END TIME NEWS 02 Dec 14 Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits seas off S. Philippines A magnitude-6.4 earthquake jolted seas off the southern Philippine province of Sultan Kudarat at 1: 11 p.m. local time (0511 GMT) on Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported. US attorney general calls for end to racial profiling US Attorney General Eric Holder has announced plans to help end racial profiling once and for all. He was speaking in Atlanta in the wake of mass protests surrounding the shooting dead of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white policeman. Mr Holder was speaking at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta where Martin Luther King preached. Pope blasts Christian, Muslim fundamentalists while leaving Turkey Pope Francis said on Sunday that equating Islam with violence was wrong and called on Muslim leaders to issue a global condemnation of terrorism to help dispel the stereotype. Francis, the leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, told reporters aboard his plane returning from a visit to Turkey that he understood why Muslims were offended by many in the West who automatically equated their religion with terrorism. Rise of Islamic schooling in Turkey upsets secular parents Turkey has seen a sharp rise in religious schooling under reforms which President Tayyip Erdogan casts as a defense against moral decay, but which opponents see as an unwanted drive to shape a more Islamic nation. Almost a million students are enrolled in imam hatip schools this year, up from just 65,000 in 2002 when Erdogans Islamist-rooted AK Party first came to power, he told the opening of one of the schools in Ankara last month. UN envoy to request set date to establish Palestinian state in next round of peace talks Palestinian envoy to the UN Riyad Mansour said Tuesday that by the end of December, he will submit a first draft of a request to renew peace talks with Israel to the UN Security Council, which will include a set date for establishing a Palestinian state, according to Israel Radio. Mansour said that the request draft will also include a date by which the Israeli and the Palestinian delegations must come to an agreement. Livni: New elections are to replace extremist, provocative, paranoid government Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Tuesday let loose at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the impending elections will not be over zero value added tax, but over replacing a government she accused of extremism, provocativeness and paranoia without knowing how to fight terror while also upholding freedom and Zionism. Ebola: World Bank lowers 2014 growth for worst-hit nations The World Bank has revised downwards its 2014 GDP growth projections for the three nations worst hit by the current Ebola outbreak - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The Ebola epidemic continues to cripple the economies, it said. Its report comes as bank President Jim Yong Kim begins a two-day visit to West Africa to assess the impact. The World Health Organization (WHO) says 5,987 people have died from Ebola in the three nations. UN suspends food aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees The World Food Programme (WFP) suspended food aid to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries, blaming a financing crisis caused by unhonoured cash pledges. The Rome-based UN agency said refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt risked going hungry this winter if donors do not urgently provide the $64 million (51 million euros) needed to finance the distribution of food vouchers through December. Putin drops South Stream gas pipeline to EU, courts Turkey Russia on Monday scrapped the South Stream pipeline project to supply natural gas to southern Europe without crossing Ukraine, citing European Union objections, and instead named Turkey as its preferred partner for an alternative pipeline, with a promise of hefty discounts. US-led strikes hit IS garrison, electronic warfare unit Warplanes from the US-led coalition battling the Islamic State group hit dozens of jihadist vehicles and bases, including an electronic warfare garrison, in four days of strikes, the US military. Total US Debt Rises Over $18 Trillion; Up 70% Under Barack Obama Last week, total US debt was a meager $17,963,753,617,957.26. Two days later, as updated today, on Black Friday, total outstanding US public debt just hit a new historic level which probably would be better associated with a red color: as of the last work day of November, total US public debt just surpassed $18 trillion for the first time, or $18,005,549,328,561.45 to be precise, of which debt held by the public rose to $12,922,681,725,432.94, an increase of $32 billion in one day. Palestinian woman stabs Israeli, shot by security forces A Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli in the occupied West Bank on Monday and was then shot and wounded by security forces, the military and police said. Unrepentant Nazi war criminal died in Syria, source says SS captain Alois Brunner was second-in-command to Adolf Eichmann, who called Brunner his best man. The news of his death in 2010 at the age of 98 came from a former German secret service agent deemed reliable by the center. 