Civil Unrest in the Ukraine & Venezuela/Prophecy Signs for Feb. 24, 2014

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Zechariah 12:3 “And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.”

The Beis Hamikdash (Temple) Revealtion 11:1-2 & Daniel 9:27

Headline:  Rabbis to Knesset: Extend sovereignty to Temple Mount

A group of rabbis and yeshiva heads have submitted a petition to the Knesset demanding legislation to extend Jewish sovereignty on the Temple Mount. Riots broke out again on Friday on the Temple Mount in response to growing tension on the issue. The petition comes ahead of Knesset deliberation on policies regarding the Temple Mount, due to begin in the middle of next week. The session will review a proposal by MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud) to place the entire Temple Mount under Israeli supervision. The discussion follows rioting earlier this month on the Temple Mount after Friday Muslim prayers, when rocks were thrown at police. The violence came a day after police closed the holy site to Jews to avert another riot, following numerous anonymous threats of violence from Arabs should any Jews ascend the mount. Jordanian ministers have expressed strong disapproval of any challenge to Jordan’s sovereignty over Jerusalem’s Muslim and Christian holy sites. The Jordanian parliament’s lower house even voted early in February to expel Israeli Ambassador Daniel Nevo and to recall the Jordanian Ambassador to Israel, Walid Obeidat. President Shimon Peres assured Jordan this month that Israel would honor its agreements with Jordan and ensure that all worshipers could pray in their holy sites.
Feb 23, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=342259

Headline:  Hamas Says It’ll Privatize Gaza Crossing
Headline:  Hamas Criticizes UNRWA Curricula in Gaza for Teaching Human Rights, Not Armed Resistance

“The government is to give the private sector the opportunity to handle the technical management of crossing points from the Gaza Strip,” Hamas deputy prime minister Ziad al-Zaza told AFP on Saturday and said that a commission of seven businessmen would be dedicated to the project. “Supervision of all terminals will be under government control,” said Zaza, who is also finance minister. The coastal strip, whose air and sea lanes are blocked by Israel, has three land crossings; Erez and Kerem Shalom with Israel and Rafah with Egypt. Kerem Shalom is for goods only, while Erez and Rafah are for passenger traffic. Although Hamas ousted the western-backed Palestinian Authority from Gaza in 2007, PA officials continue to coordinate the work of the crossings with Israel. Israel does not have direct political or economic ties with Hamas which it defines as “a terrorist organisation.”
Feb 23, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177775#.UwuyGIXGDkY
http://www.memri.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4161.htm

Headline:  IDF Chief of Staff: If Hamas Decides to Act, They Will Regret it

IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Benjamin “Benny” Gantz toured the Golan Heights, where he discussed Iran’s involvement in creating tension in the region, and the steps the IDF has taken to ensure stability. “Iran is handing out torches to the pyromaniacs by giving them weapons, missiles and by joining them in fighting. We are facing tension in every area. [The situation] seems quiet but in fact it is pressured on daily basis,” IDF Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Benjamin “Benny” Gantz said. The Chief of Staff was touring the Golan Heights with commander of the Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Yair Golan. “Right now we’re in the Golan Heights and it seems quiet and peaceful. I suggest that everyone keeps in mind that underneath this quiet, a storm is brewing — day, night and in every setting,” said Lt. Gen. Gantz. During the tour, Lt. Gen. Gantz addressed the situation in the Gaza Strip. “It is possible to develop [weapons] with nothing more than raw materials and production capacity, and threaten the heart of the country. Terror organizations are becoming stronger — and we are preparing ourselves more. If Hamas decides to act [against us], it will be a decision they will regret.”
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.idfblog.com/2014/02/24/idf-chief-staff-hamas-decides-act-will-regret/

Headline:  Steinitz after meeting US’s top Iran negotiator: Israel reserves right to act independently

Israel reserves the right to assess the Iranian situation and make the necessary decisions independently, Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said Sunday after emerging from some five hours of talks with Wendy Sherman, Washington’s top Iran negotiator. “Israel reiterated and made clear its position that an agreement with Iran must include dismantling its ability to progress toward a nuclear weapon,” Steinitz said, using code for Israel’s long-standing position that the world needed to insist that Iran dismantle all it’s uranium enrichment capabilities. This position clashes with that of the world powers currently negotiating with Iran, which is now seemingly willing to allow Iran some enrichment capability. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made the same point publicly at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting, saying he was concerned Iran believed it could “realize its plan to be a nuclear threshold state, with an enrichment capability that it thinks cannot be touched, and with the ability to develop both nuclear weapons and intercontinental missiles, which it is continuing to work on unhindered.” “This combination of enrichment, weapons and launch capabilities, means that Iran is, in effect, receiving everything and giving almost nothing,” he said. “That is the current situation.” Netanyahu said that the long-term agreement now being negotiated between the P5+1 (the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany) and Iran cannot be allowed to render permanent this current state of affairs.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/Iranian-Threat/News/Steinitz-after-meeting-USs-top-Iran-negotiator-Israel-reserves-right-to-act-independently-342347

