Monday, February 25, 2013

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via World: World News, International News, Foreign Reporting - The Washington Post by Anthony Faiola, Jason Horowitz on 2/25/13
LONDON — Pope Benedict XVI on Monday accepted the immediate resignation of Britain’s highest-ranking Roman Catholic cleric, effectively forcing Cardinal Keith O’Brien to step down two days after allegations surfaced publicly that he had engaged in inappropriate behavior with priests.
 

via NYT > Europe by By JOHN F. BURNS on 2/24/13
Complaints by three priests and one former priest had reached the pope’s diplomatic representative in Britain the week before Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation, the Observer newspaper reported.

via Queerty by Lester Brathwaite on 2/25/13
Cardinal Keith O’Brien THThe UK’s most senior Roman Catholic official and leading opponent to same-sex marriage has resigned after a group of Scottish priests accused him of inappropriate behavior 30 years ago.
O’Brien, who previously compared gay marriage to slavery and called it a “violation of human rights”, was due to resign on his 75th birthday in March.
However, the four priests called for his resignation ahead of schedule, hoping to ensure that the Cardinal would not be present in Rome for the election of the next Pope, known as the conclave. They feared O’Brien’s presence would prevent a proper investigation into their claims, which The Vatican is now undertaking.
According to USA Today, Cardinal Roger Mahony, the retired Archbishop of Los Angeles, is also under pressure to withdraw from the conclave:
More than 30,000 pages of priest personnel records released last month revealed that Mahony had been directly involved in covering up for priests who were known to have abused children and teens.
O’Brien’s absence leaves Britain unrepresented in the election once fellow quitter Pope Benedict XVI officially steps down on Thursday. Benny accepted O’Brien’s resignation today, though in a statement, O’Brien claims he resigned months ago.
“Approaching the age of seventy-five and at times in indifferent health, I tendered my resignation as Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh to Pope Benedict XVI some months ago. I was happy to know that he accepted my resignation ‘nunc pro tunc’ — (now — but to take affect later) on 12 November 2012.”
By the way, this really isn’t helping to squash any of these conspiracy theories.


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Шотландский кардинал Кит О'Брайен, которого обвиняют в "неподобающем поведении" в отношении юных священников, покидает пост главного представителя католической церкви в Британии, сообщает "Би-би-си".Ватикан ...

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via Газета "Коммерсантъ". Главноеon 2/24/13
21 февраля в Гаване во Дворце революции премьер-министр России Дмитрий Медведев и президент Кубы Рауль Кастро договорились об урегулировании госдолга Кубы России. Стороны к сентябрю 2013 года определят размеры списания части долга размером более $30 млрд. Возможно, выйти из дефолта, объявленного Кубой еще в 1986 году, помогла разведка "Зарубежнефти" на кубинском шельфе. Если российская компания нашла там нефть, Россия получит шанс стать поставщиком углеводородов в США, а Куба — провести либерализацию собственной экономики на собственных условиях.

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Новосибирская карикатура: портрет Путина за 10 секунд
 

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Amoro caro,
А с чего это Вы решили, что это - "ботокс"? Мы не знаем, что это. А если что-то серьёзное? А вопрос здоровья лидера - очень немаловажный. История с Ельциным должна была бы насторожить всерьёз и надолго (не говоря уже о его пред...шественниках).
Павловский говорит об очень значительных переменах в нём: раньше он Путина "любил", а сейчас Путин - "зомби".
Хотя политически его решения выглядят "рациональными" (он может озвучивать и претворять коллективные установки "Аналитического Центра"). Руками Медведева он чуть подчистил оборзевших ворюг-"силовиков", показал миру западное лицо России и попытался привлечь либеральной риторикой "интеллигенцию". А теперь будет его подстраховывать для дальнейших или реальных реформ. Всё законно, "всё - путём", а по сути: СССР-2. Конвульсии режима. Курс на самовыживание как на самоуничтожение.
Fin de siècle Decadence - это предреволюционная ситуация, Вы хотите сказать (и не только Вы, конечно). Исторические аналогии всегда выглядят немного натянутыми: нельзя войти дважды в одну и ту же баню. Но что-то в этом есть.See More
 

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Лукашенко пообещал разобраться с белорусскими хоккеистами за плохие результаты
Зеркало недели
Президент Беларуси Александр Лукашенко возмущен выступлениями сборной этой страны на хоккейном олимпийском квалификационном турнире в Дании, где выступала и украинская команда. Напомним, что Беларусь хоть и разгромила Украину 6:0, однако неожиданно проиграла ...


 


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Грани.Ру: Форте и пьяно
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Pope Benedict XVI no longer has strength to lead Catholics

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2/24/2013: Pope gives final Sunday blessing before resigning.


