JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
OF COURSE THIS MUSLIM WAS YELLING ALLAH-AK-BAR AS HE STABBED-KILLED AND HURT INNOCENT PEOPLE.
Germany: 1 dead, 3 wounded in stabbing at train station-[The Canadian Press]-Matthias Schrader, The Associated Press-May 10, 2016-YAHOONEWS
GRAFING, Germany - A German man was arrested after several people were stabbed at a train station near Munich early Tuesday, authorities said. One victim died in a hospital and three other people were wounded.The assailant made "politically motivated comments" as he attacked, Ken Heidenreich, spokesman for the Munich prosecutor's office in charge of the case, told The Associated Press. He said his office was investigating witness reports that he yelled "Allahu akbar," Arabic for "God is great."However, Bavaria's top security official later said investigators had no indication so far that the suspect in the attack at the Grafing Bahnhof station, around 30 kilometres (nearly 20 miles) east of Munich, had an Islamic extremist motive.Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the suspect apparently had psychological problems and drug issues, news agency dpa reported.Heidenreich said that the suspect is a 27-year-old German citizen, with a German-sounding name."We have no information that he is a recent immigrant here or of that background, but we don't know for sure at the moment," he said, adding that the man didn't live in Bavaria.The attack comes at a sensitive time in Germany after the influx of around 1.1 million migrants last year and growing concerns about how the country will deal with them, particularly in Bavaria, their usual state of entry.The suspect attacked several people with a 10-centimetre (four-inch) knife shortly before 5 a.m. (0300 GMT), police said.Police spokesman Irwin Heumann said the 56-year-old victim who died — his age was initially given by authorities as 50 — was attacked aboard the train. He said it wasn't yet clear where the three wounded victims were assaulted.The other victims were men aged 43, 55 and 58. Their names weren't released.Heidenreich said one of the survivors had "serious injuries," but that he had no details on whether they were thought to be life-threatening.The suspect comes from the central state of Hesse, Heumann said. He had no further details but police and prosecutors planned a news conference Tuesday afternoon.At the scene, police forensic experts marked more than 40 bloody footprints — some of them barefoot — on the train platform with chalk numbers and collected evidence, including a cellphone.Grafing has about 13,500 inhabitants. The rail station where the stabbing happened is some way from the town centre. It is served by a Munich commuter line and faster trains on the Munich-Salzburg main line.Mayor Angelika Obermayr described Grafing as "an absolutely peaceful little Bavarian town.""Something like this is absolutely new and shakes people deeply — otherwise, they only know this kind of thing from television," she said. "That it could happen here is absolutely stupefying."___Geir Moulson and David Rising in Berlin contributed to this report.___A previous version of this story has been corrected to show that police are now saying that the age of the victim who died is 56, not 50.
Russia's Putin discusses Syria, Libya with Egypt's leader on phone-[Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday held a telephone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss the situation in Syria and Libya, the Kremlin said.(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; writing by Dmitry Solovyov; editing by Polina Devitt)
Putin hopes cooperation with U.S. will fundamentally change situation in Syria-[Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The situation in Syria remains complicated, but Russia hopes that its cooperation with the United States will lead to fundamental changes in this country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.Putin, meeting his top generals in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, said Russian air forces had made more than 10,000 sorties since the start of Moscow's military campaign in Syria last year.Strategic bombers have flown on 178 sorties to Syria, and a total of 115 cruise missiles have been launched to hit targets in the country from Russian warships, submarines and strategic bombers, Putin said.(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; writing by Dmitry Solovyov; editing by Polina Devitt)
Russia gives hero's welcome to five Cuban spies released from U.S. jail-Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia gave a red-carpet reception to five Cuban spies who served long prison terms in the United States, hailing them on Tuesday as heroes "of fortitude and resistance" and stressing its own role in securing their release.The Cuban Five were convicted of spying on Cuban exile groups in Florida at a time when the anti-Castro extremists were bombing Cuban hotels and staging acts of sabotage meant to destabilise the communist government.Cuban President Raul Castro last year named the five spies Heroes of the Republic, the Cuban government's highest honour, for infiltrating right-wing exile groups that plotted against Havana after a 1959 uprising led by his brother Fidel Castro ousted a pro-U.S. dictator.The Soviet Union was Cuba's powerful international patron during the Cold War when Havana moved to nationalise U.S. businesses and embraced socialist ideas. Moscow's economic and military aid dried up after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991."We met earlier with some of your comrades, and I am very glad that now all of you are visiting Moscow," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said as he greeted the five in the foreign ministry's Stalin-era building in central Moscow."We had been consistently pressing (for your release), including in our contacts with the Americans, and we are glad that in the long run our participation in your release turned out to be useful and yielded results," Lavrov said. He called the five "a symbol of fortitude and resistance".On Monday, the group attended a military parade on Red Square to mark the 71st anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat by the Soviet Union and wwere to meet heads of Russia's parliament and the communist party, Lavrov said.Following the reversal of U.S. policy towards Cuba under President Barack Obama who called for normalisation of ties, three of the five Cuban spies were freed on Dec. 17, 2014, in an exchange for a Cuban man who had been jailed nearly 20 years for spying on his own country for the Americans.That same day Cuba released American aid worker Alan Gross in a humanitarian gesture after he had been held five years for bringing banned telecommunications equipment into Cuba.The other two Cubans had been released earlier after serving their terms.(Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Richard Balmforth)
The Latest: EU says plans go ahead for visa-free for Turkey-[The Canadian Press]-The Associated Press-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
ANKARA, Turkey - The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local):3:10 p.m.The European Union says it is moving ahead with plans to allow Turkish citizens to travel to Europe without visas despite President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's stated refusal to change Turkey's anti-terror laws.The EU says Turkey must narrow its definition of "terrorist" and "terrorist act" to secure a visa waiver. The EU is concerned that journalists and political dissenters are targeted.European Commission spokesman Alexander Winterstein said Tuesday that "we have the word of the Turkish government and we will continue working with the Turkish government."The Commission has not received official word from Ankara that visa talks have ended.The waiver is an incentive — along with up to 6 billion euros ($6.8 billion) and fast-track EU membership talks — for Turkey to stop migrants leaving for Europe.___3:05 p.m.The United Nations refugee agency is urging authorities in Slovakia to investigate an incident in which a woman was shot when border guards fired at a car carrying migrants.Budapest-based UNHCR regional spokesman Babar Baloch said that an inquiry is needed to "ensure accountability," adding that the 26-year-old Syrian woman is out of danger but still in intensive care.In Monday's incident, Slovak police wanted to stop suspicious four cars and opened fire when one driver tried to flee.Slovak state television reported that 11 migrants and six smugglers had been detained and all would be expelled.Baloch said Tuesday that countries' border management had to be consistent with obligations to protect asylum-seekers and that more "legal pathways" were needed in Europe so refugees can avoid smugglers.___2:55 p.m.Germany's interior minister says his country will extend border controls that it launched in September after the European Commission gave its clearance for the move.Thomas de Maiziere said in Berlin Tuesday that German federal police will continue with the checks in the absence of effective controls on the European Union's external borders.The EU's executive Commission said last week that it would activate a provision allowing for another six months of border controls in some member countries.Germany registered nearly 1.1 million people as asylum-seekers last year. The number of newcomers has diminished vastly since the closure of the Balkan route used by many refugees and other migrants — fewer than 16,000 people were registered in April — but officials are wary of a possible further influx via Italy.