Orthodox fundamentalists protest planned ID cards; allege they contain 'number of the beast'

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Several thousand Orthodox Christian fundamentalists have marched through central Athens to protest a government plan to issue new electronic ID cards they say would include the number 666, or the "number of the beast," hidden in a design.

The protesters claim the state aims for tighter control over its citizens and many believe that the design of the cards includes the number described in the Book of Revelation. The cards will include biometric information.

The mostly elderly crowd includes hundreds of Orthodox priests, monks and nuns and a few dozen members of far-right groups. Most of the crowd dispersed upon reaching the Parliament at Athens' central Syntagma Square, heading off to dozens of waiting buses that have carried them from across the country.

Mexico has Started to Assemble a Biometric National ID

(WorldNetDaily) Below the radar of public opinion, Mexico has started to assemble the type of biometric national identity database that could be used to document names for a North American Trusted Traveler border pass card, a plan already being developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for Mexican citizens.

It apparently would be similar to the program that has become commonplace in the European Union to allow free transit for EU citizens to move, live and work wherever they choose within the EU, disregarding nation-of-origin and national border restrictions.

On Jan. 19, 2011, Mexico's President Felipe Calderon signed an executive order requiring within the next five years all Mexicans 17 years old and younger have a biometric national identity card that would include a facial photograph, all 10 fingerprints, and an iris scan. (Read more)

NYStock Exchange parent to merge with Frankfurt, Germany, exchange

The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange announced Tuesday that it plans to merge with the owners of the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, a deal that would create the world's largest marketplace for stocks and derivatives if it wins approval on both sides of the Atlantic.

Under the all-stock deal, shareholders of Germany's Deutsche Boerse would own 60 percent of the new company while NYSE Euronext shareholders would own 40 percent. That values NYSE Euronext at about $10 billion, analysts said. The new entity, which has yet to be named, would have headquarters in both Frankfurt and New York.

While both firms said in a joint statement that they expect to close the deal by the end of the year, political and regulatory obstacles could derail the timing, experts who are tracking the deal said.

Already, Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) has raised concerns about whether New York's leadership role in the world of finance would be damaged if the NYSE name is not featured prominently in the new combined entity.  (Read more)


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I think the thing I find disturbing is the acceptance by the media. Even the part of the media who say they are Christian.


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