Headline:  ‘Israel Apartheid Week’ returns to US, UK campuses

University campuses across North America and the UK kicked off “Israel Apartheid Week” (IAW) Monday, the tenth anniversary of the international protest against the Jewish state. The IAW is a major advocacy event of the BDS (Boycott, Sanctions, Divestment) movement, and offers seminars on what is termed the Israeli occupation of Palestine and Israel’s “racist” practices toward the Palestinian people. It also holds public demonstrations. According to IAW organizers, there has been “a sharp increase of literature and analysis that has sought to document and challenge Israeli apartheid, including reports issued by major international bodies and human rights organizations and findings published by political leaders, thinkers, academics, and activists.” The movement’s goals were outlined in 2005, stating that it wanted “full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, an end to the occupation and colonization of all Arab lands.” Many have claimed the week-long initiative — held in over 200 cities — aims to hurt Israel more than to help the Palestinian cause.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-apartheid-week-returns-to-us-uk-campuses/

Headline:  Report: Israel strikes targets on Lebanon-Syria border
Headline:  Hezbollah: No confirmation of Israeli attack in Lebanon yet
Headline:  Israel increasing intelligence unit

Israeli warplanes attacked targets on the border between Lebanon and Syria on Monday night, according to initial reports from Lebanon. The planes launched four air raids on the Janta area in the mountains separating the Lebanese village of Nabi Sheet from the Syrian border, according to the Daily Star newspaper. The Janta area is known to house a Hezbollah post, where recruitment and training are carried out. Janta is also a well-known route for arms smuggling between Lebanon and Syria, the source added. Eyewitnesses said plumes of smoke were seen rising from the area were the Israeli planes carried out the strikes. Earlier, al-Nashra news site reported that Israeli planes had launched two raids in the Bekaa Valley. This is a developing story. Meanwhile, Israeli military intelligence unit is expanding to combat the threat of jihadists in neighboring Syria, officials said. The expansion comes as Hezbollah is believed to be ramping up its military inventory in the event of a future confrontation with Israel, the Jerusalem Post reported. Hezbollah is said to have some 100,000 rockets and missiles stockpiled for use against Israel, including a small number of satellite-guided weapons that could be used to target specific outposts in the event of an all-out war between the two sides.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.576202
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-jets-reportedly-strike-targets-near-lebanon-syria-border/
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4492119,00.html
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/02/24/Israel-increasing-intelligence-unit/UPI-96331393280589/

1 Thessalonians 5:3³ For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Headline:   Ahead of Merkel visit, PM talks peace on German TV
Headline:   Merkel arrives in Israel to talk peace

In advance of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s landmark visit to Israel Monday along with her entire cabinet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared in an interview with ZDF (Second German Television) his support for US Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to reach an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Israel wants peace, security, stability and prosperity, Netanyahu said, and added he is up to the challenge. “If President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority is equally willing to pursue these goals, then I think Secretary Kerry’s initiative has a chance.” Netanyahu said that he was willing to recognize a Palestinian state but did not understand why the Palestinians were not prepared to recognize Israel as a Jewish state in return, Channel 10 reported. Netanyahu also emphasized that sitting down to talk was the only way to reach peace. Merkel and her cabinet were due to arrive in Israel Monday night for a high-profile visit that will include the largest bilateral government consultations in Israel’s history. However, the trip, which officially kicks off the preparations for next year’s celebration of 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, is being overshadowed by reports of the worst crisis in diplomatic ties since Merkel took office nearly 10 years ago. In Israel, she will hold talks with Netanyahu, with Israel’s divisive settlement policy on the agenda. The visit comes amid growing calls in Europe for a boycott against Israel over its settlements in the West Bank. There are fears in Israel that if the peace talks collapse, the European Union could take punitive measures against Israel.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/ahead-of-merkel-visit-pm-talks-peace-on-german-tv/
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.576120

Headline:  Hamas: Recognizing Israel is a ‘Death Sentence’ to the PA

Lawmakers from Hamas on Sunday warned Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas against recognizing Israel as part of the ongoing peace process. The lawmakers said that recognition of Israel as a Jewish state would be a “death sentence” against the PA. Ibrahim Dahbour, one of Hamas’s representative in the Palestinian Legislative Council, warned Abbas against giving up any of the “fundamental principles of the Palestinian people” in the negotiations with Israel, in particular with regards to the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Speaking with the PA-based Quds Press news agency, Dahbour said that the very debate regarding Israel as a Jewish state has dangerous consequences. He added that if Israel achieves international recognition as a Jewish state, such a move will bring the Palestinian Arabs to a point of no return and will result in the elimination of the so-called “right of return”, the expulsion of “Palestinian citizens of Israel” and any other non-Jewish residents of Israel, and in the bringing of the world’s Jews to Israel.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177787#.Uwu_SoXGDkY

“Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God! ² For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head. ³ They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones. ⁴ They have said, “Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”

Headline:   Jordan won’t be Palestine, king says
Headline:  ‘Substitute homeland’ an illusion in the minds of rumour-mongers — King

Jordan’s King Abdullah II lashed out on Sunday against domestic opponents arguing for Jordan to become the “alternative homeland” for the Palestinians.  “Jordan is Jordan and Palestine is Palestine, and nothing else, not in the past or the future,” Abdullah reportedly said, according to the official Jordanian news agency Petra. Abdullah made the comments in a meeting with senior government officials, including Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, Senate President Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh, House of Representatives Speaker Atef Tarawneh, senior members of the judiciary and others. “We know how this issue has been surfacing [for the past] 15 years, or even more,” Abdullah said, and called talk of turning Jordan into a Palestinian state “sedition.” “There are more important issues to focus on, especially with regards to political and economic reform,” Abdullah insisted, and issued a warning to those advocating a change in the identity of the state: “We know this group, and if this issue is repeated next year, we will declare who they are by name.”
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.timesofisrael.com/jordan-wont-be-palestine-king-says/
http://jordantimes.com/substitute-homeland-an-illusion-in-the-minds-of-rumour-mongers—-king

