First Penn State abuse suit comes from new accuser

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused a young boy more than 100 times after meeting him through the charity he founded, then threatened the boy's family to keep him quiet about the encounters, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

The lawsuit identifies the plaintiff, an adult, only as John Doe. It claims Sandusky abused the boy at the coach's State College home, at Penn State facilities and on at least one bowl game trip.

The plaintiff is not among eight victims named in a grand jury report released earlier this month that detailed a series of

UK opens new consulate in Recife, next to northeast Brazil main trade and sea hub

Minister Jeremy Browne said Pernambuco is one of the fastest growing states in Brazil

The move is part of a wider ‘network shift’ announced by the Foreign Secretary in May this year, where he signalled the FCO intention to reinvigorate the diplomatic network to make it ready for the twenty-first century. The increased presence in Brazil is one of seven new Consulates General opening in emerging markets. Additionally there will be up to six new Embassies.

Expansion overseas, especially in emerging economies, is a sign of the importance the UK places on its diplomatic presence on the ground. Trade is vital to increase national prosperity and secure growth for the UK’s economy, and our Embassies

Voting Begins In Egypt's Parliamentary Elections

Egyptians in Cairo and Alexandria are among those voting in Monday's first stage of parliamentary elections. These are the first elections since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted. Two other stages are scheduled for December and January.

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Russia’s Putin slams West at presidential nomination

Vladimir Putin accepted his ruling party’s nomination on Sunday to return to Russia’s presidency, while accusing foreigners of funding his political opponents in a reminder of the anti-Western rhetoric that characterized his years in power.

Mr. Putin, president from 2000-2008 and now prime minister, is expected to easily recapture the presidency in an election in March. But opinion polls indicate a parliamentary vote in a week could loosen his United Russia party’s domination of politics.

The timing of his Mr. Putin’s nomination for the presidency - two months after he first said he would run - appeared aimed at giving United Russia a boost in the Dec. 4 parliamentary vote at a time when the ruling party’s support has flagged.

“Of course, I accept the proposal with gratitude,” Mr. Putin said, confidently accepting the nomination before a crowd of 10,000 supporters chanting his name in a Moscow sports arena. The congress was broadcast live

Critical care: Spending 10 weeks with patients facing death

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Rheo Eybel was singing Brown Eyed Girl, gazing at his own brown-eyed partner on the dance floor. He was trying to ignore the karaoke singer on stage belting out the Van Morrison song – he’d gulped down enough liquid courage to get up and dance, but there wasn’t enough beer in the world to get him in front of a microphone.

Later that night in July, Mr. Eybel and his girlfriend, Harriet MacLean, walked back to the income property they were renovating that summer in Guelph, Ont., a half-hour north of their home in Fergus.

Mr. Eybel’s neck had started to ache. Whether

EC seeks stronger powers over eurozone members

The European Commission presented a package of new measures that would, inter alia, allow it to monitor the eurozone countries' finances more closely.

By Svetla Dimitrova for Southeast European Times -- 25/11/11

A homeless woman begs on an Athens street. The EC's two new regulations aim to resolve financial difficulties in eurozone countries. [Reuters]

The European Commission (EC) tabled on Wednesday (November 23rd) two new regulations that would boost its powers over the national budgets of the 17 eurozone members and allow it to strengthen its supervision of members facing serious financial difficulties.

They were part of a package aimed at resolving the crisis in the euro area that includes an annual growth survey defining the EU's economic priorities for 2012 and a plan containing three options for the introduction of common euro "Stability Bonds".

"To return to growth, [EU] member states need to raise their game when it comes to implementing their commitments to structural reforms, as well as embrace deeper integration for the euro area," EC President Jose Manuel Barroso said.

"The goals driving this package -- economic growth, financial stability, budgetary discipline -- are linked to each other," he added at a joint news conference with EU Economic and

Paul Coffey on his infamous skates

Three-time Norris Trophy winner, four-time Stanley Cup champion and one of the greatest offensive defenceman to ever lace up a pair of (two sizes too small) skates, Paul Coffey makes an appearance on the Globe Hockey Roundtable.

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Brazil makes official support for Uruguay in ‘fiscal haven’ controversy with G20

Patriota and Almagro in Brasilia during the official announcement

This is the first explicit public statement from a Brazilian official and from the region in reference to the issue. Over the weekend Uruguayan president Jose Mujica said that his peer Dilma Rousseff had expressed support for the Uruguayan stance.

Two weeks earlier Uruguay’s Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro on a visit to Brazil also received the same message from Brazil’s Deputy Foreign Secretary, but in both cases there

Birmingham Magistrate Jailed over Baby death

A BIRMINGHAM Magistrate has been sent to prison for his part in the death of a two-year-old girl.

