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Papal butler Gabriele to be imprisoned in Vatican police cell
Papal butler Paolo Gabriele will be locked up in a Vatican police cell Thursday, the Church announced. Gabriele had been under house arrest since he was found guilty on October 6 of stealing documents from Pope Benedict XIV's apartments, and the prosecution in the trial decided not to appeal against his 18-month prison sentence, AFP reported. A judicial source said he would not appeal the verdict. http://rt.com/news/line/2012-10-25/#id39524
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The Roman Catholic Church has protected evil for too long
It has become a painfully self-evident truth – surely, even to the silent onlookers at the Vatican – that the longer Cardinal Seán Brady stays in place as Primate of All Ireland, the greater the damage inflicted on the reputation of the Catholic Church in Ireland and beyond. This is not simply because his presence has become a reminder of the cover-up of paedophile abuse by priests, but also because it illustrates a continuing problem: that, after all this time, Cardinal Brady just doesn’t get it.By “get it” I mean that he still seems to believe that he personally behaved appropriately in the circumstances by which the late Father Brendan Smyth, a rapacious paedophile of almost unimaginable moral corruption, was tacitly permitted by the Church to continue brutally abusing children for 40 years, long after the ecclesiastical authorities knew what he was up to. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ireland/9246727/The-Roman-Catholic-Church-has-protected-evil-for-too-long.html
Prolific robber jailed for seven years
Nicholas Atkinson was sentenced to 90 months after pleading guilty to five robberies, one attempted robbery and a theft. He took cash on each occasion.
He pleaded guilty to business robberies [and] asked Judge John Gosling to take three other crimes into account when passing sentence. http://www.derbyshire.police.uk/News-and-Appeals/Brought-to-Justice/2012/September/28Sept-Prolific-robber-jailed-for-seven-years.aspx
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Guess Which Wall Street CEO Is Even More Admired Than Jamie Dimon
Goldman Sachs' leader Lloyd Blankfein beat out JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon as the top rated Wall Street CEO, according to a survey [that] asked employees if they approved of the way the CEO is leading their company. http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-04-04/wall_street/31285969_1_lloyd-blankfein-approval-rating-survey
Obama's UN General Assembly speech condemns extremism
US President Barack Obama has urged global leaders to rally against extremism in an address to the UN General Assembly in New York.Mr Obama said it was the obligation of all leaders to speak out forcefully against violence and extremism.
Mr Obama also again stressed the US would not allow Iran nuclear weapons. He said the US would "do what we must" to stop Tehran acquiring nuclear arms. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19709969
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U.S. Drones Spotted Over Somalia; Pres. Obama Issues Executive Order
Not a single day passes without a new story about the increase in the global and domestic use of drones.While the U.S. military keeps mum about its use of drones around the world, it is known that drones are deployed and launched from American military bases in Djibouti, the Seychelles, and Ethiopia.
Perhaps there is more to the crescendo of American military activity in Somalia than is being discussed. On July 20, President Obama issued another of his nearly weekly executive orders, this one aiming to cripple the power of “terrorists” in Somalia.
President Obama writes in his edict that he intends to address this emergency by cutting off “exports of charcoal from Somalia, which generate significant revenue for al-Shabaab.”
"It is crucial that the trade in charcoal from Somalia be prohibited to diminish this source of al-Shabaab's revenue and further discourage the group from engaging in terrorist acts," the fact sheet declares.
Of course, one mustn’t overlook the green angle in the war against international terrorism. The sale of charcoal by al-Shabaab, the Treasury Department insists, "has led to environmental degradation that has contributed to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa." http://thenewamerican.com/world-news/africa/item/12229-us-drones-spotted-over-somalia-pres-obama-issues-eo
CLEANING UP POLITICS
We have a wide-ranging programme to improve the political system we inherited from Labour. We are bringing forward reforms which aim to restore people's faith in their politics and politicians. We want our political system to be more accountable and more transparent. http://www.conservatives.com/Policy/Where_we_stand/Cleaning_Up_Politics.aspx
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MPs Expenses: Senior Politicians Among Those Renting Homes While Claiming Money
MPs were embroiled in a new expenses row today after it emerged that 27 are letting out London homes at the same time as claiming public money to rent in the city.Former defence secretary Liam Fox, shadow ministers Andy Burnham, Jim Murphy and Chris Bryant, and Communities Minister Don Foster are among those listed as raking in income from properties while receiving up to £20,000 a year in expenses.
Although the practice does not break any rules, it will fuel concerns that politicians are still able to profit from Commons allowances. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/19/mps-expenses-senior-politicians-among-those-renting-homes-while-claiming-money_n_1986286.html
I could go on, but this is far too easy.
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