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• Live broadcast info from Japan directly ! Here.

• Libya Live Blog - April 07. Here .(Al-Jazeera)And  here (BBC).

• Updated !Earthquakes in the last 24 hours in the world seismic activity in Japan between 5.1 and 6.0 today. More info here.

• Latest official Situation Update No. 76.

Breaking New Eartquakes in Japan !Tsunami alert issued!

07.04.2011 16:57:42       7.2 Asia Japan Honshu Ishinomaki EMSC

07.04.2011 17:00:14       7.1 Asia Japan Miyagi-ken Niiyamahama USGS-RSOE Source.

• HT:IMRA.IDF update - School bus hit by anti-tank missile.Two civilians were injured, one critically and another moderately, when an anti-tank missile was fired at their school bus in the Sa'ad juncture on Thursday (Apr. 7). Immediately following the attack a helicopter flew the two to a hospital for further treatment. According to the Red Cross, at approximately 15:05 authorities were notified of the event and ambulances sent to the scene.The Home Front Command instructed residents in communities surrounding the Gaza Strip to enter protected areas as a precaution to possible rocket-fire in the next few hours. Around the time of the bus's attack, terrorists fired 16 mortar shells from the Gaza Strip which landed in the western Negev region.Israeli President, Shimon Peres, said in response to the attacks that, "This is another incident which proves the Gaza Strip has turned into a terrorist zone. No one would give up the safety of his country's citiznes and Israel stands firm on the right to defend itself. Hundereds of thousands of mothers and children in southern Israel cannot sleep at night as a result of rocket-fire from the Gaza Strip."Following the attack, Minister of Defense, Ehud Barak, was quoted saying he "told the IDF to implement all means necessary in order to respond to the bus attack in the Sa'ad juncture." The Minister of Defense added that he places responsibilty for every attack from the Gaza Strip on Hamas.During the course of Wednesday night (Apr. 6), an IAF aircraft targeted three smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip and a terror tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip. Direct hits were confirmed.The IDF will not allow communities of southern Israel to continue living under constant threat. Any attempt to terrorize those or any of Israel’s citizens will be met with a response. The IDF holds the Hamas terrorist organization solely responsible for any terrorist activity emanating from the Gaza Strip.Read the full story here.

• Iron Dome intercepts first rocket.Ashkelon residents report seeing Grad explode in midair as dozens of rockets fired at south, meanwhile Hamas says Israel taking advantage of Goldstone's regret over Gaza war report to bomb Strip.Residents in Ashkelon reported Thursday seeing Israel's new Iron Dome defense system intercept a Grad rocket fired towards the southern city from the Gaza Strip.Eyewitnesses told Ynet they saw the rocket explode in midair and realized that the system had intercepted its first rocket. Moshe Ben Hemo, a resident of Ashkelon, said, "I was in the street and I heard a strange sound, like someone pushing the gas pedal of a car. Then I saw the rocket fly through the air and explode. Immediately I realized that it was Iron Dome, that's what has been said here." He added that the rocket alert had not been set off. "The rocket was apparently supposed to explode in Ashkelon. In any case I'm glad the system works," he said. Ashkelon's Iron Dome system was set up just Monday, with soldiers running extensive tests to make sure it was functioning properly. Another system was set up earlier in Beersheba. The defense establishment decided to place the system earlier than planned due to the recent escalation of violence in the south. It has already been set up in Haifa, and in the coming weeks officials plan to put it in place in central Israel as well.Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said the Palestinian fire, which included dozens of rockets and mortar shells after the attack on the bus, derives from a desire to protect the people of Gaza and "pressure the occupation to stop its crimes".He added that the IDF was also trying to ignite violence "in order to thwart inter-Palestinian truce efforts" between Hamas and rival Fatah. He stressed that the Palestinian "will not sit by as innocent blood is shed".Read the full story here.

