Denial no option in sexual abuse scandal: Vatican (Reuters)

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) ? The Roman Catholic Church has sometimes been in denial over the sexual abuse of children by clergy but must now move forward to face up to the scandal, the Vatican's top official for the issue said on Friday.

In an interview with Reuters Television, Monsignor Charles Scicluna said he hoped a major symposium on pedophilia to be held next week in Rome would encourage Church leaders from around the world to listen more to the victims.

"Denial is a very primitive way of coping with very sad things," said Scicluna, whose formal title is Justice Promoter.

"I don't think that denial will ever be a good response. I will not deny that we have been in denial. I think that people know that. But people need to know that we have to move forward from that very primitive coping mechanism. It doesn't work," he said.

The four-day symposium next week at the Jesuit Pontifical Gregorian University, called "Towards Healing and Renewal," will bring together some 200 people including bishops, leaders of religious orders, victims of abuse and psychologists.

The participants will discuss how the worldwide Church can become more aware of the problem, make a commitment to listen to victims and prevent future cases of abuse. Scicluna said the symposium would stress that this "was not only a sin but a crime."

"I think that sharing the same hurt, suffering, anger, and at times frustration, is also a very important step in taking a determined outlook and determined standpoint, which can be also a good and beneficial example to others," he said.

The Vatican has for years been struggling to control the damage that sexual abuse scandals in the United States and several European countries, including Pope Benedict's native Germany, have done to the Church's image.

Groups representing abuse victims say the Church must do more to own up to the past, when known pedophile priests were shuttled from parish to parish instead of being defrocked or turned over to authorities. It must also make greater efforts to prevent future cases, they say, accusing the Church and the Vatican of a cover-up.

BISHOPS MUST FOLLOW CIVIL LAW

Scicluna said the Church had sent out "a very clear message" that bishops must follow civil law on pedophilia cases.

"Jurisdictions differ concerning the way that you report crime. When crime has happened and the civil authorities justifiably ask for cooperation and request cooperation, the church cannot decline that cooperation. Concerning reporting mechanisms, our strong advice is to follow the law of the country concerned," he said.

At the symposium, the Church will unveil ways it plans to turn to the Internet with a new e-learning centre to help safeguard children and the victims of molestation.

The learning centre will work with medical institutions and universities to develop what the Church hopes will be a constant response to the problems of sexual abuse.

It will be posted in German, English, French, Spanish and Italian and help bishops and other church workers put into place Vatican guidelines to protect children.

"It's a mechanism that will keep religious leaders all over the world informed, up to date on the latest developments, research and science. It could also develop as a way of keeping in contact and also moving forward with the same determination that is being expressed in this symposium for the future," he said.

Scicluna said the Church had to learn to listen more to victims of abuse in order to understand the full extent of the problem. It was important that victims would be addressing the symposium.

"Part of the healing process is to listen to the people concerned. We have listened to the clergy who have committed crimes, we need to listen more to the victims because this is the way we will also be able to prevent crime in the future," he said.

Last April, the Vatican sent a directive to all bishops telling them they must make it a global priority to root out sexual abuse of children by priests.

It told the bishops that each diocese must draw up guidelines, based on a global approach but conforming to local criminal law.

Scicluna said the Church will probably never outlive the scandal.

"I don't think this is a problem we will ever have behind us. I think this is a challenge that will always be with us. The more important thing is to act on prevention, especially with information that can empower leaders and communities to respond to any danger, or any mishap in an adequate way," he said.

(Reporting By Philip Pullella; editing by Barry Moody)

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Mistakes To Prevent When Picking A House Burglar Alarm Security ...

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Small businesses and affordable health care plans: Yes they can ...

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Advocacy group looking to lower health insurance costs in 2012

More affordable health insurance and greater consumer input on changes in workers? compensation rates are among the legislative goals of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC).

In a telephone interview Thursday afternoon, SCSBCC President Frank Knapp discussed the organization?s legislative agenda. Knapp said the agenda includes support for bills currently pending in the state legislature that would make could help reduce health insurance costs and give the public a greater say in the setting of workers? compensation rates.

?We?ve been involved in these issues for some time, health insurance, workers? comp continue to be of interest to small businesses,? Knapp said. ? We?ve had success in both areas and there?s some legislation that we?re supporting this year.?