Headline:  Car bomb blast kills 3 in Lebanon’s Hermel
Headline:  Hermel car bomb weighed over 100 kilograms

Three people, including a civilian, have been killed in a huge bomb explosion that hit a Lebanese military post in the northeastern town of Hermel. The incident occurred on Saturday when a car bomb detonated at an army checkpoint at the main entrance of Hermel. Sixteen people, among them five soldiers, were injured in the blast. The al-Nusra Front in Lebanon – a militant Sunni group named after one of the al-Qaeda-linked groups fighting in Syria – claimed responsibility for the bombing. The attack follows a car bomb explosion that hit an Iranian cultural center in southern Beirut on Wednesday, leaving up to eight people dead. The al-Qaeda-linked group, Abdullah Azzam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Feb 23, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/23/351857/three-killed-in-north-lebanon-bombing/
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gpwWy2WLBiG02VhN7tvhWEQNiV_Q?docId=3ce5b02d-b919-4685-857a-9b491a6a9e56&hl=en
https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/lebanonnews/536599-hermel-car-bomb-weighed-over-100-kilograms

Headline:  Egyptian government resigns, paving way for military chief Sisi to run for president
Headline: Opposition warns Erdogan’s new intel laws would end Turkish democracy

Egypt’s government has resigned, the prime minister said on Monday, a step likely to pave the way for army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to declare his candidacy for president of a strategic US ally gripped by political strife. “(The government) made every effort to get Egypt out of the narrow tunnel in terms of security, economic pressures and political confusion,” Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said in a live nationwide speech. Beblawi, who was tasked by interim President Adly Mansour with running the government’s affairs until the election, did not give a clear reason for the decision. For Sisi to run for president, he would first need to quit as defense minister. “This (government resignation) was done as a step that was needed ahead of Sisi’s announcement that he will run for president,” an Egyptian official told Reuters. He said the cabinet resigned en masse as Sisi did not want to appear to be acting alone. The top military commander has unveiled a political roadmap meant to lead to elections after toppling Islamist President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood in July following mass protests against his rule. The vote is expected within months in Egypt, which has great geo-strategic importance due to its peace treaty with Israel and control over the Suez Canal, a vital global shipping lane that is the shortest between Asia and Europe.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Egyptian-government-resigns-paving-way-for-military-chief-Sisi-to-run-for-president-342367
http://www.worldtribune.com/2014/02/23/opposition-warns-erdogans-new-intel-laws-would-end-turkish-democracy/

Headline:  Syrian aircraft hit homes near Damascus, activists say

Activists say that Syrian military aircraft have struck a rebel-held town near Damascus, as government forces intensify efforts to subdue opposition-held communities around the capital. An activist who uses the name Mamoun Abu Saker says three strikes targeted homes in the town of Nashabiyeh on Monday. Abu Saker says at least four people were killed, and others are still buried under rubble. He said two strikes first hit the homes, and then as people rushed to rescue casualties, another strike hit the same area. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the strikes, but not the death toll. The Observatory has a network of activists on the ground. In recent months, Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Assad are focusing their efforts on taking back a rebel-held ring of communities around Damascus.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4491936,00.html

Headline:  Air raids in central Syria kill 26: activists

Air raids on rebel-held towns across Syria killed 26 people on Monday, activists said, two days after the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution demanding an end to indiscriminate shelling and aerial attacks. Syria’s almost three-year-old conflict has raged on despite peace talks that began in Geneva last month and the passage of the U.N. resolution, a rare moment of unity between the West and Russia, President Bashar al-Assad’s strongest backer. Two women and 10 children were among the dead in government air raids on the town of al-Neshabieh, in the eastern outskirts of Damascus, near a railway marking the frontline between Islamist fighters and Assad’s forces backed by Lebanese Hezbollah militants, and in the province of Homs to the north. “Two simultaneous raids hit Neshabieh first. People were pulling the bodies of a women and her two children from one house when the planes came back and hit the crowed, killing another nine,” activist Abu Sakr told Reuters from the area. He said artillery fire from a battalion based at Damascus airport and the nearby town of Mleiha then hit the town. Fifty people were wounded in the combined bombardment, he said.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.newsdaily.com/world/6c3399c971836398f5edaaf40bff63ee/air-raids-in-central-syria-kill-26-activists

Headline:  Iraq signs deal to buy arms, ammunition from Iran

Iran has signed a deal to sell Iraq arms and ammunition worth $195 million, according to documents seen by Reuters – a move that would break a UN embargo on weapons sales by Tehran. The agreement was reached at the end of November, the documents showed, just weeks after Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki returned from Washington, where he lobbied the Obama administration for extra weapons to fight al-Qaida-linked militants. Some in Washington are nervous about providing sensitive US military equipment to a country they worry is becoming too close to Iran. Several Iraqi lawmakers said Maliki had made the deal because he was fed up with delays to US arms deliveries. A spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister would not confirm or deny the sale, but said such a deal would be understandable given Iraq’s current security troubles. “We are launching a war against terrorism and we want to win this war. Nothing prevents us from buying arms and ammunition from any party and it’s only ammunition helping us to fight terrorists,” said the spokesman, Ali Mussawi.
The Iranian government denied any knowledge of a deal to sell arms to Iraq.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iraq-signs-deal-to-buy-arms-ammunition-from-Iran-342389

