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Islamists Arrest a Muslim Father After His Sons Convert to Christianity

Islamists arrested a Muslim father after two of his teenage children converted to Christianity in Kismayo, Somalia. The two sons of Mo'alim Mohamud Aw-Omar converted to Christianity late last year, and fled their homes following their conversion.

Members of the radical Islamic group, al-Shabaab, accused Aw-Omar of "failing to raise his sons as good Muslims" because "good Muslims cannot convert to Christianity."

According to sources on the ground, the Islamists have refused to release Aw-Omar until his two sons return to Kismayo, which is unlikely to happen because the teenagers will be killed if they return.

According to the strict interpretation of the Islamic sharia law that Al-Shabaab follows, leaving Islam is a crime punishable by death.

Radical Islamists have killed a number of Christian converts in Somalia. This is the first confirmed case of a parent being arrested for the conversion of children.

In a statement, a Somali Christian leader said, "This tactic (of arresting parents for conversion of children) is apparently intended to discourage Muslims from converting to Christianity since their Muslim parents could be held accountable for their conversion.

The Somali Islamists have previously tried other failed harsh tactics such as summary executions of converts to minimize the number of Muslims converting to Christianity.

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Indian Authorities Arrest a Pastor After Hindu Radical Assaulted Him

Dozens of Hindu activists of the RSS (Rashtriya Sangh Savayansevak) attacked 20 Christians of the Fellowship of New Life in a private house.

Accusing those present of proselytism and forced conversions, the ultranationalists begun to beat Kishore Kavalekar, a faithful, and Rev. Kalappa Chandrakanth Chavant, then dragged him in front of the whole village.

Finally, attackers tied him to a tree near a Hindu temple and called the Haliyal police. The police arrested Rev. Chandrakanth and Kishore, imprisoning them for 24 hours, leaving the RSS activists to roam free.

"The complicity between the government forces and the ultra-nationalist BJP- stated the president of the GCIC - is seriously endangering the survival of Christians in Karnataka.

"Christians - adds Sajan George - are treated as second class citizens not only by the ultra-nationalist forces, but also the authorities.

With the approach of Republic Day, it is time that the State ensures the Christian minority of its constitutional rights. "

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Nano-Drone Swarm  Slightly Creepy Formation Skills

***WATCHMAN...compare size to the 2 cameras

If the soldier-like perfection of the synchronized formation by these mini drones doesn’t freak you out a bit — their collective buzzing sure will.

Orchestrated by the GRASP Lab at the University of Pennsylvania, these 20 “nano quadrotors” developed by KMel Robotics seem to,

as Popular Science describes, sense each other’s proximity and work together to maintain formation “like a hive of bees moving en masse.”

Defense Tech paints an eerie picture of the drones’ potential:

Can’t you imagine a swarm of tiny drones like these being launched at an enemy by a small infantry unit?

They could be carried in a backpack, controlled by a laptop and sent to spy on a nearby enemy and even explode on any targets they spot, similar to what the Army’s Switchblade UAV can do now.

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New Photos Peer Inside an Abandoned Island Leper Colony Near NYC

Debris, decay, and the unmerciful growth of nature define this abandoned island for banished people. North Brother Island was once the last refuge of society’s castaways, though it has been left to rot for 50 years.

A former quarantine zone, leper colony and center for drug addicts, these spooky buildings were once home to hundreds of patients.

But the report has highlighted its insidious reputation, stating that it was once “a place of indescribable misery, which one inmate compared to the notorious black hole of Calcutta.

While very few New Yorkers even know about this abandoned facility, it is only 350 yards from highly populated areas of the Bronx. North Brother Island was used as a quarantine center for the first time back in 1885.

Soon after is opening, it was home to a few lepers, but its most infamous resident was an Irish immigrant who came to be known as ‘Typhoid Mary.”

After years moving from family to family as a cook, spreading the typhoid infection wherever she went despite showing no symptoms herself, police forcibly relocated Mary to North Brother Island.

She spent years confined to wandering her wooded prison island.

Officially Closed in 1963, North Brother Island has become something of an urban legend to those who knows about it.

During this time in New York’s history, there was widespread fear that unclean immigrants from European countries like Ireland and Italy were forced to live in crowded and unsanitary conditions that allowed dangerous disease to spread like wildfire.

‘Health authorities had a mandate from the people to track down and detain those infected with certain diseases.

Unless they happened to be wealthy enough to afford a private clinic, these poor souls would be sent to quarantine areas. And among the most notorious quarantines was North Broth Island.

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8 Gaza rockets fired into southern Israel

At least 7 rockets fired within an hour, 1 rocket fired in the morning towards Sha’ar Hanegev; no injuries, damage reported.

The latest rocket was fired at 9:16 p.m. into the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council near Sderot. At least seven rockets were fired within one hour, Army Radio reported.

Source: Jerusalem Post

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USA300: The deadly MRSA strain can cause large boils on the skin

Flesh-eating bug that you can catch on the bus or train is spreading in the UK

'These community-acquired strains seem to be good at affecting healthy people - they seem to be much better than the hospital ones at causing disease

In severe cases, USA300 can lead to fatal blood poisoning or a form of pneumonia that can eat away at lung tissue.

It was first seen in the U.S. but cases are now being reported in the community and not just hospitals in Britain.

A Flesh-eating bug that you can catch on the bus or train is spreading in the UK Strain of MRSA from the U.S. causes large boils and is resistant to several front-line antibiotics

Survives on surfaces so can be picked up on public transport

A flesh-eating form of pneumonia that is easily passed between healthy people on public transport is spreading across the UK, experts have warned.

The deadly strain of MRSA called USA300 passes easily through skin-to-skin contact. It can also survive on surfaces and so has the potential to be picked up on crowded buses and tubes.

Dr Massey said there were 1,000 cases of PVL-positive community acquired MRSA in England in the last year, of which 200 were USA300 strains.

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An artist's impression of multiple eruptions as a "super volcano" explodes

Mega volcanoes 'may be predicted'

The eruption of some of the largest volcanoes on the planet could be predicted several decades before the event, according to researchers.

Analysis of rock crystals from the Greek island of Santorini suggests eruptions are preceded by a fast build-up of magma underground, which might be detected using modern instrumentation.

Such volcanoes can produce enough ash and gas to temporarily change the global climate.

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O...BOMINATION Administration briefs Senate leaders on Taliban transfer

Top Obama administration officials briefed eight senior Senate leaders on a pending deal to transfer as many as five Taliban prisoners from the U.S. detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to Qatar.

The eight senators who attended the briefing were Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Intelligence Committee heads Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Senate Armed Services chiefs Carl Levin (D-MI) and John McCain (R-AZ), and Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders John Kerry (D-MA) and Richard Lugar (R-IN).

The identities of the administration briefers were not shared, but we were told it was a high-level interagency briefing team.

All of the senators refused to discuss the contents of the briefing as they exited the secure briefing room in the Senate Visitors' Center.

But Levin and McCain both discussed the issue in question before entering the briefing, namely the administration's negotiations with the Taliban over transferring the Taliban prisoners into Qatari custody.

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Russia, NATO May Hold Missile Defense Drills in March

The decision to conduct these drills was taken at the NATO-Russia Summit in Lisbon in November 2010.

“The exact timetable for the drills has not been determined yet,” Antonov said. “I think we may aim for March.”

Antonov downplayed the importance of the upcoming exercises in light of the current deadlock in missile defense talks between Russia and NATO.

Russia has proposed a joint system, while NATO favors two independent systems which exchange information.

Moscow is seeking written, legally binding guarantees that the U.S.-backed European missile defense network will not be directed against it.

Washington, however, refuses to provide the guarantees, saying the shield is directed against threats from Iran and North Korea.

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Head of military intelligence Aviv Kochavi speaking at the Herzliya Conference, Feb. 2, 2012.

Some 200,000 missiles aimed consistently at Israel, top IDF officer says

Head of military intelligence Aviv Kochavi reiterates army estimates that Iran could further enrich that uranium it already has to create 4 atomic bombs.

The remarks by Military Intelligence Chief Major General Aviv Kochavi came after IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said on Wednesday that the threats facing Israel have increased and intensified in recent years due to regional instability.

Speaking to the Herzliya Conference, Gantz said that Iran's nuclear program is a "global problem and a regional problem," adding that Tehran's attempts to acquire nuclear weapons must continue to be disrupted.

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***WATCHMAN...I WARNED YOU THIS WAS COMING DO YOU BELIEVE ME NOW???????

7 Million Americans live within 50 miles of San Onofre

San Onofre Nuclear Plant 45 milesNorth of SabDeigo California Closed After Radiation Leak

A small quantity of radioactive gas leaked inside one of the buildings at San Onofre nuclear power plant north of San Diego, according to a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The spokesman said the radiation levels were “barely measurable,” but the plant was shut down as a precaution.

Officials say the radiation leak likely occurred in the steam generator tubes of San Onofre’s reactor #3. The steam system, which is supposed to be shielded from exposure to radiation, was replaced in December 2010.

Alexander said plant officials will be conducting an investigation into why the new steam tubes leaked.

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Roku and Hex are two of the three chimera monkeys that contain genetic information from six monkey embryos.

Chimeric Monkeys Born

By inserting genes from six different monkey embryos, US researchers have created the first chimera primates.

Three chimera monkeys were born in a lab at the Oregon National Primate Research Center recently. To create these chimera primates, scientists inserted a combination of genes from several monkey embryos into a new embryo, accomplishing a feat that had been previously only demonstrated in less complex species.