Health Insurance

Knapp said the SCSBCC is supporting Senate Bill 316 which would eliminate the ?most favored nation? clause in health insurance provider contracts.

?In health insurance there is a bill to increase competition among health insurance carriers that will help control and reduce health care costs,? Knapp said. ?It is a bill to outlaw the use of a clause in contracts between health insurance carriers and health care providers called ?most favored nation.? Essentially, this clause in a contract prohibits the health care provider from giving better service rates to another health insurance carrier. Consequently, only one health insurance carrier can really help drive down the cost of health care if it wants to and that health insurance carrier actually has the incentive to allow costs to increase because they will make more money from the profits of their premiums.?

The SCSBCC website states the most favored nation clause ?guarantees that only one health insurance carrier gets lower provider compensation rates than all other carriers.? It states that the Senate bill ?outlaws the practice used in South Carolina and other states that requires health care providers to charge other insurance carriers more, up to 40% more in some states than what they charge to a carrier with the ?most favored nation? clause in its contract with the provider.?

Knapp said eliminating the most favored nation clause would reduce health insurance costs for both small business and the individual consumer.

?We want health insurance to be more affordable for small businesses and individuals and this bill will help advance that cause,? he said. ?We hope the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee will hold a hearing on this but we?re up against Blue Cross/Blue Shield. The other insurance carriers would like to see this passed and so would we.?

Workers? Compensation

Knapp said the SCSBCC is also supporting Senate Bill 31 which would give the public input on both increases and decreases in workers? compensation rates.

?We have had great success both legislatively and in the courts to control workers? comp premiums,? Knapp said. ?One way we?ve done this is through intervening in the court process in the official approval of rates. The problem is that state law says that the consumer advocate and the public cannot intervene to try to get smaller rate increases, but only if an increase is requested. If the recommendation is for an overall rate decrease the consumer advocate and the public does not have the ability to intervene. So if a very slight decrease in rates is recommended, even though a larger decrease is merited, the consumer advocate and the public can still not intervene.?

The SCSBCC website states that proposed increases in workers? compensation rates ?must be an approved by an Administrative Law Judge in a public hearing if requested by the S.C. Consumer Advocate.? The bill now before the Senate would allow the Consumer Advocate to request a public hearing before a judge for any proposed change? regardless of whether it was an increase or decrease.

?Senate Bill 31 simply says regardless of the rate adjustment being recommended, up or down, the consumer advocate and the public have a right to be involved in the process,? Knapp said. ?Obviously we feel the small business consumers ought to have the right to weigh in on any rate adjustment request to keep premiums down.?

A related bill before the SC House (H.3111) that would require workers? compensation insurance carriers to adopt the most recently approved rates within 120 days is also supported by the SCSBCC. The group?s website states this would close a loophole that currently allows carriers to continue to use old rates rather then the new ones and ?collect excessive premiums from businesses.?

Small Business Development

Knapp said the group is also supporting S.1089 which the SCSBCC website states ?creates a Division of Small Business and Entrepreneurial Development within the SC Department of Commerce? to help local communities ?become more small business friendly by providing expert consultation? at the local level for planning and implementation of pro-small business policies.

?Since 2006 we have advocated that our Department of Commerce use some of its resources to have a comprehensive small business development program aimed at helping local communities become more small business friendly,? Knapp said. ?We advocate using an approach put into effect by Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue of Georgia that puts boots on the ground in communities who request assistance. It is just as important to help communities learn how to grow their small businesses as it is to teach them how to attract big businesses.?

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Welcome Back Fat: The Booming Low-Carb Trend in Scandinavia ...

Analyst Insight by?Pasi Hannonen

At the end of 2011, the low-carbohydrate high-fat (LCHF) diet suddenly became the hottest food topic in Scandinavia, surprising even industry players and experts. The latest manifestation of this trend has been the extensive media coverage devoted to a general shortage of butter in the build-up to Christmas, particularly in Norway. Beyond the somewhat amusing headlines, however, the LCHF phenomenon is currently shaping parts of the Scandinavian food industry in unexpected ways.?

