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FP Passport Morning Brief
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Cardinals gather to select next pope
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*Top news:* The Roman Catholic cardinals who have gathered in Rome to elect  
the next pope filed [1] into St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday for the final  
Mass before the conclave. There, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the college  
of cardinals, used his homily to appeal for unity within the Catholic Church.  
"St. Paul teaches that each of us must work to build up the unity of the  
church," the /New York Times/ quoted him as saying [2]. "All of us are  
therefore called to cooperate with the pastors, in particular with the  
successor of Peter, to obtain that unity of the holy church."

Unlike the last papal election, in which Cardinal Ratzinger was one of a few  
leading candidates, this conclave is thought to be wide open [3], with many  
of the 115 age-eligible cardinals considered to be in the running. At most  
one round of balloting will take place on Tuesday, however, and there is  
virtually no chance that any of the candidates will receive the requisite  
two-thirds majority to be selected in the first round.

The papal election was triggered by Pope Benedict XVI's abdication last  
month, the first such resignation in nearly 600 years.

*Energy:* A Japanese oil company reported [4] Tuesday that it had  
successfully extracted natural gas from offshore methane hydrate -- or  
clathrate -- deposits, marking the first time in history this process has  
been completed. The Nankai Trough gas field, located a little more than 30  
miles offshore, could provide an alternative energy source for the island  
nation, the BBC reports [5].

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Middle East

 * Kuwait submitted [6] a memorandum to the U.N. over a border incident in
   which stone-throwing Iraqi protesters prompted Iraqi security forces to
   fire in the air, leading Kuwaiti border guards to believe they were under
   fire.
 * Egyptian lawmakers decided [7] Monday to draft a new election law aimed at
   circumventing a court-ordered delay for upcoming parliamentary elections.
 * A U.N. agency reported [8] that the son of a BBC journalist killed last
   November in Gaza may have died from a Palestinian rocket, not an Israeli
   airstrike as originally reported. 

Africa

 * Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf reshuffled [9] her cabinet on
   Monday, replacing her ministers of labor, commerce, and transport.
 * South Sudanese President Salva Kiir ordered [10] his soldiers to withdraw
   from buffer zone along the border with Sudan.
 * The International Criminal Court on Monday dropped [11] war-crimes charges
   against Francis Muthaura, a co-defendant in the case against Kenyan
   President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta.

Asia

 * U.S. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon demanded [12] Monday that China
   cease its cyber espionage activities and agree to "acceptable norms of
   behavior in cyberspace."
 * Two American soldiers died [13] Monday in a "green-on-blue" attack by an
   Afghan soldier in the Jalriz district of Wardak.
 * Pakistan began [14] construction Monday on a natural gas pipeline that
   links to Iran.

Americas

 * The United States expelled [15] two Venezuelan diplomats on Monday in
   retaliation for the expulsion of two U.S. military attaches from the
   Bolivarian Republic last week.
 * A newspaper in the northern Mexican city of Saltillo announced [16] Monday
   it no longer plans to cover the drug war because of threats to the paper's
   staff.
 * Acting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and challenger Henrique
   Capriles
   kicked off
   the country's presidential race Monday even as the country remains in
   mourning for Chavez.

Europe

 * Dozens of MPs from former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's
   People of Freedom party protested [17] Monday outside the Milan courtroom
   where he is on trial for having sex with an underage prostitute.
 * Hungary's parliament passed [18] a controversial set of constitutional
   amendments despite a boycott by members of the opposition.
 * A British judge sentenced [19] former Energy Minister Chris Huhne and his
   wife to eight months in prison for lying about who was at the wheel during
   a 2003 speeding incident.

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[1] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/12/us-pope-succession-idUSBRE92808520130312
[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/world/europe/vatican-pope-selection-conclave.html?hp&_r=0
[3] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/13/world/europe/vatican-pope-selection-conclave.html?hp&_r=0
[4] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21752441
[5] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21752441
[6] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/12/us-kuwait-iraq-border-idUSBRE92B0D120130312
[7] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/11/us-egypt-politics-law-idUSBRE92A0WF20130311
[8] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21749527
[9] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/12/us-liberia-cabinet-idUSBRE92B0CT20130312
[10] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/11/us-sudan-south-border-idUSBRE92A0R220130311
[11] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21742410
[12] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/world/asia/us-demands-that-china-end-hacking-and-set-cyber-rules.html?ref=world&_r=0
[13] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/11/us-afghanistan-wardak-idUSBRE92A0DK20130311
[14] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21736725
[15] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/11/us-venezuela-usa-diplomats-idUSBRE92A0QQ20130311
[16] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/northern-mexico-newspaper-cites-security-says-it-will-no-longer-cover-drug-gang-violence/2013/03/11/e2215d7a-8a7e-11e2-a88e-461ffa2e34e4_story.html
[17] http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/11/us-italy-berlusconi-idUSBRE92A0T720130311
[18] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21740743
[19] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/world/europe/british-politician-chris-huhne-and-ex-wifevicky-pryce-sentenced-to-prison.html?ref=world
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