About 100 people are feared trapped inside a ferry that sank in rough weather off Papua New Guinea, a rescue official said on Friday, a day after the crowded boat went down with about 350 people on board.

Rescuers plucked 238 people from the sea off PNG’s northeast coast after the MV Rabaul Queen was hit by three large waves and quickly sank, Rony Naigu, a rescue official from Papua New Guinea’s maritime safety authority, said on Friday.

While a definitive passenger list was not available, rescuers believed 352 people were on board the ferry when it sank and about 100 people were thought to have been trapped inside, Naigu told Reuters by telephone.

Naigu, who spent Thursday at the scene, said survivors told how the ferry rolled and sank in deep water after it was hit by the waves in stormy conditions.

Scores of passengers survived by clinging to debris before being picked up by at least six merchant vessels that diverted to the scene after being alerted by Australian maritime safety authorities.

“We found a number of (opened liferaft) capsules with no people in them,” Naigu said.

As rescuers resumed their search on Friday, relatives of those missing vented their anger over a lack of information from authorities, Australian media reported.

Survivors had been taken to Lae on PNG’s north coast early on Friday, said Nurur Rahman, acting chief of Papua New Guinea’s maritime authority.

“As you would expect people who have been in the water for such a long time have a bit of dehydration, and they are very tired,” Rahman told Reuters by telephone.

No bodies had been recovered on Thursday before nightfall halted the search, he added.

Police in West New Britain said relatives angry at the lack of information about their family members on the ship threw stones at the offices of the ferry operators, Rabaul Shipping, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio reported.

“There were a lot of people crying and then they wanted to know the fate of their loved ones, the people actually who were on board the Rabaul ship,” Inspector Samson Siguyaru said.

In a remarkable admission by former Nixon era Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, reveals what is happening at the moment in the world and particularly the Middle East.

Speaking from his luxurious Manhattan apartment, the elder statesman, who will be 89 in May, is all too forward with his analysis of the current situation in the world forum of Geo-politics and economics.

“The United States is bating China and Russia, and the final nail in the coffin will be Iran, which is, of course, the main target of Israel. We have allowed China to increase their military strength and Russia to recover from Sovietization, to give them a false sense of bravado, this will create an all together faster demise for them. We’re like the sharp shooter daring the noob to pick up the gun, and when they try, it’s bang bang. The coming war will will be so severe that only one superpower can win, and that’s us folks. This is why the EU is in such a hurry to form a complete superstate because they know what is coming, and to survive, Europe will have to be one whole cohesive state. Their urgency tells me that they know full well that the big showdown is upon us. O how I have dreamed of this delightful moment.”

“Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.”

Mr Kissinger then added: “If you are an ordinary person, then you can prepare yourself for war by moving to the countryside and building a farm, but you must take guns with you, as the hordes of starving will be roaming. Also, even though the elite will have their safe havens and specialist shelters, they must be just as careful during the war as the ordinary civilians, because their shelters can still be compromised.”

After pausing for a few minutes to collect his thoughts, Mr Kissinger, carried on: “We told the military that we would have to take over seven Middle Eastern countries for their resources and they have nearly completed their job. We all know what I think of the military, but I have to say they have obeyed orders superfluously this time. It is just that last stepping stone, i.e. Iran which will really tip the balance. How long can China and Russia stand by and watch America clean up? The great Russian bear and Chinese sickle will be roused from their slumber and this is when Israel will have to fight with all its might and weapons to kill as many Arabs as it can. Hopefully if all goes well, half the Middle East will be Israeli. Our young have been trained well for the last decade or so on combat console games, it was interesting to see the new Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 game, which mirrors exactly what is to come in the near future with its predictive programming. Our young, in the US and West, are prepared because they have been programmed to be good soldiers, cannon fodder, and when they will be ordered to go out into the streets and fight those crazy Chins and Russkies, they will obey their orders. Out of the ashes we shall build a new society, there will only be one superpower left, and that one will be the global government that wins. Don’t forget, the United States, has the best weapons, we have stuff that no other nation has, and we will introduce those weapons to the world when the time is right.”

End of interview. Our reporter is ushered out of the room by Kissinger’s minder.

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Oh My! This is interesting! Very very interesting! India has agreed to buy Iranian Oil  with gold instead of  Dollars as per latest reports.

Earlier last century, American Dollars became a world trademark currency, because of Oil rich countries selling their  Oil for Dollars defying gold.

Now, Iran has taken the initiative to sell the Oil for Gold and guess who penned the deal first. India!!!

Not Just India, Beijing is around the corner for the same deal and Russia is next door to pen the deal.

Man, this is exciting, Asian Countries use 40 percent of Iranian oil whereas Europe use 20 percent.

Seems like EU ban sanction on Iran will not work out and it  will be a very tough time for Europe to sustain its Oil supply.

Readers may think, whats exciting with the news.

See the Bigger picture, By selling the Oil for Gold to India, China, the worlds most rich nations in terms of resource and manpower, the dollar will be killed.

Just like the Dollar killed the Gold early 20th century, People will go back to Gold and Silver tradings, Just like our Ancestors traded.