___2:45 p.m.The head of Austria's centrist party is indirectly warning its government coalition partner that whomever they choose as the next prospective chancellor has to continue supporting the government's restrictive migrant policies.Reinhold Mitterlehner spoke Tuesday, a day after the resignation of Werner Faymann as chancellor and head of the Social Democrats. Mitterlehner is acting chancellor, at least until the other party picks a replacement for Faymann.Faymann resigned in part over mounting opposition within his party to his swing from an open door policy for refugees to one of the most restrictive regimes within the EU.Noting that the restrictions were decided on jointly by both parties, Mitterlehner says that his People's Party wants "to follow through with our route in the refugee policy continuously and consequently."___12:50 p.m.Greek riot police have fired tear gas to stop a fight involving up to 300 refugees and other migrants at a sprawling tent city on the country's northern border with Macedonia.Police say it was unclear why fighting broke out Tuesday between Syrian Arabs and ethnic Kurds armed with stones, sticks and metal bars at Idomeni. At least one man was injured, and no arrests were reported.The camp is home to about 10,000 people thwarted from reaching Europe's prosperous heartland by a series of Balkan border closures this year.-Greek authorities have been trying for months, with little success, to persuade migrants at Idomeni to move to other organized camps.About 54,000 refugees and other migrants are stuck in Greece, through which more than a million people passed since early 2015.___12:25 p.m.Hungary's parliament has endorsed a government-proposed referendum on the European Union's plan to resettle refugees within the bloc according to a quota system.The resolution, which can be appealed at the constitutional Court, was approved 136-5 with support from lawmakers of the governing Fidesz party, its Christian Democratic coalition partners and the far-right Jobbik party.The referendum — valid if turnout is above 50 per cent — is expected to held by October and cost up to 5 billion forints ($18 million).The referendum question is: "Do you want the European Union to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary even without the consent of parliament?"Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who rejects taking in migrants, says voting "no" in the referendum will be "in favour of Hungary's independence."___10:45 a.m.Human Rights Watch says Turkish border guards are continuing to shoot and beat Syrian refugees trying to cross into Turkey and is calling on the country to investigate abuses.The advocacy group said in a statement Tuesday Turkish border guards in March and April used excessive force against Syrians and a smuggler trying to reach Turkey, killing five people, including a child and injuring 14 others.The group also urged Turkey to reopen its border to Syrians.Turkey, home to 2.7 million Syrian refugees, rejects claims that its border guards shoot at refugees and says it has an open-door policy toward migrants, although new arrivals are rare.Human Rights Watch researcher Gerry Simpson said: "Firing at traumatized men, women, and children fleeing fighting and indiscriminate warfare is truly appalling."___The item timed at 12:50 p.m. has been corrected to show that the fight was between Syrian Arabs and ethnic Kurds, following new information from the police.
Erdogan seeking injunction against German media executive - attorney-[Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is seeking a preliminary injunction against the CEO of German publisher Axel Springer that would stop him repeating a derogatory term about the Turkish leader, Erodogan's lawyer said on Tuesday.Ralf Hoecker, the lawyer, told Reuters Erdogan wanted the injunction due to chief executive Mathias Doepfner's support for a poem read out by comedian Jan Boehmermann on German national television in March.In the poem Boehmermann suggested Erdogan hits girls, watches child pornography and engages in bestiality.Hoecker said if the regional court in Cologne agreed to grant the injunction, Doepfner would no longer be able to repeat a sexually crude term to describe Erdogan that was first used by Boehmermann and subsequently quoted by the Axel Springer chief.Hoecker added that he was seeking a preliminary injunction on Erdogan's behalf because of the urgency of the matter.A spokeswoman for the court in Cologne said she could not yet comment on the case.The Turkish leader demanded Germany press charges against Boehmermann and Chancellor Angela Merkel has drawn heavy criticism for allowing German prosecutors to pursue a case against the comedian.Under Germany's criminal code, insults against foreign leaders are not allowed but the government can decide whether to authorise prosecutors to go ahead.In an open letter published in German newspaper Welt am Sonntag in April, Doepfner expressed solidarity with Boehmermann, saying he had laughed out loud over the poem and "wholeheartedly" supported what the comedian had said.Hoecker said he would recommend that Erdogan pursue his case with a higher German court if the preliminary injunction was rejected, as expected. He said he expected a quick decision.Erdogan's office was not immediately available for comment when contacted by Reuters.A spokeswoman for Springer said: "We do not yet have any information about this at all. It's important to note that Mr Doepfner wanted to defend the freedom of art and satire in his open letter - that was the reason for his letter."Hoecker's law firm published a statement on its website on Monday saying it had succeeded in getting a preliminary injunction against German director and producer Uwe Boll, who in a video posted online, defended Boehmermann's poem and said Erdogan should be shot."Mr Erdogan is a human being and human dignity is inviolable," Hoecker said in that statement, adding that this was placed above the freedom of press, art and opinion in the German constitution.Erdogan is known for his sensitivity to criticism and Turkish prosecutors have opened over 1,800 cases against people for insulting him since he became president in 2014.(Reporting by Michelle Martin; Additional reporting by Harro Ten Wolde in Frankfurt; Klaus Lauer in Berlin, and Humeyra Pamuk in Istanbul; Editing by James Dalgleish and Richard Balmforth)
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THE TURKEY ATATURK DAM ON THE EUPHRATES CAN BE SHUT AND DRIED UP ALREADY BY TURKEY)
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
China scrambles fighters as U.S. sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef-[Reuters]-By Michael Martina, Greg Torode and Ben Blanchard-Reuters-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday as a U.S. navy ship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, a patrol China denounced as an illegal threat to peace which only went to show its defence installations in the area were necessary.Guided missile destroyer the USS William P. Lawrence travelled within 12 nautical miles of Chinese-occupied Fiery Cross Reef, U.S. Defense Department spokesman, Bill Urban said.The so-called freedom of navigation operation was undertaken to "challenge excessive maritime claims" by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam which were seeking to restrict navigation rights in the South China Sea, Urban said."These excessive maritime claims are inconsistent with international law as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention in that they purport to restrict the navigation rights that the United States and all states are entitled to exercise," Urban said in an emailed statement.China and the United States have traded accusations of militarising the South China Sea as China undertakes large-scale land reclamations and construction on disputed features while the United States has increased its patrols and exercises.Facilities on Fiery Cross Reef include a 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) runway which the United States worries China will use it to press its extensive territorial claims at the expense of weaker rivals.China's Defence Ministry said two fighter jets were scrambled and three warships shadowed the U.S. ship, telling it to leave.The U.S. patrol "again proves that China's construction of defensive facilities on the relevant reefs in the Nansha Islands is completely reasonable and totally necessary", it said, using China's name for the Spratly Islands where much of its reclamation work is taking place.Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the U.S. ship illegally entered Chinese waters."This action by the U.S. side threatened China's sovereignty and security interests, endangered the staff and facilities on the reef, and damaged regional peace and stability," he told a daily news briefing.