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)
NUCLEAR WEAPONS WILL BE USED.
JESUS SHED HIS BLOOD FOR US THAT WE CAN BE SAVED FOREVER.AND DURING WW3 PEOPLES BLOOD WILL BE SHED AS A JUDGEMENT FOR HATING HIM AND ISRAEL.GOD IS NOT MOCKED.
ZEPHANIAH 1:2-3
2 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
3 I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
PSALMS 97:3
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
EZEKIEL 5:15-17
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the (ARAB/MUSLIM) nations that are round about thee,(ISRAEL) when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts,(WHEN RUSSIA/MUSLIMS GET DEFEATED THIER BODIES GET EATEN BY BIRDS,ANIMALS IN ISRAEL MIGRATION SEASON) and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;(NUKES) and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
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)
ISAIAH 66:15-18
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire,(NUKES) and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
17 They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
18 For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity:(GOD/ISRAEL HATE AND BRAKING OF HIS COMMANDMENTS) the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die - 3 BILLION).
ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
REVELATION 9:18
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(ATOMIC BOMBS)(RUSSIA CHINA DESTROYED BY ISRAELS ATOMIC BOMBS)
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH)
REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)
HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
WELL TODAY OBAMA AND TURKEYS NUTJOB ERDOGAN WILL OPEN THE BIGGEST MOSQUE IN MARYLAND.SUNNI ARAB MUSLIM OBAMA SHOULD HAVE INVITED HIS BEST FRIENDS FROM CANADA TO JOIN HIM AND NUTJOB ERDOGAN.LIBERAL PM JUSTINE TRUDEAU AND LESBIEN ONTARIO LIBERAL LEADER KATHLEEN WYN BOTH SUCK HOLE UP TO MUSLIMS.BETWEEN SUNNI-ARAB OBAMA-ERDOGAN-TRUDEAU AND WYNN. THEY COULD REALLY HAVE FUN TOGETHER IN THE NEW MOSQUE WORSHIPPING THEIR MOON GOD ALLAH AND PEDOPHILE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. I WOULD LIKE IF ISRAEL JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN MARYLAND ON A ARMY DRILL. ISRAEL COULD POUR PIGS BLOOD ALL OVER THE MOSQUE TO DESECRATE IT. THEN ISRAEL COULD BOMB IT.AND TO TOP IT OFF ISRAEL COULD DO A SONIC BOOM FLYBY TO DEAFEN ALL THE MUSLIMS IN MARYLAND. GO ISRAEL-I HEARD YOU GOT A ARMY DRILL IN MARYLAND. TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.SINCE USE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. AND WHAT A LIGHT USE WOULD DO TO BLAST THAT NEW MOSQUE INTO OBLIVION.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER AND KATHLEEN WYNN ONTARIO LIBERAL PREMIER WORSHIPPING SODOMITES AT A GAY EVENT.WHILE GLADLY WEARING THE SODOMITE ABOMINATION RAINBOW FLAG-pic-cashboxcanada.ca
NEW MOSQUE IN MARYLAND-ENGLAND
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QP4cl2Nv8M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO3V6MUSVfc
Maryland: Obama expected to open largest mega-mosque complex in U.S.Posted on March 27, 2016 by creeping
As Creeping Sharia noted a year ago, Obama accepts offer to open Turkish mega-mosque in Maryland. According to a Turkish newspaper that time is here: h/t Shoebat- America’s largest mosque complex, officially known as Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center, was built with Turkish funding under the supervision of the Turkish religious foundation (Diyanet). The $100 million mega mosque in Lanham, Maryland, will soon be open for Muslim worshipers in the Washington, DC area, as Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Barack Obama are expected to open the mosque.The same Turkish rag words it slightly differently here: Erdoğan to open first US double-minaret mosque-The $100 million mega-mosque in Maryland, US will soon be open in the Washington, DC area, as Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to open the mosque during his official visit to the US between March 29 and April 2.America’s largest mosque complex, officially known as the Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center, was built with Turkish funding under the supervision of the Turkish religious foundation (Diyanet). Almost all $100 million for the mosque was funded by the Religious Affairs and the Religious Foundation of Turkey.The mosque is part of the Turkish-Islamic Center also known as the “American Religious Center,” built on a large area in Lanham, Maryland that will have the capacity to host 3,000 Muslim worshippers indoors and outdoors.In addition to the mosque, the complex will also include a community building, a guest house, traditional Turkish houses, library, conference and exhibition halls, meeting rooms and reception area.The complex, which also includes a museum of Islamic art, was built according to 16th century architecture.The ISIS-supporting Erdogan was jailed for inciting Muslims when he stated:“The minarets are our bayonets; the domes are our helmets. Mosques are our barracks, the believers are soldiers. This holy army guards my religion. Almighty, Our journey is our destiny, the end is martyrdom.”It appears to sit in the middle of a residential neighborhood.Meanwhile, in Turkey, where ISIS and other Muslim terror groups train and shelter:The Obama administration ordered the families of U.S. military and diplomatic personnel to leave parts of southern Turkey on Tuesday and warned U.S. citizens against travel to the region amid mounting security concerns.
