U.S. President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.
The stunning choice made Mr. Obama the third sitting U.S. President to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Mr. Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Mr. Obama’s name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.
“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” the committee said. “His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world’s population.”
The committee said it attached special importance to Obama’s vision of, and work for, a world without nuclear weapons.
“Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play,” the committee said.
Theodore Roosevelt won the award in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson won in 1919. Former President Jimmy Carter won the award in 2002, while former Vice President Al Gore shared the 2007 prize with the U.N. panel on climate change.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
Thursday, July 16, 2009
NASA's Space shuttle Endeavour finally lifts off
Space shuttle Endeavour blasted off on Wednesday on its sixth attempt to launch since June, headed to the International Space Station to expand Japan's Kibo module.
The seven-member crew is to deliver an outside porch on the module at the station to expose scientific experiments to the extremities of space.
The mission has suffered a slew of delays that kept the craft on the ground for weeks longer than planned.
A planned Sunday launch was cancelled due to storms and a Saturday launch was also scrubbed due to lightning the night before that struck the launch pad, but spared the shuttle itself.
On Monday, stormy weather again grounded the spacecraft.
Committed to implement nuke deal: US
The Obama Administration on Thursday asserted that it is committed to implement the civilian nuclear deal with India, so does New Delhi, and there should be no apprehension in this regard.
"I do not think there should be any apprehensions about the future of the civil nuclear agreement," Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake told reporters.
"The (US) Secretary and the President are fully committed to that agreement. I think the Indians are also fully committed," Blake said in response to a question which referred him to the recent G-8 declaration related to restriction on transfer of nuclear technology to non-NPT States.
"They (India) are going to be, I am sure, moving forward to file a declaration of safeguarded facilities with the IAEA, which is sort of the next step in that process, and then we're going to start reprocessing talks, probably either later this month or in August," Blake said.
"So all of that is very much on track. As I say, we'll also be starting some bilateral cooperation with -- hopefully with the announcement of these two nuclear sites. So I would discourage any talk that somehow the agreement is off track," he asserted.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Russia resumes pre-delivery trials of nuclear sub for India
Russia on Friday resumed sea trials of its Akula class nuclear attack submarine to be leased to the Indian Navy, months after they were halted following an accident that killed 20 crew and staff members.
The Akula II class submarine was cleared for final sea trials before being commissioned with the Russian Navy and leased to the Indian Navy by end of 2009.
The submarine is to be leased to India for 10 years under a secret clause of the larger Gorshkov package signed in 2004.
"The sea trials of the Nerpa nuclear submarine will continue for two weeks. All damage on the vessel found during the investigation of the accident has been repaired," a defence official was quoted as saying by RIA Novosti.
The trials were halted after 20 crew members and technical staff of the shipyard were killed and 17 injured in the accidental triggering of fire suppression system filled with highly toxic Freon gas in the sleeping quarters on November 8, while the submarine was in the Sea of Japan.
India reportedly paid USD 650 million for a 10-year lease of the 12,000-ton K-152 Nerpa, considered the quietest and deadliest of all Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines.
'Human error' was identified as the cause of the worst accident on Russian submarines since the sinking of the Kursk in August 2000, in which 118 crew members were killed after a blast in the torpedo room.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Beyonce tops Forbes’ ‘Best-Paid Celebrities Under 30’ poll
Beyonce Knowles has been named the Best-Paid Celebrity Under 30 in a new Forbes magazine poll.
The R&B superstar earned an estimated 58 million dollars in the last 12 months to top the survey, reports the Daily Express.
The 27-year-old''s money came from a variety of projects as a singer, actress, fashion designer and brand ambassador for the likes of cosmetic company L'Oreal and computer game giant Nintendo.
Finnish Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen, 29, came second while 24-year-old NBA hotshot LeBron James, landed the third spot.
Britney Spears, 27, who earned 23.3 million dollars in the last 12 months, stood fourth.
Roger Federer rounded off the top five with 22 million dollars.
