Earth gets a rush of weekend asteroid visitors

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 9 - An asteroid as big as a city block shot relatively close by the Earth on Saturday, the latest in a series of visiting celestial objects including an asteroid the size of a bus that exploded over Russia last month, injuring 1,500.

Discovered just six days ago, the 460-foot long (140-meter) Asteroid 2013 ET passed about 600,000 miles from Earth at 3:30 p.m. EST. That's about 2-1/2 times as far as the moon, fairly close on a cosmic yardstick.

"The scary part of this one is that it's something we didn't even know about," Patrick Paolucci, president of Slooh Space Camera, said during a webcast featuring live images of the asteroid from a telescope in the Canary Islands. read full article: http://news.yahoo.com/earth-gets-rush-weekend-asteroid-visitors-001945056.html

Cardinals pray before conclave to choose new pope

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Roman Catholic Cardinals prayed on Sunday for spiritual guidance ahead of a closed door conclave to choose a new pope to lead the Church at one of the most difficult periods in its history.

Cardinals will hold a last pre-conclave meeting on Monday to fine-tune a job description for the man they think would be best-suited to lead a Church hit by sexual abuse scandals around the world as well as allegations of corruption in the Vatican itself. read full article: http://news.yahoo.com/cardinals-pray-conclave-choose-pope-133035449.html

IDF on High Alert in the Golan Heights, Israel-Syria Border

Syrian rebels have penetrated the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating Syria from Israel. The status of the area respected by both Israel and Syria since the end of the Yom Kippur War, though both are technically still at war, is apparently respected no longer.read full article: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/166044#.UTywF_Xn99A

Hamas: Obama Visit to Temple Mount - a Declaration of War

The Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups threatened on Friday that a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Temple Mount during his upcoming visit to Israel will be a declaration of war on the Arab and the Islamic world.
A Hamas representative in the Al-Aqsa mosque, Mushir al-Masri, even called for a third intifada (uprising) and for Egyptian assistance in the "resistance" if Obama chooses to visit the Temple Mount. read full article: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/166024

North Korea vows nuclear attack on US, saying Washington will be 'engulfed in a sea of fire'

North Korea amplified its threatening rhetoric as the U.N. Security Council approved new sweeping sanctions, vowing to launch a first-strike nuclear attack against the United States and threatening to engulf Washington in a "sea of fire."
read full article:    http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/07/north-korea-vows-nuclear-attack-on-us-ahead-un-sanctions-vote/

Plague of locusts afflicts Egypt

Swarm of Biblical proportions surprises local authorities and blankets the ground near Giza

By Stuart WinerMarch 3, 2013, 10:52 am8

 

A locust sitting on a cactus (photo credit: Anna Kaplan/Flash90

 

An enormous swarm of locusts is plaguing Egypt, in a development that agricultural authorities admitted they failed to predict.

Egyptian Agricultural Minister Salah Abad Almoman said the swarm, comprising an estimated 30 million insects, descended on Giza, near southern Cairo, where it is causing great damage.st sitting on a cactus (photo credit: Anna Kaplan/Flash90) read full article: http://www.timesofisrael.com/plague-of-locusts-afflicts-egypt/

THE BIBLE: Official TV Trailer

The Bible is an epic five-week, 10 hour television miniseries premiering March 3, 2013 on the History Channel from Emmy Award winning husband and wife team, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. For two hours each Sunday night millions of viewers will see the Bible from Genesis to Revelation come to life in a way never before seen. The final episode of the series will air on Easter Sunday and will feature the death and resurrection of Jesus. ~Christian Film Database

Watch the Official TV Trailer: http://www.air1.com/blog/post/2013/02/18/THE-BIBLE-Official-TV-Trailer.aspx