Obama & Turkish President to Attend Opening of Largest Mosque in America Next Week-26 Mar, 2016 by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
Still think Obama is not a Muslim? He will be opening America’s largest mosque complex in Maryland next week. It will sport not one, but two minarets. With him will be Erdogan of Turkey, who is proclaiming that the Ottoman Empire is rising again along with the Caliphate. Erdogan is Obama’s best bud. The mosque cost a cool $100 million. America’s largest mosque complex, officially known as the Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center, was built with Turkish funding under the supervision of the Turkish religious foundation (Diyanet). Almost all $100 million for the mosque was funded by the Religious Affairs and the Religious Foundation of Turkey. The mosque is part of the Turkish-Islamic Center also known as the “American Religious Center,” built on a large area in Lanham, Maryland that will have the capacity to host 3,000 Muslim worshippers indoors and outdoors. How’s that for changing the demographics of our nation? ISIS anyone? Obama is keeping his promise and turning us into a Muslim nation. I wonder if the feds will conduct surveillance on the mosque. Probably not.Turkey-From Freedom Outpost: America’s largest mosque complex, officially known as Turkish-American Culture and Civilization Center, wasbuilt with Turkish funding under the supervision of the Turkish religious foundation (Diyanet). The $100 million mega mosque in Lanham, Maryland, will soon be open for Muslim worshipers in the Washington, DC area, as their link shows: “Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdoğan and US President Barack Obama are expected to open the mosque.” I guess you can learn about your president’s next step towards building Islam in the U.S., not from your media, but from Erdogan’s official media Yeni Safak instead:Turkey8-Do you see “US Double Minaret Mosque” above in the article Erdogan published? Why “Two Minarets”? An Ottoman sultan is addressed as such in prayer: “O God, assist the Sultan, son of the Sultan, Sovereign of the Two Continents, of the Two Seas, Destroyer of Two Armies, Sultan of the Two Iraqs, Servant of the Two Sanctuaries [Mecca and Medina]” (Ibn Iyas, 195-1960). Muhammad II was “Sovereign of the Two Seas, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.”Turkey is an empire that will arise TWICE, once after it is wounded and another for its glory. Even Daniel the prophet recognizes this feature, Antichrist loves to have his established castles between the “two seas”: “And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the [two] seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.” (Daniel 11:45)-Will the West ever awake its slumber and learn just how packed each verse is in the scriptures? Turkey’s mega mosque in Maryland will include a community building, a guest house, traditional Turkish houses, library, conference and exhibition halls, meeting rooms, reception, museum of Islamic art, coffee house, gift shops, cultural center, amphitheater, computer lab, library and even Turkish baths in the old Ottoman style … the works. It “aims at bringing all Muslims together, to enlighten people about the facts of Islam and guide believers to a correct way.” This is part of an effort by Erdogan to revive and grow Islam across the planet. Obama is intent on helping him do so and to redistribute American wealth to Muslim nations. Terror be damned. Just look at Iran. A state-sponsored program to build mosques in countries from Kazakhstan to Cuba has emerged as a foreign policy instrument for Turkey, boosting the country’s claim to a place on the international stage as a leader of the Islamic world that looks after Muslims everywhere. There are rumors out there that Erdogan is about to be ousted in Turkey. I highly doubt that, but we’ll see. He’s on a global conquest for Islam and the Caliphate and he intends to rule over all.
Wynne makes appeal for acceptance at Ottawa mosque-Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, centre, visits an Ottawa Mosque with Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi, right, Friday Nov. 20.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne today made a broad appeal for acceptance at a visit to an Ottawa mosque for Friday prayers.Wynne stopped by the Ottawa Muslim Association’s mosque with Ottawa Centre MPP Yasir Naqvi, and addressed the violent Paris attacks last week, saying it is “now more important than ever” to show compassion towards others.“It’s our responsibility as Canadians to make sure we guard against the fear and we resist blame that can lead to racism and to hatred. At these moments it’s extremely important we reinforce our Canadian values that are includes and based in compassion.”
As Trudeau fields U.S. queries about economic storm clouds, sunny numbers emerge-[The Canadian Press]-Alexander Panetta, The Canadian Press-March 31, 2016-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON - Justin Trudeau was being peppered with questions about the storm clouds gathering above the Canadian economy — crashing oil prices, a resource slump and federal budget deficits with no end in sight.Not to worry, the prime minister told an American business audience: other Canadian sectors are doing well, the deficits are manageable and now is the time to be investing in the country's infrastructure."I think confident, optimistic countries, like confident, optimistic companies, should always be willing to invest in their future — to bet on their future," Trudeau told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce during Thursday's question-and-answer session."To know that we have brighter days and we should be building for them."It just so happened that a bright spot was opening right at that moment: Canada's new GDP numbers were showing the biggest month-over-month jump in economic growth in three years.It was Trudeau's third trip to the U.S. in a month — this time for a meeting of world leaders on nuclear safety, during which he also spoke to the business group and met with his Japanese and Argentinian counterparts.He was asked whether he hoped a future U.S. administration would approve a new version of the Keystone XL pipeline, which had become such a sore spot in Canada-U.S. relations in recent years."Listen, it's not a government of Canada proposal," he began, before adding: "I've said many times (that) one of the most important jobs of any Canadian prime minister is to make sure we're getting our resources to market."But doing that in the 21st century means doing it responsibly, sustainably, ethically, thinking about the long term. We didn't do a very good job over the past decade of highlighting our understanding of environmental and global responsibilities around that."He was speaking to a group closely aligned with the big-business wing of the Republican party, and which tends to support the party with ads and donations. In the audience were representatives from governments and corporations like Google, Amazon, Ford, Coca-Cola and General Electric.In his speech, Trudeau touted his middle-class tax cuts and plans to boost infrastructure spending. He did not mention the deficits — nor the absence of a time frame to erase them — until prompted later by the moderator.The chamber's vice-president, Myron Brilliant, urged the Liberal government to take up another of the group's priorities — adopting the Trans-Pacific Partnership."You laid out a vision we think we can contribute to and support," Brilliant said."We do believe that TPP is not a perfect agreement. But we should not let a perfect agreement be the enemy of the good agreement that we have before us. It's so important strategically for the United States, Canada and the other countries that we move forward... We would like to see it go forward."Trudeau extolled the merits of trade deals generally, but did not commit to passing TPP which he said is undergoing a review in Canada.He was also asked whether he'd renegotiate NAFTA, a proposal of some presidential candidates including Donald Trump. Once a trade deal is opened up for one thing, other irritants pop up immediately, he replied.And, of course, he was asked about the Republican front-runner, although not by name. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has urged Trudeau to denounce Trump, which the prime minister has by and large refused to do.Trudeau responded the way he always has during his U.S. visits: with a two-step dance.On the one hand, he made his personal preference clear — for a positive politics that sees globalization and interactions with foreigners as an opportunity, not just a threat.But he also suggested that the current anti-establishment anger could eventually produce positive results. He said political elites might draw some lessons from the election, about listening to regular people and spreading economic opportunity.The audience laughed and clapped when Trudeau repeated his stock phrase: "I have great faith in the American people and look forward to working with whoever gets elected in November."