The top five Best-Paid Celebrities Under 30 are as follows:
1. Beyonce - 58 million dollars
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
U.S. wants India, Pakistan to talk Kashmir
Washington (IANS): Calling Kashmir as a "sensitive hotspot", President Barack Obama's nominee to be his envoy in India says the U.S. would diplomatically encourage India and Pakistan to talk about the "delicate and sensitive issue".
"I think it is an issue. It's a delicate and sensitive issue," the nominee, Timothy Roemer told the Senate Foreign Relations panel on Tuesday in response to a question from the top Republican on the panel, Dick Lugar about the US role on the Kashmir problem.
"It's one that — we would diplomatically encourage that the Pakistanis and the Indians first of all improve their relationship, their ties, their trade, their exchanges, to foster peace and more prosperity in that area between their two countries," he said.
"Secondly, I think it's important to try to make sure that, where we can, in front of the scenes, behind the scenes, through diplomatic channels, encourage them to talk about this issue and hopefully resolve it between their two countries," Mr. Roemer said.
"I think it has been an extremely sensitive hotspot for the world and for the region, where we've almost experienced thermonuclear war on several occasions," said the former lawmaker who was the president of the Centre for National Policy (CNP), a Washington, D.C.-based national security think tank at the time of his nomination.
"So, again, just as the Pakistan-India negotiations and relationship is an important one to the President (Obama), the Secretary (of State Hillary Clinton), this is also a delicate and important one."
Saturday, August 30, 2008
G8 lacks influence without India and China: Putin
New York, August 30: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said G8, the group comprising eight biggest industrial nations of the world, does not carry enough weight and influence without the presence of emerging economies like India and China.
Without involving India and China and without consulting them in major decisions, development of the world economy is impossible, Putin told CNN.
"In the present form, G-8 already does not carry enough weight," he told CNN in response to a query regarding a US threat of seeking Russia's expulsion from the G8, following the rent stand-off between the two cold-was rivals over the Georgian crisis.
"We are not afraid, not at all. What's needed is a realistic analysis of the situation, looking to future so as to develop a normal relationship with due regard to each other's interests," Putin added. Currently G-8 members include the United States, Russia, Japan, France, Canada, Germany, Britain and Italy.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
India nuke deal prime focus of US nuclear policy: Rice
US has said the Indo-US nuclear deal, whose fate now rests with the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, is currently the country's "principal focus" on the civil nuclear front.
Asked whether developments in Georgia will affect the US-Russia civilian nuclear deal, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the present focus of America's nuclear commerce policy was the India deal and not the one with Russia.
"Our principle focus right now has been on the India civil nuclear deal, having worked through the IAEA, now working through the NSG, and still trying to get into a position to make the appropriate presidential determinations in early September. So that's our focus right now on the civil nuclear side," Rice said on her way to Tel Aviv.
Commenting on the recent developments in the Caucacus region and Russia's support to the breakaway region of US ally Georgia, Rice said US is keen to ensure that no independent states emerge in Europe.
She, however, did not state clearly as to whether the US-Russia civil nuclear deal, which has already been presented to the Congress would be affected by Russian military action in Georgia.
"We're going to continue to review what we will do about the various elements of the relationship with Russia. As you know, we've been very focused on what to do for Georgia. We've been making certain that there's a clear message that there aren't going to be any new lines in Europe," Rice said.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
US working with Pak. to deal with ISI
Washington (PTI): With the Pakistani spy agency ISI coming under pressure following reports that it was involved in attack in Indian embassy in Kabul, the US has said it is working with Islamabad to deal with the issue.
"With regards to the Pakistani intelligence services, I think that's been historically an issue in that country. There are signs that it remains so. And we, our collect -- our two governments are working to deal with those problems," said Geoff Morrel, Pentagon press secretary.
The Pentagon also said a "very, very small numbers of US special forces are operating in a training capacity in Pakistan, not out on joint missions, but on a fixed site, training Pakistani forces, at the invitation of the Pakistani government."