• HT:Memri.Video - Turkey -IHH Head Bulent Yildirim: 'Our Problem Is Zionism – Which, Like a Virus, Has Infected All Humanity!'"Until Our March to Al-Aqsa is Completed, This Sea Intifada and Land Intifada Will Continue" "We are getting ready... There will be a ship from every country... in Europe. Our own Mavi Marmara will also set sail from Europe... Vessels will come from everywhere in the world..."Israel will learn this: The Mediterranean does not belong to Israel... Just because we have had shahids, we are not fearful... We will not step back... "Let all know this: Until the blockade on Gaza is lifted... and until our march to al-Aqsa is completed, this sea intifada and land intifada will continue! "Also, it will not be only by sea. We are preparing for land convoys as well. And with Allah's permission, our project for the purchase of an airplane will soon be realized. This way we will reach Gaza by air too.""Our Problem Is Zionism – Which, Like a Virus, Has Infected All Humanity!" "What do we say to the world leaders? Do not expect us to live in peace, when people in Gaza are dying... And do not expect us to remain silent when al Aqsa mosque is a prisoner... "We are saying this: We don't have a problem with the Christians or Jews. Some of them were with us in our ships... But we do have a problem with one place! And we declare it with courage... without fear... We say this with no hesitation: Our problem is Zionism – which, like a virus, has infected all humanity!" Hmmmm.....Turkish hate of Jews now equals Iranian hatred of Jews?Read and see the full story here.

• Bomb explodes near California synagogue.Police close Santa Monica streets after blast, which occurred in parking lot at 6:45 am local time.A suspicious object, apparently a pipe bomb, exploded Thursday in the parking lot of a synagogue in Santa Monica, California, various news agencies reported. The synagogue also functions as a Chabad center. Authorities had no immediate word on injuries or damage. The bomb exploded at 17th and Broadway, and police shut off the entrance to the area on all four sides. Authorities are currently investigating whether it was a hate crime against Jews. LA police and sappers were immediately alerted to the scene, as well as FBI agents. Some 100 people were asked to vacate the area. It remains unclear whether there were worshippers in the synagogue when the bomb exploded, at 6:45 am local time. Read the full story here.

• Iran: Israel's nuclear program is destabilizing the entire Mideast.Speaking at meeting of UN Disarmament Commission, Iran envoy says Tehran supports a nuclear-free Mideast, criticizing the lack of supervision of Israel's nuclear facilities.Israel's nuclear program is endangering the entire Middle East, an Iranian official said on Wednesday, adding that Iran had been advocating a nuclear-free region since before 1979's Islamic Revolution. Speaking at the United Nation's Annual Conference of the Disarmament Commission, Iran's envoy to the UN Mohammad Khaza’ie was quoted by Iran's official IRNA news agency as saying that Israel's non-membership in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was destabilizing the region.The UN Security Council has imposed sanctions on Tehran for refusing to freeze its uranium enrichment program, which Western powers suspect is aimed at producing a nuclear weapon. Iran denies Israeli and Western allegations that it is enriching uranium to produce atomic arms and maintains that its program is for peaceful energy needs. Speaking last month on Iran's contentious nuclear program, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the world must make clear that Iran would face "credible military action" if sanctions do not shut down Tehran's disputed nuclear program.Netanyahu, in an interview on CNN, said it was apparent Iran was pursuing its nuclear ambitions despite international sanctions and was getting significantly closer to obtaining nuclear arms. "They have enriched enough material now almost for three nuclear bombs," he said. "They still have to re-enrich it again but that is what they are doing. "The only thing that will work is if Iran knew that if sanctions fail there will be a credible military option." Asked what would constitute a credible military action, Netanyahu said: "It means action that will knock out their nuclear facility." Hmmmm....I can think of another way how to get 'rid' of Israel's nuclear weapons,what could go wrong ?Read the full story here.