-SENSITIVE AREA-China claims most of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei have overlapping claims.The Pentagon last month called on China to reaffirm it has no plans to deploy military aircraft in the Spratly Islands after China used a military plane to evacuate sick workers from Fiery Cross."Fiery Cross is sensitive because it is presumed to be the future hub of Chinese military operations in the South China Sea, given its already extensive infrastructure, including its large and deep port and 3000-metre runway," said Ian Storey, a South China Sea expert at Singapore's ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute."The timing is interesting, too. It is a show of U.S. determination ahead of President Obama's trip to Vietnam later this month."Speaking in Vietnam, Daniel Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, said freedom of navigation operations were important for smaller nations."If the world's most powerful navy cannot sail where international law permits, then what happens to the ships of navy of smaller countries?," Russel told reporters before news of the operation was made public.China has reacted with anger to previous U.S. freedom of navigation operations, including the overflight of fighter planes near the disputed Scarborough Shoal last month, and when long-range U.S. bombers flew near Chinese facilities under construction on Cuarteron Reef in the Spratlys last November.-U.S. naval officials believe China has plans to start reclamation and construction activities on Scarborough Shoal, which sits further north of the Spratlys within the Philippines claimed 200 nautical mile (370 km) exclusive economic zone.A tough-talking city mayor, Rodrigo Duterte, looks set to become president of the Philippines after an election on Monday. He has proposed multilateral talks on the South China Sea.A Chinese diplomat warned last week that criticism of China over the South China Sea would rebound like a coiled spring.(Additional reporting by David Brunnstrom in Paris and My Pham in Hanoi; Writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Lincoln Feast, Robert Birsel)
Ex-N. Korea army head, who Seoul said was executed, is alive-[The Canadian Press]-Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
SEOUL, South Korea - A former North Korean military chief who Seoul had said was executed is actually alive and in possession of several new senior-level posts, the North's state media said Tuesday.The news on Ri Yong Gil marks yet another blunder for South Korean intelligence officials, who have often gotten information wrong in tracking developments with their rival. It also points to the difficulties that even professional spies have in figuring out what's going on in one of the world's most closed governments.Ri, who was considered one of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's most trusted aides, missed two key national meetings in February. Seoul intelligence officials later said that Kim had him executed for corruption and other charges.Kim has reportedly overseen a series of killings, purges and dismissals since he took power in late 2011, part of what foreign experts call an attempt to tighten his grip on power.The South's report on Ri's execution seemed to be bolstered later in February when Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency confirmed Ri had lost his job by describing someone else as chief of the North Korean military's general staff.He hadn't appeared anywhere in KCNA, the North's main media outlet for foreign audiences, until the report Tuesday that a person with the same name as Ri was among those awarded important positions during the just concluded Workers' Party congress in Pyongyang. The congress, the first in 36 years, ended Monday with announcements of personnel and organizational changes.According to KCNA dispatches, Ri got three posts — member of the party's Central Committee, alternate member of the committee's powerful Political Bureau, and member of the party's Central Military Commission.Seoul's Unification Ministry said Tuesday that it confirmed Ri is back after analyzing North Korean state media photos and video of the party congress.South Korean media said that Seoul intelligence authorities were responsible for the initial reports on Ri's execution. But the National Intelligence Service — South Korea's main spy agency — tried to distance itself from the misstep, saying it never disclosed any information on Ri.Monitoring developments among the North's ruling elite is very hard for outsiders; the country keeps strict tabs on visitors and its own state-run press acts as a disseminator of government propaganda. South Korea, which runs several intelligence organizations mainly tasked with spying on the North, has a mixed record.Earlier this year, South Korean intelligence and defence officials faced criticism for failing to see in advance that North Korea had been preparing for its fourth nuclear test.The NIS also failed to learn of the 2011 death of Kim Jong Il, the dictator father of Kim Jong Un, before Pyongyang's state TV announced it. In 2013, it saved its face by releasing its finding that Kim's powerful uncle Jang Song Thaek was purged, days before North Korea announced his execution.The rival Koreas have shared the world's most heavily fortified border since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, and they bar ordinary citizens from exchanging phone calls, letters and emails without special permission.___Follow Hyung-jin Kim on Twitter at www.twitter.com/hyungjin1972
Huge Oil Tanker Washes Up On Beach – But There’s No Sign Of The Crew-[Yahoo News]-May 9, 2016
This 200ft oil tanker has been found washed ashore on a beach in Liberia, west Africa – but its crew is nowhere to be seen.The abandoned Tamaya 1, which is registered in Panama, was found near Robertsport, by the border with Sierra Leone, last week.Speculation is rife as to where those who were on board the ship are – particularly given the region’s notoriety for piracy.According to Marine Traffic, the vessel’s last known position was just south of Dakar, Senegal, on April 22.However, details of the vessel’s 600-mile journey south since then are completely unknown. Locally, speculation is rife as to what happened. Although piracy is not unlikely, the number of incidents involving oil tankers has fallen dramatically in years years.In fact, a source at nation’s port authority told the Liberian Daily Observer that it may be down to the tanker’s owner going bankrupt.They said: “Our best bet is that the vessel’s owner might have gone broke and had no money to pay crew members. And therefore, the crew abandoned the ship.”The 992 gross tonne tanker, built in 1980, has spent several days on the beach, and has reportedly been looted – after authorities were apparently to act. (Credit: Preston Veteran Gaylor/Facebook)
Effect of oil price shock still unfolding but economy coping well so far: IMF-[The Canadian Press]-David Paddon, The Canadian Press-May 9, 2016-yahoonews
TORONTO - Canada's economy has coped well with a shocking decline in oil prices but the country's central bank and federal government should remain prepared to do more if the need arises, an International Monetary Fund analysis released Monday has concluded.Cheng Hoon Lim, head of the IMF's annual review of Canada's economic performance, said it's too soon to calculate the impact of the Alberta wildfires that have devastated a huge area including parts of Fort McMurray."We need to see the extent of the damage that's been done to the oilsands industry," Lim said in a conference call from Washington, D.C.Still, rebuilding efforts in Alberta will likely provide "a positive boost to consumption and to investments," she added.Lim also said the Bank of Canada has room to lower its policy rate, currently at 0.5 per cent, to stimulate the economy."But for the Bank of Canada to resort to unconventional monetary policies, it will require another big shock to the Canadian economy — and we see that risk, at this stage, as being very remote," Lim said.Among the global risks identified by the IMF are persistently weak oil prices, trade and investments."On the domestic front, the high level of household debt and the housing market remain the most important vulnerabilities," Lim said. "We expect to see loan delinquencies gradually rising, although these would be from very low levels."The IMF said Canada's current economic slowdown has renewed concern about record high household debt levels and high housing prices in certain markets, such as Vancouver and Toronto.It says the Bank of Canada's policy of low interest rates and the federal government's plan to increase infrastructure spending are appropriate, given the need to support economic growth in the medium term.But the IMF report says it's time for Canada to tackle its record of low labour productivity and calls for a more targeted approach to the Liberal government's new child tax benefit to enable more women to participate in the workforce.Lim said the IMF's research in Canada and elsewhere has shown a statistically significant, positive effect on labour productivity when women enter the labour force.Follow @DavidPaddon on Twitter.