Leaders of U.S, Japan, South Korea issue new warning to North Korea-[Reuters]-By Jeff Mason-Reuters-March 31, 2016-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama joined with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday to present a united front over what he called "provocations" committed by North Korea in its recent nuclear and missile tests.Meeting on the sidelines of a global nuclear security summit in Washington, the three leaders recommitted their countries to each other’s defense and warned they could take further steps to counter threats from Pyongyang.Obama held separate talks with President Xi Jinping of China, the closest North Korea has to an ally, and said they both wanted to see "full implementation" of the latest United Nations sanctions against Pyongyang. But Xi offered no sign that Beijing was prepared to go beyond its consent to the Security Council measures imposed in early March.“We are united in our efforts to deter and defend against North Korean provocations,” Obama told reporters after the U.S.-Japan-South Korea meeting. "We have to work together to meet this challenge."Relations between Park and Abe have been frosty in the past, but the two have been brought together in recent months by shared concerns about North Korea, which conducted a fourth nuclear bomb test on Jan. 6 and launched a long-range rocket into space last month.The United States has sought to encourage improved ties between Seoul and Japan, its two biggest allies in Asia, given worries not only about North Korea but also an increasingly assertive China.The expanded U.N. sanctions aimed at starving North Korea of funds for its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs were approved in a unanimous Security Council vote on a resolution drafted by the United States and China.But even though Beijing has signed on, doubts persist in the West on how far it will go in tightening the screws on impoverished North Korea, given Chinese concerns about fueling instability on its borders.Appearing later with Obama, Xi said that while Washington and Beijing have disagreements in some areas, they have effective coordination on the North Korean issue.However, China, considered the most capable of influencing North Korea’s reclusive leadership, has said repeatedly that sanctions are not the solution and only a resumption of international talks can resolve the dispute with Pyongyang. Six-party talks between the two Koreas, China, the United States, Japan and Russia aimed at curbing the North's nuclear ambitions collapsed after the last round in 2008.Thursday's meetings took place as leaders from more than 50 countries gathered in Washington for a two-day summit hosted by Obama and focused on securing vulnerable atomic materials to prevent nuclear terrorism. North Korea’s nuclear defiance was also high on the agenda.-'MISGUIDED CALCULUS'-Obama said he, Park and Abe had directed their teams to come up with additional steps they can take collectively against North Korea.Park said the leaders had discussed ways to force North Korea to "alter its misguided calculus" on its weapons programs, and Abe expressed a commitment to strengthening trilateral security cooperation.Obama has less than 10 months left in office to follow through on one of his signature foreign policy initiatives, and this week's meeting is his fourth and final Nuclear Security Summit.While progress has been made, some arms-control advocates say the diplomatic process seems to have lost momentum and could slow even further once Obama leaves office in January.A boycott by Russian President Vladimir Putin, apparently unwilling to join in a U.S.-dominated gathering at a time of increased tensions between Washington and Moscow, adds to doubts that the latest meeting will yield major results.The deadly militant bomb attacks in Brussels this month have fueled concern that Islamic State could eventually target nuclear plants, steal material and develop radioactive “dirty bombs,” a topic that may well be uppermost in leaders’ minds as they meet.(Additional reporting by Susan Heavey, Roberta Rampton, David Brunnstrom, Doina Chiacu; Writing by Matt Spetalnick; Editing by James Dalgleish and Frances Kerry)
China still committed to nuclear reprocessing despite Asia stockpile fears-[Reuters]-By David Brunnstrom-Reuters-March 31, 2016-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China remains committed to its plans for nuclear reprocessing, its top nuclear industry official said on Thursday, despite concerns this could lead to a competitive buildup of plutonium stockpiles in Asia."China is dedicated to the establishment of a complete nuclear fuel-cycle system," Xu Daxhe, chairman of the China Atomic Energy Authority, told reporters on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington."When we are constructing a number of nuclear power plants in China we are also taking into consideration the development of a reprocessing capability," he added.Xu noted that China was in discussions with French firm Areva over the construction of a commercial reprocessing plant, although he added that there was still "a long way to go to complete the negotiation, both technically and commercially."Industry watchers say the two sides are still far apart in terms of a price for the multibillion-dollar project. Asked about this, Xu said, "yes, so the negotiations still have a long way to go.”Speaking at a news conference earlier, Xu reiterated concerns about the size of the plutonium stockpile possessed by Japan, which plans to open its own reprocessing plant in 2018."There is a mismatch between the current stockpile of the plutonium in Japan and its real need for development," Xu said.Japan has an estimated 50 tonnes of plutonium, enough to produce 2,000 nuclear weapons, and is building a large plant at Rokkasho in northern Japan to reprocess spent fuel from power plants, although its start has been repeatedly delayed.It has until now relied on the British and French to extract plutonium from spent uranium fuel rods, but with nearly all of its reactors shut down after the Fukushima nuclear disaster five years ago and no schedule for further restarts there is little use for the material.Japan remains an avowedly anti-nuclear-weapons state as the only country ever to have suffered a nuclear attack. However, anti-proliferation advocates worry that if it goes ahead with plans to open Rokkasho, this will raise fears about its future intentions, spurring China's plans and also encouraging South Korea to pursue reprocessing capability.U.S. concerns had been rising about the prospect of growing stockpiles of nuclear raw materials in East Asia and in mid-March, Thomas Countryman, an assistant U.S. secretary of state in charge of non-proliferation, called into question the renewal of an agreement between Washington and Tokyo that allows Japan to reprocess and produce weapons-grade plutonium.The agreement is due to be extended in 2018, but with a new U.S. administration starting in January its status is unclear.(Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Editing by James Dalgleish)
2ND WAVE CHINA AND KINGS OF THE EAST MARCH TO ISRAEL - THE ACTUAL START OF WW3
REVELATION 16:12-16
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates;(WERE WW3 STARTS IN IRAQ OR SYRIA OR TURKEY) and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon,(SATAN) and out of the mouth of the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) and out of the mouth of the false prophet.(FALSE POPE)
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.(WERE 2 BILLION DIE FROM NUKE WAR)
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.(ITS AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WHEN AMERICA GETS NUKED BY RUSSIA ON THE WAY TO THE MIDEAST)
DANIEL 11:44 (2ND WAVE OF WW3)
44 But tidings out of the east(CHINA) and out of the north(RUSSIA, MUSLIMS WHATS LEFT FROM WAVE 1) shall trouble him:(EU DICTATOR IN ISRAEL) therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.( 1/3RD OF EARTHS POPULATION)
REVELATION 9:12-18
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.(WORLDWIDE WAR)(TURKEY-IRAQ-SYRIA)(EUPHRATES RIVER CONSISTS OF 760 MILES IN TURKEY,440 MILES IN SYRIA AND 660 MILES IN IRAQ)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,(WORLDWIDE WAR) which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.(1/3 Earths Population die in WW 3 2ND WAVE-2 billion)
16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand:(200 MILLION MAN ARMY FROM CHINA AND THE KINGS OF THE EAST) and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR BOMBS)
China to US: 'Be careful' in South China Sea-AFP-MAR 31,16-YAHOONEWS
Beijing (AFP) - Beijing's defence ministry on Thursday warned the US navy to "be careful" in the South China Sea and slammed a newly signed agreement between Washington and the Philippines.Earlier this month, Manila agreed to give US forces access to five military bases, including some close to the disputed South China Sea, where tensions have risen over Beijing's assertion of its territorial claims.China claims virtually all the South China Sea despite conflicting claims by Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and the Philippines, and has built up artificial islands in the area in recent months, including some with airstrips.Washington has since October carried out two high-profile "freedom of navigation" operations in which it sailed warships within 12 nautical miles of islets claimed by China.Asked about a recent report on US patrols in the sea, defence ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told a briefing on Thursday: "As for the US ships which came, I can only suggest they be careful".The agreement between Washington and Manila applies to the Antonio Bautista Air Base on the western island of Palawan, directly on the South China Sea.Asked about the deal, Yang said: "To strengthen military alliances is a reflection of a Cold War mentality"."It is in the opposite direction of the trends of the era for peace, development and cooperation," he said, adding bilateral military cooperation "should not "undermine a third party's interests".Washington regularly accuses Beijing -- which says it has built runways on and deployed unspecified weapons to islands in the South China Sea -- of militarising the area.Beijing denies the accusations and says US patrols have ramped up tensions."Now, the United States has come back, and is reinforcing its military presence in this region and promoting militarisation in the South China Sea," Yang said.Beijing acknowledges that the facilities on its new islands will have military as well as civilian purposes.China's comments came as Malaysia accused "a large number" of Chinese fishing trawlers and a coast guard vessel of entering its waters, understood to be last week.Kuala Lumpur said China's envoy to Malaysia was summoned on Thursday "to seek clarification as well as to register Malaysia’s concerns over the matter".
