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VVIP chopper deal: Italian court refuses to share probe details with India

India's efforts to access information on the helicopter scam received a setback today with an Italian court rejecting a request for documents related to the deal even as CBI and Defence Ministry teams prepared to travel to Rome to gather evidence.

AgustaWestland, which has been issued a show cause notice by the Defence Ministry for cancellation of the Rs 3,600 crore deal, today promised to address all the points raised by the Indian government.

Meanwhile, Guissepe Orsi, CEO of Finmeccanica, the holding company of AgustaWestland, has denied knowing the family of former IAF chief Shashi Tyagi, who has been accused of taking bribes.

Orsi's lawyer Ennio Amodio went a step further telling Indian TV channels that "there was nothing substantiated regarding the actual conduct of Mr Shashi Tyagi".

There was bad news for the government as the court in Milan hearing the case refused to share any details saying it was "not possible to give a positive reply" to the Indian request.

The Indian embassy in Rome had made the request for details and documents of the probe on February 13 after the arrest of Orsi in connection with allegations that kickbacks to the tune of Rs 360 crore were paid in the Rs 3,600 crore deal, sources said on Saturday.

The communication was received by the Indian embassy in Rome from the Judge of Preliminary Investigations of the Tribunal Busto Arsizio Luca Labianca.

In the letter, the judge said, "The investigations were, in fact, at a preliminary stage, during which, as per Article 329 of code of Penal Procedure, all information are covered by secrecy. Only parties and their lawyers were allowed to have access to the information and documents."

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Sony C680X with 1080p screen running Android 4.2 leaks

Sony is really turning it on this year. After two blockbuster launches at CES 2013, the company has set its sight on mid-range and low-end announcements at the Mobile World Congress later this month. However, that?s not all that Sony is preparing.

Leaked results from the HTML5 Test website have revealed yet another high-end device coming from Sony?s stable. The results, which were published on XperiaBlog, show a Sony handset C680X (C6802) that is running Android 4.2 and has a 1920 x 1080 resolution display. The model number suggests that this phone slots higher than the already high-end Xperia Z, which has the model number C660X). The display resolution also suggests that this is likely a flagship going through very-early testing before H2 2013 launch.

The HTML5 Test website result (image credit: XperiaBlog)

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There have been rumours of a Sony phablet doing the rounds and this specific result might actually be from that phone. Codenamed Togari, the flagship will have 6.44-inch display. Rumours also suggest that there will be a stylus packed in along with the phablet, leading us to believe this is Sony?s rival to Samsung's forthcoming Galaxy Note update.

On the Esato forums, poster Randomuser had revealed details about the so-called Togari phablet last October. According to him, the smartphone will come with a Snapdragon 800 processor with each of the four cores clocked at 2.3GHz. It will be coupled with the next-gen Adreno 330 GPU.

The earlier leak of the Sony 6.44-inch display panel

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That alone should be able to grab your attention, but Randomuser goes on to list an array of really unbelievable specs. These include the 6.44-inch 1920 x 1080 IPS screen manufactured by Japan Display Inc., which will have OptiContrast technology, along with Sony?s Mobile Bravia Engine 2. The phablet is rumoured to come with a massive 3GB of RAM, 32GB internal memory, 13-megapixel Exmor RS camera on the back (similar to the Xperia Z), a 2 megapixel full HD Exmor R front-facing camera, a huge 3500mAh battery, NFC and an IR blaster to use the device as a remote control for Bravia TVs.

At the moment, this is just a big rumour and we would advise more than just a pinch of salt. However, JDI, which is a venture of Toshiba, Sony and Sharp display divisions, has in the past revealed a 6-plus-inch display with an astonishing resolution of 2560 x 1600, so a full HD 6.44-incher is not entirely the stuff of fantasy.

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শনিবার, ১৬ ফেব্রুয়ারী, ২০১৩

Industrial production falls on weak manufacturing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Industrial production unexpectedly fell in January, weighed down by weak manufacturing and mining, according to a report on Friday that was another sign of slow economic activity at the start of the year.

Industrial production dipped 0.1 percent last month after a revised 0.4 percent gain in December, the Federal Reserve said.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected industrial output to rise 0.2 percent in January. The report comes on the heels of data this week showing retail sales growth slowed in January as households adjusted to higher taxes.

Output last month was pushed down by a 0.4 percent drop in manufacturing production, which reflected a 3.2 percent decline in motor vehicle assembly. Manufacturing output had increased 1.1 percent in December.

Production at the nation's mines fell 1.0 percent.

With industrial output weak, the amount of capacity in use fell to 79.1 percent from 79.3 percent in December.

Industrial capacity utilization - a measure of how fully firms are using their resources - was 1.1 percentage points below its long-run average.

Officials at the Fed tend to look at utilization measures as a signal of how much "slack" remains in the economy, and how much room growth has to run before it becomes inflationary.

(Reporting By Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/industrial-production-falls-weak-manufacturing-141630817--business.html

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In trying to sink Hagel, GOP takes aim at Obama

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013, file photo, Republican Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for Defense Secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans on Feb. 14, 2013, temporarily blocked a full Senate vote on Hagel's nomination as defense secretary.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013, file photo, Republican Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for Defense Secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans on Feb. 14, 2013, temporarily blocked a full Senate vote on Hagel's nomination as defense secretary.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Republicans have found a boatload of reasons to try to sink Chuck Hagel's hopes of becoming the next defense secretary. But the issue they used this week to stall his nomination ? the White House's handling of last September's deadly Benghazi attack ? may seem entirely unrelated to Hagel's qualifications because, well, it is.