Greek PM Tsipras says review will be concluded without extra austerity-[Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece does not need to adopt further austerity measures beyond what was agreed in its bailout to qualify for new loans, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told his cabinet on Tuesday, hailing the decision of a Eurogroup meeting.Greece and its euro zone lenders reached an agreement on Monday which will pave the way for unlocking more than 5 billion euros that the crisis-hit country needs to cover debt repayments maturing in June and July and to pay off state arrears.Tsipras said the agreement shows that Greece is no longer isolated, reflecting on a clash with lenders over austerity last year that nearly forced the country out of the euro zone."Greece is not alone and isolated any more. It enjoys the support of political forces and governments which have finally realized that this country and its people have the right to turn a page," Tsipras told his ministers.Euro zone finance ministers also started talks on how to make Greece's debt servicing costs manageable, a move long desired by Greece.The left-led government needs the debt relief badly to lure back investors, appease markets and convince Greeks that their sacrifices are paying off after six years of austerity."Greece is leaving behind six years of recession and darkness," Tsipras said. "I want to repeat, this is not the right time for celebrations."(Writing Renee Maltezou; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
Kerry to discuss Iran with European banks in London - banking source-[Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet representatives of British and European banks in London on Thursday to discuss issues involved in doing business with Iran, a British banking industry source said on Tuesday.The United States and Europe lifted sanctions in January under a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear programme, but other U.S. sanctions remain, including a ban on transactions with Iran in dollars being processed through the U.S. financial system.This has meant that few European banks, and none of the big ones that have deep relationships with the U.S. banking system, have been willing to get involved in trade with Iran, much to Tehran's frustration.The British Bankers' Association confirmed a meeting was due to take place between Kerry and representatives from member banks, but declined to provide further details.An industry source in London said Iran would be the focus of the meeting and representatives from several European banks would also be involved.A spokesman travelling with Kerry, who is in Paris and London this week for meetings with European counterparts and an anti-corruption conference, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Kerry said last month that the United States was not opposed to foreign banks doing business with Iran in line with the terms of last year's nuclear deal.He said he wanted to clear up uncertainty in the business community outside the United States about investing in Iran.The Iranian government has complained about not getting the full economic fruits of the nuclear deal. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the most powerful figure in Iran, has blamed the delays squarely on the United States."The U.S. Treasury ... acts in such a way that big corporations, big institutions and big banks do not dare to come and deal with Iran," Khamenei said in March.The Iranian business community's hopes of rapidly emerging from years of economic isolation have been fading.Iranian business leaders believe the United States has failed to spell out exactly what is permitted and what is not, maintaining uncertainty and putting off international banks from processing Iran-linked transactions.(Reporting by Rachel Armstrong, Jonathan Saul and David Brunnstrom; Writing by Estelle Shirbon; Editing by Tom Heneghan)
Mercury makes rare transit of the sun today-[CBC]-May 9, 2016-yahoonews
A rare celestial show is happening today. The planet mercury will cross in front of the sun.The last time this event was visible on earth was almost a decade ago, on November 8, 2006.Mercury began making its way across the sun at 8:12 a.m CST and will complete its crossing at 12:42 p.m. CST."If the skies were clear then through our telescope we would be able to see Mercury directly, as sort of a silhouette against the face of the sun," said University of Saskatchewan astronomy lecturer, Stan Shadick."Unfortunately we haven't been able to find the sun yet this morning," Shadick said. "It's too cloudy."Even though Mercury orbits the sun every 88 days, its orbit is tilted relative to Earth's orbit. That means most of the time when it passes between the Earth and the sun it appears above or below the sun when viewed from Earth.Shadick said people cannot see Mercury's transit with the naked eye and you shouldn't try, because looking at the sun directly will damage them."You do need a telescope, but you should never point a telescope at the sun unless you have the proper solar filter," Shadick said."Most people with telescopes do not have that necessary solar filter."Shadick said the public is invited to view the Mercury transit through the powerful three-metre long refractor telescope at the University of Saskatchewan Observatory.The next Mercury transit will be in 2019. After that, you won't have another chance to see it until 2049.
The Latest: Forecasters warn of tornado risk in Ohio Valley-[The Canadian Press]-The Associated Press--May 10, 2016-yahoonews
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Latest on severe weather affecting parts of the U.S. (all times local):6:15 a.m.Parts of the Great Plains and Ohio Valley could see severe weather Tuesday as two storm systems make their way across the country's midsection.The Storm Prediction Center says central and northern Texas — including the Dallas-Fort Worth area — could see large hail and powerful winds Tuesday. In the east, Kentucky, southern Ohio, southern Illinois and southern Indiana are all at risk for bad weather, including tornadoes.So far, the risk is lower than on Monday, when powerful storms spawned tornadoes across the Great Plains, killing two people in Oklahoma.In all, the Storm Prediction Center received 23 reports of tornadoes in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma. The storms also downed trees and damaged buildings in northeast Texas, and dropped softball-sized hail in Lincoln, Nebraska.___1:30 a.m.Two people have been killed by strong tornadoes that swept across portions of southern Oklahoma.Johnston County Sheriff's Sgt. Stacey Pulley says a man died Monday near the town of Connerville. A storm earlier in the day killed a man in a home near Wynnewood.Some of Monday's weather was so bad that forecasters declared a "tornado emergency" for the towns of Roff and Hickory, which were in the path of a storm.The Oklahoma Office of Emergency Management reported the storms destroyed a radio station building in Coal County and an undetermined number of homes in Murray, Garvin and Johnston counties.Tornadoes were also reported in Iowa and Nebraska, but there were no immediate reports there of injuries or significant damage.
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
OF COURSE THIS MUSLIM WAS YELLING ALLAH-AK-BAR AS HE STABBED-KILLED AND HURT INNOCENT PEOPLE.