Headline:  Bombings, shootings kill 17 in Iraq: Officials

Bomb blasts and shootings across Iraq have left 17 people dead as violence rages on in the country, officials say. Sunday’s deadliest attack took place on a highway between the capital Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul. Three police officers and four detainees, who had been arrested during a raid, were killed after a bomb exploded there. In Mosul itself, seven people died in six separate shootings. Among the dead were the brother of a provincial councilor, a health directorate employee, and three members of security forces. A roadside bomb exploded near bicycle shops in Baghdad’s Sadr City, killing at least two people and injuring seven more. At least three others were wounded by another bombing in the Hurriyah area of Baghdad. A policeman was killed and two others were injured after a bomb exploded in a house in the Siniyah area of Baghdad. Iraq has witnessed a surge in deadly attacks including bombings and shootings in recent months.
Feb 23, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/23/351971/attacks-leave-17-dead-in-iraq-officials/

Headline:  Turkish police clash with protesters over Internet restriction laws

Turkish riot police fired tear gas on Saturday to disperse thousands of demonstrators in central Istanbul protesting against what they see as authoritarian new laws from Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan‘s government. Battling a corruption scandal, Erdogan’s AK Party has pushed through laws tightening government control over the Internet and courts this month, and has proposed a bill envisaging broader powers for the national intelligence agency.
Feb 22, 2014
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/turkish-police-clash-protesters-internet-laws-article-1.1698593
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/23/351850/turkey-police-attack-istanbul-protesters/

Revelation 13:12, Revelation 17:1-6 & Apostasy 1 Tim. 4:1-4, Amos 8:11 & 2 Peter2:1-3 “And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed” (Rev. 13:12) “One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters. With her the kings of the earth committed adultery and the inhabitants of the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her adulteries.” Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth of her adulteries. This title was written on her forehead: mystery Babylon the great the mother of prostitutes and of the abominations of the earth. I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of those who bore testimony to Jesus.”(Rev. 17:1-6)

Headline: Pope Francis And The Emerging One World Religion

Is Pope Francis taking steps that are laying the groundwork for the emergence of a one world religion?  If that question sounds quite bizarre to you, I urge you to read the rest of this article.  We live at a time when globalization is advancing rapidly. The global economy is more integrated than it has ever been before, and with each passing year new economic treaties tie us even more closely together.  And “global governance” (as the elite like to call it) is also steadily gaining ground.  Through a whole host of global institutions such as the United Nations, the World Bank, the IMF and the Bank for International Settlements, global governments are working together to a degree that is unprecedented.  Well, what about religion?  Is there evidence that we are also witnessing the globalization of religion?  Well, yes there is.  In fact, it appears that Pope Francis intends to lead the way. Since he has been Pope, Francis has expressed a desire for unity with the Eastern Orthodox, the Anglicans, and many other major Protestant denominations.  But more than a few eyebrows were raised when he recently sent a video message to Kenneth Copeland and his congregation.  At the time that the video message was played to the congregation, one speaker declared that “Luther’s protest is over”… Meanwhile, Pope Francis has also been aggressively courting Muslims.  The following quote from Pope Francis comes from remarks that he made during his very first ecumenical meeting… I then greet and cordially thank you all, dear friends belonging to other religious traditions; first of all the Muslims, who worship the one God, living and merciful, and call upon Him in prayer, and all of you. I really appreciate your presence: in it I see a tangible sign of the will to grow in mutual esteem and cooperation for the common good of humanity. The Catholic Church is aware of the importance of promoting friendship and respect between men and women of different religious traditions – I wish to repeat this: promoting friendship and respect between men and women of different religious traditions – it also attests the valuable work that the Pontifical Council for interreligious dialogue performs. Did you catch that? Apparently Pope Francis believes that Catholics and Muslims worship the same God. More recently, Francis made the following statement about Muslims… “We must never forget that they ‘profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, who will judge humanity on the last day.’” Wow. By making this statement, Pope Francis is rejecting another of the most fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith. You see, Christians believe that Jesus Christ is God. Muslims hate this doctrine and say that there is no god but Allah.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.infowars.com/pope-francis-and-the-emerging-one-world-religion/

For those of you who may be new to my site, I’d like to share with you some of the places I have talked about the Pope and the coming one world religion. The first link is a video I made in March 2013 titled “Forming A One World Religion”.  The 2^nd link shows you all the writing I have done on the ETRM site about this and the 3^rd link gives you a complete listing of every YouTube video I’ve made on the subject

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82BPstC8HKA

http://endtimesresearchministry.com/?s=Pope

http://www.youtube.com/user/proofofLastdays/search?query=Pope

^“ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. ⁶ And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation)  “Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. ⁴² And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. ⁴³ As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.” (Daniel 2:41-43)

Headline:  EU Offers Conditional “Aid” For Ukraine’s “Catastrophic, Pre-Default” Economic State