Previously, knockout mice have become powerful tools for scientists studying genetic diseases including Parkinson’s and obesity, but the techniques were not applicable to primates.

Knockout mice are created by fusing together mouse embryonic stem cells in a lab dish and then culturing those cells into a mouse embryo.

But with the more complicated primate embryo, the cultured stem cells do not integrate so easily.

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America's Three-Headed Monster

There you have Obamaism---a living, breathing monster with an insatiable appetite for money.

It's a new model for government, the love-child of Mussolini and Peron.

Its genius lies in uniting unions and crony capitalists, awakening them to their common interest.

There's always so much more to be gained from collusion than from conflict.......

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Mexico reeling from climate extremes- millions imperiled by drought and cold

MEXICO CITY — A drought that a government official called the most severe Mexico had ever faced has left two million people without access to water and, coupled with a cold snap, has devastated cropland in nearly half of the country.

Reports that the Tarahumara were killing themselves in despair over starvation, later proven false, spurred residents of Mexico City to collect food and clothing donations.

The government in the past week has authorized $2.63 billion in aid, including potable water, food and temporary jobs for the most affected areas, rural communities in 19 of Mexico’s 31 states.

But officials warned that no serious relief was expected for at least another five months, when the rainy season typically begins in earnest.

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US Foresees May As Tentative Date For Clash With Iran

A hurried decision not to de-commission the USS Ponce helicopter marine carrier after duty in Libya - but to refit it for deployment by May in the Persian Gulf as a floating base for commando teams - was confirmed by the US Pentagon and Navy.

This transportable floating base will expand the commandos' range in coastal areas and support counter-measure against mines which Iran has threatened to plant in the Strait of Hormuz in reprisal for the US-EU oil embargo. The SEALs will also take on Iran's menacing fleet of military speedboats.

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Isolated winter: Western Canada struggling with record snow-fall as rest of country goes dry

Snowfall and snow levels are reaching record levels in Alberta and British Columbia in Western Canada.

While many other parts of North America are still struggling to fully open all their lifts and runs for winter 2011-12 during an unusually dry winter, the West of Canada has been deluged fairly consistently since last autumn.

“This month goes down as one of the snowiest January’s on record. There is unbelievable snow conditions at both Fernie and Kicking Horse with total snowfall at both over 19 feet now.

Today alone, Fernie has seen over a foot overnight!!” said an excited Matt Mosteller of Resorts of the Canadian Rockies which runs the two centers.

Meanwhile a little to the east and north, over the border in Alberta, with over three months left to go in the ski season, Marmot Basin near Jasper has already received over 12 feet (372 cm) of snowfall which is 93% of its annual average.

If the next three months produce even typical amounts of snowfall, Marmot Basin will exceed its all time snowfall record of 529 cm (20 ft) set way back in 1965.

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TROOPS TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN EARLY

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta surprised a lot of people yesterday when he announced that the end of America's combat role in Afghanistan would be in 2013.

This news was surprising for a couple of reasons.

And some are speculating that the timing of the troop draw-down may be tied to the 2012 election hopes of the Obama administration.

***WATCHMAN...OF COURSE IT IS as is much of what the O...bomination administration is doing now AND IT WILL INCREASE AS NOVEMBER NEARS...

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Israel: military action may be needed against Iran

Israel's defense minister says there is growing international awareness that military action against Iran's nuclear program will have to be considered.

Ehud Barak told a security conference that he senses a change in international thinking. He says world leaders are increasingly realizing that if sanctions don't stop Iran's nuclear program, "there will be a need to consider action."

Israel, like the West, believes Iran is developing nuclear weapons. Israel has been a leading voice in calls to curb the Iranian program. Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful.

Israel has repeatedly hinted it is ready to attack Iran, saying that while it prefers a diplomatic solution, "all options are on the table."

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FBI Director Says Cyberthreat Will Surpass Threat From Terrorists

Threats from cyber-espionage, computer crime, and attacks on critical infrastructure will surpass terrorism as the number one threat facing the United States, FBI Director Robert Mueller testified

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Google quietly revealed earlier this month it will allow censorship in some countries of content on its Blogger service.

The move came shortly before Twitter announced it will allow foreign governments to censor specific Tweets.

On Jan. 9, Google said that users in some countries accessing the Blogger platform will be redirected to a country-specific Web addresses.

“For example, if you’re in Australia and viewing [blogname].blogspot.com, you might be redirected

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ROMANS 10:9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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'All Iranian facilities are vulnerable'

Vice Premier Ya'alon states that all of Iran's nuclear facilities are 'within striking distance'; adds November blast at Tehran weapons facility eliminated missile production line

Vice Premier Moshe Ya'alon said Thursday that the blast at the Iranian missile facility near Tehran last November hit a system meant to manufacture missiles that could threaten the United States.

Ya'alon, speaking at the 2012 Herzliya Conference, added that it was possible to carry out military strikes against any of Iran's facilities.

"Any facility defended by a human being can be penetrated. Any facility in Iran can be hit, and I speak from experience as the IDF chief of staff," he remarked.

Just last week US officials confessed they lacked the ability to destroy fortified nuclear facilities in Iran.

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Railgun tech takes a step towards warship reality

A war-ready electromagnetic railgun took a step closer to reality this week when the U.S. Navy awarded a defense contractor $10 million to develop a piece of the power system needed to hurl projectiles at speeds up to 5,000 miles per hour.

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Ahmadinejad Underscores Establishment of New World Order

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad underlined the necessity for the start of a new world order, and said the justice-seeking nations should cooperate with each other to materialize this goal.

Ahmadinejad made the remarks in the inauguration ceremony of the International Conference on 'Hollywoodism and Cinema' in Tehran on Thursday.

"Nations loving justice and affection should define the new world system," he said.

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Senators Demand Study of Airport Scanners for Possible Cancer Exposure

Chances are, if you have been at an U.S. airport lately, you've been inside a tubular body scanning machine called a "backscatter," named for the way it scatters electrons.

Reciently, a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation to determine whether the scanners emit harmful levels of cancer-causing radiation, as some experts believe.

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Full Body Scanners At Super Bowl 2012; Update – TSA Denies

UPDATE: Although WPRI’s Matt Touchette writes that “Lucas Oil Stadium told me I had to quote, “go through the body scanners” before entering the stadium for the tour,”

he now claims “they are in fact metal detectors,” after calling them “full body scanners” in his original post, which has now been changed.

We’ll have to wait until Sunday to find out for certain whether or not x-ray body scanners will be in use before the game, but the TSA tweeted this afternoon, “”TSA will not use body scanners for patrons coming to the Super Bowl at Lucas Oil Stadium.”

Given the fact that the TSA has been caught lying about innumerable different issues, their assurances are hardly bullet proof.

Super Bowl attendees can however be safe in the knowledge that they and their kids will definitely receive a full grope-down before being allowed to enter the stadium.

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S&P Warns of Cuts; Another US Downgrade Coming?

Concerns over the size of United States debt reared their head once again as ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned that health care costs for a number of highly-rated Group of 20 countries,

including the U.S., could hurt growth prospects and harm their sovereign creditworthiness from the middle of this decade.

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As it was in the days of Lot...

Washington State Senate Approves Same-sex Marriage Bill

Rewriting Genesis: Adam and Steve

“Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.” Luke 17:28-30

Senators voted 28-21 to approve a bill to legalize gay marriage in the state. The measure now moves to the House, which has enough support to pass.

Governor Chris Gregoire says ***she*** will sign the bill if it makes it to her desk,

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Barak: If Iran sanctions don't work, military action must be considered

Defense minister says confronting a nuclear Iran would be much more dangerous, and would cost many more lives, than confronting the country today.

"Today, unlike in the past, there is widespread international belief that it is vital to prevent Iran from becoming 'nuclear' and that no option should be taken off the table," Barak said at the closing day of the Herzliya Conference.

"Should sanctions fail to stop Iran's nuclear program, there will be a need to consider taking action," he said.

The Senate adopted a series of amendments intended to clarify religious exemptions in the legislation.

Legislators debated the measure for two hours Wednesday night at the capitol in Olympia before voting.

Opponents promise a referendum in November if the bill is signed into law.

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Concerns grow over volcanic eruptions

Scientists have known for decades that hidden under those impressive vistas at sites such as Death Valley and Yellowstone National Park are magma pools that under the right conditions can trigger explosive eruptions.

Now, new research is changing scientists’ understanding of the timing of those eruptions, and prompting them to call for greater monitoring of sites to help save lives when the next big volcano explodes.

Two recent papers highlight the shift. One looked at a Death Valley volcano thought to be 10,000 years old and found it last erupted just 800 years ago, and is still an eruption danger.

The other found that large caldera volcanoes, such as the one under Crater Lake in Oregon, can recharge in a matter of decades, rather than the thousands of years previously thought.

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PUNDIT...a person who has or professes to have great learning; actual or self-professed authority

Egypt Fumes Over Israel's Energy Plans

Israel has beaten Egypt to the punch in its bid to connect to the European electrical grid, leaving pundits in Cairo gnashing their teeth.

Egypt's media went into a frenzy over Israel's plans to build a major electrical plant in Ashdod, in what some pundits in Cairo claim is an attempt to undermine Egypt's plans to export electric energy to Europe.

Calling the project Israel's "High Dam," after Egypt’s major Nile dam and electrical power station, the reports note that the project will receive joint European-American funding.