Butter shortage dominates Norwegian headlines in late 2011

Nobody reading Norwegian or other Scandinavian newspapers towards the end of 2011 could avoid a partly absurd, yet partly serious, news story - The country which tops the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Index, Norway, was seriously in danger of running out of such a basic commodity as butter.

The local press was full of articles talking about empty shelves, people selling butter online and butter smugglers being caught at the border. The trade press also reported on grocery retailers located on the Swedish side of the Norwegian-Swedish border seeing their sales of butter skyrocket just before Christmas, the peak baking season.

Earlier in 2011, a butter shortage had already been reported in Sweden and Finland but the situation in Norway was perhaps more extreme. A quick solution could not be found by way of importing more butter as Norway, being outside the EU, can ? for better or for worse ? protect its agricultural produce better than its Scandinavian neighbours. In this instance, increasing butter imports proved challenging as a result of what critics claim is a protectionist trade policy.

Consumers prefer more fat as part of a natural diet

That a rich country like Norway cannot provide its citizens with enough butter is merely a novel footnote. More importantly, what the Norwegian case signifies is a rather interesting, and quite sudden, reversal in Scandinavian eating habits.

For a couple of years now, there have been signs, particularly in Sweden and Finland, that instead of opting for low-calorie foods, more and more consumers are turning to foods that are locally sourced and presumed to be 'natural', essentially avoiding anything they think a food item should not contain.

For example, in Finland, the consumption of butter continually declined over a period of decades from its peak in the 1960s but then started to increase again a couple of years ago. Even with the sudden drastic increase, however, what cannot be forgotten is that per capita consumption remains just a fifth or sixth of what it was two generations ago.

That butter became so popular at the end of 2011 was also due in part to factors such as press and media coverage. In Sweden, for example, the celebrity chef Leila Lindholm has been credited by many with helping support greater consumption of butter at the expense of margarine and vegetable-based spreadable oils and fats, many of which have a low-calorie positioning.

In dairy, the increased consumer interest in fuller-fat food options has also become apparent in cheese, yoghurt and drinking milk. After a couple of years of bubbling under the surface, the trend suddenly exploded in the second part of 2011, exceeding any preliminary 2011 growth forecasts.

In turn, this helped to depress local production of butter across much of Scandinavia as supplies of cream became increasingly stretched in the face of generally falling production levels. According to the Swedish Dairy Association, there has been a 15% drop in milk production in Sweden over the past 20 years.

LCHF debate boils over in Finland

The Finnish word for a low-carb diet, karppaus, became such a household term in 2011 that the Research Institute for the Languages of Finland decided to include it in its forthcoming 2012 edition of Kielitoimiston sanakirja, the Dictionary of Modern Finnish.

Other features of the current trend include the January 2012 launch of a special low-carb magazine in Finland, LCHF topping Google's list of the fastest growing food searches in Sweden and a heated debate in Finland.

On one side of the debate, the authorities continue to promote a traditionally defined 'healthy diet'. On the other side, low-carb fanatics are even accusing supporters of a diet traditionally regarded as healthy as being part of a nutritional conspiracy. According to the local press, some traditional experts no longer even want to take part in the debate using their own names.

All that said, while LCHF has become a household term in Finland, according to a 2011 survey, only 6% of Finns follow such a diet. As such, while extremely vocal, advocates of the diet are very much in the minority.

Low-carb alternatives enter baked goods and ready meals

The ability of such a vocal minority to have a significant impact on the Finnish food industry, however, became more and more apparent as 2011 progressed. There are reports, for example, that bread sales have been suffering as a significant proportion of the population reduces its consumption.

To counteract this downward trend, the bakery Perheleipurit launched its low-carb bread Karppinen ? a Finnish name but also linked to the term karppaus ? in mid-June 2011. Sales had reportedly exceeded one million units by the end of October 2011, making the product a rather unique success. Today, the Karppinen product family consists of four different variants while the larger rival bakery Vaasan has launched Vaasan Minihiilari (mini carbohydrate) bread in an effort to better compete.