Pope Benedict XVI no longer has strength to lead Catholics

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Жильцов без регистрации будут выявлять рейдами
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Домоуправления дважды в месяц будут совершать обходы всех квартир, чтобы найти проживающих не по месту регистрации горожан.

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WRESTLING IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (10 photos)

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Rendezvous With History

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En portada: El presidente reclama al Supremo que el matrimonio no sea solo entre hombre y mujer.


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ДИСПАНСЕРИЗАЦИЯ
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Мне вот интересно – власть вот так профессионально и, в последнее время постоянно , дурака включает или они правда дурные? Не ну вот скажите мне – они …

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Следственный комитет продолжает активно фабриковать уголовные дела против гражданских активистов. Совсем недавно был арестован Александр Марголин по делу 6 мая. А чуть раньше под домашним арестом оказался Сергей Удальцов. В отношении и Александра и Сергея, как и других узников Болотной, шьют 212-ую статью – организация массовых беспорядков и участие в них. По этой статье ребятам грозит срок заключения до 10 лет. Узникам Болотной крайне нужна квалифицированная адвокатская помощь. Сергей уже нашел двух адвокатов – это Воловельский Юрий Львович и Савченко Виктория. Александру помогает с адвокатом «Росузник». Услуги адвоката, как вы сами понимаете, стоят очень недешево – примерно 50 тысяч рублей в месяц на каждого адвоката. Впереди многомесячный процесс и нужны средства. Деньги собираем на Кошелек Романовой на Яндекс.Деньги - № 410011232431933. Я перечисляю 15 тысяч рублей. Финансовый вопрос будет закрыт на несколько месяцев, если нам удастся собрать 600 тысяч рублей. Отчет о сборе и расходовании средств, как обычно, будет обнародован на станице Ольга Романова. Номер счета на Яндекс. Деньги – 410011232431933.

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Духовные наставники. Священномученик Александр Мень. Стр.1
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Отец Александр Мень о богословской школе Феликса Карелина и наших апокалиптических ожиданиях. Канонизирован в Апостольской Православной Церкви как священномученик.

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На акцию протеста против Путина в Москве никто не пришел
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Никто не пришел на заявленную оппозиционную акцию на Калужской площади в Москве. Мероприятие под названием «Всенародный марш в защиту Отечества» планировалось на 14 часов. Как указали организаторы акции на странице в соцсети «ВКонтакте», «23 февраля 2013 — День защитника Отечества.

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Timeline Photos
С праздником! http://grani.ru/Society/History/m.211431.html

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Я так вижу (с).

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Постсоветские сумерки: Неподатливая политическая культура России и Украины
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Из политического тупика труднее всего разглядеть формы политики. Но перед нами — виртуозный пример такого взгляда.

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Pope Benedict XVI may have announced his retirement after a ring of gay priests was discovered in the Vatican

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Pope Benedict XVI may have announced his retirement after a ring of gay priests was discovered in the Vatican

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Власти России намерены создать рабочую группу по «переписыванию» истории - Культура - Аргументы и Фа
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via Reuters: World News on 2/25/13
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric resigned on Monday following allegations he behaved in an inappropriate way with priests, and said he would not take part in the election of Pope Benedict's replacement.

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The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people

On Bastoy prison island in Norway, the prisoners, some of whom are murderers and rapists, live in conditions that critics brand 'cushy' and 'luxurious'. Yet it has by far the lowest reoffending rate in Europe.

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Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigns amid claims of inappropriate behaviour
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Pope Benedict XVI has decided that the results of an investigation into explosive leaks from the Vatican will be made available only to two people — himself and his successor.Pope Benedict XVI has decided that the results of an investigation into explosive leaks from the Vatican will be made available only to two people — himself and his successor.

via The Guardian World News by Luke Harding on 2/25/13
Media groups including Guardian will challenge government over attempt to conceal sensitive documents
Media groups will on Tuesday challenge what they describe as a "deeply troubling" attempt by the government to withhold evidence from the inquest into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.
The Guardian, the BBC, the Financial Times and other newspapers are challenging a submission by the foreign secretary, William Hague, to conceal sensitive documents. Hague argues the material could harm "national security", as well as the UK's "international relations".
The government has refused to say what evidence it wants to hide. But it is likely to deal with revelations made at a hearing in December that at the time of his poisoning in November 2006 Litvinenko was actively working for the British secret services.
Litvinenko was also a "paid agent" of the Spanish security services. MI6 encouraged him to supply information to the Spanish about Russian mafia activities, and alleged links between top organised criminals and the Kremlin, the hearing was told.
Litvinenko travelled to Spain in 2006 and met his MI6 handler, "Martin", shortly before his fateful encounter with Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun, the two men accused of killing him. The inquest – scheduled to begin in May – will hear claims that the pair were part of a "Russian state" plot to murder Litvinenko using radioactive polonium.
The fact that Litvinenko – a former Russian spy – was working for MI6 raises embarrassing questions as to whether British intelligence should have done more to protect him. Litvinenko had a dedicated phone to contact "Martin" and received regular payments to his bank account from MI6 and Madrid, it emerged in December.