The project will both aid Israel in reducing its dependence on gas imports and allow the Jewish state to export electricity to Cyprus and Europe.

The Israel Electric Company (IEC) and Greece's DEH Quantum Energy are expected to sign the MOU in a few weeks' time.

This will lead to a feasibility study, which will be followed – if all goes well – by ratification of the project by the Israeli and Cypriot governments, in the course of 2012.

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ROMANS 10:9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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550 abuse claims filed against Wis. archdiocese

About 550 people have filed claims for restitution for alleged sexual abuse by clergy in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee — the most of the eight dioceses in the U.S. that have sought bankruptcy protection, a lawyer in the Milwaukee case said

The archdiocese has paid more than $30 million in settlements and other court costs related to alleged clergy abuse. The archdiocese only had $4.6 million in assets to be applied to claims in 2010. The bankruptcy court will decide the final payout, archdiocese spokeswoman Julie Wolf said.

A victim's advocacy group called the number of filings "extraordinarily tragic," but said that represented only a small portion of people abused by clergy.

"It's sad and it just shows how devastating these crimes have been on this community but it's obviously far from over," said Peter Isely, the Midwest director for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.

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2 US missionaries slain at ransacked Mexico home

The bodies of John and Wanda Casias came one last time to the Baptist church they founded in a violence-plagued region of northern Mexico as mourners paid homage Thursday to the Texas couple who were discovered strangled in their home.

More than a dozen mourners passed to view the open caskets, one an American who came from Texas because John Casias officiated at his wedding. He did not want to give his name for security reasons.

Shawn Casias said he discovered the body of his mother at about 4 p.m. Tuesday when he went to their home in the town of Santiago to pick up a trailer.

He said she was lying on the floor with an electrical cord around her neck and a gash from a blunt object on her head.

The house had been ransacked and was missing a couple of computers, a plasma television and a safe that had been chiseled out of the wall.

The couple's Chevrolet Suburban was also missing, and Casias said he initially thought his father had been kidnapped.

But about four or five hours later, he said, a forensic investigator informed him that the body of his father had been found in a storage room of a small building on the property. His father also had an electrical cord around his neck.

John and Wanda Casias were originally from Amarillo, Texas, but relatives said they moved to an area outside the city of Monterrey in 1983 and later founded the First Fundamentalist Independent Baptist Church.

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Christians slam 'mystic' supermarket campaign

Swiss Christians have taken issue with a new campaign by supermarket giant Migros that encourages children to awaken strange powers by collecting 48 different magical stones.

While the slogan, “Discover your inner animal”, is considered particularly contentious by Christian critics, the front cover of Migros' customer magazine, which depicts a child’s face roaring like a wild beast, has also received a large number of complaints.

According to critics, the collectible stones that can be worn as amulets around the neck promote esoteric ideas and mysticism.

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Israel: Iran's nuclear arms program is complete, its missiles can reach US

Military Intelligence Chief Maj. Gen. Aviv KochaviIran has completed the development of a nuclear weapon and awaits nothing more than a sign from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to start assembling its first nuclear bomb, said Israeli Military Intelligence Chief Major General Aviv Kochavi on Thursday, February 2.

Assembling a bomb would take up to a year, Kochavi estimated. With 100 kilograms of uranium enriched to 20 percent grade and another 4 tons of uranium enriched to 3.5 percent already in stock, Iran would need another two years to make four nuclear bombs.

Therefore, by the end of 2012 or early 2013 Iran may have a single nuclear bomb, but by 2015 the figure would jump to four or five.

The officer was essentially amplifying the words of his predecessor, Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, who said on Jan. 26 that as long ago as 2007 or 2008, Iran had already passed the point of no return in developing nuclear weapons.

Kochavi agreed with him that none of the sanctions imposed thus far had persuaded Iran to slow down, least of all shut down, its drive for a nuclear weapon.

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Baltimore joining coed showers bandwagon?

Proposal would forbid 'discrimination against men who self-identify as women'

The council for Baltimore County, Md., is working on a plan that would prevent “discrimination” cases that primarily involve men who dress as women and portray themselves as being female.

The idea gained notoriety as the “coed shower” plan when it was adopted several years ago in Montgomery County, Md., because of provisions that would allow men who dress as women to access women’s locker rooms, showers and restrooms.

Critics continue to call the formal adoption of such policies dangerous.

Bill 3-12 in Baltimore County, introduced and sponsored by four of the seven council members, takes aim at preventing discrimination against a person on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

According to the bill, “gender identity or expression means a gender-related identity or appearance of an individual regardless of the individual’s assigned sex at birth.”

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'Begin military plans to thwart Iran nukes'

Visiting Israel, ex-CIA chief James Woolsey calls for US air strikes to decimate the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

Iran is working to obtain a nuclear weapon, a former CIA chief said Wednesday while visiting Israel, and the US should begin military preparations to block the Islamic Republic from reaching that goal.

“To believe anything other than that Iran is working to get a nuclear weapon is hopelessly naive,” James Woolsey said in an interview on the sidelines of the Herzliya Conference.

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A crewed mission to the moon is possible by 2020, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, Vladimir Popovkin, said in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station.

"Today science is ripe for using the moon. I think that by 2020 a man will land on the moon,” Popovkin said.

He also said Russia’s previously announced cosmonaut recruitment drive will focus on preparing crews for a moon mission.

The competition will be open for every Russian citizen with technical or medical education.

“I can say that this group will most likely be trained for a lunar mission,” he said.

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Pelosi: Girl Scouts' Relationship With Planned Parenthood ‘Very Valuable’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Planned Parenthood’s relationship with the Girl Scouts of America is “very valuable,” at a congressional reception to commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the organization for young girls.

Rep. Pelosi was featured at the reception with a group of female government leaders to promote the Girl Scout’s new initiative “To Get Her There,” which seeks to create “gender balanced leadership” in one generation.

The Girl Scouts have been linked to the nation’s largest abortion provider in the past. In 2010, a panel sponsored by the Girl Scouts USA at the United Nations Commission featured a Planned Parenthood pamphlet called “Healthy, Happy and Hot,"

PERVERTED QUOTE...A portion of the pamphlet read: “Many people think sex is just about vaginal or anal intercourse. But there are lots of different ways to have sex and lots of different types of sex. Sex can include kissing, touching, licking, tickling, sucking and cuddling. Some people like to have aggressive sex, while others like to have soft sex and slow sex with their partners. There is no right or wrong way to have sex. Just have fun, explore and be yourself!”

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Judge's 'stretch' on DOMA

One marriage advocate says a California judge wants to play "legislator" in her desire to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken of Oakland is expected to rule against the Defense of Marriage Act because it denies long-term health benefits to same-sex domestic partners of California state employees.

She is inviting same-sex couples to join the legal challenge against the measure.

The Last Days Signs - The End Times - Are Upon The Earth!

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WORLDWIDE EVENTS

QUAKES

5.0 NEAR COAST OF SOUTHERN PERU

5.0 WEST OF MACQUARIE ISLAND

5.0 EASTER ISLAND REGION

5.0 MAUG ISLANDS REG, N. MARIANA IS.

5.2 SAMAR, PHILIPPINES

5.4 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

VOLCANOES

Alaska - Officials are monitoring a remote Alaska volcano that could launch an ash cloud, potentially threatening intercontinental flights. "Eruptive activity" of Cleveland Volcano was detected in satellite data. The volcano, also known as Mount Cleveland, is on the Aleutian Islands, southwest of mainland Alaska. "A new lava dome has been observed in the summit crater," the observatory said Tuesday. "There have been no observations of ash emissions or explosive activity during this current lava eruption." But the volcanic activity could heighten and affect air travel.

90% of air freight from Asia to Europe and North America flies over Alaska air space, and hundreds of flights -- including more than 20,000 passengers -- fly through Anchorage's air space daily. "If there is an explosion and (ash) reaches high altitudes, it will causes flights to be rerouted and ultimately canceled." The volcano's most recent significant eruption took place in 2001. It produced three explosions that led to ash clouds as high as 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) above sea level. "The 2001 eruption also produced a rubbly lava flow and hot avalanche that reached the sea."

TROPICAL STORMS

In the Indian Ocean

Tropical cyclone 09s (Iggy) was located approximately 290 nm west-northwest of Perth, Australia.

Tropical Storm Damages May Quadruple by 2100 - The combined impact of climate change and expanding human population means that tropical cyclones will cause more than four times the damage in 2100 than they do today, increasing from $26 billion to $109 billion, new research published in Nature says.

Fiji braces for new storm as death toll rises - A second tropical depression is approaching Fiji and could form into a tropical cyclone within the next 12 to 24 hours. This comes as the death toll in the nation's floods rises to seven.

SEVERE RAIN STORMS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES

Australia - Thousands of people are being evacuated from northern NSW, with helicopters descending on the region to airlift hundreds to safety. About 1600 residents in Moree and 80 people in nearby Biniguy have been ordered to leave their homes immediately as the Mehi and Gwydir rivers continue to rise to LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE THE 1970s. Meanwhile a major operation is underway at Pallamallawa, with helicopters airlifting 600 trapped residents to safety. The SES has received 820 requests for assistance in recent days, with nine flood rescues carried out overnight. Multiple flood rescues of people trapped in their homes and cars were being carried out on Thursday.

