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| Survivors of clergy sex abuse hope 'Spotlight' film brings victims forward | |  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Survivors of clergy sex abuse said they hope the upcoming film "Spotlight," about the Boston Globe's groundbreaking report that Roman Catholic officials routinely covered up abuse by priests, prompts more victims to publicly confront their abusers. The scandal damaged the Catholic Church worldwide, undermining its moral authority and requiring costly legal settlements. "I do think it will encourage more survivors who are still trapped in silence and shame and suffering to find the courage to speak up," said David Clohessy, who runs the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests and was sexually assaulted by a priest as a teenager.
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| Polish court rejects U.S. extradition request in Polanski case | |  A Polish court said on Friday that it rejected a U.S. request to extradite film-maker Roman Polanski over a 1977 child sex conviction. The decision is not legally binding, as the prosecutors can now appeal the ruling. Should the court make a legally binding decision to grant the U.S. request, it will be up to the justice minister to decide on whether to hand the Polanski over.
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| FIFA's Blatter says attacks from sponsors politically motivated | |  Embattled soccer boss Sepp Blatter has rejected complaints made by the sport's biggest sponsors over a bribery and corruption scandal, saying they were politically motivated and made at the behest of the United States. Blatter has been suspended from FIFA as part of the fall-out from a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into bribery, money-laundering and wire fraud at the sport's governing body. The 79-year-old had initially been set to remain in his post until next year, despite a string of arrests of top FIFA officials, until a group of major sponsors issued coordinated calls for him to go.
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| Maldives boat blast suspect deported from Malaysia | |  Five Maldives residents, including a suspect police believe was involved in the attempted assassination of President Abdulla Yameen last month, were deported from Malaysia on Friday, police said. The five were arrested on Sept. 28, the day of a speedboat explosion targeting Yameen, the statement said without naming them. Maldives Vice President Ahmed Adheeb was arrested on Saturday in connection with the explosion.
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| Ukraine calls deadly depot blast a terrorist act | | | Explosions in a Ukrainian ammunition depot that killed two civilians overnight is being investigated as a terrorist act, the Defence Ministry said on Friday. The fire was started by "the release of a flare that fell onto the territory from outside the base," the ministry said in a statement, and said the incident was being investigated as a "terrorist act." It did not say who it suspected was behind the alleged attack. In addition to the two casualties, four civilians and four servicemen were wounded, the Ukrainian military in Luhansk said. |
| UK says last British resident released from Guantanamo Bay | |  Shaker Aamer, the last British resident to be held at the U.S. prison camp in the Guantanamo Bay navy station in Cuba, has been freed after 13 years in detention, Britain said on Friday. Last month Britain said Aamer was due to be released but no date was specified. "I can confirm that he is on his way back to the UK now and he will arrive in Britain later today," Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.
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| Turkey's critical media fear deeper crackdown if election bolsters Erdogan | |  By Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL (Reuters) - In almost half a century as a reporter, columnist and editor of two national newspapers, Hasan Cemal has seen coups, military rule and government crises shake Turkish democracy. Broadly-defined anti-terrorism laws have been used to prosecute dozens of journalists in recent years. Some opposition journalists who have avoided court have instead been fired by what they say are pliant media bosses seeking to avoid Erdogan's ire, or say they have been shut out of official events.
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| Once a month, Modi steps in to revive stalled projects | |  By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Paritosh Bansal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi is personally taking on India's notorious red tape to clear tens of billions of dollars worth of stalled public projects, hoping that his hands-on intervention can bend a vast, dysfunctional bureaucracy. Once a month, Modi holds a meeting with top state and central bureaucrats to check why projects have not got off the ground. Modi has won plaudits for the initiative that has chipped away at a $150 billion backlog of planned roads, ports, railways, power stations and other projects.
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