Germany: 1 dead, 3 wounded in stabbing at train station-[The Canadian Press]-Matthias Schrader, The Associated Press-May 10, 2016-YAHOONEWS
GRAFING, Germany - A German man was arrested after several people were stabbed at a train station near Munich early Tuesday, authorities said. One victim died in a hospital and three other people were wounded.The assailant made "politically motivated comments" as he attacked, Ken Heidenreich, spokesman for the Munich prosecutor's office in charge of the case, told The Associated Press. He said his office was investigating witness reports that he yelled "Allahu akbar," Arabic for "God is great."However, Bavaria's top security official later said investigators had no indication so far that the suspect in the attack at the Grafing Bahnhof station, around 30 kilometres (nearly 20 miles) east of Munich, had an Islamic extremist motive.Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said the suspect apparently had psychological problems and drug issues, news agency dpa reported.Heidenreich said that the suspect is a 27-year-old German citizen, with a German-sounding name."We have no information that he is a recent immigrant here or of that background, but we don't know for sure at the moment," he said, adding that the man didn't live in Bavaria.The attack comes at a sensitive time in Germany after the influx of around 1.1 million migrants last year and growing concerns about how the country will deal with them, particularly in Bavaria, their usual state of entry.The suspect attacked several people with a 10-centimetre (four-inch) knife shortly before 5 a.m. (0300 GMT), police said.Police spokesman Irwin Heumann said the 56-year-old victim who died — his age was initially given by authorities as 50 — was attacked aboard the train. He said it wasn't yet clear where the three wounded victims were assaulted.The other victims were men aged 43, 55 and 58. Their names weren't released.Heidenreich said one of the survivors had "serious injuries," but that he had no details on whether they were thought to be life-threatening.The suspect comes from the central state of Hesse, Heumann said. He had no further details but police and prosecutors planned a news conference Tuesday afternoon.At the scene, police forensic experts marked more than 40 bloody footprints — some of them barefoot — on the train platform with chalk numbers and collected evidence, including a cellphone.Grafing has about 13,500 inhabitants. The rail station where the stabbing happened is some way from the town centre. It is served by a Munich commuter line and faster trains on the Munich-Salzburg main line.Mayor Angelika Obermayr described Grafing as "an absolutely peaceful little Bavarian town.""Something like this is absolutely new and shakes people deeply — otherwise, they only know this kind of thing from television," she said. "That it could happen here is absolutely stupefying."___Geir Moulson and David Rising in Berlin contributed to this report.___A previous version of this story has been corrected to show that police are now saying that the age of the victim who died is 56, not 50.
Russia's Putin discusses Syria, Libya with Egypt's leader on phone-[Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday held a telephone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss the situation in Syria and Libya, the Kremlin said.(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; writing by Dmitry Solovyov; editing by Polina Devitt)
Putin hopes cooperation with U.S. will fundamentally change situation in Syria-[Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - The situation in Syria remains complicated, but Russia hopes that its cooperation with the United States will lead to fundamental changes in this country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.Putin, meeting his top generals in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, said Russian air forces had made more than 10,000 sorties since the start of Moscow's military campaign in Syria last year.Strategic bombers have flown on 178 sorties to Syria, and a total of 115 cruise missiles have been launched to hit targets in the country from Russian warships, submarines and strategic bombers, Putin said.(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; writing by Dmitry Solovyov; editing by Polina Devitt)
Russia gives hero's welcome to five Cuban spies released from U.S. jail-Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia gave a red-carpet reception to five Cuban spies who served long prison terms in the United States, hailing them on Tuesday as heroes "of fortitude and resistance" and stressing its own role in securing their release.The Cuban Five were convicted of spying on Cuban exile groups in Florida at a time when the anti-Castro extremists were bombing Cuban hotels and staging acts of sabotage meant to destabilise the communist government.Cuban President Raul Castro last year named the five spies Heroes of the Republic, the Cuban government's highest honour, for infiltrating right-wing exile groups that plotted against Havana after a 1959 uprising led by his brother Fidel Castro ousted a pro-U.S. dictator.The Soviet Union was Cuba's powerful international patron during the Cold War when Havana moved to nationalise U.S. businesses and embraced socialist ideas. Moscow's economic and military aid dried up after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991."We met earlier with some of your comrades, and I am very glad that now all of you are visiting Moscow," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said as he greeted the five in the foreign ministry's Stalin-era building in central Moscow."We had been consistently pressing (for your release), including in our contacts with the Americans, and we are glad that in the long run our participation in your release turned out to be useful and yielded results," Lavrov said. He called the five "a symbol of fortitude and resistance".On Monday, the group attended a military parade on Red Square to mark the 71st anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat by the Soviet Union and wwere to meet heads of Russia's parliament and the communist party, Lavrov said.Following the reversal of U.S. policy towards Cuba under President Barack Obama who called for normalisation of ties, three of the five Cuban spies were freed on Dec. 17, 2014, in an exchange for a Cuban man who had been jailed nearly 20 years for spying on his own country for the Americans.That same day Cuba released American aid worker Alan Gross in a humanitarian gesture after he had been held five years for bringing banned telecommunications equipment into Cuba.The other two Cubans had been released earlier after serving their terms.(Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Richard Balmforth)
The Latest: EU says plans go ahead for visa-free for Turkey-[The Canadian Press]-The Associated Press-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
ANKARA, Turkey - The Latest on the flow of migrants into Europe (all times local):3:10 p.m.The European Union says it is moving ahead with plans to allow Turkish citizens to travel to Europe without visas despite President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's stated refusal to change Turkey's anti-terror laws.The EU says Turkey must narrow its definition of "terrorist" and "terrorist act" to secure a visa waiver. The EU is concerned that journalists and political dissenters are targeted.European Commission spokesman Alexander Winterstein said Tuesday that "we have the word of the Turkish government and we will continue working with the Turkish government."The Commission has not received official word from Ankara that visa talks have ended.The waiver is an incentive — along with up to 6 billion euros ($6.8 billion) and fast-track EU membership talks — for Turkey to stop migrants leaving for Europe.___3:05 p.m.The United Nations refugee agency is urging authorities in Slovakia to investigate an incident in which a woman was shot when border guards fired at a car carrying migrants.Budapest-based UNHCR regional spokesman Babar Baloch said that an inquiry is needed to "ensure accountability," adding that the 26-year-old Syrian woman is out of danger but still in intensive care.In Monday's incident, Slovak police wanted to stop suspicious four cars and opened fire when one driver tried to flee.Slovak state television reported that 11 migrants and six smugglers had been detained and all would be expelled.Baloch said Tuesday that countries' border management had to be consistent with obligations to protect asylum-seekers and that more "legal pathways" were needed in Europe so refugees can avoid smugglers.___2:55 p.m.Germany's interior minister says his country will extend border controls that it launched in September after the European Commission gave its clearance for the move.Thomas de Maiziere said in Berlin Tuesday that German federal police will continue with the checks in the absence of effective controls on the European Union's external borders.The EU's executive Commission said last week that it would activate a provision allowing for another six months of border controls in some member countries.Germany registered nearly 1.1 million people as asylum-seekers last year. The number of newcomers has diminished vastly since the closure of the Balkan route used by many refugees and other migrants — fewer than 16,000 people were registered in April — but officials are wary of a possible further influx via Italy.