Meanwhile, up to 260 residents at Croki and Manning Point have been warned to prepare to evacuate as the Manning River continues to rise. That evacuation order was likely to be put out later on today. The region has been hammered with 250mm of rain overnight, and the town of Wee Waa is completely isolated. About 2500 residents there will be monitored through regular food and supply drops. Bellingen, which was heavily flooded last week, is once again cut in two after the Bellinger River spilled over its banks. Thirteen flood warnings remain in place for river systems across NSW, with rain expected to spread to the Hunter region, the Illawarra and metropolitan Sydney later today. "This is a campaign of flood events that are likely to stay around for some time."

HEAVY SNOW / EXTREME COLD

Heavy snow has caused disruption across Europe, carpeting much of Italy to the south and Turkey to the east. The freeze that has swept south through the continent has caused at least 80 deaths, mainly in Ukraine and Poland. Temperatures were so low that some areas in Romania along the shores of the Black Sea froze. In central Italy, heavy goods lorries were barred from motorways and several top-flight football matches have fallen victim to the wintry conditions.

Ukrainian officials reported that the number of deaths attributed to the freeze had risen to 43, with 13 people falling victim to hypothermia in the past 24 hours. School closures were reported in northern Greece, where temperatures of -16C (3F) were recorded. Villages were cut off in Bosnia where temperatures fell to -10C Several towns and cities in Bulgaria saw record lows, with -29C reported in Kneja in the north for the second day running. For much of the country an "orange" alert was in place, warning of dangerously low temperatures. In Bosnia and Serbia helicopters were used to airlift supplies to villages cut off by drifting snow.

Seven more deaths were reported in Poland, bringing to more than 20 the number who have fallen victim to the cold snap. German media reported that ice and sub-zero temperatures had led to the deaths of two women: a pedestrian froze after falling into a drainage ditch and a driver was killed when she lost control of her car on an icy road. Snowfalls were recorded as far south as southern Italy and Corsica, where at least 20cm of snow covered the center of the Mediterranean island.

Italian rail services were reduced because of the wintry conditions. The cold snap, according to forecasters, is due to an area of high pressure that has extended across Europe from Siberia and is expected to reach its peak at the weekend. They expected the bitter weather to continue for several more days across most of Europe, with cold winds and snow also spreading further south to affect the Balearic Islands and parts of northwest Africa by the weekend.

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Woman Sues Evangelical Church for Holy Spirit Injuries

A St. Louis woman is suing an Evangelical church over injuries she sustained when a fellow member caught the Holy Spirit and lost control of herself.

Cheryl Jones filed a complaint in December that while visiting the Disciple Fellowship Christian Church in East St. Louis, another member received the Holy Spirit and fell backwards, causing her injury, according to ABC News.

In the complaint, Jones mentioned that there were no ushers or other members to assist the lady who became overcome by the spirit. She blames the church for failing to protect her.

Jones said that when a woman received the spirit, she fell backwards, knocking many people back who eventually landed on her. She hit her head, neck, back and buttocks and was rendered unconscious,.

She said that she continues to suffer from physical pain, as well as mental and emotional distress. Jones is suing the church for carelessness and negligence and asking for $50,000 to pay for medical and health care for her injuries.

Jones said in her complaint that the church usually has two ushers to assist people who lose control when they catch the spirit, but no one was there to assist her.

"They should have either warned Cheryl and people like her of the potential dangers- especially if they're not going to have deacons or parishioners to help these people when they fall," said Brian Millikan, Jones' attorney.

Millikan added that people falling while being overcome by the Holy Spirit is something that happens often in the church.

Jonathan Turley, a tort law professor at George Washington University, told ABC News that when people are filled with the Holy Spirit, they are worked up into such a frenzy that they may lose their response to risk. He poses the question of how much the church is responsible for anticipating these spiritual outbursts, which can lead to injury.

"The whole idea of being touched by the Holy Spirit is to surrender yourself. In doing so, these are people that are surrendering themselves to collapsing involuntary," Turley said. "These churches tend to treat this response as the Holy Ghost has taken away the power of the individuals to even stand."

There have been many cases like this in courts, called "swoon-and-fall" cases, according to On Point News. Plaintiffs usually allege that the church failed to protect them from injury when they "swoon" during an altar call.

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently upheld a $40,000 jury award after finding that it is the church's duty to provide ushers to catch a "swooning" congregant after she fell backwards.

In 2008, a woman in Oregon tried to sue her church for not providing multiple people to catch a congregant "who was going to be blessed or slain in the spirit."

Shin Lim Kim was a catcher, but when she tried to catch another member who caught the Holy Spirit, she injured her spinal vertebra, according to On Point News. She complained the church was negligent in not providing multiple catchers nor discussing safe catching tips.

Kim tried to sue for $125,000, but the courts ruled in favor of the church, finding that they were not liable for Kim's injuries.

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Muslims Declare Jihad on Dogs in Europe

A Dutch Muslim politician has called for a ban on dogs in The Hague, the third-largest city in the Netherlands.

Islamic legal tradition holds that dogs are "unclean" animals, and some say the call to ban them in Holland and elsewhere represents an attempted encroachment of Islamic Sharia law in Europe.

This latest canine controversy -- which the Dutch public has greeted with a mix of amusement and outrage -- follows dozens of other Muslim-vs-dog-related incidents in Europe. Critics say it reflects the growing assertiveness of Muslims in Europe as they attempt to impose Islamic legal and religious norms on European society.

The Dutch dustup erupted after Hasan Küçük, a Turkish-Dutch representative on The Hague city council for the Islam Democrats, vehemently opposed a proposal by the Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren) to make the city more dog friendly.

According to a January 28 report in the Amsterdam-based newspaper De Telegraaf, Küçük counter-argued that keeping dogs as pets is tantamount to animal abuse and he then called for the possession of dogs in The Hague to be criminalized.

According to its website, the Islam Democrats [ID] party is "founded on the Islamic principles of justice, equality and solidarity. ID is a bottom-up response to the large gap between the Muslim and immigrant communities and local politics…ID focuses on the political awareness within the Muslim and immigrant communities. Awareness about the need to organize, but also the need for mutual support."

Paul ter Linden, who represents the Dutch Freedom Party (PVV) on The Hague city council, responded to Küçük by saying: "In this country pet ownership is legal. Whoever disagrees with this should move to another country."

Dutch political commentators believe Küçük's declarations are a provocation designed to stir up the Muslim population in The Hague. Muslims -- who now make up more than 12% of the city's population of 500,000 -- view dogs as ritually unclean animals and Küçük's call for a ban on them is a sure vote-getter, they say.

The incident in Holland follows dog-related controversies in other European countries.

In Spain, two Islamic groups based in Lérida -- a city in the northeastern region of Catalonia where 29,000 Muslims now make up around 20% of the city's total population -- asked local officials to regulate the presence of dogs in public spaces so they do not "offend Muslims."

Muslims demanded that dogs be banned from all forms of public transportation including all city buses as well as from all areas frequented by Muslim immigrants. Muslims said the presence of dogs in Lérida violates their religious freedom and their right to live according to Islamic principles.

After the municipality refused to acquiesce to Muslim demands, the city experienced a wave of dog poisonings. More than a dozen dogs were poisoned in September 2011 (local media reports here, here, here, here and here) in Lérida's working class neighborhoods of Cappont and La Bordeta, districts that are heavily populated by Muslim immigrants and where many dogs have been killed over the past several years.

Local residents taking their dogs for walks say they have been harassed by Muslim immigrants who are opposed to seeing the animals in public. Muslims have also launched a number of anti-dog campaigns on Islamic websites and blogs based in Spain.

In Britain, which has become "ground zero" for Europe's canine controversies, blind passengers are being ordered off buses or refused taxi rides because Muslim drivers or passengers object to their "unclean" guide dogs.

In Reading, for example, one pensioner, a cancer sufferer, was repeatedly confronted by drivers and asked to get off the bus because of his guide dog. He also faced hostility at a hospital and in a supermarket over the animal.

In Nottingham, a Muslim taxi driver refused to carry a blind man because he was accompanied by his guide dog. The taxi driver was later fined £300 ($470).

In Stafford, a Muslim taxi driver refused to carry an elderly blind couple from a grocery store because they were accompanied by their seeing-eye dog.

In Tunbridge Wells, Kent, a blind man was turned away from an Indian restaurant because the owner said it was against his Muslim beliefs to allow dogs into his establishment.

In London, a bus driver prevented a woman from boarding a bus with her dog because there was a Muslim lady on the bus who "might be upset by the dog." As the woman attempted to complain, the doors closed and the bus drove away. When a second bus arrived, she again tried to embark, but was stopped again, this time because the driver said he was Muslim.

Also in Britain, police sniffer dogs trained to spot terrorists at train stations may no longer come into contact with Muslim passengers, following complaints that it was offensive to their religion.

A report for the Transport Department advised that the animals should only touch passengers' luggage because it is considered "more acceptable." British Transport Police still use sniffer dogs -- which are trained to detect explosives -- with any passengers regardless of faith, but handlers are now more aware of "cultural sensitivities."

Sniffer dogs used by police to search mosques and Muslim homes are now being fitted with leather bootees to cover their paws so that they do not cause offense.

Critics say the complaints are just another example of Muslims trying to force their rules and morals on British society. Tory MP Philip Davies said: "As far as I am concerned, everyone should be treated equally in the face of the law and we cannot have people of different religious groups laying the law down. I hope the police will go about their business as they would do normally."

