Although the pope did not mention the political criticism of the Vatican abuse cover with a cloak of secrecy, a Swiss church leader called the Holy See to establish a registry of priests who committed abuse, to prevent the bishops continue to change to pedophile priests from parish to parish. In his weekly homily from his window overlooking St. Peter”s Square, the pontiff did not mention his letter that criticized the top hierarchy of the Church of Ireland. Benedict quoted the passage from the Gospels in which Jesus invites those who have not sin cast the first stone an adulteress. “Although he acknowledges his sin, not condemnation, but the called not to sin, “the Pope to pilgrims in the square. “Trusting in His great mercy toward us, we humbly ask forgiveness for our mistakes and the strength to grow in holiness.” In Switzerland, Martin Werlin, head of the Benedictine Abbey of Einsiedeln criticized the Pope and bishops for their reactions to the scandal. “I fear that the dome of the church in Rome did not take the situation seriously enough,” Werlin said, according to the weekly SonntagsBlick. Werlen called for the creation of a central registry in the Vatican for abusive priests and other church members guilty of child abuse “because it is clear that priests can be moved from country to country.” In Germany, meanwhile, Focus magazine reported that the head of the country”s Bishops Conference, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, admitted that the Catholic Church knowingly covered up sexual abuse cases. (more…)

ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, led a ceremony in Rome on Saturday to strengthen their support before the next regional elections, in which the chances of his party have been damaged by bureaucratic problems. The People of Freedom party (PDL) Berlusconi has been excluded from the ballot before the elections of 28 and 29 March in the key province of Rome, which has over 2 million voters, not to have registered aa time. The main Italian administrative court could reject the last appeal of the party to be allowed to compete.

The dispute could cost the LDP central Lazio region, which includes the capital Rome, but the center is concerned that also could impact other regions.

ISPO A survey published in Corriere della Sera last week showed that 17 percent of voters had decided not to vote or change their vote as a result of electoral chaos. Berlusconi has blamed the opposition justice and the exclusion of his party and called for the demonstration as a show of force against what he said were dirty tricks to influence the election. (more…)

The total number of people living in poor neighborhoods rose by 55 million, to 827.6 million, to the extent that population growth and migration from rural areas exceeded the effect of upward mobility in cities, showed the UN biennial report on cities. “The situation has improved in 10 years, but unfortunately in the same period the net increase of the urban poor is 55 million,” said the press in Rio de Janeiro Anna Tibaijuka, executive director of UN Habitat program. The Brazilian city will host next week”s World Urban Forum, a UN conference five days on the state of the world”s cities where they live now more than half the world population. About 227 million people out of poor housing conditions between 2000 and 2010, which means that comfortably exceeded its target countries according to the collective goal of the UN Millennium Development, the report said. Tibaijuka dismissed the achievement of exceeding the Millennium goal of removing 100 million people out of poverty, calling it “totally inadequate”. Millennium goals include cutting extreme poverty, reducing child mortality and combating epidemics before 2015. (more…)

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The changing face of local extremism worries U.S. officials and analysts, since a growing number of young people in small towns radicalize the country using the Internet and planning attacks in the nation and abroad. The ease with which people can turn to extremism on the Internet is becoming harder to identify potential militants in the U.S., officials say. “It”s not a bearde1000d man over thirty years seems to be in Saudi Arabia. We must look blue-eyed blonde women too, “Reuters said Charles McKenna, director of the Office of Homeland Security State of New Jersey. Thursday, Colleen LaRose, a blond white woman in Pennsylvania who called herself “Jihad Jane” pleaded not guilty to charges of providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to cause deaths in a foreign country. The woman is accused of conspiring with others over the Internet to cause the death of a Swedish cartoonist who represented the prophet Mohammed in a manner offensive to Muslims, and wanting to become a martyr of Islam . Prosecutors said the case “destroys any lingering thought that we can recognize a terrorist based on appearance.” U.S. (more…)

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The benchmark crude for April delivery rose 1.23 cents to close at $ 82.93 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Agency Energy Information Administration said oil inventories rose last week by one million barrels to 344 million. Analysts expected a gain of 1.9 million. investors felt more confident with the renewed commitment by the Fed and the Bank of Japan about keeping interest rates low to boost global economic recovery. It is also expected that demand for gas and fuels grow as economies recover and firms hire more workers. Meanwhile the 12 OPEC members decided at their meeting in Vienna will not1000cut its production targets, maintaining the same levels that it has held since December 2008. (more…)

In his daily briefing, the State Department spokesman, Philip Crowley, confirmed that U.S. special envoy Middle East, George Mitchell, who had postponed talks scheduled for this week with Israelis and Palestinians. According to the spokesman said, although Mitchell maintains its intention to conclude, “there will be no meeting with the parties before Moscow. ” Initially, the U.S. representative should have started on Monday to relaunch the Middle East these talks, but opted to defer after the tension caused in relations between Israel and the U.S. due to the Israeli announcement of the construction of 1,600 homes in East Jerusalem. Mitchell and Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, are expected to represent U.S. at meetings of the mediator in the Middle East Quartet (U.S., Russia, the European Union and the UN) in Moscow this weekend. Relations between Israel and the U.S. ., close allies, are experiencing one of its lowest moments in years since the announcement of the construction of the houses in occupied territory, in times when U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, was in Jerusalem to express the Government”s commitment he represents the country”s security first. The White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, today tried to downplay the dispute, saying that ties between the two countries are “unbreakable”. “Bilateral relations can have disagreements, and this is one of them. But it does not break the unbreakable bond with the people and the Government of Israel to safety” Presidential spokesman. However, Gibbs reiterated that “we always condemn any action that may take the parties and undermine the confidence we need” to take forward the peace process. Peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians have been stalled since 2008 when Israeli forces entered Gaza. (more…)

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people protested again on Monday in the streets of Bangkok against Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who rejected their demand for early elections as the country still beset by political tension. After three days of peaceful demonstrations, the fear of violence resurfaced with the release of three grenades at a military barracks in the center of the capital, injuring two soldiers in an attack that took shortly after Abhisit rule out the opposition request. It was unclear whether the attack was related to the manifestations of the “red shirts” supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who gathered outside another barracks that has become the command center Abhisit. Prime Minister, supported by the powerful military and business elite of the country, appeared live on TV flanked by members of his coalition to say it is not the time for holding elections, which analysts said would probably won by Thaksin”s allies. Nattawut Saiku, one of the opposition leaders, said Tuesday that the protesters will be drawn to pour blood on the outside of the office Abhisit and the Democratic Party in power, to demonstrate “the sacrifice of the people.” VOICE OF ENCOURAGEMENT Meanwhile, Thaksin, who is in exile, delivered a speech from an undisclosed location in Europe, during which he played love songs to his followers and asked them to keep fighting. (more…)

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At six o”clock in the afternoon (17.GMT) began to close the polls in some communes and departments, although the consultation officially ends at eight o”clock (19:00 GMT), time that is expected to close schools in large cities, including Paris. walk Surveys urn suggest that abstention will be around 52 per cent, which means that more than half of the 44 2 million Frenchmen named to the polls, it turned out to vote. polls confirm the latest data released by the Interior Ministry, according to which five in the afternoon (16 : 00) had only approved an 39.29 percent of the electorate. At that same time, regional in 2004, the participation rate was 49.66 percent, according the terse statement released by the Interior. As regards the intention to vote, preliminary estimates indicate that the two major parties, the conservative UMP party of President Nicolas Sarkozy and the Socialist Party led by Martine Aubry, would get between 27.5 and 29.5% of the vote. (more…)