___2:45 p.m.The head of Austria's centrist party is indirectly warning its government coalition partner that whomever they choose as the next prospective chancellor has to continue supporting the government's restrictive migrant policies.Reinhold Mitterlehner spoke Tuesday, a day after the resignation of Werner Faymann as chancellor and head of the Social Democrats. Mitterlehner is acting chancellor, at least until the other party picks a replacement for Faymann.Faymann resigned in part over mounting opposition within his party to his swing from an open door policy for refugees to one of the most restrictive regimes within the EU.Noting that the restrictions were decided on jointly by both parties, Mitterlehner says that his People's Party wants "to follow through with our route in the refugee policy continuously and consequently."___12:50 p.m.Greek riot police have fired tear gas to stop a fight involving up to 300 refugees and other migrants at a sprawling tent city on the country's northern border with Macedonia.Police say it was unclear why fighting broke out Tuesday between Syrian Arabs and ethnic Kurds armed with stones, sticks and metal bars at Idomeni. At least one man was injured, and no arrests were reported.The camp is home to about 10,000 people thwarted from reaching Europe's prosperous heartland by a series of Balkan border closures this year.-Greek authorities have been trying for months, with little success, to persuade migrants at Idomeni to move to other organized camps.About 54,000 refugees and other migrants are stuck in Greece, through which more than a million people passed since early 2015.___12:25 p.m.Hungary's parliament has endorsed a government-proposed referendum on the European Union's plan to resettle refugees within the bloc according to a quota system.The resolution, which can be appealed at the constitutional Court, was approved 136-5 with support from lawmakers of the governing Fidesz party, its Christian Democratic coalition partners and the far-right Jobbik party.The referendum — valid if turnout is above 50 per cent — is expected to held by October and cost up to 5 billion forints ($18 million).The referendum question is: "Do you want the European Union to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary even without the consent of parliament?"Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who rejects taking in migrants, says voting "no" in the referendum will be "in favour of Hungary's independence."___10:45 a.m.Human Rights Watch says Turkish border guards are continuing to shoot and beat Syrian refugees trying to cross into Turkey and is calling on the country to investigate abuses.The advocacy group said in a statement Tuesday Turkish border guards in March and April used excessive force against Syrians and a smuggler trying to reach Turkey, killing five people, including a child and injuring 14 others.The group also urged Turkey to reopen its border to Syrians.Turkey, home to 2.7 million Syrian refugees, rejects claims that its border guards shoot at refugees and says it has an open-door policy toward migrants, although new arrivals are rare.Human Rights Watch researcher Gerry Simpson said: "Firing at traumatized men, women, and children fleeing fighting and indiscriminate warfare is truly appalling."___The item timed at 12:50 p.m. has been corrected to show that the fight was between Syrian Arabs and ethnic Kurds, following new information from the police.
Erdogan seeking injunction against German media executive - attorney-[Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is seeking a preliminary injunction against the CEO of German publisher Axel Springer that would stop him repeating a derogatory term about the Turkish leader, Erodogan's lawyer said on Tuesday.Ralf Hoecker, the lawyer, told Reuters Erdogan wanted the injunction due to chief executive Mathias Doepfner's support for a poem read out by comedian Jan Boehmermann on German national television in March.In the poem Boehmermann suggested Erdogan hits girls, watches child pornography and engages in bestiality.Hoecker said if the regional court in Cologne agreed to grant the injunction, Doepfner would no longer be able to repeat a sexually crude term to describe Erdogan that was first used by Boehmermann and subsequently quoted by the Axel Springer chief.Hoecker added that he was seeking a preliminary injunction on Erdogan's behalf because of the urgency of the matter.A spokeswoman for the court in Cologne said she could not yet comment on the case.The Turkish leader demanded Germany press charges against Boehmermann and Chancellor Angela Merkel has drawn heavy criticism for allowing German prosecutors to pursue a case against the comedian.Under Germany's criminal code, insults against foreign leaders are not allowed but the government can decide whether to authorise prosecutors to go ahead.In an open letter published in German newspaper Welt am Sonntag in April, Doepfner expressed solidarity with Boehmermann, saying he had laughed out loud over the poem and "wholeheartedly" supported what the comedian had said.Hoecker said he would recommend that Erdogan pursue his case with a higher German court if the preliminary injunction was rejected, as expected. He said he expected a quick decision.Erdogan's office was not immediately available for comment when contacted by Reuters.A spokeswoman for Springer said: "We do not yet have any information about this at all. It's important to note that Mr Doepfner wanted to defend the freedom of art and satire in his open letter - that was the reason for his letter."Hoecker's law firm published a statement on its website on Monday saying it had succeeded in getting a preliminary injunction against German director and producer Uwe Boll, who in a video posted online, defended Boehmermann's poem and said Erdogan should be shot."Mr Erdogan is a human being and human dignity is inviolable," Hoecker said in that statement, adding that this was placed above the freedom of press, art and opinion in the German constitution.Erdogan is known for his sensitivity to criticism and Turkish prosecutors have opened over 1,800 cases against people for insulting him since he became president in 2014.(Reporting by Michelle Martin; Additional reporting by Harro Ten Wolde in Frankfurt; Klaus Lauer in Berlin, and Humeyra Pamuk in Istanbul; Editing by James Dalgleish and Richard Balmforth)
CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL 2ND WAVE OF WW3 (200 MILLION MAN ARMY)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.(THE TURKEY ATATURK DAM ON THE EUPHRATES CAN BE SHUT AND DRIED UP ALREADY BY TURKEY)
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
China scrambles fighters as U.S. sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef-[Reuters]-By Michael Martina, Greg Torode and Ben Blanchard-Reuters-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday as a U.S. navy ship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, a patrol China denounced as an illegal threat to peace which only went to show its defence installations in the area were necessary.Guided missile destroyer the USS William P. Lawrence travelled within 12 nautical miles of Chinese-occupied Fiery Cross Reef, U.S. Defense Department spokesman, Bill Urban said.The so-called freedom of navigation operation was undertaken to "challenge excessive maritime claims" by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam which were seeking to restrict navigation rights in the South China Sea, Urban said."These excessive maritime claims are inconsistent with international law as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention in that they purport to restrict the navigation rights that the United States and all states are entitled to exercise," Urban said in an emailed statement.China and the United States have traded accusations of militarising the South China Sea as China undertakes large-scale land reclamations and construction on disputed features while the United States has increased its patrols and exercises.Facilities on Fiery Cross Reef include a 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) runway which the United States worries China will use it to press its extensive territorial claims at the expense of weaker rivals.China's Defence Ministry said two fighter jets were scrambled and three warships shadowed the U.S. ship, telling it to leave.The U.S. patrol "again proves that China's construction of defensive facilities on the relevant reefs in the Nansha Islands is completely reasonable and totally necessary", it said, using China's name for the Spratly Islands where much of its reclamation work is taking place.Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the U.S. ship illegally entered Chinese waters."This action by the U.S. side threatened China's sovereignty and security interests, endangered the staff and facilities on the reef, and damaged regional peace and stability," he told a daily news briefing.