U.S. says it will not recognize South China Sea exclusion zone-Reuters By Andrea Shalal-March 30, 2016 12:30 PM-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has told China it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the South China Sea and would view such a move as "destabilizing," U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said on Wednesday.U.S. officials have expressed concern that an international court ruling expected in the coming weeks on a case brought by the Philippines against China over its South China Sea claims could prompt Beijing to declare an air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, in the region, as it did in the East China Sea in 2013.Work told an event hosted by the Washington Post that the United States would not recognize such an exclusion zone in the South China Sea, just as it did not recognize the one China established in the East China Sea.China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion in global trade passes every year."We don't believe they have a basis in international law, and we've said over and over (that) we will fly, sail and go wherever international law allows," Work said."We have spoken quite plainly to our Chinese counterparts and said that we think an ADIZ would be destabilizing. We would prefer that all of the claims in the South China Sea be handled through mediation and not force or coercion," he said.Work spoke as Chinese President Xi Jinping prepared to visit Washington for a nuclear security summit this week.The United States has accused China of raising tensions in the South China Sea by its apparent deployment of surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island, a move China has neither confirmed nor denied.China, for its part, has repeatedly accused the United States of militarizing the South China Sea through its freedom of navigation patrols in the region and the expansion of military alliances with countries such as the Philippines.In February, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said his country's South China Sea military deployments were no different from U.S. deployments on Hawaii.Tensions between China and its neighbors Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan over sovereignty in the South China Sea have risen after Beijing embarked on significant reclamations on disputed islands and reefs in the area.(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Alan Crosby)
China sets up unit to coordinate overseas military moves-Reuters-MAR 31,16YAHOONEWS
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Defence Ministry said on Thursday it has set up a dedicated unit to coordinate its "non-war" activities overseas like evacuations from conflict zones, as it seeks to play a greater role in the world.China, the world's second-largest economy, has sent its navy to take part in anti-piracy patrols in the waters off Somalia and helped evacuate its citizens and other foreigners from Yemen.The new Overseas Action Department has been established as part of broader military reforms, ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told a regular monthly news briefing."In recent years, as our national and military strength have increase, the Chinese military has many times participated in overseas military actions, proactively fulfilling our international responsibilities and obligations," Yang said.The department's main mission is to plan, coordinate and enact "non-war" overseas action, such as peacekeeping missions, evacuations and joint drills, he added.But any of these missions will always respect the United Nations charter and international norms, to help preserve peace and stability, Yang said.China last year passed a counter-terrorism law that allows the military to venture overseas on anti-terror missions, though experts have said it would face big practical and diplomatic problems if it ever wanted to do this.(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Robert Birsel)
Kremlin denies report of Russia-U.S. deal on Assad's future-Reuters-MAR 31,16-YAHOONEWS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that a report by the al-Hayat newspaper on an agreement between Russia and the United States on the future of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was not true.The newspaper reported that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had told several Arab countries that Russia and the U.S. reached an understanding on the future of Syria's peace process, including Assad's departure to another country at some unspecified stage."Al-Hayat published information which does not correspond to reality," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with journalists."Russia is advantageously different from other nations because it does not discuss the issue of the self-determination of third countries either through diplomatic or other channels."(Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Christian Lowe)
Weakened Boko Haram sends girl bombers against Cameroon civilians-Reuters By Joe Penney-MAR 31,16-YAHOONEWS
KERAWA, Cameroon (Reuters) - Adama Simila wears a knife tied to his belt by a piece of rope, his only protection against Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist insurgents who have repeatedly targeted his home town in remote northern Cameroon.While the threat once came from heavily armed, battle-hardened jihadists crossing from neighboring Nigeria, today Simila knows he is more likely to die at the hands of a teenage girl strapped with explosives."We're here to look out for suicide bombers," said the 31-year-old, a member of a local civilian defense force in the town of Kerawa.After watching its influence spread during a six-year campaign that has killed around 15,000 people according to the U.S. military, Nigeria has now united with its neighbors to stamp out Boko Haram.A regional offensive last year drove the insurgents from most of their traditional strongholds, denying them their dream of an Islamic emirate in northeastern Nigeria. An 8,700-strong regional force of troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria is seeking to finish the job.Now, increasingly on the back foot, Boko Haram is retaliating with a deadly guerrilla campaign against civilians, and ordinary people like Simila have become the last line of defense."I'm not scared. They are people, we are also people. We must die to live," said Simila, who was at the Kerawa market in September when two girls detonated themselves, killing 19 people and injuring 143 others. A nearly identical bombing at the same market followed in January.Outside Nigeria, Cameroon has been hardest hit by Boko Haram, which now operates out of bases in the Mandara Mountains, Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad -- areas straddling the borders between Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Niger.Since August 2014, the sect has carried out 336 attacks in Cameroon, according to the Cameroonian army, which has lost 57 of its own men while defending the north.Of 34 recorded suicide bombings killing 174 people, 80 percent were carried out by girls and young women aged 14 to 24 years.Girls abused as sex slaves by the group are psychologically damaged and therefore more vulnerable, the army says. Boko Haram also uses girls because they are thought less likely to arouse suspicion, although that may be changing now."The goal now is to stop Boko Haram incursions into villages, stop them from planting IEDs (home-made bombs), and stop suicide bombings," said Lieutenant-Colonel Felix Tetcha, a senior officer in the army's operation against Boko Haram.Cameroon