Meanwhile, Muslim prisoners in Britain are being given fresh clothes and bedding after sniffer dogs search their cells.

The inmates say their bedclothes and prison uniforms must be changed according to Islamic law if they have come anywhere near dog saliva. Government rules mean prison wardens must hand out replacement sets after random drug searches to avoid religious discrimination claims.

The dogs have also been banned from touching copies of the Islamic holy book the Koran and other religious items. Prisoners are handed special bags to protect the articles.

In Scotland, the Tayside Police Department apologized for featuring a German shepherd puppy as part of a campaign to publicize its new non-emergency telephone number. The postcards are potentially offensive to the city's 3,000-strong Muslim community.

In Norway, Gry Berg, a blind woman, was denied entry into four taxis in the center of Oslo because she was accompanied by her guide dog.

In France, Marie Laforêt, one of the country's most well-known singers and actresses, appeared in a Paris courtroom in December to defend herself against charges that a job advertisement she placed discriminated against Muslims.

The 72-year-old Laforêt had placed an ad on an Internet website looking for someone to do some work on her terrace in 2009. She specified in the ad that "people with allergies or orthodox Muslims" should not apply "due to a small Chihuahua."

Laforêt claimed that she made the stipulation because she believed the Muslim faith saw dogs as unclean.

The case was taken up by an anti-discrimination group called the Movement against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples (MRAP), which lodged a complaint against Laforêt.

Laforêt's lawyer said his client "knew that the presence of a dog could conflict with the religious convictions of orthodox Muslims. It was a sign of respect." But Muslims rejected her defense.

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Romney plays Trump card in Las Vegas

Real estate mogul Donald Trump re-injected himself and his wealth into the Republican presidential race by endorsing Mitt Romney, a day after the front-runner stumbled with remarks suggesting he was indifferent to America’s poor.

Trump, himself an on-again/off-again Republican presidential candidate and former member of the party, said he would back Romney in the race for the nomination to oppose President Barack Obama in the November 6 election.

Trump told reporters he got to know the former Massachusetts governor during several recent conversations and was impressed with his tough talk on China and said he was won over by Romney’s strong performance campaigning in Florida.

***WATCHMAN...however if his man does not win TRUMP says he might enter the race...

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CITE OBAMA WITH CONTEMPT, LAWYERS URGE

A Georgia resident contending Barack Obama is ineligible for the state’s 2012 presidential election ballot is asking that a court cite him with contempt.

In a motion filed in the case pending before Georgia Administrative Law Judge Michael Malihi, attorney Van Irion, representing David P. Weldon, urged the court not to overlook the fact that Obama had been subpoenaed for last week’s hearing.

Obama’s attorney, he pointed out, acknowledged the subpoena by asking that it be quashed. But when the judge refused his request, he but told a state elections official he would not participate.

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Israel Vice PM: Military strike can hit all of Iran's nuclear facilities

All of Iran's nuclear faculties are vulnerable to a military strike, Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon said, calling the potential of a nuclear Iran a ‘nightmare to the free world.’

At the closing day of the Herzliya Conference, Ya’alon referred to the many tools at the international community's disposal that could serve to slow down or stop Iran's advancement toward nuclear weapons capability: international pressure, economic sanctions, support of Iranian opposition, and military actions.

Speaking of the possibility of a military strike of Iran's nuclear facilities, the vice PM said that ‘the West has the ability to strike, but as long as Iran isn't convinced that there's a determination to follow through with it, they'll continue with their manipulations.’

‘The Iranians believe that a determination isn’t still there, both in regards to military action and in regards to sanctions,’ Ya'alon said, adding that ‘any facility protected by humans can be infiltrated by humans. It's possible to strike all Iran's facilities, and I say that out of my experience as IDF chief of staff.’

The vice PM's comments seem to counter reported remarks by U.S. defense officials quoted last week by the Wall Street Journal, according to which the Pentagon was not in possession of conventional arms strong enough to destroy all of Iran's nuclear facilities

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Ya'alon: Iran was working on US-range missile

Iran was working on developing a missile with 10,000 km range that would put America in reach of a potential Iranian attack, Strategic Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon said.

According to Ya'alon, the missile was based on a solid fuel propellant and would have been able to significantly increase Iran's offensive capabilities.

Last month, a mysterious explosion rocked an Iranian missile base near Tehran where Iran was working on developing this long range missile

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Germany Seeks China's Help on Iran

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is urging China to help the international community persuade Iran to abandon any ambitions it may have for nuclear weapons. Her comments came at the start of an official trip to China.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao welcomed Chancellor Merkel to Beijing's Great Hall of the People Thursday. Some of the issues expected to top the agenda include Iran and the Eurozone debt crisis.

Earlier in the day, Merkel told reporters she has already had what she described as ‘long’ discussions with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao about Iran.

She acknowledged that China does not support calls for new sanctions against Iran, but she urged China to,’use its influence’ to emphasize to Iran that the world should not have another nuclear power.

The European Union imposed an oil embargo on Iran last week. China is the biggest buyer of Iranian oil, but has scaled back its purchases in the past two months as the two sides reportedly haggle over the terms of the 2012 contract

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Two Catholic Priests Kidnapped in Sudan

South Sudanese militia loyal to Sudan's Islamic government have kidnapped two Catholic priests in Rabak, Christian sources said.

A large truck smashed through the gates of the St. Josephine Bakhita's Catholic Church compound in Rabak and the Rev. Joseph Makwey and the Rev. Sylvester Mogga were kidnapped at gunpoint by the assailants.

Four days later, on Jan. 19, the kidnappers forced the two priests to call their bishop with a ransom. Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Adwok told Compass by phone that there was no direct communication between the bishop and the kidnappers, though the priests managed to convey that they were being mistreated. The kidnappers have attempted no communication with church leaders since then, Adwok said.

Eyewitnesses told that they saw the assailants severely beating the priests while abducting them. The kidnappers also looted the priests' living quarters, stealing two vehicles, two laptops and a safe.

The incident caused panic and terror among Christians in Rabak, with church leaders saying they fear for their lives as they become targets of the Islamic government and its allied militias.

Sudan has seen a steep increase in persecution against Christians, according to an annual ranking by Christian support organization Open Doors.

Sudan-where northern Christians experienced greater vulnerability after southern Sudan seceded in a July referendum, and where Christians were targeted amid isolated military conflicts - jumped 19 places last year from its 2010 ranking, from 35th to 16th, according to Open Doors' 2012 World Watch List.

Sudanese law prohibits missionaries from evangelizing, and converting from Islam to another religion is punishable by imprisonment or death in Sudan, though previously such laws were not strictly enforced.

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North Korea to release prisoners, but spots may be filled with Christians

=North Korea has pledged to release an unknown number of prisoners starting today. The amnesty is to commemorate past leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il, both of whom would have turned 100 and 70, respectively, this year.

Christian prisoners are certain not to be released, though, reports Open Doors, USA. In addition, the vacancies left by freed prisoners will be refilled for labor purposes. Pray that believers will not be targeted to fill these spots

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Suspected Drug Traffickers Kill Pastor In Guatemala

Christians in Guatemala were mourning Monday, January 30, a pastor who was shot and killed by suspected drug traffickers on his way to a regional meeting of church leaders in a violent border area near Mexico.

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Iran: Christian Convert Sentenced to Two Years in Prison

A Christian convert has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran.

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Alert level raised at Alaska’s Celevland Volcano – explosions expected with lava dome

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The warning level for a remote Alaska volcano has been raised after a new lava dome began forming, indicating the mountain could explode and send up an ash cloud that could threaten aircraft.

The Alaska Volcano Observatory elevated the alert status for Cleveland Volcano. Officials say the new lava dome was spotted in the summit crater.

The observatory says as of Monday, the dome was about 130 feet in diameter.

There have been no eruptions since Dec. 25 and Dec. 29, which destroyed the earlier lava dome built up over the fall.

Cleveland is a 5,675-foot peak on an uninhabited island 940 miles southwest of Anchorage.

Authorities say sudden eruptions could occur at any time, and ash clouds 20,000 feet above sea level are possible

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First, they came for the Catholics

What’s noteworthy now is the united front that Catholic bishops (who have traditionally taken big government positions) are now taking against the Obamacare abortion edict. Better late than never.

The Becket Fund is representing two schools suing over the unconstitutional abortion mandate in federal court.

Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio is sponsoring a bill to restore the conscience clause protections for health care providers of faith.

This outrageous power grab is one which both fiscal and social conservative can rally behind. Every one of the GOP presidential candidates should be raising it on the campaign trail, in debates, and media interviews.

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War for Total Control: Planning the Ultimate ‘Big Brother’ Surveillance Society

It’s an old cliché to say that technology in itself is neither good nor bad, but that all depends on how you use it.

In the case of Information and Communications Technologies, and their out-of-control problem child the Internet that has so revolutionized the world, today we seem to be at a key crossroads where all seems to hang on which path Mankind finally treads.

Like a sharp two-edged sword, the Internet and the very rapidly evolving technologies surrounding it, are poised to either usher in a new era of intellectual, cultural and spiritual

enlightenment, material well-being and true cooperation amongst nations bent on resolving common global problems; or we may be about to fall into a black abyss of absolute totalitarian control; intellectual, physical and spiritual violence; and mass slavery on an unprecedented scale.

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Taliban: New and Improved?

Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, according to a famous hadith, and the Taliban are listening. But the Taliban are to be forgiven for thinking that this sort of thing would play well in Washington, for it very likely will.