The US was particularly pleased to see that Pakistan is involved in operations in the federally administered tribal areas (FATA) but said "robust efforts" are needed to tackle the problem.
"We have seen and continue to see Pakistani military operations in the FATA, and we are pleased to see that. But, this needs to be a concerted and consistent effort to go after the militants to prevent them from either creating training grounds and safe havens within Pakistan or going into Afghanistan and causing trouble there," the senior Pentagon official said.
"So there clearly are increased military operations. We've seen that. We are pleased by it. We need to continue to see it and we need to see probably even more robust efforts on the Pakistan's part," he added.
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Pak. funding Mujahideen in Kashmir is counterproductive: Obama
New York (PTI): Noting that Pakistan has tolerated or in some cases funded the Mujahideen in Kashmir, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has said such efforts are "counterproductive" for Islamabad.
Ahead of his meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani, Obama said historically Pakistan has tolerated or in some cases funded the Mujahideen because they think it's somehow helpful to them in Kashmir which continues to be a "constant instigator" of tension between Islamabad and New Delhi.
"We have to have an honest conservation about how counterproductive that is," Obama said in an interview, published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.
Asked whether US should play a role in negotiations been Pakistan and India, he said, "use that as an example of how we need to think comprehensively about the region. If one of the central concerns of Pakistan is its security posture towards India, then we need to put that on the table for discussion as we try to solve the problems in Afghanistan".
Asked about the forthcoming talks between Gilani and President George Bush in Washington, Obama said the US must emphasise the importance of closing down terrorist camps. "It's not just in the interest of Afghan security, or US security, it is in the interest of Pakistani security that we shut down those bases down," he said.
"I know that the new prime minister is coming to Washington. I'll be very interested hearing what he has to say. Obviously, they're a new government. There just getting their sea legs. But I think it's very important that we emphasise to them how serious we take these base camps," he added.
Courtesy:timesofindia.com
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Pak nukes pose greater threat than Iran: Russian expert
Pakistani nuclear weapons pose a greater threat to the regional security than the Iranian uranium enrichment, a top Russian security expert has claimed, expressing concerns at the volatile political situation in Islamabad.
''The main and most serious threat to the region is not Iran or Israel (with their alleged nuclear weapons), but Pakistan,'' said Sergei Karaganov, the Chairman of the influential Council for Foreign and Defence Policy.
''We are witnessing a severe political crisis in that country (Pakistan), which possesses weapons of mass destruction, but for some reason we are not paying attention to this problem,'' Karaganov said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Karaganov said the only way to ensure stability in the greater Middle East including West and Central Asia right up to the borders of India is to create a regional security system with all major world powers acting as guarantors.
According to RIA Novosti agency, Pakistan has up to 50 nuclear warheads. Islamabad has repeatedly dismissed that its nuclear weapons could end up in the hands of terrorists due to the current volatile political situation in the country.3:50 PM 6/18/2008
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Monday, June 16, 2008
US being forced to face Pak proliferation issue
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration is being forced to confront the A Q Khan nuclear proliferation issue in the final months of its term after it nearly succeeded in sweeping the scandal under the carpet because of Pakistan's perceived sensitivities that Washington felt would endanger the war on terror.
New revelations that nuclear smuggler A Q Khan was in possession of sophisticated Pakistani nuclear weapons design which he may have passed on unknown third countries or players has thrown the Washington establishment into a tizzy.
After ducking the Khan issue for years saying the proliferation network has been rolled up and buying into Pakistan's explanation that the matter is closed, an embarrassed Bush administration now finds that the genie is still outside the bottle.
The latest disclosures challenge Pakistan's eclipsed military ruler Pervez Musharraf's glib explanation that A Q Khan, a metallurgist, was untutored in the matter of nuclear weapons design, and his expertise was limited to centrifuges meant for enriching weapons-grade uranium. Khan's theft of centrifuges from the Dutch company Urenco in early 1970s enabled Islamabad to produce the nuclear bomb, an effort celebrated as a national achievement in Pakistan.
