October 4, 2005 = 1st of Tishrei 5766, Feast of Trumpets...
as we are just passing this historic milestone event date:
Solar Eclipse… Feast of Trumpets 5766 (234 left until 6000…)
14,000 days, 2,000 weeks, 38,… years since Jerusalem Day June 7, 1967…
Ramadan beginning….
Headlines in Europe:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20051004/ts_afp/euenlargeturkey_051004093834
EU trumpets new era as talks open with Turkey
“…The European Union celebrated a new chapter in the continent’s history after opening entry talks with Turkey, a large mainly Muslim state whose admission would take the EU right up to the borders of the Middle East… “
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/051004/3/28bu3.html
“Turkey and the EU struck an eleventh hour deal and launched membership talks on Tuesday despite deep public scepticism over whether the wealthy Western bloc would ever manage to absorb the populous Muslim nation ….
The opening ceremony was delayed until after midnight on Monday by nearly two days of fierce wrangling over Austrian and Turkish objections to the European Union’s proposed negotiating mandate, reflecting profound distrust on both sides…”
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/04/eu.turkeytalks/index.html?section=cnn_latest
LUXEMBOURG -- The European Union overcame a last-minute crisis and opened membership talks Tuesday with Turkey -- a historic move to include a mostly-Muslim nation that brought relief in Turkey and all round Europe.
The talks had been threatened at the 11th hour by division among the 25 EU governments after Austria demanded that Turkey be granted a less-than-full version of membership.
Gul, who flew to Luxembourg late Monday to attend the brief, middle-of-the-night ceremony to formally open the negotiations, said both Europe and Turkey stood to gain.
"Our relations with Europe began in 1963, a period of more than 40 years. We have arrived today at a historic stage," he said. "It is not just Turkey that will win, but also the European Union will win."
It took last-minute wrangling among EU foreign ministers during grueling Sunday-Monday talks to agree a joint mandate for opening the negotiations with Ankara.
After Austria relented late Monday afternoon, the EU sent its terms for talks to Ankara. Gul boarded a flight after Turkey approved the terms.
At the after-midnight local time ceremony, a clearly delighted Straw joked that the talks had begun on schedule on October 3, as it was still before midnight British time and Britain held the rotating EU presidency.
It was "EU presidency time" he said.
Gul told him: "We were able to meet the deadline, so already we have learned to play this game under your guidance." …..
“Turks greet EU talks with relief, scepticism….
Top-selling “Hurriyet”(-newspaper) evoked past conflict between Turkey and Christian Europe, when Ottoman troops almost took Vienna, in describing the delaying tactics of arch Turkey-sceptic Austria during Monday’s long hours of bargaining in Luxembourg. “Viennese Waltz –Twice in history has been turned back from the gates of Vienna but this time Turkey is taking the road of peace and unity into Europe”, the paper said….