Low-carb alternatives are also being launched in ready meals in Finland, of which overall per capita consumption in Finland is already very high. Snellmanin Kokkikartano launched low-carb ready meals in 2011 while the leading companies Saarioinen and HK Ruokatalo are planning to do the same in early 2012. At the same time, sales of eggs are reportedly also increasing while meat consumption in Finland reached an all-time high in 2011. This is quite a remarkable achievement in a country with an increasing number of vegetarians.

Experts disagree on the long-term impact

How long the LCHF diet will remain in the spotlight across Scandinavia is debatable. Some experts view LCHF as a passing trend, and emphasise the potentially harmful impact of consuming too much fat. On the other hand, a leading local industry player has expressed the opinion that the trend is now at its peak but it might have a longer-term impact after the initial hype fades, particularly among men.

While food trends (not least the Atkins high-protein diet so popular in the US a decade ago) come and go, what remains clear from Euromonitor International research is that the winners will be those companies which actively listen to consumers and adapt their product portfolios the quickest to changing dietary trends and preferences. A good example of this is the innovative launch of low-carb bread from Perheleipurit. 2012 is sure to see more packaged food companies jumping onto the LCHF bandwagon across Scandinavia.

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Exclusive: India delegation to go to Iran to boost oil exports (Reuters)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) ? India will send a business delegation to Iran at the end of February to explore how it can increase exports in order to meet payments for Iranian oil hit by international sanctions, a senior government official said on Thursday.

India, Iran's second-biggest oil client after China, buys 12 percent of its oil needs from the Islamic nation, worth about $12 billion annually.

Last month, Reuters reported that India would pay for some of its oil imports in rupees via an Indian bank, resorting to the partially convertible currency after more than a year of payment problems in the face of fresh, tougher U.S. sanctions.

To meet its oil demand, India could step up exports including in farm products such as wheat, industrial goods and gems and jewelry, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivities of the subject.

"You have to devise a mechanism with which you can pay for the import of oil and avoid attracting sanctions," the official said. "We will need to lead a business delegation there, taking potential exporters across a range of sectors, and go out there and talk to their counterparts."

"It's for individual traders to strike deals with each other," the official said.

(Reporting by Matthias Williams; editing by Krittivas Mukherjee)

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When Mom-to-Be's Overweight and Smokes, Risk for Birth Defects Rises (HealthDay)

TUESDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Women who are both overweight and smoke during pregnancy could damage their baby's developing heart, a new study warns.

Researchers in the Netherlands looked at nearly 800 fetuses and babies with congenital heart defects, but no other birth defects, between 1997 and 2008. Congenital means present at birth. This group was compared with more than 300 fetuses and babies born with chromosomal abnormalities, but without any heart defects.

The results showed that women who were both overweight (body mass index of 25 or more) and smoked during pregnancy were 2.5 times more likely to have a baby with a congenital heart defect than women who either smoked or were overweight during pregnancy.

The researchers also found that babies born to overweight mothers who smoked during pregnancy had a threefold increased risk of outflow tract abnormalities, in which blood flow from the ventricles of the heart to the pulmonary artery or aorta is reduced or blocked.

The study was published online Jan. 31 in the journal Heart.

"These results indicate that maternal smoking and overweight may both be involved in the same pathway that causes congenital heart defects," wrote Dr. Marian Bakker of the department of medical genetics at the University Medical Centre, Groningen, and colleagues in a journal news release.

The findings add to the growing body of evidence that smoking and being overweight during pregnancy is associated with problems such as miscarriage and stillbirth, stunted growth and premature birth, the researchers said.

Heart abnormalities, one of the most common kinds of birth defects, affect about 8 in every 1,000 babies. A likely cause is identified in only 15 percent of cases.

More information

The March of Dimes has more about heart defects.

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Another Afghan soldier kills NATO service member

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, left, head of the Transition Commission shakes hand with a Spanish soldier part of the NATO- led Internationals Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during the second phase of transfer of authority ceremony from the NATO- led troops to Afghan security forces in Qalay-e-Naw, Badghis province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.The security responsibilities of two districts including the provincial capital of Badghis province was handed over from the NATO- led forces to Afghan security forces. The process of taking over security from over 130,000-strong NATO-led ISAF forces by Afghan troops would be completed by the end of 2014 when Afghanistan will take over the full leadership of its own security duties from U.S. and NATO forces. (AP Photo/Shamil Azad)