But it turns out that some of the computers from the Khan network examined over the last two years by western experts contained blueprints of sophisticated and compact nuclear weapons. The designs are better than that of the crude, first generation, 1960s-style nukes that Khan was thought to have passed on to Libya, which subsequently surrendered them to the US and exposed Pakistan's proliferation.
These designs are of a newer, compact weapon of the kind Pakistan tested in 1998, which can be mounted on missiles. Because the designs indicate a compact and miniaturized weapon, compared to the unwieldy design of the 1960s vintage found with the Libyans, US experts and officials are in frenzied speculation about whether the blueprint have been passed on to other third parties, including the Bush administration's current bogey Iran.
Iran, like Pakistan, possesses missiles that could be mounted with such compact nuclear warheads, a prospect that freaks out the US, Israel, and other countries in the region. Also, smaller the nuclear weapons, more easy it is for them to be smuggled by terrorist networks.
The Bush administration has been almost blasé in recent months about the Khan proliferation network, believing it had all but wrapped up the issue. But the fresh disclosures that surfaced this weekend in the US media, along with reports that the civilian government in Pakistan had lifted some of the restrictions on Khan, has come as a wake-up call to an administration that is fading away.
Courtesy:timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Monday, June 9, 2008
Will Democrat Obama back Indo-US nuke deal?
Washington, June 9: Will Democrat Barack Obama, who once proposed a "killer" amendment to a legislation on Indo-US civil nuclear deal placing limits on the amount of atomic fuel to be sold to India, back the landmark agreement if he wins the White House race? While a clear-cut answer is not available, the 46-year-old Illonis Senator who overcame an intense electoral battle against his rival Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Presidential nomination race, had reluctantly backed the legislation on the deal worked out by the Republican administration of President George W Bush. Though the African-American senator co-sponsored the "killer legislation", it was eventually rejected.
The Clinton campaign had been more vocal on the issue saying that she was voted in its favour and was not "lukewarm" in her response as Democrats are perceived on the issue.
"She looked into the issue.... She decided to vote in favour of the nuclear deal and was a supporter of it," Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe said.
However, the strongest backing for the stalled deal has come from Obama's Republican rival John McCain who said the nuclear agreement will strengthen ties with the world's biggest democracy and involve India in the fight against nuclear proliferation.
With Clinton now having formally bowed out of the race and backing to him, Obama wants to define the faltering economy as the paramount issue facing the country.
Courtesy:expressindia.com
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Friday, June 6, 2008
Indian-Americans welcome Obama's nomination
NEW YORK- Welcoming Barack Obama clinching nomination as DemOcratic party's presidential candidate, a large number of Indian-Americans feel it is good news for the community as well as for India.
Inder Singh, president of Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), told IANS , "It is the first time that the country has chosen a candidate beyond colour, and it is a sign of growing multiculturalism."
Since Indian Americans traditionally support Democrats, and had sided more with Hillary Clinton than with Obama, with him winning the race against her they will support him, Singh, who is himself a Republican, said.
"If elected President, Obama will be good not only for the South Asian community but for the US too," he said.
Singh added that now India cannot be ignored nor slighted no matter who becomes the US president.
Raj Mehta, who founded New York Indian Political Action Committee, praised Obama for running a great campaign and for showing that the country is ready for change.
Himself a Clinton supporter, Mehta told IANS , "Clinton had a record of supporting the Indian community, something Obama lacks. But her supporters in the Indian American community now will have no hesitation in supporting Obama because they are loyal Democrats."
Anhoni Patel, spokesperson for a group called South Asians for Obama, too believed that all Democrats will now unite behind Obama. She believed both Obama and Clinton would have been good for the South Asian community, but he brings something extra, given his background as son of an immigrant.
Courtesy:timesofindia.com
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Obama creates history, seals Democratic nomination
Washington, June 4: Barack Obama captured the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday, capping a rapid rise from political obscurity to become the first black to lead a major US party into a race for the White House. Rival Hillary Clinton, a former first lady who entered the race 17 months ago as a heavy favourite, did not concede to Obama and said she would consult with party leaders and supporters to determine her next move.