“There is no money in Ukraine’s Treasury account,” exclaimed ‘Interim President’ Oleksandr Turchynov to the Ukrainian parliament; adding that the Ukraine economy is in a “catastrophic state.” Hardly surprising given the months of protest; but with Russia ‘conditionally’ postponing its EUR2bn ‘loan’, the Europeans are riding to the nation’s aid with promises of EUR20bn (if Ukrainian authorities meet certain conditions). The European Commission has said it is ready to conclude a trade deal with and offer aid to Ukraine once a new government is in place in Kiev, Reuters reported Feb. 23. An EU official added that the European bloc could give the country more than 20 billion euros (some $27 billion) if Ukrainian authorities meet certain conditions, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to the official, this figure is a conservative estimate of the potential assistance Ukraine could receive from EU members. Russia is currently holding out on economic aid to Ukraine as it waits to see how the country’s political crisis plays out.
Feb 23, 2014
http://www.infowars.com/eu-offers-conditional-aid-for-ukraines-catastrophic-pre-default-economic-state/

^“ When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. ⁶ And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.” (Revelation 6:5-6)

Headline: Deutsche Bank to slash U.S.-based assets by $100 billion: FT

Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) has laid out plans to reduce its U.S. balance sheet as the U.S. Federal Reserve adopts new rules to shield the country’s taxpayers from costly bailouts, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The lender is expected to reduce its $400 billion balance sheet in the United States to around $300 billion in part by reassigning operations such as its Mexican arm and its Frankfurt and Tokyo-based repo businesses that are currently part of its U.S. business elsewhere, the FT reported. (link.reuters.com/raz96v) The financial daily said that the bank will also reduce a sizeable chunk of its repo business in the U.S. after discovering that some of its clients were not making use of its other offerings. The bank may reassign U.S.-based operations to Europe or Asia to reduce assets in its U.S. division, the newspaper said.
Feb 23, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/23/us-fed-banks-deutsche-idUSBREA1M15Q20140223?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews

Headline:  Gold closes at near 4-month high

Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange Monday closed at the highest level since Oct. 30 on weaker economic data. The most active gold contract for April delivery rose 14.4 dollars, or 1.09 percent, to settle at 1,338 dollars per ounce. Markit reported Monday that its index for U.S. service sector hit 52.7 in February, the lowest level in four months; Eurostat, European Union’s official statistics agency, said Monday that consumer prices in the 18 countries that use euro dropped a record 1.1 percent in January from December. Turmoil in Ukraine, increased demand from China and India and geopolitical issues in Venezuela and Egypt also supported gold, market analysts said.
Feb 24, 2014
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2014-02/25/c_126184384.htm

Wars & Rumors of Wars Matthew 24:6 , Revelation 6:3-4 & Revelation 6:8^“ And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword.  Weapons of Mass Destruction Zechariah 14:12 “And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, Their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, And their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths.”

Headline:  Chinese aircraft enter Japan’s ADIZ

A Tu-154 electronic warfare aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force and a Y-12 utility aircraft of China’s State Oceanic Administration entered the Japanese air defense identification zone (ADIZ) simultaneously on Feb. 21, according to the state-run China News Service. The Japanese defense ministry first reported on Friday that a Chinese Tu-154 was detected near the border of its ADIZ while another aircraft, the Y-12, flew into the zone and was spotted 140 kilometers away from the disputed Diaoyutai islands (Senkaku to Japan, Diaoyu to China). The F-15J fighters of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force were scrambled to intercept the intruding aircraft, the ministry said. Observers say Tu-154 may have been deployed to the Diaoyutai region on a recon mission. Tensions remain high between the two nations since Japan, which controls the contested islands, nationalized three of the five islands through purchases from private owners in September 2012 — a move condemned by Beijing as an illegal appropriation of Chinese territory. Following the Peace Mission 2013, a joint anti-terrorism military exercise with Russia, China has launched a number of drills to simulate an amphibious assault to take the islands.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140224000034&cid=1101&MainCatID=0

Luke 21:11  & Revelation 6:8 “And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.” (Luke) “So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death (Thanatos in Greek meaning the death of the body whether natural or violent), and by the beasts of the earth” (Revelation)

Headline:  MERS death toll in Saudi reaches 61

Saudi health authorities announced on Sunday the death of an elderly woman from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory disease in the kingdom to 61. The 81-year-old, who died from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in Riyadh, was suffering from several chronic illnesses, the health ministry website said. Saudi Arabia, the country worst hit by MERS, has recorded 147 cases, of which 61 have now proven fatal, since the virus first appeared in September 2012.  Experts are struggling to understand the disease, for which there is no vaccine.  MERS is considered a deadlier but less-transmissible cousin of the SARS virus that erupted in Asia in 2003 and infected 8,273 people, nine percent of whom died.  The World Health Organisation says it has been told of 182 cases of MERS infection worldwide, including 79 deaths.
Feb 23, 2014
http://news.yahoo.com/mers-death-toll-saudi-reaches-61-100638424.html

Headline:   Rare ‘polio-like’ disease reports
Headline:   Mysterious polio-like illness affects kids in California

