John XXIII, the surprising pope

  
The embalmed body of a pope who died 38 years ago, John XXIII, in his sealed crystal coffin, lies at the altar of the Chapel of Saint Jerome in Saint Peter’s Basilica. Exhumed, he is honoured. He was known as ‘Good Pope John’.

He was born, in 1881, to a Italian family of sharecroppers, in a small village in the Lombardy region. Brother of 13 siblings, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was ordained a priest at the age of 24. At an age of retirement, 72, he was made cardinal, then, in the conclave for Pious XII’s successor, was surprised to be chosen pope, at 76. He would ring in unexpected change.

On the night he announced the Second Vatican Council to the people gathered in St. Peter’s square, he told them when they got home to their children, to give them a kiss and tell them it’s from the Pope. He was full of surprises.

He got out more than his predecessors. He visited the sick, went to prisons, shook hands with heretics, Protestants, Orthodox, Anglicans, and broke with the teaching to beware of the Jews. He moved the Church furniture around, and took Latin down a peg, in favour of regular language. Or rather, the Council did.

The Second Vatican Council addressed relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the modern world. It lasted for three years, starting late 1962. Throughout, the Vatican harboured 2,500 bishops, who came from as far as Communist China. John invited Christians outside the Catholic Church to send observers. He said immutable doctrine must be studied afresh and reformulated in contemporary terms.

Catholic faithful still argue about the reforms today. John died of stomach cancer in 1963, before the Council was finished. But the merits of that gathering — along with a single miracle of a nun cured of illness when praying before his tomb — were cited as responsible for the decision to declare him a saint.

KONGAMANO LA MAFUTA NA GESI BERLIN UJERUMANI LAZINDULIWA NA PROFESA MUHONGO

 
Waziri  wa Nishati na Madini Profesa Sospeter Muhongo akifungua kongamano hilo ikiwa ni pamoja na kuwasilisha mada juu ya fursa za uwekezaji nchini Tanzania katika sekta za mafuta, gesi ikiwa ni pamoja na madini.

Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Ujerumani Mhe. Philip Marmo akifungua kongamano hilo
Waziri wa Nishati na Madini Profesa Sospeter Muhongo (Mb.) (kushoto) akisalimiana na mmoja wa wajumbe anayewakilisha wafanyabiashara kabla ya kufungua kongamano la  mafuta na gesi linaloendelea huko Ujerumani  kama moja ya   maadhimisho ya muungano wa Tanganyika na  Zanzibar

Mtaalamu kutoka Shirika la Maendeleo ya Petroli Nchini  (TPDC) Bi Venosa Ngowi (kulia) akimweleza Waziri wa Nishati na Madini Profesa Sospeter Muhongo (mwenye suti nyeusi) shughuli zinazofanywa na shirika hilo kwenye maonesho yanayoendelea huko Berlin, Ujerumani.  Pembeni ya Waziri ni Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Ujerumani Mhe. Philip Marmo.
Mtaalamu kutoka Wakala wa Jiolojia Nchini (GST) Bi. Augustina Rutaihwa akitoa maelezo kwa Waziri wa Nishati na Madini Profesa Sospeter Muhongo (katikati) juu ya shughuli zinazofanywa na wakala huo. Kushoto mwa Waziri ni Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Ujerumani Mhe. Philip Marmo.

Kikundi cha  ngoma za sanaa kutoka Jeshi la Wananchi Tanzania kikitumbuiza kabla ya kuanza kwa kongamano hilo

Ukraine accuses Russia of seeking 'third world war'

PHOTO | SERGEI SUPINSKY Ukraine's acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (right) shakes hands with US Vice President Joe Biden before their meeting in Kiev on April 22, 2014.   AFP

In Summary

• A rocket-propelled grenade blew up a Ukrainian military helicopter sitting on the tarmac at a base near the eastern town of Kramatorsk, officials in Kiev said. The pilot escaped but was wounded. Smoke spewed into the sky over the rebel-held town.

• While Obama has ruled out sending US or NATO forces into Ukraine, Washington has begun deploying 600 US troops to boost NATO's defences in nearby eastern European states.

KIEV

Kiev accused Moscow on Friday of seeking to trigger a "third world war" as military tensions soared in east Ukraine and US President Barack Obama led a diplomatic charge against Russia.

A rocket-propelled grenade blew up a Ukrainian military helicopter sitting on the tarmac at a base near the eastern town of Kramatorsk, officials in Kiev said. The pilot escaped but was wounded. Smoke spewed into the sky over the rebel-held town.

The brazen attack by the insurgents came amid an army offensive to dislodge pro-Kremlin gunmen who are holding a string of eastern towns.

Kiev announced Friday that its forces were now seeking to "blockade" rebels inside another flashpoint town, Slavyansk, to prevent militant reinforcements arriving.