After all, Joe Biden is still the Vice President – the amiable dunce who recently said: “Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy. That’s critical. There is not a single statement that the president has ever made in any of our policy assertions that the Taliban is our enemy because it threatens U.S. interests.

If, in fact, the Taliban is able to collapse the existing government, which is cooperating with us in keeping the bad guys from being able to do damage to us, then that becomes a problem for us.”

In other words, the Taliban might win, so we have to surrender and act as if we’re just fine with that. And the alternative? Hamid Karzai, who got so annoyed with his American patrons last year that he threatened to join the Taliban himself.

The Karzai government, that has been so helpful in “cooperating with us in keeping the bad guys from being able to do damage to us” that an increasing number of American and allied soldiers have recently fallen victim to surprise attacks from Afghan army forces that are supposed to be on our side.

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U.S. Navy takes major step towards its first 'rail gun' - a hi-tech electromagnetic weapon that fires projectiles at 5,000MPH

*Shipboard weapon fires projectiles for hundreds of miles

*Uses electromagnetism to hurl projectiles down rails

*High-powered weapon hurls metal 'bullets' with enormous force

*'Will change how navy engages enemies'

The gun use electromagnetism to hurl projectiles it along a track-like 'rail' instead of down a gun barrel. The shells it fires aren't explosive - they damage targets by sheer force of impact.

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Do You Live Near a Terrorism ‘Hot Spot’ According to This Map?

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***WATCHMAN...I seem to have missed this one but it is IMPORTANT enough to post now...

Small tremor rattles faults around New Madrid region

January 31, 2012 – TROY, Ill. — Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey confirm a small earthquake rattled an area of Southern Illinois early this morning.

A magnitude-2.2 tremor was recorded at the St. Louis University Earthquake Research Center at 5:10 a.m. No damage was reported.

Researchers said the quake’s epicenter was about four miles east of Troy, Ill., or around 25 miles east of St. Louis.

The quake originated from an estimated depth of 1.8 miles. The quake was believed to have related to a series of faults associated with the New Madrid Fault Zone.

The last major earthquake recorded in Southern Illinois was a 5.2 tremor recorded on April 18, 2008 and was centered near Bellmont, Ill. A 2.7 tremor was noted on September 13, 2011 east of Cisne, Ill.

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Mitt Romney scores big Florida primary win

US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has won a resounding victory in the Republican primary election in Florida, according to official results.

Mr Romney polled 46%, but rival Newt Gingrich, who only managed 32%, says he has no intention of dropping out.

Florida’s primary was the biggest of the 2012 election season so far and saw a bitter TV ad battle between the men hoping to take on Barack Obama.

Exit polls indicated the economy was the key issue for a majority of voters.

The data suggested Mr Romney led his main rival on a host of issues – including likely handling of the economy.

The exit polls also suggested he appealed to a broad range of Florida Republican voters, including the state’s crucial Hispanic population.

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The War for Total Control of your body mind and soul: Planning the Ultimate 'Big Brother' Surveillance Society

It s an 'old cliché' to say that technology in itself is neither good nor bad, but that all depends on how you use it.

In the case of Information and Communications Technologies, and their out-of-control problem child the Internet that has so revolutionized the world, today we seem to be at a key crossroads where all seems to hang on which path Mankind finally treads.

Like a sharp two-edged sword, the Internet and the very rapidly evolving technologies surrounding it, are poised to either usher in a new era of intellectual, cultural and spiritual enlightenment,

material well-being and true cooperation amongst nations bent on resolving common global problems; or we may be about to fall into a black abyss of absolute totalitarian control; intellectual, physical and spiritual violence; and mass slavery on an unprecedented scale.

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Group urges credible U.S. military threat to Iran

The United States should deploy ships, step up covert activities and sharpen its rhetoric to make more credible the threat of a U.S. military strike to stop Iran's nuclear program, a bipartisan group said on Wednesday.

Former U.S. politicians, generals and officials said in a report that the best chance of stopping Iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons was to make clear American willingness to use force, although it stopped short of advocating military action.

The report by a Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) task force of Democrats, Republicans and independents is to be formally issued on Wednesday and comes amid speculation about the possibility of an Israeli military strike against Iran.

There is little evidence to suggest that U.S. President Barack Obama has any significant interest in the possibility of a military strike against Iran, though his administration has repeatedly said that all options are on the table.

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How God Is Preparing Israel for the Return of Christ

Belief in God is on the rise in Israel. More than 80 percent of Israeli Jews believe in God, as discovered from a survey by the Guttman-Avi Chai foundation.

This same survey also found that over 70 percent of Israeli Jews accept the Biblical principle that the Jewish people have been "chosen" by God for a specific prophetic destiny.

Seventy-one percent of respondents said they want increased biblical studies in Israeli schools.

Moreover, statistics provided by Google showed Israelis search for Jesus more than 25,000 times per month.

They do so, not by the name "Jesus," but by the Hebrew equivalent, "Yeshua," which makes this fact even more fascinating.

For it shows they are not looking for the American Jesus; instead, they are searching for the Hebrew Jesus.

This spiritual interest among Israeli Jews is unprecedented. Since the Jewish nation achieved its modern statehood in 1948, it has never demonstrated such attraction to belief in God or the pursuit of information in the Hebrew Jesus.

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US reduces expenses by using depleted uranium in wars

The United States is using depleted uranium in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan because the deadly weapons are inexpensive and abundant, a professor tells Press TV.

"It's cheap. It's cheap and plentiful. Depleted uranium is a by-product of uranium enrichment after a certain percent," Lawrence Davidson, professor at West Chester University, told Press TV.

The US government has used depleted uranium arms on humans in its two recent wars, at least 1,000 tons in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and 2,400 tons in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Church Pastor and family killed in Florida highway pileup

A minister who wanted to return to suburban Atlanta in time for Sunday services is among the victims of Sunday's deadly pileup along Interstate 75 just south of Gainesville, Fla.

The Carmo family, Adriana, 39, Leticia, 17, Jose Jr., 43, and Lidiane, 15, pose at the International Church of the Restoration in Marietta, Ga.

Jose Carmo Jr., 43, a pastor at Igreja Internacional da Restauracao or the International Church of the Restoration; his wife, Adriana, 39; and their oldest daughter, Leticia, 17, all of Kennesaw, Ga., were killed.

Another daughter, Lidiane, 14, is in critical condition. Carmo's brother, Edsom, 38, and his not-yet-identified girlfriend also died in what became a string of collisions that killed 10 people.

The family was heading home after a church conference in Orlando. The senior pastor of the Portuguese-language church in Marietta, Ga., who also was at the conference, Arao Amazonas, decided to wait to travel until morning.

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How the Public Schools Keep Your Child a Prisoner of the State

Modern education is built upon a foundation set forth by tyrants.

What is most disquieting about the public education mindset is that those who believe most strongly in it are convinced that there are no other suitable alternatives to the compulsory schooling provided via the public domain.

The egalitarian core belief of these public education proponents is that society is responsible for obtaining, maintaining, and paying for the process of equally developing young minds.

Since the laws of the modern state that control the educational system lean heavily toward equality, federal compulsory schooling is necessarily a bias against the best and brightest of America’s children.

Federalized education sustains the philosophy that schools have the obligation to treat all students as pure equals – equal in intelligence, work ethic, performance, and desire.

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Death toll from European freeze hits 54

THIRTY people have died of hypothermia in Ukraine, bringing the eastern European death toll to 54 as the region grapples with an unusually severe cold spell.

Of the victims in Ukraine, 21 were found frozen on the streets, five died in hospitals and four died in their own homes, said government representative Yulia Yershova today.

Temperatures plunged to minus 23C in the capital of Kiev and elsewhere in Ukraine, as schools closed down and authorities set up hundreds of heated tents with hot tea and sandwiches for the homeless.

Temperatures are expected to drop to minus 28C or -18F.

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Ethics of 'neuro-weaponry' hard to wrap your brain around

Mind control will be a primary focus of neuro-weaponry, which is expected to reshape warfare, neuroscientists confirm.

Emerging technologies will give birth to highly sophisticated adversarial applications centered on brain science; conventional battlefield methodology could soon fade into history.

"We are approaching a time when brain science will be critical to our national security," confirmed James Forsythe of Sandia National Laboratories

According to James Giordano of Georgetown University and the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and colleague Rachel Warzman at Georgetown University, the battlefields of the future will be shaped by advances in neuroscience focused for military purposes.

"Major breakthroughs (in brain science) relevant to national security are both viable and imminently achievable," Giordano suggested at a recent neuroscience conference.

The result would be an "arsenal of neuro-weapons," concluded Jonathan Marks at Penn State University.

Such an arsenal could include "drugs, microbiological agents and toxins from nature," explained Jonathan Moreno at the University of Pennsylvania.

In addition to the use of "brain-machine interfaces," the hormone oxytocin could be used to make prisoners more co-operative in divulging sensitive military information. Other substances would make soldiers forget atrocities they might have committed.

According to Forsythe and Giordano, adversarial elements could include: "nanoparticles engineered to affect specific brain processes," "super soldiers created through pharmaceuticals and/or brain stimulation" and "brain imaging for interrogation-lie detection" as well as the use of "intelligent machines."

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ROMANS 10:9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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Davos wowed by device that reads 'code of life' in hours

Patients will no longer have to wait weeks to know if they have cancer and their doctors will know immediately what kind of disease they have, allowing them to target therapies precisely and to avoid harmful delays or mistakes.

