My Way News - Indonesia shaken by another powerful quake

My Way News reports: "The U.S. Geological Survey says another powerful earthquake has shaken western Indonesia. The 6.9 magnitude struck at 08:52 a.m. local time (0152GMT) Thursday on Sumatra island, about 180 miles (280 kilometers) from the epicenter of a more powerful quake on Wednesday."

My Way News - West goes to Iran talks _ and readies sanctions
My Way News reports: "The U.S. and five other world powers go to the table with Iran on Thursday to demand a freeze of its nuclear activities, and a senior U.S. official said Washington may seek rare face-to-face talks with Iranian diplomats."

My Way News - EU nations to hammer out financial oversight
My Way News reports: "European Union finance ministers will hammer out a new financial oversight framework for Europe during a two-day meeting a week after the world's rich and developing nations pledged that they would not allow a return to banking as usual."

BBC NEWS - Deadly tsunami in Pacific islands

BBC News reports: "A tsunami triggered by a strong quake in the South Pacific has killed at least 28 people in Samoa, say reports [...] An 8.3-magnitude quake struck at 1748 GMT, generating 15ft (4.5m) waves in some areas of Samoa and American Samoa."

My Way News - Iran built nuclear site shielded from air attack
My Way News reports: "In an unusually frank disclosure, Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday the country's new uranium enrichment site was built for maximum protection from aerial attack [...] Iran's revelation that it covertly built a second uranium enrichment plant has raised international concerns that other secret nuclear sites might exist as well."

My Way News - Russia, Belarus hold joint military exercises
My Way News reports: "Russia and Belarus on Tuesday completed two days of massive joint military exercises on bases that are close to borders with NATO members."

My Way News - Report: Climate change means more hungry children
My Way News reports: "Scientists fear climate change will mean 25 million more hungry children over the next four decades, with subsistence farmers in Africa and Asia particularly hard hit by global warming, according to a report issued Wednesday."

NASA - Cosmic Rays Hit Space Age High
NASA reports: NASA spacecraft are measuring record-high levels of cosmic rays - a side-effect of the deepest solar minimum in nearly a century. The cosmic ray storm appears to be intensifying, say researchers, and the peak may be yet to come.

My Way News - Iran says advanced missiles can target any threat
My Way News reports: "Iran tested its longest-range missiles Monday and warned they can reach any place that threatens the country, including Israel, parts of Europe and U.S. military bases in the Mideast. The launch capped two days of war games and was condemned as a provocation by Western powers, which are demanding Tehran come clean about a newly revealed nuclear facility it has been secretly building."

Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan
Here is a Christian themed video montage set to the music of Bob Dylan, the lyrics can be found here. Question: Who do you serve?

My Way News - New Iran uranium enrichment site raises concerns
My Way News reports: "Iran's newly revealed uranium enrichment plant is a heavily guarded, still-unfinished underground facility in the arid mountains near the holy city of Qom that will be able to produce nuclear fuel - or the payload for atomic warheads, Western intelligence officials and diplomats said Friday."

My Way News - Ahmadinejad: Iran is not violating IAEA rules
My Way News reports: "President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy accused Iran on Friday of constructing a secret underground uranium enrichment facility and of hiding its existence from international inspectors for years. The charges came at a meeting of the Group of 20 economic powers in Pittsburgh, and a week before direct talks with Tehran over its nuclear program."

Comment: I don't see Iran backing down, do you? Based on the Ezekiel prophecy regarding the Gog invasion, we know that Iran remains a military power far into the end times, but that doesn't exclude U.S. or Israeli surgical strikes that could setback their nuclear program while hardening Iranian animosity toward Israel and the West. Let's watch these developments closely. Given the instability of the Iranian regime there is great danger of miscalculation.

My Way News - Israel welcomes Russian stand on Iran sanctions
My Way News reports: "A senior Israeli official welcomes steps by Russia toward endorsing additional sanctions against Iran as a way of stopping its nuclear program. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the door to a firm international stand against Iran."

Comment: Minister Ayalon doesn't have the good sense to see that Russia and China are playing the game of "good-cop, bad-cop" and that China will now be the recalcitrant player to use their veto power to block strong sanctions. It will be interesting to see how this plays out, but China holds all the cards here, at least where the U.S. is concerned.

My Way News - Obama's peace moves risk stoking Mideast strife
My Way News reports: "Hamas' two-year-old stranglehold on Gaza has emerged as one of the leading obstacles to Palestinian statehood - and may even help explain Washington's decision not to press too hard on settlements, since the Gaza wildcard might preclude a peace deal anyway."

Comment: Finally, someone acknowledges the obvious, there can be no peace when the Palestinians who control Gaza have already declared war on Israel and said that they reject the peace process. I'm more and more persuaded the the "covenant with many" is years, if not decades, away.

My Way News - New video seeks al-Qaida recruits in Germany
My Way News reports: "Authorities are analyzing the third message, which was released Thursday and calls on Muslims in Germany to take part in jihad, or holy war, German Interior Ministry spokesman Stefan Paris told reporters [...] the U.S. State Department issued a Travel Alert on Wednesday cautioning Americans to be careful in coming weeks in Germany."

My Way News - German president signs EU's Lisbon treaty
My Way News reports: "German President Horst Koehler's office says he has signed the European Union's reform treaty - completing its ratification by the 27-nation bloc's most populous nation. [...] Only Ireland is submitting the treaty to a popular vote. It holds a referendum next week."

My Way News - Northern Afghan violence undercuts US supply route
My Way News reports: "The north has deteriorated over just a few months, showing how quickly Taliban influence is spreading in a once peaceful area. Local officials say the Taliban are establishing a shadow government along the dilapidated road that ultimately could prevent vital supplies carried in hundreds of trucks every week from reaching the military."

My Way News - Prosecutor: Terror plot focus was 9/11 anniversary
My Way News reports reports: "An Afghan immigrant was on the verge of unleashing a terrorist attack on New York City on the Sept. 11 anniversary but was scared off after drawing suspicion from police, prosecutors said Friday as they provided new details about how far along the plot was [...] Prosecutors said Zazi received explosives training from al-Qaida in Pakistan and returned to the U.S. bent on building a bomb."

MSNBC Video: Apollo astronaut: UFOs exist
Sept. 24: Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell tells NBC News why he believes that a UFO actually crashed in Roswell, N.M.:

Comment: It's important to remember that according to the Bible, God created many kinds of non-human beings, some are friendly and some are not, and the sovereign God of the universe is above them all.

Tech-savvy Iranian youth aim at Ahmadinejad - Tech and gadgets- msnbc.com
Reuters reports: "More than just protesting Ahmadinejad's presence at the U.N. General Assembly this week, Jahanshahi said he came to trade know-how with other young Iranians who are using Internet 'hacktivism' to send messages, videos and information to opposition sympathizers in Iran."

Comment: I wish them all the luck in the world.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Baptism battles on River Jordan
BBC News reports: "Pilgrim accounts from the early centuries of Christianity speak of crowds of 60,000 gathering here to celebrate the feast of the Epiphany. The Jordanians are trying to recapture some of the sense of that today by encouraging Christian denominations to build new churches and monasteries."