• WikiLeaks: Israel's Peace Now urged U.S. to force evacuations of West Bank outposts.Leaked U.S. diplomatic cable shows both U.S. administration and Defense Ministry use the Israeli left-wing NGO to continuously track illegal West Bank settlement construction.Israeli left-wing non-government organization Peace Now has urged the U.S. to pressure Israel into evacuating West Bank outposts, according to an American diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks, adding that the group regularly updated both Washington and the Defense Ministry on ongoing settlement construction. A 2006 U.S. diplomatic cable quoted Peace Now head Yariv Oppenheimer as telling U.S. embassy officials that Israel may "evacuate a few outposts to show the U.S. that it is doing something, but in exchange it is trying to co-opt the settlers by retroactively approving some outposts and giving them a freer hand in building in the West Bank." Referring to the Israeli government's failure to execute demolition orders for several illegal outposts, an unnamed Peace Now official is quoted as saying in 2009 that he or she was "hopeful that [U.S.] pressure on [Israel] will result in implementation of these new orders." The documents also reveal that the Defense Ministry used Peace Now's services to track West Bank settlement construction, with Eitan Broshi, an aide to Defense Minister Ehud Barak, quoted in 2008 as being "eager" to meet Peace Now representatives to discuss the issue. A Peace Now representative reportedly told U.S. embassy officials that Broshi "did not appear to be aware of the recent construction in some settlements and questioned the legality of construction in some others." Further details concerning Peace Now's reported links to the U.S. administration, as revealed in the Israeli WikiLeaks file, will be provided in Haaretz's Friday Week's End section.Read the full story here.

• HT:TundraTabloids.Exclusive :Person alleging responsability for sending threatening message to Rep.Peter king contacts the Tundra Tabloids.The following message was left in the comment box to an earlier TT post about a threatening message sent to US Congressman, Peter King.Now get this folks, the person behind the comment, Jameela, starts off his rant by calling Congressman King a racist, and then proceeds to use every racist and anti-Semitic epitaph he can think of. This is the mind of a fundamuslim who gives the Koranic verse 5:60 that validates his anti-Semitic thinking. Hopefully the proper authorities can make use of this information to catch him.Read the full exclusive story here.

• Obama Vows To Veto GOP Short-Term Spending Bill Needed To Prevent Gov’t Shutdown.The White House has vowed to veto the short-term spending bill House Republicans will vote on this afternoon, taking away the safety net that could have given both sides another week to avert a government shutdown.Without a short-term extension, the options would be narrowed to either a broad successful deal or a shutdown as of midnight Friday.“If presented with this bill, the president will veto it,” the White House said in an official statement of policy.The House bill would extend the shutdown deadline by another week, to April 15, while funding defense needs for the rest of this year so that troops’ paychecks would not be endangered by a shutdown.Meanwhile, negotiations on a broader year-long bill appeared to be foundering.Hmmmm......Dictatorship or democracy?Read the full king Obama I story here.

• HT:RawStory. Obama has taken a ‘profoundly troubling’ position on assassinations, ACLU tells Raw.Disclosure of government secrets often has little to do with the public's right to know and has everything to do an official's need to tell, according to ACLU deputy director Jameel Jaffer.And that's especially true when it comes to assassinations, which have not traditionally been an openly admitted component of U.S. foreign policy -- but the American Civil Liberities Union is cautioning that the Obama administration is changing all of that.In an exclusive interview with Raw Story, Jaffer, a key attorney with the rights group, even warned that the Democrat in office has taken a position on unilateral murder so extreme as to be "profoundly troubling" in its legal reach and potential for future use."U.S. officials hurt our democracy by withholding information from the courts but then disclosing it to the public whenever it suits their needs," Jaffer wrote in a Wednesday Los Angeles Times op-ed.For example, the CIA's "targeted killing" program has been shrouded in secrecy for years, but a recent Newsweek interview with former CIA lawyer John Rizzo shed light on the policy.The "kill list," which Rizzo said he signed off on during his time at the agency, contains about 30 civilians or "unlawful combatants" to be targeted and killed. He explained that it was hard to be upset with Rizzo, but the public deserves to hear the truth through official channels."Allowing government officials to eschew official information channels in favor of unofficial ones has real consequences," Jaffer said. "It's not just that officials can control what information is released to the public, and when, and in what contexts. They can also control which legal challenges get heard, because courts can't adjudicate challenges to government policies if they don't know what those policies are. When the executive branch strips the courts of information, it also strips them of authority."The ACLU director also said that there were direct consequences for Americans when the government abuses secrecy."Americans are denied the opportunity to participate in the conversation about counter-terrorism policy. When we don't know what the government's policies are, we can't critique those policies or reject them."Hmmmm.....Democracy or dictatorship.Read the full story here.