has thrown vast resources into protecting the north.In total nearly 10,000 of its troops are deployed against Boko Haram. The army's Rapid Intervention Brigade (BIR), comprised of its most professional, best equipped soldiers, patrols a high-risk 400-km (250-mile) stretch of the border with Nigeria.The U.S. military backs them with equipment, training and intelligence gathered from American drones flown out of a base in the town of Garoua. A Reuters reporter saw a small American military camp inside another BIR base in nearby Maroua.Still, the terrain is mountainous and Boko Haram has rigged many roads with explosives designed to kill soldiers. Army officers are convinced that some fighters from Boko Haram, which pledged allegiance to Islamic State last year, have been trained at IS camps in Libya.Armed incursions by Boko Haram fighters have dropped. But the army does not have enough soldiers to deploy in every town in northern Cameroon, and suicide bombers strike regularly, often several times in a single week."The border is under control, but it's still very porous," said Lieutenant-Colonel Emile Nlaté Ebalé, head of operations and logistics for the BIR's mission in the north.-"EVERYBODY SUFFERS IN THIS PLACE"-Faced with such an asymmetrical threat, Cameroon's army has turned to so-called vigilance committees for help.As the blazing midday sun beat down on Kerawa, Bouba Ahmada walked along a dry, scrub-lined creek bed, an ancient flintlock musket slung around his neck."Here is Cameroon, over there is Nigeria," he said, gesturing towards the abandoned homes just across the dusty expanse. "It's empty. Only Boko Haram stays there."Made up of men and boys armed with machetes, home-made rifles or bows and arrows, these self-defense forces have the blessing of the local government.They accompany the army on patrols and intelligence gathering missions, question travelers, and denounce to the military anyone deemed suspect.Last week they intercepted two female suicide bombers and handed them over to the army before they were able to detonate."We are not 100 percent dependent on this information, but this information is crucial," said Lieutenant-Colonel Tetcha, who is not only defending Cameroon but also a growing number of Nigerians.Close to the border sits the U.N.-run Minawao camp, home to nearly 57,000 refugees who have fled Boko Haram in Nigeria."Everybody suffers in this place," said James Zapania, a 24-year-old camp resident from Gwoza, Nigeria. "We're not worried about Boko Haram coming here, we're worried about food."Refugees like Zapania often receive a chilly welcome from suspicious local villagers, many of whom view them as collaborators or even underground Boko Haram fighters.According to one Cameroonian officer, the army has removed a number of individuals from Minawao for "activities that were not in line with the behavior of a normal refugee".Suspicion is everywhere. And while Boko Haram infiltrators make up only a tiny portion of fleeing refugees, many, including the Cameroonian military, fear that desperation provides fertile ground for recruitment."We need to act quickly. There are young people with no work who could be vulnerable. When people are hungry, they are easily approached," said Colonel Didier Badjeck, a Cameroonian military spokesman.(Editing by Joe Bavier and Giles Elgood)
First return of migrants under EU-Turkey deal set for Monday-AFP By John Hadoulis-MAR 31,16-YAHOONEWS
Athens (AFP) - Migrant returns from Greece to Turkey will begin Monday under the terms of an EU deal that has dismayed aid groups, officials said Thursday as Athens struggled to manage the overload on its soil."There is a major engagement on the part of Greece and Turkey towards sending 500 people back on April 4, barring a last-minute problem," a European Commission source told AFP, though many of the details still remained unclear.Those being returned will include "Syrians who have not requested asylum, Afghans and Pakistanis," the official said, confirming it would be the first batch sent back under a deal reached between Brussels and Ankara on March 18.Aid groups have criticised the agreement on ethical grounds, warning that Greek registration sites would now become de facto detention centres for people slated to be sent back to Turkey after risking their lives and spending a small fortune just to reach Europe.Philippe Leclerc, head of the UN refugee agency in Greece, said his staff wanted to ensure that "nobody is sent back without access to the asylum application procedure".For example, over a thousand people currently on the island of Lesbos had not yet had a chance to apply and should be exempted, he said.Officials were unable to say from which of the five Aegean Sea islands the first batch of people would be returned, nor how they would be transported -- whether by sea or air.- Chios or Lesbos -A Greek government source said the returns would "most probably" occur from Chios or Lesbos -- the islands that have handled the bulk of arrivals from Turkey, and where thousands of people are currently being held in overcrowded registration centres.Strapped for cash due to an enduring national debt crisis, Athens has frequently had to rely on charities and volunteers to feed and clothe the newcomers.In Brussels, EU spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud confirmed that Monday was the "target day" when those whose asylum claims had "been declared unadmissible" would be returned to Turkey.At the same time, the EU would start resettling Syrian refugees living in camps in Turkey, she said.In Turkey, Hurriyet daily cited officials as saying that a "readmission centre" would be set up near the coastal town of Dikili in Izmir province for those sent back from Greece.Quoting a local official, the paper said the migrants would be processed within 24 hours and sent on to Izmir, or to refugee camps elsewhere in Turkey.Under terms of the agreement, all economic migrants landing on the Greek islands after March 20 face being sent back to Turkey -- although the deal calls for each case to be examined individually.For every Syrian sent back from Greece, the EU has agreed to resettle one refugee directly from Turkey.The aim of the deal is to reduce the incentive for Syrian refugees to try cross to Greece in overladen smugglers' boats, encouraging them instead to stay in Turkish refugee camps to win a chance at resettlement in Europe.In 2015, more than a million migrants entered Europe, about half of them Syrians fleeing war.- 'Details being finalised' -Earlier this week, Greece's deputy defence minister Dimitris Vitsas said the people would be returned to Turkey on six ships chartered by EU border agency Frontex.But on Thursday, Frontex spokeswoman Paulina Bakula told AFP that the agency was "not active" in the process for the time being and that details of the procedures were "still being finalised" between Greece, Turkey and the European Commission.Over 51,000 refugees and migrants seeking to reach northern Europe are stuck in Greece, after Balkan states sealed their borders.Hundreds more continue to land on the Greek islands every day, despite the EU deal which nominally went into effect on March 20.Greek officials on Thursday began sending hundreds of migrants from Piraeus near Athens to other facilities, including the coastal town of Kyllini in the Peloponnese which is run by a Syria-born mayor.Greece's parliament was also expected to adopt by Friday a bill bolstering its migration and asylum services, and activating a 2013 European directive which says that migrants cannot be sent to a third country where they face danger or discrimination.