A surge of support from uncommitted delegates helped give Obama the 2,118 votes he needed to clinch the nomination and defeat Clinton.
Obama will be crowned the Democratic nominee at the convention in August and will face Republican John McCain in November's election to choose a successor to President George W. Bush.
"Tonight, we mark the end of one historic journey with the beginning of another," Obama told a cheering victory celebration in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the site of the Republican convention in September.
"Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States."
Obama's win over Clinton, projected by US networks, came in one of the closest and longest nomination fights in recent US political history. Five months of voting concluded on Tuesday night with votes in Montana, won by Obama, and South Dakota, won by Clinton.
Clinton, who would have been the first woman nominee in US political history, won more than 1,900 delegates over the course of the campaign.
She told New York members of Congress she would be open to becoming Obama's vice presidential running mate, and her backers began to turn up the pressure on Obama to pick her as his No 2.
Clinton congratulated Obama after he clinched the nomination, and told a cheering crowd of supporters in New York City that she would work for party unity. But she did not concede.
"This has been a long campaign and I will make no decisions tonight," she said. "In the coming days I'll be consulting with supporters and party leaders to determine how to move forward with the best interests of our party and my country guiding my way."
McCain held a rally in Louisiana to kick off the race against Obama. He sought to distance himself from Bush and questioned Obama's judgment and his willingness to put aside partisan interests.
"He is an impressive man, who makes a great first impression," McCain said of Obama. "But he hasn't been willing to make the tough calls, to challenge his party, to risk criticism from his supporters to bring real change to Washington. I have."
Obama questioned the extent of McCain's independence and tied him to Bush.
Courtesy:expressindia.com
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
BBC journalists take up 'Gandhigiri' to protest changes
London, May 20: Several journalists from South Asia working in the BBC World Service have staged a unique floral protest against recent changes that they believe will affect the quality of journalism produced by the 75-year-old broadcaster. Journalists from the Hindi, Tamil, Urdu, Bengali, Nepali and Sinhala sections symbolically laid flowers outside Bush House and placed a large banner across its iron gates, with the words: 'BBC World Service 1932-2008?'
The journalists, backed by the National Union of Journalists, have launched a campaign to protest against off-shoring of programming to the Indian sub-continent in what is described as a "money-saving adventure" of the BBC management.
The journalists alleged that BBC was compromising its standards and professional integrity by entering into agreements with governments and subsidiary companies in the Indian sub-continent.
Nearly 60 south Asian journalists gathered at the event, which was addressed by Jeremy Dear, NUJ general secretary. The NUJ, he said, would turn the protest into a national campaign across Britain.
Dear said: "We are committed to opposing these off-shoring plans which are ill-founded and put at threat not just jobs but editorial quality, integrity and the future of the World Service.
"You can dress up the changes any way you like – when stripped bare it means more work from fewer staff, more work for less money and an apparent willingness to undermine editorial integrity. This shows a blatant disregard of agreements with staff and unions.
"The BBC's behaviour would cause a national scandal if its domestic staff were being treated this way."
Defending the plans to move staff to their countries of origin in south Asia, the BBC said it had plans to have around 50 per cent of overall language service staff located closer to their audiences.
Mike Gardner, Head of Media Relations at the BBC World Service, said that the BBC management was in discussions with staff and unions about the changes.
"The proposed redeployments of staff to India, Pakistan and Nepal recognise the new media realities in those countries. It has been BBC World Service's policy for its language services to be working closer to the audiences they serve for some time," he said.
The off-shoring involves new contracts for the London-based journalists who have been told to accept redundancy or relocate to their countries of origin in south Asia, and accept downgraded pay conditions.
Courtesy:expressindia.com
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Expert suggests US to have nuke cooperation with India
Washington (PTI): Admitting that the US sanctions imposed on India in 1998 did not deter the country from continuing with its atomic programme, a nuclear expert has told the Senate that it is in the interests of the Washington to have nuclear cooperation with New Delhi.