• Heartache: Oprah Won’t Publicly Back Obama in 2012, Afraid of Alienating Viewers.Oprah Winfrey reportedly does not plan to publicly support Barack Obama in the 2012 US presidential election.Winfrey supported Obama’s campaign in 2008, holding a highly publicised political rally for him during his presidential challenge.According to a Gallup poll conducted before the rally, Winfrey’s favourable ratings fell from 74 to 66% while her unfavourable ratings jumped from 17 to 26%.Her TV show ratings also fell following the event.A source has told PopEater that Winfrey doesn’t want to do anything to alienate viewers now that she has launched her OWN network.Hmmmm....More 'lethal' than the Fukushima plant?Read the full story here.

• FBI Director Reiterates “No Relationship With CAIR” After GOP Rep. Frank Wolf Questions Their Fundraising Letter Sent to Gaddafi.A letter from the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, to Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi has added fuel to criticisms of the controversial group and what its critics say are some dubious fundraising tactics.In the letter, obtained by Fox News and dated Sept. 23, 2009, CAIR executive director Nihad Awad asks Qaddafi for funding for a project called the Muslim Peace Foundation. Qaddafi was in New York attending the United Nations General Assembly.Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., cited the letter Wednesday at a House Appropriations sub-committee hearing, during which Wolf asked FBI Director Robert Mueller about the FBI’s relationship with CAIR. Mueller replied there “is no formal relationship with CAIR.”A translation of the letter, written originally in Arabic, says in part, “I am pleased to send to Your Excellency in my name most solemn assurances of thanks and appreciation for the efforts you exert in the service of Islam, Muslims and all mankind through your initiative to teach Islam, spread the culture of Islam, and solve disputes, for which you are known internationally.”Hmmmmm......"We don't want to take over your country".Read the full story here.

• Russian billionaire to found 'Jewish Al-Jazeera'.Alexander Mashevich says planned pro-Israel news channel will "represent Israel on an international level, with real information."Russian “oligarch” and Jewish philanthropist Alexander Mashkevich announced on Wednesday his intention to found a Jewish version of Al-Jazeera."Every day and every hour people get negative information about Israel," Mashkevich said at the Keren Hayesod - United Israel Appeal conference in Washington D.C. "Therefore, the most important thing is to represent Israel on an international level, with real information."Mashkevich plans to found an international, professional news station as a response to unreliable reports on Israel. He says the station will not be a source of propaganda, but will tell the truth."I think this idea should be implemented. I already spoke about it several years ago with Israeli government officials and with influential people in the Jewish world, and everyone agrees that such a channel is necessary," he said.Mashkevich, a native of Kyrgyzstan who became a billionaire through investments in Kazakhstan during perestroika, admitted that founding such a channel would not be simple, because of its high costs, but said that he plans to officially present it in Israel in a few months. There is a lot of interest in the news channel, the billionaire said, all that's missing is a name.Hmmm....The voice of thruth?Read the full story here.

• Pakistan.Asia Bibi gravely ill, fears for her life, after three months in solitary isolation.Lahore (AsiaNews) - Asia Bibi is sick, in solitary confinement, and there are growing concerns for her life. The Christian sentenced to death for blasphemy on false evidence is sick with chicken pox, because of the appallingly unhygienic conditions she is being kept in. The complaint comes from Haroon Barket Masih, president of the Masih Foundation, who today issued a statement: "Asia Bibi was diagnosed with chicken pox, she has been kept in solitary confinement for more than three months. We have expressed concern about her health, because she spends24 hours a day locked in the cell. She needs medical care, hygienic and healthy conditions. She fell ill with chickenpox because of the dirty environment, and being unable to clean her room or bed sheets on which she sleeps. Despite her ill health she spends her time fasting and praying for everyone, she neglects her health and prays for everyone else. She is concerned about the current situation in Pakistan. We are trying to arrange a medical examination, and to ensure acceptable hygienic conditions. Until now she has had no medical care. " Masih also declared: "Recently, Mothers Day was celebrated in Europe, we all celebrated Mother’s Day, people sent cards and postcards, but who remembered this sick woman praying and fasting in her cell? Did she not want to be with her children too? She is a mother. She prayed for her children. Please continue to pray for Asia Bibi who prays and fasts. "Hmmm....Another future 'martyr' for Christianity in Pakistan...welcome to A.D. 620.Read the full story here.