US doctors are warning of an emerging polio-like disease in California where up to 20 people have been infected.  A meeting of the American Academy of Neurology heard that some patients had developed paralysis in all four limbs, which had not improved with treatment. The US is polio-free, but related viruses can also attack the nervous system leading to paralysis. Doctors say they do not expect an epidemic of the polio-like virus and that the infection remains rare. Polio is a dangerous and feared childhood infection. The virus rapidly invades the nervous system and causes paralysis in one in 200 cases. It can be fatal if it stops the lungs from working.  Global vaccination programmes mean polio is endemic in just three countries – Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. There have been 20 suspected cases of the new infection, mostly in children, in the past 18 months, A detailed analysis of five cases showed enterovirus-68 – which is related to poliovirus – could be to blame. In those cases all the children had been vaccinated against polio. Symptoms have ranged from restricted movement in one limb to severe weakness in both legs and arms. Dr Emanuelle Waubant, a neurologist at the University of California, San Francisco, told the BBC: “There has been no obvious increase in the pace of new cases so we don’t think we’re about to experience an epidemic, that’s the good news. “But it’s bad news for individuals unlucky enough to develop symptoms which tend to be moderate to severe and don’t appear to improve too much despite reasonably aggressive treatment.”
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-26289614
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/23/polio-like-illness-california/5703827/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UsatodaycomNation-TopStories+%28USATODAY+-+Nation+Top+Stories%29

Headline:  One more H7N9 death, four new human cases in China

China’s southern province of Guangdong reported one more death and four new human cases of H7N9 infection on Monday. A 46-year-old woman died in the city of Zhaoqing after treatment failed Sunday, the provincial health department said. Four new cases, two men and two women aged from 33 to 76, are all in critical condition. So far China has reported more than 120 human H7N9 cases this year, including at least 32 deaths.
Feb 24, 2014
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-02/25/c_126184304.htm

Hosea4:1-3 & Ezekiel 38:20 & Zephaniah 1:3 “I will consume man and beast; I will consume the birds of the heavens, The fish of the sea, And the stumbling blocksalong with the wicked. I will cut off man from the face of the land,” Says the Lord.” (Zephaniah) “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Because of this the land mourns, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying. [Hosea 4:1-3] The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble and every wall will fall to the ground. [Ezekiel 38:20]

February 21, 2014 – Thousands of chickens killed due to avian flu in Sunsari District, Nepal
http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=69893

February 22, 2014 – Die off of Bees found … ‘All that was left was their skeletons’ in Murwillumbah, Australia
http://www.mydailynews.com.au/news/beekeepers-hit-with-big-losses/2156501/

February 22, 2014 – Hundreds of dead and dying sea birds continue to wash up on beaches in Dorset, England
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-26313284

February 23, 2014 – 15,000 sea birds found dead during past month along west coast of France
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpoitou-charentes.france3.fr%2F2014%2F02%2F22%2Fde-tres-nombreux-oiseaux-victimes-des-tempetes-l-hecatombe-continue-sur-les-plages-de-charente-maritime-420235.html&act=url

February 24, 2014 – 2,500 Cattle dead due to outbreak of disease in Sukhbaatar, Mongolia
http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=14817

Matthew 24:9  & Revelation 6:9  “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for  My name’s sake.” (Matthew) “When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.” (Revelation)

Headline:    Kenyan Pastors Protest Pay-to-Preach Laws

Hundreds of pastors in Central Kenya confronted a county governor last week to protest against a new bill that could see clergy charged for preaching outside of their churches.The pastors, who say they represent as many as 1,200 churches within Nyeri County, marched to the governor’s office on February 12 to protest against the Nyeri County Finance Bill, which includes a section on charging preachers for speaking in public. The bill, which is yet to be debated by the local government or signed by the county governor, states that clergy must pay 10,000 Kenyan shillings (approximately $117) per day to preach inside a stadium, 8,000 KES ($93) outside a stadium and 5,000 ($58) in rural areas. Charles Muchiri, priest of St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Ruiru, near Nairobi, and chairman of the 300 pastors, said that churches should not be commercialised and treated like businesses, and that the bill would leave clergy dependent upon funds to reach beyond their churches. “The services rendered by the church to the people are free and such a high tax imposition will greatly affect the spreading of the gospel,” he said. In Kenya, it is common for churches to hold evangelical events in stadiums that can last from three days to a full week.

I realize this story is a few days old, but I wanted to draw attention to it because of how many of the pastors I try to help are in Kenya; if this bill passes preaching the Gospel for them will become even MORE difficult!

Feb 20, 2014
http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2014/february/kenyan-pastors-protest-pay-to-preach-laws.html

Headline:  Seven Egyptian Christians found shot execution-style on Libyan beach

Libyan police have found seven Egyptian Christians shot dead on a beach in eastern Libya, security officials and local residents said on Monday, in the second such execution-style killing since the start of the year. A police officer told Reuters the bodies were found with gunshots to the head outside Benghazi in the east, where assassinations, kidnappings and car bombs are common and Islamist militants are active. “They were killed by headshots in execution style,” a police officer said. “We don’t know who killed them.” A local resident and an Egyptian worker, who asked not to be identified because of fears for their security, said unknown gunmen had arrived at the Egyptians’ Benghazi home and dragged them away the night before. Security sources confirmed the Egyptians were Christians. No further details were immediately available about how they were killed or whether they were shot on the beach. No group claimed responsibility.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/24/us-libya-egyptians-idUSBREA1N13V20140224

“Moreover the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day that the Lord binds up the bruise of His people And heals the stroke of their wound.” (Isaiah 30:26) “Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. ⁹ And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” (Revelation 16:8-9) 

Headline:     Israel Facing Extreme Drought, Experts Concerned

Israel is facing the driest winter since 1927, Ma’ariv reports Monday, leaving experts concerned. The Kinneret (Sea of Galilee)’s water level has dropped by four centimeters since the rainy season began, compared to a 1.97 meter rise over the same five-month period in 2013. Israel has seen slight rain this month, but apparently it has not been making enough of an impact to change the drought situation. Israel’s Water Authority stated Monday that the water level in the Kinneret rose by only two centimeters from the beginning of the February, compared to February 2013, which saw a 37 centimeter increase. The rise appears to be an accumulation of previous rainfall though, since in February 2013 no rain fell in Israel at all.  Officials stated that extra precautions are being made in the event that the drought continues.