01 Dec 14 Cost Still a Barrier Between Americans and Medical Care In U.S., 33% have put off medical treatment because of cost. Gordon Brown to announce decision to stand down as MP tonight The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to announce his decision to stand as an MP at the next general election, it has been reported. Mr Brown is the Labour MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and served as chancellor in Tony Blairs government between 1997 and 2003. Time cloak used to hide messages in laser light A time cloak that conceals events rather than objects can hide secret messages through a trick of light, making information invisible to all but the intended recipient. Like an invisibility cloak that makes something disappear in plain sight, a time cloak makes an event disappear in time. It works by manipulating light traveling along an optical fibre. Wanted: A new strategy for Jerusalem The green light given to Jewish settlement in Arab neighborhoods after Operation Protective Edge gave Hamas a unique opportunity to shake off the burden of its defeat in the Gaza conflict and instigate serious riots both in the capital and the West Bank. Russia launches ‘wartime government’ HQ in major military upgrade The new top-security, fortified facility in Moscow includes several large war rooms, a brand new supercomputer in the heart of a state-of-the-art data processing center, underground facilities, secret transport routes for emergency evacuation and a helicopter pad, which was deployed for the first time on Nov. 24 on the Moscow River. Quake rattles northern Arizona A moderate earthquake that struck near Sedona was widely felt in the area, but there were no reports of injury or damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-4.7 temblor struck shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday and was centered seven miles north of Sedona and six miles underground. Israels Radical Left Is Allied With Europe to Establish an Islamic State Sweden and the United Kingdom have, at least on paper, recognized a Palestinian [sic] state. This recognition has no practical significance but its reverberations undermine the foundations of the State of Israel. Fed rattled by elusive inflation, but loath to sound alarm yet Interviews with Fed officials and those familiar with its thinking show the mood inside is more somber than the central banks reassuring statements and evidence of robust economic health would suggest. The reason is the central banks failure to nudge price growth up to its 2 percent target and, more importantly, signs that investors and consumers are losing faith it can get there any time soon. China warns Britain to stay out of its affairs Beijing has rejected criticism of its decision to bar a group of British MPs from travelling to Hong Kong, warning that foreign nations had no right to meddle in what China considered its “domestic affairs”. ...The Foreign Affairs Committee is currently holding an inquiry into the pace of political reform in Hong Kong, 30 years after the Sino-British joint declaration was signed, something that has infuriated Beijing... Egyptian jihadis claim responsibility for killing American oil worker William Henderson An Egyptian militant organisation allied with the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the killing of an American oil worker. Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, which now refers to itself as the Sinai Province, said on its official Twitter account late on Sunday that it killed William Henderson. It published pictures of his passport and two identification cards. It did not say when or how it killed him. Abbas Presents Plan of Attack for Palestinian State More details have been released regarding Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbass speech to the Arab League on Saturday revealing that Abbas has concocted a comprehensive plan to flatten Israel politically and bypass the need for bilateral negotiations to establish a Palestinian state. US, Turkey Close to Deal on Joint Action against ISIS US, coalition partners to receive access to Turkish air bases for launching air strikes. Citing officials from both the U.S. and Turkey, the paper reported that the proposed deal would allow the U.S. and its coalition partners access to Turkish air bases for launching air strikes. CHANCE OF FLARES Two sunspots poised to explode are turning toward Earth. Earthquakes Shake Central Oklahoma The U.S. Geological Survey reports three earthquakes in Oklahoma, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2. Sheriffs officials say there are no reports of injury or of significant damage, although there were reports of people being jolted awake by the temblors. Khamenei tells Iran armed forces to build up irrespective of diplomacy Irans supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday the armed forces should increase their combat capability regardless of political considerations, in an apparent allusion to continuing nuclear talks with the West aimed at easing tension in the Middle East. UN climate talks begin as global temperatures break records UN climate negotiators are meeting in Peru to try to advance talks on a new global agreement. One hundred and ninety-five nations have committed to finalising a new climate pact in Paris by 2015s end. The process has been boosted by recent developments, including a joint announcement on cutting carbon by the US and China. Ebola crisis: Huge risk of spread - UNs Tony Banbury The head of the UN Ebola response mission in West Africa has told the BBC there is still a huge risk the deadly disease could spread to other parts of the world. Tony Banbury declined to say if targets he had set in the fight against Ebola, to be achieved by Monday, had been met. The targets were for the proportion of people being treated and for the safe burial of highly infectious bodies.
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