India overpass collapse kills 14; scores feared trapped--Reuters By Supriyo Hazra-MAR 31,16-YAHOONEWS
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - An overpass under construction in the bustling Indian city of Kolkata collapsed on Thursday on to vehicles and street vendors below, killing at least 14 people with more than 100 people feared trapped.Residents used their bare hands to try to rescue people pinned under a 100-metre (110-yard) length of metal and cement that snapped off at one end and came crashing down in a teeming commercial district near Girish Park."The concrete had been laid last night at this part of the bridge," resident Ramesh Kejriwal told Reuters."I am lucky as I was planning to go downstairs to have juice. When I was thinking about it, I saw that the bridge had collapsed."Video footage aired on TV channels showed a street scene with two auto rickshaws and a crowd of people suddenly obliterated by a mass of falling concrete that narrowly missed cars crawling in a traffic jam.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, whose center-left party is seeking re-election in the state of West Bengal next month, rushed to the scene."We will take every action to save lives of those trapped beneath the collapsed flyover. Rescue is our top priority," she said.Banerjee, 61, said those responsible for the disaster would not be spared. Yet she herself faces questions about a construction project that has been plagued by delays and safety fears.A newspaper reported last November that Banerjee wanted the overpass - already five years overdue - to be completed by February. Project engineers expressed concerns over whether this would be possible, The Telegraph said at the time.The disaster could play a role in the West Bengal election, one of five being held next month that will give an interim verdict on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nearly two years in power.Indian company IVRCL was building the 2-km (1.2-mile) Vivekananda Road overpass, according to its web site. Its shares closed down 5 percent after falling by up to 11.8 percent on news of the disaster.IVRCL's director of operations, A.G.K. Murthy, said the company was not sure of the cause of the disaster."We did not use any inferior quality material and we will cooperate with the investigators," Murthy told reporters in Hyderabad where the firm is based. "We are in a state of shock."-NO ACCESS-A coordinated rescue operation was slow to get under way, with access for heavy lifting gear and ambulances restricted by the buildings on either side of the flyover and heavy traffic.Police said that 78 injured had been taken to Kolkata's Medical College Hospital after the disaster struck at around noon."Most were bleeding profusely. The problem is that nobody is able to drive an ambulance to the spot," said Akhilesh Chaturvedi, a senior police officer.Eyewitness Ravindra Kumar Gupta, a grocer, said two buses carrying more than 100 passengers were trapped. Eight taxis and six auto rickshaws were partly visible in the wreckage."Every night, hundreds of laborers would build the flyover and they would cook and sleep near the site by day," said Gupta, who together with friends pulled out six bodies."The government wanted to complete the flyover before the elections and the laborers were working on a tight deadline ... Maybe the hasty construction led to the collapse."(Additional reporting by Rupam Jain, Tommy Wilkes, Neha Dasgupta and Aditya Kalra and Reuters TV in New Delhi; Writing by Douglas Busvine; Editing by Nick Macfie)
Second judge says Clinton email setup may have been in 'bad faith'-Reuters By Jonathan Allen-March 29, 2016 5:26 PM-YAHOONEWS
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A second federal judge has taken the rare step of allowing a group suing for records from Hillary Clinton's time as U.S. secretary of state to seek sworn testimony from officials, saying there was "evidence of government wrong-doing and bad faith."The language in Judge Royce Lamberth's order undercut the Democratic presidential contender's assertion she was allowed to set up a private email server in her home for her work as the country's top diplomat and that the arrangement was not particularly unusual.He described Clinton's email arrangement as "extraordinary" in his order filed on Tuesday in federal district court in Washington.Referring to the State Department, Clinton and Clinton's aides, he said there had been "constantly shifting admissions by the Government and the former government officials."Spokesmen for Clinton did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The case is a civil matter, but the order adds to the legal uncertainty that has overshadowed Clinton's campaign to be the Democratic nominee in the Nov. 8 presidential election.The FBI is also conducting a criminal inquiry into the arrangement after it emerged that classified government secrets ended up in Clinton's unsecured email account. Clinton has said she does not think she will be charged with a crime.Lamberth's order granted the request by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group suing the department under open records laws, to gather evidence, including sworn testimony. The group has filed several lawsuits, including one seeking records about the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans."Where there is evidence of government wrong-doing and bad faith, as here, limited discovery is appropriate, even though it is exceedingly rare in FOIA (freedom-of-information) cases,"Lamberth noted in his order.The government is normally given the benefit of the doubt that it properly searched and produced records.Since the email arrangement came to public knowledge a year ago, the State Department has found itself defending Clinton in scores of lawsuits from groups, individuals and news outlets who say they were wrongly denied access to Clinton's federal records.Clinton left the department in 2013, but did not return her email records to the government until nearly two years later.Last month, Judge Emmet Sullivan, who is overseeing a separate Judicial Watch lawsuit over other Clinton-related records, allowed a similar motion for discovery.(Story refiles to fix date of presidential election, paragraph 6.)(Editing by Peter Cooney)
Suspected gunman, state trooper dead in Virginia shooting: media-Reuters-MAR 31,16-YAHOONEWS
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - A Virginia state trooper and a suspected gunman died in a shooting at a Richmond bus station on Thursday, local media reported, citing police sources.About six people including the trooper and gunman were injured in the attack, which took place at around 2:45 p.m. ET as state police were conducting a training exercise at the bus station, near a baseball stadium, local media reported.Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said she did not know the nature or severity of the injuries to the troopers or to a wounded civilian female.A spokesman for VCU Medical Center in Richmond said the hospital was expecting patients from the shooting, but declined to release further information.Three ambulances were on scene, NBC 12 reported on its website and television images showed the area around the bus station cordoned off with large numbers of police presence.Michael Bickett, who said he works directly across the street from the loading area from the buses said in a direct Twitter message. "A co-worker was eating lunch in his car when he saw Greyhound Workers and customers rushing out the side door. He figured that was a good time to get back inside."(Reporting by Gary Robertson; Additional reporting by Eric M. Johnson in Seattle and Melissa Fares in New York; Writing by Scott Malone and Eric Beech; Editing by Mohammad Zargham, Diane Craft)
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
7 hurt, damage reported after tornado touchdowns in Oklahoma-Associated Press-MAR 31,16-YAHOONEWS