In making their submission to the coroner, Sir Robert Owen, on Tuesday, the media groups will seek to argue that Hague's attempt to withhold evidence could undermine public confidence in the inquest. Currently the media – as well as Litvinenko's widow, Marina, and son, Anatoly, – are "completely in the dark" over what material the FCO seeks to exclude.
The media groups will seek to persuade the coroner that the government has also failed to explain what "harm" the release of the information might cause. Nor has it properly considered "lesser measures", such as redaction, which would allow some disclosure of sensitive documents, or the possibility of closed sessions.
Alex Bailin QC, the lawyer acting for the Guardian, will argue that "the public and media are faced with a situation where a public inquest into a death … may have large amounts of highly relevant evidence excluded from consideration by the inquest. Such a prospect is deeply troubling."
There are grave public concerns that allegations of "state-sponsored assassination" on the streets of London require "maximum openness". Additionally, the inquest is likely to be the only judicial forum where evidence will be heard, since the Kremlin has refused to extradite Lugovoi and Kovtun.
Speaking on Monday, Litvinenko's friend Alex Goldfarb said the foreign secretary appeared unwilling to offend Russia's "vindictive" president. Goldfarb told the Guardian: "I recognise that Mr Hague has a well-founded interest not to rock the boat with [Vladimir] Putin. He's afraid. He's afraid Putin will not vote the way he wants in the UN or squeeze Britain's interests."
He added: "The inquest is a balance between the interests of international relations and justice. The bottom line is how far do you compromise with your own justice and decency, and the benefits from doing business with arrogant, murderous and dictatorial foreign states?"
Goldfarb said forensic evidence and reports from Scotland Yard had already been disclosed to interested parties. But he said he was worried the government wanted to keep secret highly sensitive documents showing links between Russian mobsters in Spain and "Putin's inner circle". "That's what Sasha [Litvinenko] was up to," Goldfarb said.
An FCO spokesperson said: "The government has made an application to the court for public interest immunity in line with its duty to protect national security and the coroner is responsible for deciding that application based on the overall public interest."
Owen is due to hear submissions from the media at a hearing in the Royal Courts of Justice on Tuesday. He has previously indicated that he wants the inquest to be as open and broad as possible.

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From Interfax-Ukraine: Russia plans to rearm its Black Sea Fleet and is seeking talks with Ukraine on customs aspects of planned deliveries of new weapons to the naval force, Ukraine's defense minister said on Saturday.
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Премию ФСБ, которой, в частности, награжден режиссер и гендиректор "Мосфильма" Шахназаров, называют возрожденной премией КГБ. ФСБ начала финансировать и продюсировать фильмы с начала до конца, пытаясь переписать реальность, изобразить генералов ФСБ в роли героев комиксов типа Бэтмена.

via RIA Novosti on 2/25/13
The proportion of Russians who are positive about Russian-US relations has fallen from 53 percent to 39 percent since last fall, according to an opinion poll by the state-run All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Study (VTsIOM).



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Дагестанцы 23 февраля потушили Вечный огонь в Астрахани. Президент Дагестана осудил их.

Врио президента Дагестана Рамазан Абдулатипов извинился за выходку пятерых уроженцев республики, потушивших Вечный огонь в центре Астрахани. Об этом говорится в …


Дагестанцы 23 февраля потушили Вечный огонь в Астрахани. Президент Дагестана осудил их.



Putinology Update
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Putin's ongoing war on the left
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Last May, before the inauguration of Vladimir Putin for yet another term as Russia's president, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Moscow in protest against the fraudulent election that gave Putin another victory two months before. Police ...



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Putin's ongoing war on the left