Rashpal Chana, 49, was jailed for four and a half years at Nottingham Crown Court over the death of Kristiana Logina who died in February 2010 from septicaemia brought on by untreated burns.

The toddler’s mother, Eva Logina, was jailed for six years.

The duo, both from Smethwick, were found guilty of the manslaughter by gross negligence of Kristiana at their former home, in Harborne, on 15 February 2010.

Ms Logina, aged 25, was also found guilty of an additional charge of child cruelty.

The pair, who had previously been in a relationship, had denied the charges but the jury returned

‘Faster than light’ finding wrong, say scientific colleagues

An international team of scientists in Italy studying the same neutrino particles colleagues say appear to have travelled faster than light rejected the startling finding this weekend, saying their tests had shown it must be wrong.

The September announcement of the finding, backed up last week after new studies, caused a furore in the scientific world as it seemed to suggest Albert Einstein’s ideas on relativity, and much of modern physics, were based on a mistaken premise.

The first team, members of the OPERA experiment at the Gran Sasso laboratory south of Rome, said they recorded neutrinos beamed to them

Discover secret swimming holes in the Canary Islands

“My husband is a cave man,” says my guide, Maria Lezcano, who is leading me through the deeply cut 1,500-metre Guayadeque Ravine. She points to a cave house dotting the hillside and explains that her husband was born in one just like it. The ravine's natural cavities are connected by pathways lined with potted plants and views overlooking the lush green chasm leading to the sea. These are bona-fide cave neighbourhoods – there's even a cave church where locals go to pray. Maria points out beehives stashed in the canyon's nooks. The salvia, succulents and wild lavender make for great honey, she tells me.

I've just arrived on Gran

Rouge et Or thump Dinos

The Laval Rouge et Or will get a chance to defend their Vanier Cup title after defeating the Calgary Dinos 41-10 in the Mitchell Bowl on Friday.

Quarterback Bruno Prud'homme tossed touchdown passes to Julian Feoli-Gudino and Guillaume Rioux, while Sebastien Levesque ran for another as the Rouge et Or broke the game open in the second quarter with 24 points.

Jeremie Chretien also recovered a fumble in the Calgary end zone, while Christopher Lavaud recovered a fumble and ran it in for a touchdown. Boris Bede kicked a pair of field goals for Laval.

Earlier in the evening, the

Murder victim's wife appeals for help to trace killers

THE WIFE of Ali Jawaid – the delivery driver killed by robbers in Coventry last week – has spoken of the devastating impact his death has had on their young family.

Father-of-two Mr Jawaid died in hospital earlier this week following a vicious attack outside a mobile phone shop in Sewall Highway on the evening of Wednesday November 9 in which he was struck over the head with a metal bar.

Speaking from her Ward End home, Maryam Jawaid described her husband as a warm-hearted, compassionate and affectionate gentleman.

And she's told of the heart-wrenching questions being asked by her two young children who simply want to know when their father will be coming home.

She said: "Our six-year-old son keeps asking for his daddy…he is waking in the night crying

Uruguay is Mexico’s strategic partner in Mercosur says President Calderon

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“As our strategic partner in Mercosur we must strengthen and expand our association with Uruguay, the only member of the block with which Mexico has a free trade agreement”, said Felipe Calderon during his meeting Wednesday with his visiting peer from Uruguay Jose Mujica.

Calderon said Mexico supports the significance of dialogue and joint efforts among Latin American nations to achieve “a shared development which is

Bollywood First Look: Don 2

BOLLYWOOD stars Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra are looking to end the year with a bang with the release of the highly-anticipated Don 2.

Both reprise their roles with Om Puri, Lara Dutta and Kunal Kapoor making up a supporting cast.

The film comes five years after they both hit the screen in Don: The Chase Begins.

The 2006 film was a remake of the famous 1978 Amitabh Bachchan film of the same name.

Don 2 will hit our screens on 21 December in both 2D and 3D formats.

The film has been directed by Farhan Akhtar.

A spokesperson for the film said: “Farhan Akhtar sets a whole new benchmark in Indian filmmaking, combining, state-of-the art technology, high tech action sequences and the most

Hackers target Canada, ‘insider’ data theft spikes in public sector: report

Hackers attacking Canadian organizations are determined to make money in targeted campaigns while government insiders stole more data than ever before, a security study released on Tuesday showed.

The number of breaches in Canada and the cost of dealing with them have spiked since the 2008 financial crisis, according to a joint study from telecom company Telus and the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

The study, its fourth annual report, said the crisis had both pressured budgets for information security and created a darker “threat environment.”

The average Canadian public company suffered 18 breaches in 2011, up from

Kosovo Education Union seeks higher standards

More funding and higher salaries are just some of the Union's demands.

