was preparing to end a 2003 cease-fire with Pakistan. An intelligence official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said there was no unusual mobilization of troops along the India-Pakistan border.

The group the Indians have blamed, Lashkar, was banned in Pakistan in 2002 under pressure from the U.S., a year after Washington and Britain listed it a terrorist group. It is since believed to have emerged under another name, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, though that group has denied links to the Mumbai attack. A Muslim graveyard in Mumbai on Monday rejected the bodies of the nine dead attackers. People who committed this heinous crime cannot be called Muslim, said Hanif Nalkhande, a trustee of the influential Jama Masjid Trust, which runs the 7.5-acre (three-hectare) Badakabrastan graveyard in downtown Mumbai. Islam does not permit this sort of barbaric crime.While some Muslim scholars disagreed with the decision — saying Islam requires a proper burial for every Muslim — the city's other Muslim graveyards are likely to do the same. Mumbai returned to normal Monday to some degree, with parents dropping their children off at school and many shopkeepers opened their doors for the first time since the attacks began. I think this is the first Monday I am glad to be coming to work, said Donica Trivedi, 23, an employee of a public relations agency. Indian officials said their country would not be broken. This is a threat to the very idea of India, the very soul of India, Palaniappan Chidambaram, the just-named home minister, the country's top law enforcment official, told reporters. Ultimately the idea of India — that is a secular, plural, tolerant and open society — will triumph.India's previous home minister resigned Sunday, as more details of the response to the attack emerged and a picture formed of woefully unprepared security forces. These guys could do it next week again in Mumbai and our responses would be exactly the same, said Ajai Sahni, head of the New Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management and who has close ties to India's police and intelligence. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised to strengthen maritime and air security and look into creating a new federal investigative agency. Singh promised to expand the commando force and set up new bases for it around the country. He called a rare meeting of leaders from the country's main political parties, hours after the resignation of Home Minister Shivraj Patil. Among the 19 foreigners killed were six Americans. The dead also included Germans, Canadians, Israelis and nationals from Britain, Italy, Mexico, Japan, China, Thailand, Australia, Singapore and Mexico. Indian stocks fell sharply on the first day of trading after the end of the siege. The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index, or Sensex, closed down 252.85 points, or about 2.8 percent. While the attacks could keep tourists and foreign investors away, some analysts attributed Monday's declines to shock and anxiety in the immediate aftermath rather than a loss of confidence in India's economic prospects. Associated Press reporters Ravi Nessman, Paul Peachey, Anita Chang and Ramola Talwar Badam contributed to this report from Mumbai, Ashok Sharma contributed from New Delhi and Asif Shahzad from Islamabad, Pakistan.