=Israel tells Gazans to brace for war escalation
=Hamas showed first signs of cracking under Israel's massive 14-day assault
=JOEL ROSENBURG - REPORT FROM GAZA BORDER: The Joshua Fund blesses Israelis in Sderot as Hamas fires 30 rockets - Many of the children of Sderot have been evacuated, but those whose families have no money to leave the city being pummeled by Hamas rockets need our prayers and encouragement
On a Personal note my Wife and I (I meaning the one who runs this blog) Monthly Support The Joshua Fund.=Israel warns of imminent escalation of war on Hamas in Gaza
=Israel has dropped leaflets over Gaza warning residents that it will escalate its offensive=Israeli troops close in on Gaza City - Israel's foreign minister Tzipi Livni has declared her country "is not going to show restraint" as its forces close in on the main Hamas stronghold in Gaza.
=The Israeli Defence Force moves deeper into the outskirts of Gaza City as the conflict enters its third week_________________
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=US inaugurates new $700 million embassy in Baghdad/
=the will to survive...A rescue helicopter prepares to hoist aboard Japanese climber Hideaki Nara near the summit of Aoraki Mount Cook in New Zealand. His companion perished, and Nara was stranded for 6 days just short of New Zealand's highest peak. (Reuters)
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=Merkel and Sarkozy call for ((global)) 'economic security' council
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=Crater Eruption Swallowed Rocks - A hole in Halemaumau is far bigger than what it spit out, scientists say
----ORIGINAL CAPTION: Snoqualmie Falls is running at near double the volume of normal flood stage. The Snoqualmie River at Snoqualmie remains at a Phase 4 flood alert at approximately 52,000 cubic feet per second (cfs).The river crested last night at 10pm at approximately 60,500 cfs. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times) The entire Snoqualmie Valley is under water in this view to the south toward Carnation. The bridge is on Northeast 124th Street, south of Duvall. (Barry Fitzsimmons) Washington State trooper Keith Leary, left and Denny's waitress Sindy Howell take photos the the submerged O'Brien Turkey House restaurant just off Highway 530 in Arlington at the location where the road was closed Thursday morning. "We've never seen this here before," Leary said after closing Highway 530 at about 7:30 a.m. this morning due to a couple of feet water and growing over the roadway. "This will break what ever record we had before." (Chris Joseph Taylor / The Seattle Times) This house west of Snoqualmie Falls on HWY 202, falls victim to the raising waters of the Snoqualie River. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times) Cars and houses are flooded by water from the Puyallup River along River Road just outside Tacoma in the unincorporated Pierce County at 28th Ave. E. The waters came in late afternoon and early last night (1/7/09). Some of the people in the area were able to move their cars out in time and others weren't. (Barry Fitzsimmons)
=Floods, Mudslides, Avalanches Slam Pacific Northwest - 40,000 Told to Flee Washington State Floods, Avalanches; I-5 Closed
=Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months
=Hundreds of 'alien' aircraft sightings
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=ANOTHER ONE - New fireball over western Canada
=Kenya to declare food emergency -
=Merrill Lynch says rich turning to gold bars for safety - Merrill Lynch has revealed that some of its richest clients are so alarmed by the state of the financial system and signs of political instability around the world that they are now insisting on the purchase of gold bars, shunning derivatives or "paper" proxies
=Floods, Mudslides, Avalanches Slam Pacific Northwest - 40,000 Told to Flee Washington State Floods, Avalanches; I-5 Closed
=Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months
=Hundreds of 'alien' aircraft sightings
/=ANOTHER ONE - New fireball over western Canada
=Kenya to declare food emergency -
=Merrill Lynch says rich turning to gold bars for safety - Merrill Lynch has revealed that some of its richest clients are so alarmed by the state of the financial system and signs of political instability around the world that they are now insisting on the purchase of gold bars, shunning derivatives or "paper" proxies
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