Health officials confronted by superbug outbreaks will be able to identify the bug's strain and begin planning treatment within hours rather than days or weeks, potentially saving thousands of lives.

Soon, researchers in the developing world will take portable DNA sequencers into the field to identify new viruses and verify water quality.

And police investigators will be able to develop a suspect's DNA profile as quickly as their fictional counterparts do in glossy television dramas, while commandos on the battlefield will identify the bodies of friend and foe.

The man behind the revolution is Jonathan Rothberg, master biotechnician and CEO of Ion Torrent, owned by US firm Life Technologies, which produces the Ion Proton -- the world's first desktop semiconductor-based gene sequencer.

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US Pastor arrested for leaving kids home alone*

AN associate church pastor and his wife have been arrested and had their three young children taken from them after leaving them home alone while they went to their church to pray.

Police were called to the couple's home in Alpharetta, just north of Atlanta, Georgia last Saturday when neighbors saw their two-year-old son wandering around outside by himself.

Officers found the couple's other two children - aged six and eight - still asleep in their beds.

According to a police report, Jongkyu Kim, 37, and his wife, Myunghwah Jeong, 35, told authorities they had left their three children alone early that morning so they could go pray at the Sae Han Presbyterian Church.

The couple were arrested and charged with reckless conduct and spent the weekend in jail before being released on bail.

The senior pastor at Mr Kim's church has taken custody of the couple's three children with the approval of state family services officers,

***WATCHMAN...truly negligence...

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UN Textbooks in Palestinian Schools Strongly Anti-Israel, Anti-U.S.

Textbooks provided by the United Nations Refugee and Works Agency (UNRWA) to Palestinian schools have been found to contain strongly anti-Israeli and anti-American sentiments.

Experts testified on the content of the textbooks last Wednesday on Capitol Hill, prompting some to once again call into question the United States’ financial support of the UN.

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India: Let Iran get the bomb as long as we get oil

Iran is an “important” country for providing oil to emerging markets, says Indian finance minister.

India, the world’s fourth-largest oil consumer, said it would not take steps to cut petroleum imports from Iran despite US and European sanctions against Tehran Sunday night.

“It is not possible for India to take any decision to reduce the imports from Iran drastically, because among the countries which can provide the requirement of the emerging economies, Iran is an important country amongst them,” Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters on a visit to the Unites States.

The United States wants buyers in Asia, Iran’s biggest oil market, to cut imports to put further pressure on Tehran.

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Abortion enslaves women in order to free men from responsibility

Abortion is oppressive because it is a mechanism that allows men to be free of responsibility; they now have an easy out when a woman becomes pregnant.

The problem is that it is only easy for the man; he simply has to come up with the money and his part is over.

The woman is the one who must walk into that clinic and undergo a violent and invasive procedure as her pre-born child is dismembered and torn from her body.

This is a so-called “choice” that lies to women and tells them their own child is nothing more than an inconvenience and a parasite. Pregnancy is not a sickness or condition that needs to be fixed, it is the state of being with child.

When a woman is pregnant she is not pregnant with a “potential human being,” she is pregnant with an actual human being in the earliest stages of that human’s development cycle.

Abortion does not free women; it holds them in bondage to a society that teaches women that killing their child is a form of love and mercy.

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Comet Garradd to make its closest approach to Earth in March

The star cluster and the comet are both located in the constellation Hercules, high overhead in northern hemisphere skies before sunrise.

Sky and Telescope offers a sky map of the comet’s path. Observers with computerized GOTO telescopes can track the comet by plugging in orbital elements from the Minor Planet Center.

At the moment, Comet Garradd has an astronomical magnitude of +6.5, invisible to the naked eye but an easy target for backyard telescopes.

Forecasters expect it to brighten by a factor of ~2 in the weeks ahead as the comet approaches Earth for a 1.3 AU close encounter in early March.

This could be a good time to invest in a Comet Hunter.

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Submarines: The Shame Of The Russian Navy

February 1, 2012: The new Russian Graney (Yasen) class SSGN (nuclear powered cruise missile sub) has been delayed yet again.

Undisclosed problems with the first Graney have postponed entering service for at least a year.

That will mean, if the latest delay is the last one, the first Graney will enter service twenty years after construction began.

These problems are not restricted to the Graney, as other new sub designs are also encountering numerous construction and design problems.

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Carp invasion threatens North American fish industry

Environmentalists in North America are looking at options to control an invasive species of fish, the Asian carp, which threatens to squeeze out other species if its numbers continue to grow.

Imported as a farmed species in the 1970s, Bighead and Silver carp from China were first seen as a way to produce cheap food, but floodwaters overwhelmed the fish farms, spreading the fish throughout the U.S. Midwest.

The threat from the species is so grave that authorities could end up spending billions of dollars and physically separating two river basins.

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Polls: N.C. & Minn. marriage amendments lead

A majority of North Carolina voters and a plurality of Minnesota voters favor amending their state constitutions to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman, according to two new polls previewing upcoming ballot initiatives, reports Baptist Press.

If both amendments pass, the states would become the 30th and 31st ones to define marriage in the traditional sense within a constitution.

North Carolinians will have their say during a May 8 primary. The poll by Public Policy Polling shows that 56 percent of registered voters favor the amendment, while 34 percent are opposed.

In Minnesota, a poll by Public Policy Poll (PPP) shows that state's proposed amendment ahead, 48-44 percent. That amendment will be on the November ballot.

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Damages from tropical cyclones expected to double by 2100

That figure represents an increased vulnerability from population and especially economic growth, as well as the effects of climate change.

Greater vulnerability to cyclones is expected to increase global tropical damage to $56 billion by 2100—double the current damage—from the current rate of $26 billion per year if the present climate remains stable.

Climate change is predicted to add another $53 billion of damages. The damage caused by climate change is equal to 0.01 percent of GDP in 2100.

The United States and China will be hardest hit, incurring $25 billion and $15 billion of the additional damages from climate change, respectively, amounting to 75 percent of the global damages caused by climate change.

Small islands, especially in the Caribbean, will also be hit hard, suffering the highest damages per unit of GDP. The research reveals that more intense storms will become more frequent with climate change.

“The biggest storms cause most of the damage,” said Robert Mendelsohn, the lead economist on the project. “With the present climate, almost 93 percent of tropical cyclone damage is caused by only 10 percent of the storms.

Warming will increase the frequency of these high-intensity storms at least in the North Pacific and North Atlantic Ocean basins, causing most of the increase in damage.

The authors based their estimates on a future global population of 9 billion and an annual increase of approximately 3 percent in gross world product until 2100.

“More people making a lot more income will put more capital in harm’s way,” he said.

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ROMANS 10:9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

11. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

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Mind-reading program translates brain activity into words - The research paves the way for brain implants that would translate the thoughts of people who have lost power of speech

Scientists have picked up fragments of people's thoughts by decoding the brain activity caused by words that they hear.

The remarkable feat has given researchers fresh insight into how the brain processes language, and raises the tantalizing prospect of devices that can return speech to the speechless.

Though in its infancy, the work paves the way for brain implants that could monitor a person's thoughts and speak words and sentences as they imagine them.

Such devices could transform the lives of thousands of people who lose the ability to speak as a result of a stroke or other medical conditions.

Experiments on 15 patients in the US showed that a computer could decipher their brain activity and play back words they heard, though at times the words were difficult to recognize.

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North Korea warns its citizens, cell phone users will be treated as ‘war criminals’

North Korea has warned its citizens against use of cell phones inside the country, saying anyone caught talking on mobiles would be branded as “war criminals” and punished accordingly, a media report said.

North Korea has long relied on a total restriction of information to maintain control over its isolated citizenry, and in this crucial time of transition between late Kim Jong Il and his successor, Kim Jong Un, the state is clamping down on anyone using mobile phones

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Gallup state numbers predict huge Obama loss

Gallup released their annual state-by-state presidential approval numbers yesterday, and the results should have 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue very worried.

If President Obama carries only those states where he had a net positive approval rating in 2011 (e.g. Michigan where he is up 48 percent to 44 percent),

Obama would lose the 2012 election to the Republican nominee 323 electoral votes to 215.

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Spain could face future drought threats according to new study

A team at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena has designed a new method for calculating drought trends.

Initial results suggest that by the year 2050 there could be a 15% increase compared to the droughts seen in 1990 in the Segura river basin.

At the beginning of 2011, water levels in Spain’s reservoirs reached an average of 77.83% of total capacity.

However, the lack of rain last year has now reduced the average to 62.01%. The droughts that Spain experiences year on year are one of the main concerns of agricultural workers who use up to 80% of a reservoir’s water for their crops.

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Taliban "poised to retake Afghanistan" after NATO pullout

The U.S. military said in a secret report that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw, raising the prospect of a major failure of Western policy after a costly war.

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Winter Storm Turns Israel into Ski Resort

Several feet of snow have blanketed the Hermon ski resort on the Golan Heights – but it was closed Wednesday due to a heavy storm.

Nearly six feet of the white stuff has piled up on the upper slopes and up to three feet on the slower slopes, where rain fell Wednesday morning before turning to snow.

Thousands of Israelis have been fleeing the rainy center of the country to be in the snow, which is rarely seen in most other areas in Israel.

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Dutch minister: Border cameras do not break EU law

The Dutch interior minister has told Brussels his new border cameras will catch illegal immigrants without breaking EU rules.