• Finland: Priest May Be Defrocked, Facing Criminal Charges For Calling Chechen al-Qaeda Leader a “Terrorist”.A priest in Finland faces being defrocked after describing one of the world’s most-wanted criminals as a ‘terrorist’. He was referring to Doku Umarov — the man behind the Moscow metro and airport bombings, among other crimes.He received death threats and when he reported them to police, he was prosecuted for hate speech crimes. He is now considering moving to Russia because he believes it there is more liberty there than in politically correct Finland.Hmmmm....Reminds me of that In Poland, the Nazis murdered over 2500 monks and priests.Read the full story here.

• Pie-ing a Belgian Archbishop with Carefree Abandon.The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium has been repeatedly targeted by pie-throwing activists angry over comments he made about gay people. Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard reportedly claimed AIDS was an "intrinsic justice" for homosexuals.Activists have targeted a Roman Catholic Archbishop in Belgium with a pie to the face -- again, again, again and again. Andre-Joseph Leonard has repeatedly been on the end of the pie-ing, a comedy staple, after he made comments claiming AIDS was "a sort of intrinsic justice" for gay people.A prankster named "the Glooper" posted clips online showing the leader of the Catholic Church in Belgium getting hit in the face by custard pies four times while speaking at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve near Brussels Tuesday."The Glooper" is also said to have dished out a pie-ing to French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Microsoft founder Bill Gates in the past. This time around, Leonard was targeted over his comments on gay people -- which included comparing homosexuality to an eating disorder. He was quoted as saying: "Homosexuality is not the same as normal sex in the same way that anorexia is not a normal appetite."One of the activists who carried out the pie-ing said: "For all those homosexuals who daren't tell their parents they are gay, for all those young girls who want to have an abortion, he absolutely deserved it.Read and see the full story here.

• HT:Sheikyermani.Geert Wilders’ Film on Muhammad May Spell Death To Islam.Internet is a threat to Islam:In a previous article, it has been pointed out that the advent of the Internet has become a serious threat to the survival of Islam. Through internet, it has been easy to unmask the true face of Islam and its originator Muhammad. It has enabled critics to overcome the taboo of telling the truth about Islam and Muhammad. As a result, gradually more and more people, both Muslims and non-Muslims, are being able to comprehend the true face of Islam. This is obviously spoiling the well-guarded image of Muhammad. There is no need to utter any derogatory word against Muhammad and it is enough to expose his true color by exposing his deeds. This will lead to weakening the central doctrine of the Islamic faith, the Kalema Taib, that says: La Ilaha Illallah, Mohammadur Rasulullah (Allah is the only God to be worshipped and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah). And this may spell the death for Islam.For this reason, more and more Islamic countries are blocking many Websites that are striving to expose the true face Islam and its founder Muhammad.I have many Muslims students in my class and by talking to them I have been astonished to know that the so called educated Muslims even do not know what Muhammad really did. Read the full story here.

• Cars, whole houses and even severed feet in shoes:The vast field of debris from Japan earthquake and tsunami that's floating towards U.S. West Coast.A vast field of debris, swept out to sea following the Japan earthquake and tsunami, is floating towards the U.S. West Coast, it has emerged.More than 200,000 buildings were washed out by the enormous waves that followed the 9.0 quake on March 11. There have been reports of cars, tractor-trailers, capsized ships and even whole houses bobbing around in open water.But even more grizzly are the predictions of U.S. oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer, who is expecting human feet, still in their shoes, to wash up on the West Coast within three years.'I'm expecting parts of houses, whole boats and feet in sneakers to wash up,' Mr Ebbesmeyer, a Seattle oceanographer who has spent decades tracking flotsam, told MailOnline. Several thousand bodies were washed out to sea following the disaster and while most of the limbs will come apart and break down in the water, feet encased in shoes will float, Mr Ebbesmeyer said.'I'm expecting the unexpected,' he added. Read and see the full story here.