   Do you think the Lord’s Word is true and 100% accurate?  Do you believe when He says he will judge those who have ‘divided’ the land, He also means those in Israel? Let’s look at Joel 3:2: “ I will also gather all nations and will bring them down into the valley of Jehosphaphat and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations and parted my land”.  Nothing in this verse exempts Israel from judgment. When He says ALL He means all.  Let’s take a look at a possible reason that the Israel Water Authority issued a statement about drought fears on Monday; here’s what Netanyahu said on Sunday: “The only way to achieve peace is to express support for Kerry’s efforts,” claimed Netanyahu. “Together with the Palestinians, and at their head PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, we have to sit at the table and reach an agreement. I’m ready to accept their existence in their country, why don’t they accept me?” asked Netanyahu, stressing that the refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state is a major roadblock to peace. Do you think the Lord is okay with Netanyahu being willing to carve up Israel to give the Palestinians a country?

Feb 24, 2014
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177811#.Uwu6tIXGDkY

Luke21:25a “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring”

Headline:  Meteorite hits Moon in brightest impact ever recorded

Spanish astronomers say they have caught the “brightest impact” ever observed on the moon on video. The meteorite hit the lunar surface with the explosive power of 15 tons of TNT, and created a 40-meter wide crater.  Jose Maria Madiedo, a professor at the University of Huelva, has released the video of the 400-kilo rock hitting the lunar surface. He filmed it on September 11 last year. According to the Spanish astronomy team’s calculations, the meteorite had a diameter between 60 centimeters and 1.40 meters, and hit the moon at around 61,000 kilometres per hour. Madiedo spotted a flash of light at 8:07 P.M. GMT. The light was briefly as bright as the northern hemisphere’s Pole Star. “With a duration of over 8 seconds, this is the brightest and longest confirmed impact flash ever recorded on the Moon,” according to details published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.576182

Matthew 24:7 7For nation shallrise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

1.  5.2 Carlsberg Ridge 2014-02-24 15:59:48 UTC-08:00 12.4 km  

http://origin-earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000mxmu#summary

2. 5.3 Carlsberg Ridge 2014-02-24 15:47:09 UTC-08:00 11.4 km

http://origin-earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000mxmh#summary

3. 5.1 Carlsberg Ridge 2014-02-24 15:44:01 UTC-08:00 10.0 km

http://origin-earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000mxmd#summary

4. 5.3 Carlsberg Ridge 2014-02-24 15:32:49 UTC-08:00 11.5 km

http://origin-earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000mxn0#summary

5. 5.6 Carlsberg Ridge 2014-02-24 15:26:57 UTC-08:00 10.0 km 

http://origin-earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000mxls#summary

Luke 21:9 and Matthew 24:7 speak of nation against nation and kingdom against kingdom in the end times. Revelation 6:3-4 speaks of the fiery red horse given power to make men slay one another and Revelation 6:8 speaks again of this red horse in conjunction with the pale horse of Death and Hades, as the one that has the power to kill by sword. I like to call this “The Arab Spring in Prophecy” because for us it is easy to identify- that’s what the world calls it.  Luke 21:9:  wars & commotions; the Greek word here is Akatastasia, meaning instability, a state of disorder, disturbance, confusion (revolutions)   Matthew 24:7: the Greek word for nation is Ethnos & refers to various ethnic groups fighting among themselves, where the next sentence in the verse refers to kingdoms (basileiva) fighting one another (not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom)

Headline:  Another Ukraine? Can Venezuela’s socialist government survive wave of protests?
Headline:  Venezuela: Protesters barricade Caracas entry points

Student protesters pack the streets. Violence surges. Tear gas billows. Opposition leaders and government officials blame each other for the unrest, and both sides show no sign of backing down. No matter who you believe, it’s clear that tensions are running high in Venezuela. The anti-government demonstrations are the biggest threat President Nicolas Maduro has faced since his election last year. And inside and outside the South American country’s borders, there’s a major question many are asking: Could this be the beginning of the end for Venezuela’s socialist government? The situation doesn’t look pretty. Inflation topped 56% last year. Crime rates are high. Goods shortages have left store shelves bare. But the next election is years away, and experts say it’s likely too soon to start ringing the death knell for Hugo Chavez’s revolution just yet. A variety of scenarios could play out in the coming days, depending on the steps authorities and protesters take. And, with so many factors in flux, it’s difficult to guess what’s next. “Anything can happen now,” said Javier Corrales, a professor of political science at Amherst College. “This is a real crisis on all fronts. The government has ways to survive…but at the same time, it can lose this battle.”
Feb 24, 2014
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/22/world/americas/venezuela-socialism/
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/02/24/Venezuela-Protesters-barricade-Caracas-entry-points/UPI-29821393221600/  