By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Pristina – 14/11/11

This school year in Kosovo started without teacher protests, but with many demands from the Education Trade Union. [Reuters]

One of the main issues for Kosovo education remains school infrastructure. While authorities promised to do more, one parent group took the matter into their own hands and completely renovated an elementary school in Decan, western Kosovo.

Following a request by teacher Fatmire Gjikokaj, parents renovated the Lidhja e Prizrenit school. "All agreed to my request and here it is; now the class is all fine,"

Jailed Drug dealer could be £120,000 out of pocket

A DRUG dealer faces having £120,000 seized by police after he was jailed for six years for drug offences.

Hemant Patel, from Handsworth, was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court of five counts of possession of Class A drugs with intent to supply and one count of possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply.

There will now be Proceeds of Crime (POCA) hearing to deal with over £120,000 worth of assets which were seized by police during their investigation.

Patel was arrested in July 2010 following a search warrant which was executed at an address in Woodstock Road, Handsworth.

Found at the address was £2450 of heroin, £1250 of crack cocaine and £900 of benzocaine a pharmaceutical

Faith Leaders tour London 2012 Olympic Park

LEADERS of nine faiths have launched a pin badge created to celebrate London 2012’s six strands of diversity during a special tour of the Olympic Park.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Indarjit Singh, Director, Network of Sikh Organisations and Dr Nathubhai Shah, President of the Jain Academy UK were amongst the faith leaders and representatives who toured the Olympic Park and visited the Velodrome.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) said it wanted to use the power of the Games to inspire lasting change and is committed to making sure that people from all faiths feel involved with the London 2012 Games.

All nine faiths - Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Bahia's, Jain, Buddhist and Zoroastrian – will be represented

Addressing The Shortage Of Women In Silicon Valley

This week thousands of women gathered in Portland, Ore., for the Grace Hopper Celebration, the world's largest technical conference for women and computing. High-tech companies are hiring, but there aren't nearly enough women to meet the demand.

Kate Schmalzried, a graduate student at Stanford, recalls one of her very first classes at the university — Computer Science 106A.

"That was really a good introduction to women in tech — there weren't many women in the class," she says, chuckling. "I distinctly remember being the only girl in my section."

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It's no secret that beginning in middle school, young women often lose interest in math and science. So it's not surprising that relatively few women sign up for computer courses in college. When they do, they are often at a disadvantage.

"I remember on the first day, the guy sitting next to me telling me how he had coded a search engine — are you kidding me?" she says. "I'd never coded anything."

Schmalzried was able to catch up, but says by the second semester fewer than half the original women were still in the course.

Indeed, nationwide only about 20 percent of the bachelor's degrees in computer science go to women.

Mark Bregman, the former chief technology officer at Symantec, says it's not nearly enough.

"One of the things that's a barrier to our ability to grow is our ability to hire the best talent," he says. "If we could get more women to go into computer science, we would have more talent to hire from."

Papademos as Greek PM sparks analyst approval, Twitter backlash

After days of backroom negotiations, Greek politicians have finally settled on a new leader: Lucas Papademos, former deputy head of the European Central Bank.

The soft-spoken financier agreed to serve as prime minister in a transitional government that will bring together the two main political parties in Greece to push through a highly unpopular bailout deal and save the country from bankruptcy.

Mr. Papademos called for unity and cooperation in his first public statements since he flew home this week to discuss his candidacy.

“The path will not be easy,” he said. “But I am convinced the problems will be

Murray racks up 17th straight win

Andy Murray breezed past France's Jeremy Chardy in the Paris Masters to secure his 17th victory in a row.

The 24-year-old Scot's winning streak - which takes in titles in Bangkok, Tokyo and Shanghai - was never in doubt at the Palais Omnisports.

He broke Chardy's serve in the first game of the match and little resistence was offered in the first set, which Murray took 6-2.

Murray had won all three of his previous encounters with Chardy, who started the second set in much more aggressive fashion.

The set went with serve until the fifth game, when a double

Buffon happy with Italy strike options

Italy captain Gianluigi Buffon believes his side can cope with the absence of Antonio Cassano and Giuseppe Rossi.

The Azzurri will be without the two strikers for the upcoming international friendlies at Poland and against Uruguay.

AC Milan's Cassano, who scored six goals in qualifying for next year's European Championship, has been ruled out indefinitely after undergoing a cardiac procedure to repair a heart defect.

Rossi, meanwhile, is sidelined for six months after sustaining a knee injury last month while on duty with club Villarreal.

Buffon is confident Italy can make do, though.

"We will miss Antonio and Giuseppe because

Fingerprint nabs prolific Burglar

A PROLIFIC burglar is behind bars – and he can thank his fingerprints for putting him there!