-SENSITIVE AREA-China claims most of the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei have overlapping claims.The Pentagon last month called on China to reaffirm it has no plans to deploy military aircraft in the Spratly Islands after China used a military plane to evacuate sick workers from Fiery Cross."Fiery Cross is sensitive because it is presumed to be the future hub of Chinese military operations in the South China Sea, given its already extensive infrastructure, including its large and deep port and 3000-metre runway," said Ian Storey, a South China Sea expert at Singapore's ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute."The timing is interesting, too. It is a show of U.S. determination ahead of President Obama's trip to Vietnam later this month."Speaking in Vietnam, Daniel Russel, assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, said freedom of navigation operations were important for smaller nations."If the world's most powerful navy cannot sail where international law permits, then what happens to the ships of navy of smaller countries?," Russel told reporters before news of the operation was made public.China has reacted with anger to previous U.S. freedom of navigation operations, including the overflight of fighter planes near the disputed Scarborough Shoal last month, and when long-range U.S. bombers flew near Chinese facilities under construction on Cuarteron Reef in the Spratlys last November.-U.S. naval officials believe China has plans to start reclamation and construction activities on Scarborough Shoal, which sits further north of the Spratlys within the Philippines claimed 200 nautical mile (370 km) exclusive economic zone.A tough-talking city mayor, Rodrigo Duterte, looks set to become president of the Philippines after an election on Monday. He has proposed multilateral talks on the South China Sea.A Chinese diplomat warned last week that criticism of China over the South China Sea would rebound like a coiled spring.(Additional reporting by David Brunnstrom in Paris and My Pham in Hanoi; Writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Lincoln Feast, Robert Birsel)
Ex-N. Korea army head, who Seoul said was executed, is alive-[The Canadian Press]-Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
SEOUL, South Korea - A former North Korean military chief who Seoul had said was executed is actually alive and in possession of several new senior-level posts, the North's state media said Tuesday.The news on Ri Yong Gil marks yet another blunder for South Korean intelligence officials, who have often gotten information wrong in tracking developments with their rival. It also points to the difficulties that even professional spies have in figuring out what's going on in one of the world's most closed governments.Ri, who was considered one of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's most trusted aides, missed two key national meetings in February. Seoul intelligence officials later said that Kim had him executed for corruption and other charges.Kim has reportedly overseen a series of killings, purges and dismissals since he took power in late 2011, part of what foreign experts call an attempt to tighten his grip on power.The South's report on Ri's execution seemed to be bolstered later in February when Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency confirmed Ri had lost his job by describing someone else as chief of the North Korean military's general staff.He hadn't appeared anywhere in KCNA, the North's main media outlet for foreign audiences, until the report Tuesday that a person with the same name as Ri was among those awarded important positions during the just concluded Workers' Party congress in Pyongyang. The congress, the first in 36 years, ended Monday with announcements of personnel and organizational changes.According to KCNA dispatches, Ri got three posts — member of the party's Central Committee, alternate member of the committee's powerful Political Bureau, and member of the party's Central Military Commission.Seoul's Unification Ministry said Tuesday that it confirmed Ri is back after analyzing North Korean state media photos and video of the party congress.South Korean media said that Seoul intelligence authorities were responsible for the initial reports on Ri's execution. But the National Intelligence Service — South Korea's main spy agency — tried to distance itself from the misstep, saying it never disclosed any information on Ri.Monitoring developments among the North's ruling elite is very hard for outsiders; the country keeps strict tabs on visitors and its own state-run press acts as a disseminator of government propaganda. South Korea, which runs several intelligence organizations mainly tasked with spying on the North, has a mixed record.Earlier this year, South Korean intelligence and defence officials faced criticism for failing to see in advance that North Korea had been preparing for its fourth nuclear test.The NIS also failed to learn of the 2011 death of Kim Jong Il, the dictator father of Kim Jong Un, before Pyongyang's state TV announced it. In 2013, it saved its face by releasing its finding that Kim's powerful uncle Jang Song Thaek was purged, days before North Korea announced his execution.The rival Koreas have shared the world's most heavily fortified border since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, and they bar ordinary citizens from exchanging phone calls, letters and emails without special permission.___Follow Hyung-jin Kim on Twitter at www.twitter.com/hyungjin1972
Huge Oil Tanker Washes Up On Beach – But There’s No Sign Of The Crew-[Yahoo News]-May 9, 2016
This 200ft oil tanker has been found washed ashore on a beach in Liberia, west Africa – but its crew is nowhere to be seen.The abandoned Tamaya 1, which is registered in Panama, was found near Robertsport, by the border with Sierra Leone, last week.Speculation is rife as to where those who were on board the ship are – particularly given the region’s notoriety for piracy.According to Marine Traffic, the vessel’s last known position was just south of Dakar, Senegal, on April 22.However, details of the vessel’s 600-mile journey south since then are completely unknown. Locally, speculation is rife as to what happened. Although piracy is not unlikely, the number of incidents involving oil tankers has fallen dramatically in years years.In fact, a source at nation’s port authority told the Liberian Daily Observer that it may be down to the tanker’s owner going bankrupt.They said: “Our best bet is that the vessel’s owner might have gone broke and had no money to pay crew members. And therefore, the crew abandoned the ship.”The 992 gross tonne tanker, built in 1980, has spent several days on the beach, and has reportedly been looted – after authorities were apparently to act. (Credit: Preston Veteran Gaylor/Facebook)
Effect of oil price shock still unfolding but economy coping well so far: IMF-[The Canadian Press]-David Paddon, The Canadian Press-May 9, 2016-yahoonews
TORONTO - Canada's economy has coped well with a shocking decline in oil prices but the country's central bank and federal government should remain prepared to do more if the need arises, an International Monetary Fund analysis released Monday has concluded.Cheng Hoon Lim, head of the IMF's annual review of Canada's economic performance, said it's too soon to calculate the impact of the Alberta wildfires that have devastated a huge area including parts of Fort McMurray."We need to see the extent of the damage that's been done to the oilsands industry," Lim said in a conference call from Washington, D.C.Still, rebuilding efforts in Alberta will likely provide "a positive boost to consumption and to investments," she added.Lim also said the Bank of Canada has room to lower its policy rate, currently at 0.5 per cent, to stimulate the economy."But for the Bank of Canada to resort to unconventional monetary policies, it will require another big shock to the Canadian economy — and we see that risk, at this stage, as being very remote," Lim said.Among the global risks identified by the IMF are persistently weak oil prices, trade and investments."On the domestic front, the high level of household debt and the housing market remain the most important vulnerabilities," Lim said. "We expect to see loan delinquencies gradually rising, although these would be from very low levels."The IMF said Canada's current economic slowdown has renewed concern about record high household debt levels and high housing prices in certain markets, such as Vancouver and Toronto.It says the Bank of Canada's policy of low interest rates and the federal government's plan to increase infrastructure spending are appropriate, given the need to support economic growth in the medium term.But the IMF report says it's time for Canada to tackle its record of low labour productivity and calls for a more targeted approach to the Liberal government's new child tax benefit to enable more women to participate in the workforce.Lim said the IMF's research in Canada and elsewhere has shown a statistically significant, positive effect on labour productivity when women enter the labour force.Follow @DavidPaddon on Twitter.