Headline:  4 killed during clashes in Central African Republic

At least two African UN peacekeepers and two gunmen have been killed following a fresh round of violence between soldiers and militia in the Central African Republic (CAR), an official says. Two African peacekeepers from Chad were killed on Sunday after a weekend of fighting with militiamen in the capital city of Bangui, said Martin Tumenta, head of military operations with the African-led International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA), on Monday. The top commander with the international force said the dead gunmen came from the mostly Christian militia known as the anti-Balaka group.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/24/352071/fresh-clashes-leave-four-dead-in-car/

Headline:  Two Killed in Suicide Attack Outside Iranian Consulate in Pakistan
Headline:  Thousands march in Pakistani capital against Taliban

Two security guards were killed and more than a dozen people wounded on Monday in a suicide bombing outside the Iranian consulate in Peshawar in northwest Pakistan, police said. The attack was in an area housing offices of foreign diplomatic missions and non-governmental organizations in the sprawling city on the Afghan border. “It was a suicide blast. A man walked up to the checkpost outside the foreign mission after parking his car nearby. The man blew himself up when he was stopped by security men,” a local police officer told Reuters. The wounded were taken to hospital where the condition of five was serious. A spokesman for Pakistani jihadist Mast Gul, once acclaimed in Pakistan for his role fighting Indian rule in Kashmir, claimed responsibility. The group is affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban, who are fighting to topple the government.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.voanews.com/content/reu-two-killed-in-suicide-attack-outside-iranian-consulate-in-pakistan/1857995.html
http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/24/thousands-march-in-pakistani-capital-against-taliban/

Headline:  Ukraine’s new authorities resort to ‘dictatorial’ methods in regions – Russia
Headline:  ‘Mass Killing’ Arrest Warrant Issued for Ukraine’s Yanukovych
Headline:  Russian units transferred from securing the Sochi games to the Ukraine border
Headline:   U.S. warns Russia to keep its military out of Ukraine
Headline: Russia advises U.S. to watch its own use of force – Interfax

Russia has lashed out at the new regime in Kiev, accusing it of using “dictatorial” and “terrorist” methods to suppress dissent in the country, with backing from the West which is “acting out of geopolitical self-interest.” “The position of some of our Western partners doesn’t show genuine concern, but a desire to act out of geopolitical self-interest,” said a statement on the Russian foreign ministry’s website. “There is no condemnation of criminal actions by extremists, including manifestations or neo-Nazism and anti-Semitism. In fact, these are being encouraged.”The statement went on to say that “outside sponsors” are advancing a “regime change” in the country, without a desire to find “national consensus.” “We urge those embroiled in the crisis in Ukraine to show responsibility, and to prevent further deterioration of the situation, to return to the rule of law, and to stop the extremists in their bid for power.” The Russian foreign ministry said “paramilitaries… refuse to leave the cities, or abandon the administrative buildings they have occupied, while they continue to carry out acts of violence”. It also censures them for mocking historical memorials. The statement says that the legitimacy of the Rada, which has passed dozens of laws for the past three days with a quorum of opposition deputies and defectors from Yanukovich’s Party of Regions, is “questionable”. Moscow accuses the Ukrainian MPs of using “revolutionary justifications” for calls to “virtually forbid the use of the Russian language entirely, encourage a lustration, liquidateparties, shut down certain media, and remove the limitations on Neo-Nazi propaganda”.
Feb 24, 2014
http://rt.com/news/russia-ukraine-dictatorial-terror-486/
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/mass-killing-arrest-warrant-issued-ukraines-yanukovych-n36996
http://debka.com/article/23704/Russian-units-transferred-from-securing-the-Sochi-games-to-the-Ukraine-border
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/23/us-warns-russia-to-keep-its-military-out-of-ukrain/
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/02/24/ukraine-crisis-russia-idUKL6N0LS0MU20140224

Headline:  1000s hold anti-austerity demo in Madrid

Thousands of Spaniards have taken to the streets of the capital Madrid to protest against the government’s tough austerity measures. The protest took place on Sunday in the city where demonstrators chanted anti-austerity slogans. “I have come to protest against all the cuts this government is making in general, cuts to health, education and labour reforms. It’s leading us to higher unemployment and lower wages and more difficulties for people to cope with on a day to day basis,” said one protester.   Grappling with a deep economic recession, Spain has adopted harsh austerity measures as part of attempts to deal with the dire situation. Spain has been witnessing daily protests in recent years since the country’s economy collapsed into recession in the second half of 2008, taking millions of jobs with it.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/24/351998/1000s-hold-antiausterity-demo-in-spain/

Headline:  Powerful blast kills 2, injures dozens in Thai capital
Headline:  Thailand crisis: Army rules out intervention as blast toll rises
Headline:  UN Chief Calls for End to Thai Political Violence

Thailand’s army chief says the military will not intervene with force in the country’s crisis, as the death toll from a blast in Bangkok rose to three. Thailand’s political crisis has become increasingly violent since mass protests began in November. On Sunday, an apparent grenade blast near an anti-government protest site killed a woman and a four-year-old boy. Doctors said on Monday that the little boy’s sister died later of brain injuries.  Twenty-two people were hurt in Sunday’s blast, including a nine-year-old boy who is in intensive care. Sunday’s attack came hours after gunmen opened fire on an anti-government rally in eastern Thailand, killing a five-year-old girl. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has condemned the attacks, describing them as “terrorist acts for political gain”.
Feb 24, 2014
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/02/23/351952/blast-kills-2-injures-dozens-in-bangkok/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26319058
http://www.voanews.com/content/un-chief-calls-for-end-to-thai-political-violence/1857895.html