Here are some questions and answers about the connection between President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Pentagon and the campaign by Sen. John McCain and others in the Senate to press for more answers on Benghazi:

Q: How did the Hagel nomination become entangled with Benghazi?

A: The short answer is politics. Hagel had no role in the crisis that took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Neither did the Pentagon, although some have questioned why U.S. troops did not reach Libya until well after the crisis was over. The answer from Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is that the closest relevant U.S. forces could not get there before the killings; he has said the Pentagon could have acted sooner if it had received intelligence warnings in advance of the attack.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who has joined McCain, R-Ariz., in temporarily blocking the Hagel nomination, does not claim a connection between the two issues. He asserts that Obama was inattentive when the Benghazi emergency was unfolding, and that by keeping a public focus on this the Benghazi experience could be a teaching tool for future presidents. Graham, in other words, is using Hagel as a political wedge to highlight what he sees as an exploitable Obama failure.

The White House calls that "political posturing." McCain himself has cast his opposition to Hagel in terms of political payback. He said on Fox News this week that during Hagel's years in the Senate as a Republican from Nebraska, Hagel had been "anti his own party," adding that "people don't forget that" disloyalty.

Q: What remains to be uncovered about the administration's handling of the Benghazi attack?

A: In a nutshell, McCain, Graham and other Republicans say the White House needs to explain more fully why the four Americans died and what the president's role was in coordinating a response by the Pentagon and State Department. The White House says it has answered all relevant questions. On Thursday the White House responded to a Republican request that it say whether Obama spoke to anyone in the Libyan government on the day of the attack, Sept. 11, to request assistance for the trapped Americans. The answer, which had been stated previously, was that Obama called Libyan President Mohamed Magariaf on the evening of Sept. 12, and that then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton phoned Magariaf on Obama's behalf on Sept. 11.

Q: Are there more substantive reasons for Republicans' opposition to Hagel?

A: Yes. They start with an assertion that Hagel is insufficiently supportive of Israel and unreasonably sympathetic to Iran. And Republicans dislike Hagel's association with an international movement called Global Zero, which advocates for sharp reductions in the number of U.S. nuclear weapons and an eventual elimination of them worldwide. McCain has hammered Hagel for "a disqualifying lack of professional judgment."

Hagel and the White House insist he is well qualified, in part on the basis of his experience in the Senate, his work in the private sector, and his record as a decorated Vietnam combat veteran. "For the sake of national security, it's time to stop playing politics with our Department of Defense, and to move beyond the distractions and delay," the White House press secretary, Jay Carney, said after Thursday's Senate action.

Q: Will Hagel ever be confirmed?

A: Unless new obstacles emerge, it appears that Hagel will win confirmation when the Senate returns from recess the week of Feb. 25. McCain and others who sought to prolong the Senate debate this week have said they will be ready to vote to permit an up-or-down vote when the Senate reconvenes. It likely will be a mostly party-line vote, unlike those of recent defense secretaries. Panetta, the outgoing Pentagon chief, for example, was approved 100-0.

On Friday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama remains confident that Hagel will eventually be confirmed.

"I wouldn't be surprised if there are additional politics that are injected into this circumstance. It is extremely unfortunate," Earnest said.

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Robert Burns can be followed on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/robertburnsAP

Associated Press

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Coach's longtime CEO Frankfort leaving in 2014

Thursday, 14 February, 2013

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19 Year Old Sets Himself On Fire At Rome Airport

The series of tragic European self-immolations continues, this time from Rome airport in front of hundreds of people, where moments ago Sky News reports, a 19-year-old man from the Ivory Coast, due for deportation, set himself on fire. From Sky: " The 19-year-old man, from the Ivory Coast, doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire in front of dozens of travellers and workers at Fiumicino airport, 10 miles west of the Italian capital. Police said he arrived at the departures area of the airport's terminal three with a deportation order, and had been due to leave Italy. But as he spoke to police he suddenly pulled out a plastic bottle of petrol, tipped it over himself and ran off through the terminal. Officers gave chase, but he then used a lighter to ignite the fuel in front of stunned passengers.... A spokesman for the Italian Refugee Council confirmed that the man had arrived in Italy from Holland earlier this week and had tried to claim asylum but had been denied and was ordered out of the country. He had been due to board a flight to Amsterdam when he set fire to himself. The spokesman added: "One can only imagine the desperation and frustration he must have faced to carry out such an act." He had been due to board a flight to Amsterdam when he set fire to himself. The spokesman added: "One can only imagine the desperation and frustration he must have faced to carry out such an act."

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"People were screaming because no one knew what had happened and I think the first suggestion was that it might have been a terror attack."

Fellow traveller Silvana Urso said: "There was a lot of shouting and police running after someone, that was all I saw.

"There was a smell of smoke and then police were telling us to evacuate the terminal because there had been an incident.

"It was only when I was outside that I heard a man had set himself on fire."

One policeman grabbed a fire extinguisher to douse the flames and was slightly injured.

Paramedics wrapped the man in specialist blankets before taking him away in an ambulance.

A spokesman at the Sant'Eugenio hospital where he was being treated said he was in a "serious condition with extensive burns".

Sadly, since this is hardly the last episode of people self-immolating out of desperation in Europe (and elsewhere), perhaps it is about time the centralized government of the world finally banned lighter fluid. And matches. And lighters.

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