Siegfried Hecker, the Co Director for the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, told a Senate Sub Committee on Appropriations dealing with Energy that "India does not view itself as a proliferator but as a legitimate nuclear weapons state."
"I don't think our sanctions have particularly stopped its (India) nuclear weapons programme. What our sanctions have done is slow down their nuclear energy programmes," he said.
"In turn, they have made the Indians actually significantly more capable in nuclear energy technology to where today it may actually -- and I believe be much in our benefit to have nuclear cooperation for nuclear energy with India," Hecker told the Senate. "One has to do this tradeoff in India and make the decision as to whether the risks are worth the benefits," he said.
"Their reward for refraining from nuclear testing is that they were now caught outside of the nuclear proliferation regime. They view that as having been discriminatory from the word go. They will never then abide to it. They will never get rid of the nuclear weapons they have now until there is global disarmament," the Stanford expert said.
Courtesy:thehindu.com
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Papal trip challenges Catholics on abuse
NEW YORK (AP) - The clergy sex abuse scandal had exhausted American Catholics.
After six years of painful revelations about guilty priests, apologies to victims, reforms and massive settlements, many hoped the issue could wither and fade into the background.
But Pope Benedict XVI's focus on the problem in his first papal visit to the U.S. - seen most dramatically in his private meeting with victims - showed that the spiritual leader of the world's 1 billion Roman Catholics believes his church still has healing to do.
There is already one tangible impact. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests said dozens of new people have come forward in the last few days to say they were molested as children. Many told the Survivors Network they were drawn by the pope's remarks.
Teresa Kettelkamp, who oversees child protection programs for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, had been cautioning church leaders against "issue fatigue" on abuse. Kettelkamp said she expects more people to come forward with claims in the coming months because of Benedict's actions.
The pope's visit has now made it impossible to play down the problem, she said.
"The fact that he mentioned the issue on the plane on the way over here and has continued to mention it nearly every time he's spoken - it's just so much on the radar now for all of us," Kettelkamp said Sunday, the final day of Benedict's trip.
Many Catholics feared the scandal would overshadow Benedict's message to Americans. But it was the pope who made the problem a centerpiece of his visit.
Benedict did address many other issues, including immigration rights, terrorism, human rights and, of course, Catholic faith and practice. He was met with an enthusiasm that spread among the general public, who lined the streets by the hundreds to see him.
But the Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, said that the pope had made the abuse scandal a core theme of the entire trip, "to give hope to the church in the United States."
Before his plane from Rome had landed Tuesday in Washington, he said that he was "deeply ashamed" of the scandal and pledged to keep pedophiles out of the priesthood.
He later told the nation's bishops that the problem had sometimes been very "badly handled" - an indirect but clear papal admonition. The bishops had a "God-given duty" to reach out with compassion to victims, he said.
Benedict then took a step that no other pope is believed to have taken. He met privately with five people who had been molested by priests in the Archdiocese of Boston, where the long-simmering problem erupted in 2002 and spread nationwide.
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Sunday, April 20, 2008
Tabloid cooked up Putin-in-love story, apologises
A Russian tabloid has withdrawn its story which claimed that President Vladimir Putin was in love with a gymnast-turned-politician and would marry her in June.
"There is no factual base for our publication,” said Moskovsky Korrespondent in a front-page apology. The tabloid admitted that it cannot substantiate the story and apologised for the "moral pain" it had caused
A weekend report in the tabloid claimed Putin, 55, had divorced his wife and planned to wed former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva, 25, on June 15. "In our matter only some rumours and some facts, which we presumed substantiate these rumours, were reflected. To say, there is no factual base for our publication—we accept this,” the apology said.
"We deeply regret if the information published in our article was insulting. We apologise to all those, who consider that this story has caused them moral sufferings."
A spokesperson for Kabayeva, a member of the Duma (Russia’s lower house Parliament), had denied the report and threatened to sue the tabloid if it didn’t issue an apology.
Courtesy:ibnlive.com
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