Gerd Leers defended the project - which has already seen military-grade surveillance technology installed on main roads from Belgium and Germany

- in a letter sent to the European Commission on Friday (27 January) and seen by EUobserver.

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Forest Service says it won't evict Jesus statue

The U.S. Forest Service says it will re-authorize a permit for a 57-year-old statue of Jesus that had been facing eviction from a northwestern Montana ski resort.

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WORLDWIDE EVENTS

QUAKES

5.1 VANUATU

5.0 NEW BRITAIN REGION, P.N.G.

5.2 FIJI REGION

5.2 SAMAR, PHILIPPINES

5.4 SOUTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

TROPICAL STORMS

In the Indian Ocean

Tropical cyclone 09s (Iggy), located approximately 420 nm west-southwest of Learmonth, Australia.

SEVERE RAIN STORMS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES

AUSTRALIA - Sydney has recorded its SOGGIEST JANUARY IN 11 YEARS and the COLDEST ONE IN 12 YEARS.

HEAVY SNOW / EXTREME COLD

Deadly cold snap freezes much of Europe - A deadly cold snap is spreading across eastern Europe from Russia on its way westwards leaving a trail of disruption and a rising death toll. Dozens have been killed by the freezing weather as temperatures have plummeted. In Turkey 20cm of snow fell – THE MOST SEEN IN 50 YEARS. Police in Poland say at least ten people froze to death as the weather worsened over night after what had been until now, a mild winter. There are warnings the country can expect 30 degrees below zero at the end of the week.

In the Czech Republic the railways suffered as the extreme weather buckled tracks and engines broke down. Romania, central Serbia and Bulgaria are all in the grip of the big freeze with Ukraine reporting over 18 deaths. It is not just humans having to battle the cold – in southern Russia severe frosts have caused the deaths of thousands of fish after river levels which were already low completely froze.

Transport, communications and power lines are all being hit. Several stranded lorry drivers faced a night in their cabs as roads became impassable. And in Romania an unlikely crew came to the rescue of 300 stray dogs being held in kennels just outside Bucharest. Volunteers from a local prison worked for several hours to dig out alleyways at the shelter to help the freezing animals.

Bulgaria faces further 'Code Orange' weather warning - Bulgaria faced another day of RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES on Tuesday, January 31, with a "Code Orange" weather warning in force for the whole country and with the severe weather having claimed two lives the previous day.

EXTREME HEAT & DROUGHT / WILDFIRES / CLIMATE CHANGE

Southern California RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES - January 26, Southern California ws experiencing record-breaking high temperatures, with some areas also getting powerful winds. Santa Barbara, San Diego and Los Angeles counties all had record highs for this time of the year Thursday.

At Santa Barbara Airport, the high was 85 degrees, breaking a record of 82 set in 1947. Other areas also were in the 80s.

AUSTRALIA - Perth has sweltered through its HOTTEST JANUARY IN 34 YEARS.

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Snakes linked to stunning mammal decline in Florida Everglades

FLORIDA – Non-native Burmese pythons are the likely cause of a staggering mammal decline in Florida’s Everglades. In PNAS journal, they report that observations of some mammal species have declined by more than 99%.

A team studied road surveys of mammals in the Everglades National Park before and after pythons became common. Researchers found a strong link between the spread of pythons and drops in recorded sightings of raccoons, rabbits, bobcats and other species.

The national park covers the southern 25% of the original Everglades – a region of subtropical wetlands that has been drained over the last century to reclaim it for human use.

The origins of Burmese pythons in south Florida are unknown, but many were imported into the US through the pet trade. As the pythons have made it from captivity into the wild, the absence of natural predators has allowed populations to balloon.

Intermittent sightings were recorded for 20 years before the snakes were recognized as being established across the Everglades in 2000. The pythons are now established across thousands of sq miles in southern Florida.

Although there are no accurate figures for how many there are, the numbers removed from the Everglades reached nearly 400 in 2009 and this has been increasing year-on-year (apart from a slight drop in 2010 due to a cold spell).

“Any snake population – you are only seeing a small fraction of the numbers that are actually out there,’ said Prof Michael Dorcas, one of the study’s authors, from Davidson College in North Carolina.

He told News: “They are a new top predator in Everglades National Park – one that shouldn’t be there. We have documented pythons eating alligators; we have also documented alligators eating pythons. It depends on who is biggest during the encounter.”

Earlier this month, US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that the US was poised to approve a ban on importing Burmese pythons. But some observers remarked that the move was about 30 years too late.

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Indiana governor signs right-to-work bill

Against a backdrop of loud opposition from protesters, Indiana has become the first Rust Belt state to enact the right-to-work labor law prohibiting labor contracts that require workers to pay union representation fees.

Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels signed the bill Wednesday after it passed the Senate following weeks of discord that saw House Democrats boycott the Legislature and thousands of protesters gather at the Statehouse.

“Seven years of evidence and experience ultimately demonstrated that Indiana did need a right-to-work law to capture jobs for which, despite our highly rated business climate, we are not currently being considered,” Daniels said in a statement.

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There are reports that Republican front runner Mitt Romney may have been influenced in his political philosophy by a notorious leftwing radical

Conservatives have made much of Barak Obama’s connections to the leftist agitator Saul Alinski. Alinksi’s book “Rules for Radicals” is a veritable handbook for the hard left.

Now there are reports that Alinksi’s ideas were well received by former Michigan Governor George Romney.

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‘GREEN LIGHT’ TO SEE OBAMA’S HAWAII FILES

An attorney who presented evidence to a Georgia judge last week on Barack Obama’s eligibility for the state’s 2012 presidential ballot believes she now has a right to demand to see his original Hawaii documents.

Obama last April released what he said was a copy of his original Hawaii birth documentation, but a number of imaging, document and computer experts contend it is a fraud.

The original birth documentation could undermine Obama’s claim to be a “natural-born citizen,” as the Constitution requires.

Many of his critics, however, say the birth documentation doesn’t matter, because Obama’s father never was a U.S. citizen.

The Founders likely understood “natural-born citizen” to mean the offspring of two U.S. citizens.

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Pro-Obama Group: 65% Of Deficit President’s Fault

Most of the soaring $1 trillion federal deficit is the blame of President Obama’s spending and political deals according to a pro-Obama think tank that pegged former President George W. Bush’s responsibility at just 35 percent.

While opening its analysis by blaming Bush and showing pictures of Senate GOP leaders, the Center for American Progress said that the other 65 percent of the deficit surge came on Obama’s watch, a combination of high spending, extension of the Bush tax cuts and additional defense spending.

“The analysis reveals that events that occurred before January 2009, including the onset of the Great Recession and increased spending—especially on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq—attributed to 35 percent of the swing from surplus to deficit,” said the center founded by long-time Obama advisor John Podesta.

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Iranian attack on America and allies increasingly likely – intelligence chief

The head of US intelligence has warned that there is an increasing likelihood that Iran could carry out attacks in America or against US and allied targets around the world.

The warning from the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, reflects rapidly rising tensions over Iran's nuclear program after the US and EU announced embargoes on the Iranian oil trade in the past few weeks, Israel leaked details of its preparation for a possible conflict and both the west and Iran boosted their military readiness in the Gulf.

The US plans to send a third aircraft carrier to the region in March, while Iran's military has threatened to block the entrance to the Gulf in the strait of Hormuz and is planning to hold naval exercises there in the next few weeks involving a host of new weapons.

Presenting his annual ‘worldwide threat assessment’ to Congress, Clapper said an alleged plot to blow up the Saudi ambassador in Washington last year, which the US blamed on the Iran's Revolutionary Guard, ‘shows that some Iranian officials

– probably including the supreme leader Ali Khamenei – have changed their calculus and are now more willing to conduct an attack in the United States in response to real or perceived US actions that threaten the regime.’

Clapper added: ‘Iran's willingness to sponsor future attacks in the US or against our interests abroad probably will be shaped by Tehran's evaluation of the costs it bears for the plot against the ambassador as well as Iranian leaders' perceptions of US threats against the regime.’

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Muslim Terrorists Admit Targeting Two London Rabbis

Nine Muslim terrorists admitted in a London court Wednesday they planned to assassinate two rabbis, the city’s mayor and attack the stock exchange and American embassy.

They were arrested in December 2010 in a counter terrorist raid before they were able to carry out their plan to stage a multi-pronged attack on the Parliament and on public and religious leaders, including London Mayor Boris Johnson and two rabbis, who were not named in court.

Evidence presented in court included a list of the intended victims that was found in the home of the leader of the terrorist gang. A sketch of what appeared to be a car bomb also was found.

Two terrorists in the Al Qaeda-inspired terrorist gang conducted surveillance and three others planned to leave Britain for further training before returning to stage the planned attacks

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Russia Says 'No Chance' of UN Adopting Syria Resolution

Russia's European Union envoy says he sees ‘no chance’ of the U.N. Security Council adopting a resolution on Syria, as Arab and Western nations push for the measure in an effort to halt months of deadly violence.

Vladimir Chizhov told Russia's Interfax news agency Wednesday that the proposal lacks a key provision ruling out military intervention. His comments are at odds with those of British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who told the Council Tuesday that the resolution ‘does not call for military action and could not be used to authorize it.’

Under the Moroccan-sponsored Arab-European draft, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would agree to halt the violence against anti-government demonstrators and give up power. Syria has rejected the plan as a violation of its sovereignty

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