The idea to sell Oil for Gold was first proposed by late Libyan leader  Gadaffi.  Now, Iran has about to implement it with India’s help.

Uncle Sam will be very angry on India , i think.

European Union have decided to stop signing new contract on Oil purchase from Iran and have agreed to ban all Oil imports from Iran starting July.

In their Statement, The EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, said on Friday that European countries remained open to diplomacy, even as sanctions were being imposed.

She said world powers had yet to receive a reply to an offer made to Iran in October to hold new talks.

Currently, Asian countries are the largest importer of Iranian Oil consuming 20 percent of the total Oil from Iran.

Iran Right To Self Defense

No offense, but i could not believe how low EU and US can dip to make a possible war on Iran.

Firstly, As US, Europe, China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Iran too has a right to develop Nuclear for their safety and internal matters.

Initially, US  developed Nuclear to bomb Japan in the second world war. Its only aim was to destroy and not for peace.

So when Iran looks forward to develop Nuclear for peace, US and EU is uncomfortable  with that! Lol.

I believe, if Iran had not taken an Initiative to self defense,  US would have attacked Iran way long back as they did with Iraq, Afghan with the name of War on Terror.

Uncle Sam and Europe should really come to age when it comes to convincing world powers on some false thing.

Hundreds of websites are down today protesting the SOPA , a bill if introduced could take away your internet freedom.

Among the hundreds to oppose the bill, are Google, Wikipedia, Boing Boing, Reddit, Minecraft, Firefall, Scribd, Facebook who have joined unanimously to go against the US senate

I have already covered an article on how dangerous the SOPA bill could affect you and your internet freedom. To read my  take on SOPA,  Click here

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Giants are down

Google, has officially blacked out its logo for US visitors encouraging its users to speak out against the senate to stop the bill.

Google’s home page read “Tell Congress: Please don’t censor the web!”

Cruise Ship Captain Francesco Schettino who abandoned the sinking ship was arrested today with charges of man slaughtering against his name.

Three people including two French tourists and a Peruvian crew member were confirmed to have died and 41 were still unaccounted for after the 114,000-tonne Costa Concordia smashed into rocks near the island of Giglio.

Authorities said that Francesco Schettino, 52, who has worked for the owners of the cruise liner for 11 years, was being investigated for manslaughter and abandoning his ship.

Prosecutor Francesco Velusio was quoted as saying that the vessel “was mistakenly close” to the island on a route ordered by Schettino through well-mapped sea lanes.

There was speculation that a power failure on board the ship could have led to a loss of navigational control, sending it smashing into the rocks. Experts said that passengers reported a power blackout and a large blast, which may have indicated an explosion in the engine room.

Titanic  2012

Survivors re-accounted the horror the faced as the ship began to list heavily following what sounded like a loud explosion. “Have you seen Titanic? That’s exactly what it was like for us,” said Valerie Ananias, 31, a schoolteacher from Los Angeles travelling with her sister and parents.

Schettino said that the ship had struck rocks “which were not indicated on maps”. He denied allegations that he was sailing too close to the coast.

“We were 300 metres from the rocks and that outcrop should not have been there,” he said. As dawn broke yesterday, a huge chunk of torn-off rock could be seen protruding from a 50-metre long gash in the ship’s hull below the waterline.

Schettino tried to steer the ship towards the coast to make evacuation easier, but as water poured into the lower decks the vessel began to list dangerously and it was soon too late to lower the lifeboats.

Passengers complained that they had urged crew members to let them on to the lifeboats as the ship manoeuvred but were told the captain had not yet given permission. A group of Croatian tourists said that, due to the listing of the ship, one lifeboat that had been eventually loaded with passengers crashed back into the hull.

“There was panic immediately,” said Francesca Sinatra, a passenger from Rome. “People were shouting and climbing on each other.” The lifeboat that she was in collided a number of times with the listing hull as it was lowered due to the angle, she added.

Mara Parmegiani Alfonsi, an Italian journalist who was on board, said that the crew did not appear to have been trained for the emergency.

The US government is concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran over US objections, and has stepped up contingency planning to safeguard US facilities in the region, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The newspaper said President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and other top officials have delivered a series of private messages to Israeli leaders, warning about the dire consequences of a strike.

Obama spoke by telephone on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will meet with Israeli military officials in Tel Aviv next week, the report said.

The Journal noted that the US military was preparing for a number of possible responses to an Israeli strike, including assaults by pro-Iranian Shiite militias in Iraq against the US Embassy in Baghdad.

Up to 15,000 US diplomats, federal employees and contractors still remain in Iraq.

To deter Iran, the United States is maintaining 15,000 troops in Kuwait, and has moved a second aircraft carrier strike group to the Persian Gulf area, the paper said.

Well, If US is that concern over Middle East security, will she risk its relationship with Israel to stop Israel’s unjust aggression over Iran? Nay, i dont think so.  US and Israel always eyed Iran!

Only time will tell how Iran is going to protect itself from NATO, Israel and US aggression.