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More Prophecy News for 8-30-12 Via the Last Chronicles of Planet Earth FREE Bible prophecy documentary book download proving our generation will see the return of the Lord. Do you want to know what is going to happen in the future before it actually takes place? The Word of God provides you with specific details about our future and all of these things are coming to pass in this generation. If you aren’t saved yet this is a must read! Download The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth August 17, 2012 Edition written by Frank DiMora https://www.facebook.com/LastChronicles More Prophecy News for 8-30-12 via The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth: 10 Horn Unions: Daniel 7:24 “The ten horns are ten kings Who shall arise from this kingdom. And another shall rise after them; He shall be different from the first ones, And shall subdue three kings.” Headline: France and Germany moving towards closer political union Last year Germany went out on a limb by calling for political union in Europe. The idea was met with little enthusiasm elsewhere in the eurozone, but particularly in France. After the election of French President Francois Hollande in May, it seemed that views of the EU's foremost political duo could not be further apart. But the mood has since changed and serious plans are underway to create – if not a full political union – then something close to it. Watching the evolution from the inside is Thomas Wieser, an Austrian economist who prepares the regular meetings of the eurozone finance ministers. "There will be consultations with the member states in the second half of September in Brussels and I think you will be surprised in the autumn by the degree of movement that will have taken place in some member states,” he tells this website. Comment: Please also see Daniel 2:41-43 Aug. 30, 2012 http://euobserver.com/economic/117367 Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3- Decline of the Euro “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.” Headline: Fitch downgrades seven mid-sized Italian banks (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Aug 28 - Fitch Ratings has downgraded the Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) of Banca Popolare di Sondrio (BPSondrio) and Banco di Desio e della Brianza (BDB) to 'BBB+' from 'A-', and the Long-term IDR of Banca Popolare di Milano (BPMilano) to 'BBB-' from 'BBB'. The agency has also downgraded the Long-term IDRs of Banca Carige, Banca Popolare di Vicenza (BPVicenza), Credito Valtellinese (CreVal) and Veneto Banca to 'BB+' from 'BBB'. Simultaneously, Fitch has affirmed the Long-term IDRs of Banca Popolare dell'Emilia Romagna (BPER) at 'BBB' and of Credito Emiliano (Credem) at 'BBB+'. The Outlooks on all the banks' Long-term IDRs is Negative. A full list of rating actions is at the end of this rating action commentary. Aug. 29, 2012 http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/28/idINWNA421420120828 Headline: France: wide debt spreads may justify ECB action The wide sovereign debt spreads of some euro zone nations may justify a market intervention by the European Central Bank in the name of ensuring the smooth transmission of monetary policy, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday. "The ECB's mandate include price stability and monetary policy. When you see such wide gaps in yields, that could be a justification for an intervention in the name of monetary policy," Hollande told a news conference after meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in Madrid. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/30/eurozone-spain-ecb-idUSP6E8I402Q20120830 Economic collapse Revelation 6:5-6 & James 5:1-3- Worldwide “ 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.” Headline: Jobless Claims in U.S. Unchanged Last Week at One-Month High More Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that progress in the labor market is faltering amid a slowing economy. Jobless claims were little changed at 374,000 in the week ended Aug. 25, matching the upwardly revised figure from the prior week, the Labor Department reported today in Washington. The median forecast of 50 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News called for 370,000. The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure, climbed to a six-week high. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-30/jobless-claims-in-u-s-unchanged-last-week-at-one-month- high.html Headline: Food Supply Adequate to Forestall Price Crisis, World Bank Says Further weather disruptions or rising energy costs could increase grain costs already at a record, while current supplies may be ample enough to forestall unrest caused by high food prices, the World Bank said. The worst U.S. drought since the 1950s sparked a 10 percent gain in the World Bank’s Food Price Index in July, the organization said today in a monthly report. Corn and soybean prices last month exceeded records in 2008, when food riots erupted in African and Middle Eastern countries. While drought in the former Soviet Union and weak monsoon rains in India are contributing to crop concerns, stable rice prices argue against a crisis situation, the bank said. That could change should energy costs increase or bad weather persist. “World Bank experts do not currently foresee a repeat of 2008,” the multinational organization said in its report. Bans on exports, continued dry weather, poor harvests in South America or higher energy costs would worsen the situation, the bank said. “The jury is still out, for now.” Comment: Please listen to the Lord and NOT the World Bank; the price of ground beef alone has gone up from $1.99lb last year to almost $4.lb this year Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-30/food-supply-adequate-to-forestall-price-crisis-world-bank- says.html 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.” Headline: The Guns of October’: Report forecasts Gulf war by late 2012 The United States could become involved in a major war in the Gulf in 2012, a report said. The Lexington Institute said Washington and other NATO states could be swept into a war with Iran over the next few months. The Washington-based institute said the military buildup throughout the Gulf lacked only a trigger for the eruption of fighting. “Teheran is expanding, dispersing and hardening its nuclear enrichment program and trying to find a way around sanctions before its domestic economy is crippled,” the report, titled “The Guns of October — in the Persian Gulf,” said. Dated Aug. 24, the report cited the eve of World War I in 1914 when the European powers undertook a massive military buildup. Lexington said Iran, determined to advance its nuclear program, and much of the Gulf, fueled by the high price of energy, were conducting similar activities in preparation of war. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.worldnewstribune.com/2012/08/29/the-guns-of-october-report-forecasts-gulf-war-by-late-2012/ Pestilence & Plagues Luke21:11 & 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.” Headline: CDC: West Nile cases rise 40 percent in 1 week Headline: CDC Says Worst Nile Outbreak in US Headline: West Nile Virus Cases Hit 1,590; Death Toll at 66 Federal health officials say that West Nile virus cases are up 40 percent since last week and are on pace to rival the record years of 2002 and 2003. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 1,590 cases of the mosquito-borne disease and 66 deaths so far this year. Half of the cases are in Texas. Health officials think that cases have peaked or are peaking now, but likely will continue through October. The disease first appeared in the United States in 1999, and health officials say this summer's hot, dry weather may have contributed to the current boom in cases. The CDC also says it does not expect Hurricane Isaac to have much of an impact on cases in Southern states. Aug. 30, 2012 http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/08/29/cdc-west-nile-cases-rise-40-percent-in-1-week/?test=latestnews http://www.voanews.com/content/cdc_says_worst_nile_outbreak_in_us/1498166.html http://news.yahoo.com/west-nile-virus-cases-hit-1-590-death-231215228--abc-news-health.html Headline: Alarming levels of drug-resistant TB found worldwide Headline: ‘Virtually Untreatable’ tuberculosis threat rising, study finds Scientists have found an alarming number of cases of the lung disease tuberculosis in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America that are resistant to up to four powerful antibiotic drugs.
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