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, left, head of the Transition Commission shakes hand with a Spanish soldier part of the NATO- led Internationals Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during the second phase of transfer of authority ceremony from the NATO- led troops to Afghan security forces in Qalay-e-Naw, Badghis province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.The security responsibilities of two districts including the provincial capital of Badghis province was handed over from the NATO- led forces to Afghan security forces. The process of taking over security from over 130,000-strong NATO-led ISAF forces by Afghan troops would be completed by the end of 2014 when Afghanistan will take over the full leadership of its own security duties from U.S. and NATO forces. (AP Photo/Shamil Azad)

An Afghan newly graduated border police officer, right, shakes hand with his commander, as he receives his certification during a graduation ceremony at the border police headquarter in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Over 40 border police officers graduated after receiving 10 weeks of training in Jalalabad. More than half of Afghans polled see the national police as corrupt, but the force's overall reputation is improving as international forces prepare to hand over security responsibility by the end of 2014, a U.N. survey indicated Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? An Afghan soldier shot and killed a NATO service member in southern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, in what the international coalition described as an attack and an Afghan commander called an accident.

It was the sixth report since Dec. 26 of an Afghan soldier ? or an insurgent posing as one ? turning his weapon on the international troops working to train the Afghan security forces. The string of attacks has raised concerns about relations between Afghan troops and their foreign allies.

International forces and the Afghan army disagreed on exactly what happened in the latest killing.

Lt. Col. Jimmie Cummings, a spokesman for the international military force, said Afghan soldiers detained the gunman after he turned his weapon on a NATO service member and killed him Tuesday night. The coalition gave no other details.

Afghan National Army commander Sayed Malluk confirmed the killing, which he said happened during a night watch on a base in Helmand province's Marjah district. But he said the Afghan soldier, who has been in the army for more than two years, told investigators the shooting was an accident.

"It wasn't intentional. It was a mistake," Malluk said. He said an investigation has been opened.

After an Afghan soldier killed four French soldiers on Jan. 20, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that France would speed up the exit of its troops from Afghanistan and that it would ask NATO to hand over all combat operations to Afghan forces in 2013 instead of by the end of 2014.

Sarkozy at the time said the attacker was a Taliban infiltrator, but Afghan and NATO investigators have said it was too early in the investigation to know his motivation.

The rising number of attacks by supposed friendly Afghan forces has prompted speculation that Taliban insurgents or sympathizers may be infiltrating national army and police as they rapidly expand to meet a 2014 target for Afghan forces to take over security and most international troops to leave.

There have been at least 35 attacks on international troops since 2007 by Afghan soldiers, police or insurgents wearing their uniforms, according to a tally by The Associated Press. The number rose sharply last year to 17, up from six in 2010.

In Kabul, NATO spokesman Cummings said Wednesday that the rising number of attacks doesn't point to any pattern.

"We feel they're isolated cases," he said. "There's no indication these incidents are linked or part of any coordinated effort."

Cummings said that the 130,000-strong international force works daily with more than 300,000 Afghan security personnel, mostly without problems. He said that NATO is satisfied with Afghanistan's vetting process for army recruits.

Tuesday's attack brought to 34 the number of international troops killed in Afghanistan this year.

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to hear testimony on Wednesday on insider attacks by Afghans.

In testimony prepared for delivery Wednesday to the House Armed Services Committee, U.S. defense officials said attacks by Afghan security forces have killed 70 coalition personnel and wounded 110 since 2007.

They said that in most cases the Afghans acted out of personal motivation and were not controlled or directed by insurgent groups. The second most common circumstances involved insurgents impersonating or infiltrating Afghan security forces.

The U.S. defense officials' testimony, obtained by The Associated Press in advance of Wednesday's hearing, includes improvements in the program made after an attack at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in March 2011 that killed two U.S. soldiers and wounded four others. The base is in Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan, and lawmakers have been demanding details about the incident.

"The insider threat is an issue of increasing significance to coalition forces and Afghan National Security Forces operating in Afghanistan," the defense officials said. "It creates distrust between our forces and their Afghan counterparts during a critical juncture in Afghanistan."

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Associated Press writers Amir Shah in Kabul and Lolita C. Baldor in Washington contributed to this report.

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