Greek PM Tsipras says review will be concluded without extra austerity-[Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece does not need to adopt further austerity measures beyond what was agreed in its bailout to qualify for new loans, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told his cabinet on Tuesday, hailing the decision of a Eurogroup meeting.Greece and its euro zone lenders reached an agreement on Monday which will pave the way for unlocking more than 5 billion euros that the crisis-hit country needs to cover debt repayments maturing in June and July and to pay off state arrears.Tsipras said the agreement shows that Greece is no longer isolated, reflecting on a clash with lenders over austerity last year that nearly forced the country out of the euro zone."Greece is not alone and isolated any more. It enjoys the support of political forces and governments which have finally realized that this country and its people have the right to turn a page," Tsipras told his ministers.Euro zone finance ministers also started talks on how to make Greece's debt servicing costs manageable, a move long desired by Greece.The left-led government needs the debt relief badly to lure back investors, appease markets and convince Greeks that their sacrifices are paying off after six years of austerity."Greece is leaving behind six years of recession and darkness," Tsipras said. "I want to repeat, this is not the right time for celebrations."(Writing Renee Maltezou; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
Kerry to discuss Iran with European banks in London - banking source-[Reuters]-May 10, 2016-yahoonews
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet representatives of British and European banks in London on Thursday to discuss issues involved in doing business with Iran, a British banking industry source said on Tuesday.The United States and Europe lifted sanctions in January under a deal with Iran to limit its nuclear programme, but other U.S. sanctions remain, including a ban on transactions with Iran in dollars being processed through the U.S. financial system.This has meant that few European banks, and none of the big ones that have deep relationships with the U.S. banking system, have been willing to get involved in trade with Iran, much to Tehran's frustration.The British Bankers' Association confirmed a meeting was due to take place between Kerry and representatives from member banks, but declined to provide further details.An industry source in London said Iran would be the focus of the meeting and representatives from several European banks would also be involved.A spokesman travelling with Kerry, who is in Paris and London this week for meetings with European counterparts and an anti-corruption conference, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Kerry said last month that the United States was not opposed to foreign banks doing business with Iran in line with the terms of last year's nuclear deal.He said he wanted to clear up uncertainty in the business community outside the United States about investing in Iran.The Iranian government has complained about not getting the full economic fruits of the nuclear deal. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the most powerful figure in Iran, has blamed the delays squarely on the United States."The U.S. Treasury ... acts in such a way that big corporations, big institutions and big banks do not dare to come and deal with Iran," Khamenei said in March.The Iranian business community's hopes of rapidly emerging from years of economic isolation have been fading.Iranian business leaders believe the United States has failed to spell out exactly what is permitted and what is not, maintaining uncertainty and putting off international banks from processing Iran-linked transactions.(Reporting by Rachel Armstrong, Jonathan Saul and David Brunnstrom; Writing by Estelle Shirbon; Editing by Tom Heneghan)
Mercury makes rare transit of the sun today-[CBC]-May 9, 2016-yahoonews
A rare celestial show is happening today. The planet mercury will cross in front of the sun.The last time this event was visible on earth was almost a decade ago, on November 8, 2006.Mercury began making its way across the sun at 8:12 a.m CST and will complete its crossing at 12:42 p.m. CST."If the skies were clear then through our telescope we would be able to see Mercury directly, as sort of a silhouette against the face of the sun," said University of Saskatchewan astronomy lecturer, Stan Shadick."Unfortunately we haven't been able to find the sun yet this morning," Shadick said. "It's too cloudy."Even though Mercury orbits the sun every 88 days, its orbit is tilted relative to Earth's orbit. That means most of the time when it passes between the Earth and the sun it appears above or below the sun when viewed from Earth.Shadick said people cannot see Mercury's transit with the naked eye and you shouldn't try, because looking at the sun directly will damage them."You do need a telescope, but you should never point a telescope at the sun unless you have the proper solar filter," Shadick said."Most people with telescopes do not have that necessary solar filter."Shadick said the public is invited to view the Mercury transit through the powerful three-metre long refractor telescope at the University of Saskatchewan Observatory.The next Mercury transit will be in 2019. After that, you won't have another chance to see it until 2049.
The Latest: Forecasters warn of tornado risk in Ohio Valley-[The Canadian Press]-The Associated Press--May 10, 2016-yahoonews
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Latest on severe weather affecting parts of the U.S. (all times local):6:15 a.m.Parts of the Great Plains and Ohio Valley could see severe weather Tuesday as two storm systems make their way across the country's midsection.The Storm Prediction Center says central and northern Texas — including the Dallas-Fort Worth area — could see large hail and powerful winds Tuesday. In the east, Kentucky, southern Ohio, southern Illinois and southern Indiana are all at risk for bad weather, including tornadoes.So far, the risk is lower than on Monday, when powerful storms spawned tornadoes across the Great Plains, killing two people in Oklahoma.In all, the Storm Prediction Center received 23 reports of tornadoes in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Oklahoma. The storms also downed trees and damaged buildings in northeast Texas, and dropped softball-sized hail in Lincoln, Nebraska.___1:30 a.m.Two people have been killed by strong tornadoes that swept across portions of southern Oklahoma.Johnston County Sheriff's Sgt. Stacey Pulley says a man died Monday near the town of Connerville. A storm earlier in the day killed a man in a home near Wynnewood.Some of Monday's weather was so bad that forecasters declared a "tornado emergency" for the towns of Roff and Hickory, which were in the path of a storm.The Oklahoma Office of Emergency Management reported the storms destroyed a radio station building in Coal County and an undetermined number of homes in Murray, Garvin and Johnston counties.Tornadoes were also reported in Iowa and Nebraska, but there were no immediate reports there of injuries or significant damage.
- PICTURES OF A BURNT OUT AREA OF FORT MCMURRAY.MOST LIKELY BEACON HILL.TOP. AND BOTTOM-FLAMES DESTROY OPEN WOODS SOMEWHERE ON ITS WAY TO THE ALBERTA-SASKATCHEWAN BORDER. WHICH IS ABOUT 30 KILOMETERS AWAY-pictures-yahoonews-the canadian press/ho