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Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is new Pope
Egypt’s court to hear appeal on Sunday over vote ruling
Indian-origin doc cleared of manslaughter charge in Oz
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Mauritius doesn’t like ‘tax haven’ tag
Last-surviving Hitler assassination conspirator dies at 90
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Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is new Pope
Vatican City, March 13 Cardinals elected Bergoglio on just the second day of a secret conclave to find a successor to Pope Benedict, who abdicated unexpectedly last month. White smoke billowed from a Sistine Chapel chimney to show that a new pope has been elected to replace the frail Benedict XVI as leader of the world's 1.2 billon Catholics. Tens of thousands of pilgrims in St Peter's Square cheered and the bells of St Peter's Basilica rang out after the 115 cardinals meeting in a Vatican conclave signalled their momentous decision. The 266th Pope in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history was due to emerge from the balcony of the basilica. The crowd chanted "Habemus Papam!" ("We have a Pope!") as they waited, waving flags from around the world. Cardinals have been locked up behind the Vatican walls and cut off from the outside world since Tuesday, meeting in a sublime Renaissance chapel swept for recording devices and installed with scramblers to prevent any communication. The smoke from the chimney was produced by burning the ballots and setting off smoke flares in two stoves specially installed in a corner of the chapel. The decision came after five votes-longer than for Benedict's succession to late Pope John Paul II in 2005 which was decided in just four votes. The historic election after Benedict's abrupt resignation last month was being followed around the world on live television as well as through social media and smartphone apps-this is the first-ever tweeted conclave. The Vatican has said the cardinal nominated to be the next pope will retire to a "Room of Tears" next to the Sistine Chapel to don his papal vestments and then pray in the Pauline Chapel before speaking on St Peter's Square. — Agencies
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Egypt’s court to hear appeal on Sunday over vote ruling
Cairo, March 13 A body representing the state said it had lodged an appeal with the Administrative Court against its ruling last week which cancelled Mursi's decision to hold the four-stage parliamentary vote from April 22. Mursi and his Islamist backers in the Muslim Brotherhood are keen that the lower house election should go ahead quickly, seeing it as the final stage of the transition that followed Hosni Mubarak's removal from power more than two years ago. But the Islamists' secular-minded opponents, who had planned to boycott the election, have welcomed the prospect of a delay, saying it might allow for consensus around a new election law. — Reuters
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Indian-origin doc cleared of manslaughter charge in Oz Melbourne, March 13 Patel (62), the former director of surgery at Bundaberg Base Hospital, had pleaded not guilty to the death of Mervyn John Morris (75) who died on June 14, 2003, three weeks after the surgeon removed part of his bowel to treat rectal bleeding. It was the second time the India-born US citizen stood for the manslaughter trial of Morris. He was convicted of killing Morris and two other patients in June 2010. After a four-week trial, a Brisbane Supreme Court jury found Patel not guilty of killing Morris. The prosecution had said Patel was grossly negligent, he had not properly diagnosed the bleeding and he made the wrong decision to operate and failed to properly manage the man's post-operative care. Patel's defence team argued Patel had an "honest and reasonable belief" that the operation at the Bundaberg Base Hospital was necessary, and that his actions were supported by a number of expert witnesses. Patel was sentenced to seven years in prison in 2010 after being convicted of the manslaughter of three patients and causing grievous bodily harm to another. He was released from prison on the high court's order, after serving two years and two months of a sentence handed down in 2010. Separate retrials were ordered for the charges related to each patient. — PTI
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Mauritius doesn’t like ‘tax haven’ tag Port Louis, March 13 With both countries in the middle of a serious discussion to fix accusations of "misuse" of the provisions of the four-decade-old convention, Mauritius feels it is one of the most regulated economies in the region. Sharing this perception, Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgooloam told The Tribune that on the contrary investors in the country complained that the economy in the island nation was regulated and that the people were nor happy that the country was referred to as a "tax haven". Mauritius Prime Minister said he was confident that the issue would be sorted out and both countries would benefit from the amended agreement currently under negotiation by the joint working group set up to study the issue. While there is a clamour in India that the Mauritius route allowing investors park funds in the country and take tax breaks be brought under an efficacious tax regime, the government here is ready to cooperate to plug any loopholes that allow companies take advantage under the existing arrangement. On his part, interacting with the accompanying media on his way back to India from Mauritius, President Pranab Mukherjee said he hoped that both countries would resolve the issue for mutual benefit. The President said he was touched by the affection showered on him by the people and the government of Mauritius. He was impressed by the move of the Mauritius government to have a minister accompany him during his local visit thus allowing him an opportunity to discuss and understand various facets of bilateral relations. The President was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Laws by the University of Mauritius. He was later accorded a civic reception attended by a large number of people, a majority of whom were from rural parts of the country.
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Last-surviving Hitler assassination conspirator dies at 90
Berlin, March 13 Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist had volunteered to wear a suicide vest to assassinate the Nazi dictator. He died at his home in Munich last week. Kleist was approached by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg in January 1944 and he agreed to act as a suicide bomber. Stauffenberg proposed that he wear a bomb vest underneath, which he would detonate standing next to the dictator, 'The Times' reported. The initial plan was not executed and Kleist was asked to plant the briefcase containing the bomb as part of the July 20 plot, only to be replaced by Von Stauffenberg himself. Instead of playing a key role in the assassination plot at Hitler's Wolf's Lair headquarters, known as Operation Valkyrie, Kleist remained in Berlin with instructions to oversee the arrest of officers and officials loyal to Hitler. Kleist's family was aristocratic Prussian landowners, who served the country for centuries in high-ranking military and administrative positions, the report said. His father, Ewald, opposed Hitler even before he came to power and was arrested many times. He even travelled to Britain in 1938 in a vain attempt to seek support for a coup. — PTI
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Vatican City, March 13