February 25, 2013
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Last May, before the inauguration of Vladimir Putin for yet another term as Russia's president, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Moscow in protest against the fraudulent election that gave Putin another victory two months before. Police descended on the peaceful demonstration and attacked protests, arresting 400 people.
Since then, Putin's dictatorial regime has used the May 6 demonstration as a bogeyman to accuse various left-wing leaders of wanting to foment violence--when those truly bent on violence were his own security forces. In this statement, left-wing organizations in Russia--the Russian Socialist Movement, the Left Front and the Russian Anarchists--appeal for international solidarity against the government's violence and repression.
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TWO MONTHS ago, we, representatives of the Russian left, asked for your solidarity [1] in the face of the coming wave of political repressions in Russia.
Alas, today, this call is even more urgent than before. It is no longer an exaggeration to compare the political trials taking place right now to the prosecution of Russian populists in the late 19th century. The number of possible convictions resulting from the so-called "riots" of May 6, 2012 has steadily climbed over 20, and the majority of the detainees have already spent many months in jail awaiting trial.
Their names are Vladimir Akimenkov, Oleg Arkhipenkov, Andrei Barabanov, Fyodor Bakhov, Yaroslav Belousov, Alexandra Dukhainina, Stepan Zimin, Ilya Gushyn, Nikolai Kavkazskii, Alexander Kamesnskii, Leonid Koviazin, Mikhail Kosenko, Sergei Krivov, Konstantin Lebedev, Maksim Luzianin, Denis Lutskevich, Aleksei Polikhovich, Leonid Razvozhaev and Artem Savelov.
The aim of the prosecution is self-evident: to break the will for political struggle of those unhappy with the current political regime and to systematically demolish the existing political opposition, a significant portion of which is situated on the political left.
The Investigative Committee--a structure accountable only to President Putin--has constructed the case as a wide-ranging conspiracy, stretching from rank-and-file street protesters to established politicians. Thus, on January 10, 2013, the Committee merged two trials: the May 6th "riots" (with 19 detainees, two people under instructions not to leave, and 10 hiding outside of Russia) and the "organizing of unrest" with which our comrades Konstantin Lebedev, Leonid Razvozhaev and Sergei Udaltsov have been charged.
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THE LIST of detainees continues to grow. On February 7, 24-year-old Ilya Gushchin was arrested and accused of using violence against a policeman during the May 6 "riots." A little earlier, on January 17, while facing similar charges and imminent deportation from the Netherlands back to Russia, Alexander Dolmatov took his own life.
On February 9, Sergei Udaltsov's status changed from instructions not to leave to house arrest. This means that his channels of communication with the outside world have been cut off, and that even the tiniest infraction will land him in jail.
In addition, the prosecution and the judges, guided by the Kremlin, keep on placing pressure on the detainees, further risking their health and lives.
Thus, for example, the eyesight of 25-year-old Vladimir Akimenkov has continued to worsen since his arrest on June 10, 2012. Akimenkov, a Left Front activist, suffers from innate defective vision, which has deteriorated in prison conditions and may soon turn into a permanent loss of vision. Akimenkov's lawyer, human rights activists and over 3,000 petitioners have asked the authorities to release him. However, the prosecution and the courts have remained firm and extended Akimenkov's arrest until May 6, 2013.
Another of the accused, 37-year-old Michael Kosenko, has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder since his military service. Instead of granting him access to medication or releasing him, the court is preparing to send him to "forced treatment" in a prison hospital.
Leonid Razvozzhaev, 40, a coordinator of the Left Front, has been abducted from Ukrainian soil by unknown parties and delivered to Moscow. After the abduction, a confession appears to have been extorted from Razvozzhaev under threat of torture and harm to his family. Once in prison, he renounced his "confessions," but his words are still being actively used against others. Currently, Razvozzhaev has been transferred to the Siberian city of Irkutsk, where his freedom to communicate with relatives and lawyers is severely limited.
The trial will most likely begin in earnest in March. The prosecutor will claim the existence of a massive anti-state conspiracy in which the accused will be said to have played various roles. We have little doubt that this trial will be biased and unjust. Unless fought against, its probable outcome will be the broken lives of dozens of people (the charges carry imprisonment up to eight years), conspiratorial hysterics in the state-run media, and a carte blanche for new repression.
Your solidarity now is crucial for us. On the eve of this shameful trial on February 28 through March 3, we ask you to stage protests in front of any consulates of the Russian Federation in your countries, to disseminate information about the political trials and to urge your government and relevant NGOs to act. Please send reports on solidarity action and any other information or questions to RussiaSolidarity@gmail.com [2].
The Russian Socialist Movement
The Left Front
Russian Anarchists



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Sunday, February 24, 2013

2.24.13 | U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has called for an end to "sensational exploitations of tragedy" | Павел Астахов поменял показания | The Saturday Profile: Pavel Astakhov: The Man Behind U.S. Adoption Ban - NYT

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U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul has called for an end to "sensational exploitations of tragedy" in a blog post on Friday to address "a number of issues surrounding the tragic death" of 3-year-old Max Shatto, a Russian child adopted by a Texas woman.

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The announcement this week that a Russian adopted child had died in the United States reopened the heated controversy that led to a recent ban on Americans adopting children in Russia and sparked a new wave of criticism there of the United States as an unsafe place to grow up.
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Pope Benedict XVI may have announced his retirement after a ring of gay priests was discovered in the Vatican

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Pope Benedict XVI may have announced his retirement after a ring of gay priests was discovered in the Vatican, according to the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. It all started last May when the Pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele, was arrested for leaking almost 300 pages of papal correspondence that sugg...

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The Vatican lashed out Saturday at the media for what it said has been a run of defamatory and false reports before the conclave to elect Pope Benedict XVI's successor, saying they were an attempt to influence the election.

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