Detectives were able to place Gurnam Singh at the scene of one burglary in Manchester after he left his fingerprints all over a copy of a local newspaper.

Singh, who was linked to two other burglaries through witness descriptions, pleaded guilty and was jailed for two years and nine months at Minshull Street Crown Court. The court heard Singh, 39, first struck in July last year when he knocked on the door of a house on Ayres Road, Old Trafford.
The house was in the process of being renovated and a friend of the householder, who was helping out, answered

Cricketers to Criminals – Pakistan trio jailed for match-fixing

THREE Pakistan cricketers involved in a match-fixing scandal during a series against England Test have been jailed following a four-week trial.

Former captain Salman Butt, 27, and bowler Mohammad Asif, 28, were found guilty at Southwark Crown Court.

Both players were found guilty by unanimous verdict of conspiracy to cheat, and by majority verdict of conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments.

The youngest player on the team, 19-year-old Mohammad Amir admitted the same charges at an earlier hearing at the same court on 9 September 2011.

Butt was jailed for 30 months, Asif for one year, and Amir for 6 months.

The three players were responsible for bowling three no balls during the Fourth Test match at Lords in August

Litterbugs beware of Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar

HE may be one of India’s biggest celebrities, but that didn’t stop Akshay Kumar from chastising a smoking litter lout in the middle of a busy Mumbai street!

The Bollywood star is a staunch supporter of the green agenda, driven to protect and respect the environment. But this time he has gone one step ahead by setting an example for all the litterbugs who don’t respect or care for their country and their surroundings.

Kumar disciplined a man smoking in his car during Mumbai traffic, for carelessly throwing an empty cigarette packet out of his car window.

In the middle of a busy road, Akshay walked out of his car, picked up the cigarette packet and returned it to the driver.

Talking about this incident on Twitter, Akshay

Pakistan ‘backtracked’ on India's most-favoured trade status, source alleges

A senior Indian government source accused Pakistan on Friday of backtracking since announcing it had granted its neighbour the trading status of Most Favoured Nation, but Islamabad immediately denied the allegation.

The disagreement exposed potential hurdles in attempts to improve relations between the two traditionally hostile neighbours.

Pakistan announced it was upgrading India to a most favoured nation (MFN) on Wednesday, a move that would help normalize commercial ties between the two nuclear-armed rivals by ending heavy restrictions on what India is allowed to export across the border.

Wednesday’s announcement was trumpeted on both sides as a milestone in improving relations shattered by attacks by Pakistan-based militants in Mumbai in 2008. Formal peace talks, known as the “composite dialogue”, resumed in February .

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source told Reuters business and political lobbies in Pakistan seemed

Why the Gmail refresh is a pass, but Reader ‘needs improvement’

In many ways, e-mail is broken. Most people I know spend an unhealthy amount of time drowning in messages, hoping to one day get to the Holy Grail of inbox zero. The one company that makes e-mail somewhat manageable is Google. Ever since the search-engine giant made the service available to the general public in 2007, users finally had better search control, easier archiving and more storage capacity – all for free.

When I first heard about a Gmail makeover, I was skeptical. Lately I’ve been suffering from redesign fatigue. Whether it's diving into a new Facebook look or trying

Mississippi to Vote on 'Personhood' of Fertilized Eggs

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"When do you believe life begins?" Johnny DuPree, Democratic candidate for governor of Mississippi, asked during a public debate on October 14. The question was rhetorical, and DuPree's answer—not a surprise in one of the most socially conservative US states—was the same as that of his Republican opponent: "I believe life begins at conception."

On November 8, Mississippi voters will not only decide who should lead the state, but also indicate whether they agree with the candidates about the status of embryos. The Initiative 26 ballot measure proposes to amend the state's constitution to redefine 'person' as "every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the equivalent thereof". If approved, the amendment would effectively bestow human rights on fertilized human eggs, making abortion illegal in the state in most, if not all, circumstances.

"The unborn child in the womb is scientifically proven to be a human being, and when it comes down to it we are a human-rights organization," says Jennifer Mason, communications director for Personhood USA, a national advocacy group based in Arvada, Colorado, and one of the initiative's backers.

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Skopje Jazz Fest turns 30

This year's edition of the festival introduced some new sounds to the city, which has hosted jazz greats every October for the last three decades.

By Tomislav Georgiev for Southeast European Times in Skopje – 01/11/11

Miroslav Vitous, originally from the Czech Republic, plays from his album "Remembering Weather Report" at the Skopje Jazz Festival. [Tomislav Georgiev/SETimes]

The 30th edition of the Skopje Jazz Festival welcomed 18 artists over five evenings, divided in several special programmes. The bands came from all over the world, including the US, Turkey, Italy, the Netherlands, Brazil, Sweden, Norway, the Czech Republic and