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — At least seven people were injured and authorities were evaluating damage that included a destroyed home after severe storms spawned multiple tornado touchdowns in northeastern Oklahoma on Wednesday night, authorities said.National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Jankowski said a tornado touched down and lifted up numerous times as it swept through the northern Tulsa and Owasso areas.About one square mile of a mostly residential area sustained "heavy damage," Tulsa Fire Department spokesman Stan May said. One home was destroyed and other residences and businesses sustained roof and structural damage, he said.Police and fire officials were going door to door in the area to make sure everyone was accounted for. There were no immediate reports of anyone missing, May said."We want to check each house," he said. "We've got some elderly people in the area. We want to make sure people have the medicines they need."Emergency Medical Services Authority, an ambulance service provider, transported seven patients, spokeswoman Kelli Bruer said. Bruer said one was in critical condition and several were in serious condition.EMSA earlier said it had transported nine people.May said a few others suffered minor injuries but declined treatment.Public Service Company of Oklahoma reported nearly 5,000 customers without power in the area.A wastewater treatment plant was without power, but no sewer services were affected, Tulsa public information officer Michelle Allen said.The city streets and water departments were assisting-with road barricades and debris removal, she said.Nearly 9 million people in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas were in an enhanced area of risk Wednesday, putting them in the bull's-eye for some of the strongest storms, the national Storm Prediction Center said earlier Wednesday. The area of highest risk included the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area.In Louisiana, the National Weather Service issued a flash-flood watch for northern parts of the state until 7 p.m. Thursday. Forecasters say multiple rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms will produce 2 to 4 inches of rain, and perhaps 6 inches in some parts of the state."Heavy rain from waves of storms could renew flooding over north Louisiana," said Cynthia Palmer, a forecaster at the weather service's office in Shreveport, Louisiana.The ground remains saturated in that part of the state, which saw record flooding earlier this month, Palmer said."We will see the heaviest rain in the Monroe area of northeast Louisiana starting late this afternoon and evening and another wave on Thursday," Palmer said Wednesday morning. "This is the area that could see up to 6 inches."In northern Mississippi, forecasters said thunderstorms would bring rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches. A flash-flood watch was in effect through Thursday evening.As the system moves east, strong storms were expected to develop early Thursday over Alabama, where forecasters say the main threats will be tornadoes, winds of up to 70 mph, quarter-sized hail and heavy rains.In Georgia, forecasters said more than 4 inches of rain could fall in western parts of the state.The possibility of additional tornadoes remained from the storms that hit Oklahoma, Jankowski said. She said that while the system wasn't as strong as when it passed through the Tulsa area, it still has the structure to produce tornadoes.___Associated Press writers Bill Fuller in New Orleans, Jeff Martin in Atlanta and Sarah Rankin in Chicago contributed to this report.
South braces for tornadoes and hail from storm system-Reuters By Jon Herskovitz-MAR 31,16-YAHOONEWS
(Reuters) - Large parts of the U.S. South are expected to be pelted with hail and storms that could produce tornadoes on Thursday, the day after several twisters damaged buildings and injured at least seven people in Oklahoma.The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch stretching from Arkansas to Georgia, and put parts of southern Alabama and western Florida under a tornado watch.The severe weather is being caused by a moist and unstable air mass ahead of a cold front that has been moving through Arkansas and Louisiana, said Greg Garrett, a forecaster with the NWS in Jackson, Mississippi.He said sunny skies in parts of the region in the morning could cause the air mass to destabilize even more in the afternoon."When we start to have thunderstorms developing this afternoon, there is a good chance they could be widespread and severe again, similar to last night," he said.On Wednesday night, emergency crews near Little Rock, Arkansas, performed a high-water rescue for a woman whose car was caught in floods.At least four tornadoes were reported in Tulsa and Rogers counties in Oklahoma, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Another was reported in southern Kansas.On Thursday, four schools were closed in Tulsa because of storm damage and a loss of power, local officials said.In southern Mississippi, Alabama and western Florida, the NWS said there was a significant threat of tornadoes, damaging wind gusts and large hail on Thursday from the storm system.The weather service said large parts of region could get about 3 inches of rain on Thursday, bringing significant risks of flooding in low-lying areas.(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Texas; Addiitonal reporting by Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton in Tulsa, Okla. and Steve Barnes in Little Rock, Ark; Editing by Peter Cooney)
U.S. transgender community fights against 'bathroom bills'-Reuters By Colleen Jenkins-MAR 31,16-YAHOONEWS
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) - After scoring wins for same-sex marriage rights and anti-discrimination protections, U.S. equality advocacy groups now find themselves in a battle over bathrooms.North Carolina last week became the first state to enact a law requiring transgender people to choose restrooms that match the gender on their birth certificate rather than the one with which they identify.At least 13 other states also have considered so-called bathroom bills targeting the transgender community this year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The measures, which have sparked heated debate between supporters and opponents about privacy and safety expectations, have had mixed results in statehouses."Most of these bills didn’t even make it to a committee vote," said Cathryn Oakley, senior legislative counsel for the Human Rights Campaign, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy organization. "They’re such a bad idea, they didn’t actually go anywhere."In North Carolina, the key exception, Republican Governor Pat McCrory has defended his state's law."Legislation was passed to protect men, women and children when they use a public restroom, shower or locker-room," he said in a statement on Tuesday. "That is an expectation of privacy that must be honored and respected."South Dakota's Republican governor, however, vetoed legislation earlier this month that sought to dictate what bathrooms transgender students could use in public schools. A similar bill in Tennessee appears stalled in committee, though opponents are awaiting a hearing on the matter next week.Measures also failed last year in eight states that tried to restrict access to sex-segregated facilities based on birth gender, the National Conference of State Legislatures said.This year's proposals are among the nearly 200 anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender bills civil rights organizations are tracking across the country, a record that is about twice as many as in 2015, Oakley said.-BATHROOM WARS-Bathroom wars have a long history in the United States. Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation on state and local levels in the South, forced African Americans to use restrooms that were separate from those used by whites into the mid-1960s.The latest fight is unfolding along with legislation introduced after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year legalizing same-sex marriage.Social conservatives have pushed measures allowing people to deny services to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender men and women on the grounds of religious beliefs.Governors in Georgia and Virginia vetoed such bills this week, saying they could have allowed state-sanctioned discrimination.North Carolina's new law goes beyond what bathrooms transgender people are allowed to use.As part of the measure, lawmakers also established a statewide nondiscrimination policy that protects people on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin and biological sex but not gender identity and sexual orientation. The law effectively blocks local governments from passing their own anti-discrimination ordinances that include those broader protections.That leaves the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community vulnerable to discrimination at work and public places such as hotels and restaurants, said Wake Forest University law professor Shannon Gilreath. He called the measure the most anti-gay legislation in the United States."Bathrooms are such a small part of it," said Gilreath, an expert on gay rights issues. "Gays and lesbians have been robbed of so much more."McCrory said the claims that anti-discrimination protections have been eroded are untrue. North Carolina, which now faces a federal lawsuit over the law, has been the target of a "vicious, nationwide smear campaign," he said.It is unclear how the state's bathroom provision will be enforced. The law establishes no penalties for violators, though legal experts and lawmakers suggested charges could be issued under trespassing or public nuisance statutes.Rose Saxe, senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union, said state agencies, public schools and universities will have license to act as "potty police.""Who gets asked to provide their papers before going into a bathroom is left unknown," she said.(Reporting by Colleen Jenkins; Editing by Diane Craft)
Judge refuses to toss model's defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby-Reuters By Dan Whitcomb-March 29, 2016 2:24 PM-YAHOONEWS
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Bill Cosby on Tuesday lost his bid to throw out a defamation lawsuit brought against him and his former lawyer by supermodel Janice Dickinson, clearing the way for a trial in the sensational case, her attorney said.Dickinson claims in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that Cosby and his ex-attorney Martin Singer defamed her when they asserted in statements to the media that her account of being drugged and raped by Cosby in 1982 was a fabrication."It was a big victory for us today and we're very, very pleased," said Dickinson's attorney, Lisa Bloom. "The court ruled that we will go to trial against Bill Cosby. We've been fighting for almost a year so Janice Dickinson can prove her claims of defamation against him."The attorney representing Cosby in the defamation suit, Christopher Tayback, referred requests for comment on the ruling to a spokeswoman who could not immediately be reached for comment.Dickinson is one of more than 50 women who have accused Cosby, 78, of sexual assault, often after allegedly plying them with drugs or alcohol in a series of incidents dating back decades.Most of the alleged assault cases are too old to be cause for criminal prosecution.Pennsylvania prosecutors late last year filed charges against Cosby related to an alleged 2004 sex assault, just days before the statute of limitations was about to expire. He is currently out on bail awaiting trial.(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
Trump makes surprise visit to Republican leadership after dumping loyalty pledge-[Reuters]-By Steve Holland and John Whitesides-Reuters-March 31, 2016-YAHOONEWS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump made a surprise closed-door visit to the Republican National Committee on Thursday after a tumultuous two days that featured a reversal of his pledge to support the party's nominee.Trump, who also has sought to contain the fallout from his Wednesday comments supporting punishment for women who have an abortion, said on Twitter afterward he had a "nice meeting" with RNC Chairman Reince Preibus but divulged no details."Looking forward to bringing the party together," he said. "And it will happen!"An RNC spokeswoman described the meeting as "a productive conversation about the state of the race" and said it was part of Preibus's regular communications with the party's presidential candidates.Trump's relationship with the RNC has been contentious at times, and he recently complained the party was not treating him fairly as it made preparations for a possible contested convention in July in Cleveland.On Tuesday, Trump backed away from a loyalty pledge he signed in September promising to support the party's eventual nominee and not to run an independent campaign for the White House.The RNC pledge has unravelled as Trump's remaining rivals, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Governor John Kasich, also indicated they were unlikely to observe the pledge if Trump was the nominee.Barry Bennett, an adviser to the Trump campaign, said Thursday's visit was about Trump helping the RNC raise money."The meeting is to help the RNC," he said on MSNBC.The billionaire businessman was in Washington for an announced meeting with members of his newly established foreign policy team. His campaign also is setting up a Washington office to run its convention operations and work with the RNC and Congress.But Trump's campaign has been trying to dig out from under a torrent of criticism about his comment on Wednesday that women should face punishment for getting an abortion if the procedure was outlawed, although he quickly reversed his stance.Trump, leading in the race to win the Republican nomination for the Nov. 8 presidential election, pulled back from his initial comments within an hour, first issuing a statement that U.S. states should handle abortion issues and later saying doctors who perform abortions are the ones who should be held responsible. -'SIMPLE MISSPEAK'-"You have a presidential candidate that clarified the record not once but twice," Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson told CNN, describing the initial comments as a "simple misspeak." She said Trump was "pro-life with exceptions" and said his statements after the comments in an MSNBC interview were an accurate depiction of his views."We shouldn't make this a 24-hour headline when we have things like terrorism going on in the world,"Trump's latest controversy threatened to further erode his standing with women voters, many of whom have been offended by his use of vulgarities and insulting language to describe women during the presidential race.The abortion flap erupted as Trump campaigned in Wisconsin ahead of the state's critical primary on Tuesday. An opinion poll released on Wednesday showed Cruz had advanced and was now ahead of Trump by 10 percentage points in Wisconsin.Trump's meetings with his new foreign policy advisers follows several controversial statements on national security issues, prompting critics to question his suitability to be commander in chief.In recent interviews, Trump has declared NATO obsolete, said Saudi Arabia is too dependent on the United States and said Japan and South Korea may need to develop their own nuclear programs because the U.S. security umbrella is too costly to maintain.In the same MSNBC town hall where he made the abortion comments, Trump refused to rule out the potential use of nuclear weapons in Europe or the Middle East to combat Islamic State militants. "I would never take any of my cards off the table," he said.Many establishment Republicans have laboured to block Trump from getting the nomination at the July convention, worried that he will lead the party to a broad and overwhelming defeat in November.Trump's Republican rivals said his abortion comments were just the latest in a series of controversies that raise questions about his suitability for the White House."It just shows that he's really not prepared to be president of the United States," Ohio Governor John Kasich told reporters at a New York news conference arranged so that he could address the controversy.Kasich said the president should not be constantly rowing back on a series of "wild-eyed suggestions.""I have to tell you that as commander in chief and leader of the free world, you don't get do-overs. You need to be able to get it right the first time," Kasich said.Opposition to abortion, which was legalized in a Supreme Court ruling more than 40 years ago, is a central plank in the platform of most conservative politicians. But conservatives have questioned whether Trump, who once supported access to abortions, is sincerely committed to his anti-abortion stance.(Additional reporting by Doina Chiacu, Susan Heavey, Megan Cassella; Writing by John Whitesides; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