An AFP journalist saw heavily armed troops setting up a checkpoint some 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the city of 110,000 people.

On Thursday, Ukrainian armoured vehicles and commandos had made a brief but dramatic incursion into Slavyansk, killing one 22-year-old insurgent.

A rebel manning a roadblock in the town vowed that, if the army returned, "We will defeat them and we won't take any prisoners".

Russia responded by ordering its troops massed on Ukraine's border to launch a new military exercise, with its foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claiming that Kiev's offensive was part of a US plot to "seize" Ukraine for its own "geopolitical ambitions and not the interests of the Ukrainian people".

The developments prompted German Chancellor Angela Merkel to call Russian President Vladimir Putin to voice "great concern" over the situation and to urge implementation of an accord signed in Geneva a week ago that was meant to defuse tensions.

Merkel's spokesman told reporters in Berlin that Russia faced the threat of further sanctions: "In case nothing changes, it is important to be prepared for more".

Germany's foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, warned: "There is not much time to end this madness."

INTERNATIONAL CRIME

Ramping up the Cold War-style rhetoric, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk accused Russia of trying to spark a global conflict.

"The world hasn't forgotten the Second World War and Russia wants to start a third world war," he said.

"Russia's support for the terrorists in Ukraine constitutes an international crime and we call on the international community to unite against the Russian aggression."

US Secretary of State John Kerry said the Kremlin was trying to "actively sabotage the democratic process through gross external intimidation" and described the latest Russian drills as "threatening".

"Let me be clear: if Russia continues in this direction, it will not just be a grave mistake, it will be an expensive mistake," he said.

With the threat of further sanctions hanging over Russia, Standard and Poor's on Friday downgraded its credit rating to one notch above junk status. Russia's central bank reacted by raising its key interest rate in a bid to offset "growing inflationary risks".

Obama, currently engaged in a crucial week-long trip to Asia, said he would be consulting with key EU leaders later on Friday from South Korea.

Meanwhile, Lavrov complained about the allegations from his US, British and French counterparts that Russian agents were orchestrating events in eastern Ukraine.

"'Sergei, you have to pull back the troops, you have to remove your agents, no one in the world believes you Russians are not there in the southeast and that you have not had your hand in all of this,'" he quoted the Western diplomats as saying.

"It's very hard for me to react," he said, dismissing the claims.

Ukraine's acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has pledged to push on with the "anti-terrorist" offensive to put down the rebellion in the east.

"We will not back down from the terrorist threat," Turchynov said in a televised address Thursday, telling Russia to stop interfering in Ukraine's internal affairs.

Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister who is a frontrunner for a May 25 presidential election in Ukraine, publicly warned Putin that if he starts a war, it "will be the end of your regime".

"We shall win and your people will answer for all the crimes," she said on her official website.

NERVOUS TRADERS

While Obama has ruled out sending US or NATO forces into Ukraine, Washington has begun deploying 600 US troops to boost NATO's defences in nearby eastern European states.

France also said it was sending four fighter jets to join NATO air patrols over the Baltic states.

Oil prices, which rocketed up on the tensions Thursday, fell back slightly on Friday. Stockmarkets remained nervous.

"Both sides keep drawing red lines.... Traders are worried that someone ends up stepping over one of them," said a London analyst, Jonathan Sudario of Capital Spreads.

Russia, which supplies gas to Ukraine and to many EU countries, has said it can weather US sanctions but warned they would trigger a tit-for-tat cycle which no-one would win.

The United States and the European Union have already targeted Putin's inner circle with visa and asset freezes and imposed sanctions on a key Russian bank.

Some EU states fear that further sanctions could hamper gas supplies from Russia and undermine a fragile European economic recovery, although Russia remains reliant on gas sales with its economy tipped to plunge into recession this year.

Russia saw capital outflows in the first quarter of 2014 double from a year earlier to $50.6 billion (37 billion euros) over the uncertainty created by the Ukraine crisis and fears of greater sanctions.

Source :By AFP

Man alleges he is Obama’s aunt husband, claims burial rights

In this November 24, 2009 photo, President Barack Obama's aunt, Zeituni Onyango, poses in her home in Boston with a framed photograph of President-elect Barack Obama, President George W. Bush and their wives, taken on inauguration day, January 20, 2009 in Washington. The family of President Barack Obama’s Kenyan-born aunt, who died in the US on Tuesday, wants her body flown home for burial. (PHOTO/AP/Josh Reynolds)

In Summary

•     Mzee Okoko is also unhappy with claims that he had died

•     he claims he married the late Zeituni in 1969

A 69-year-old man who claims to be legally married to US President Barack Obama’s late aunt Zeituni Onyango now wants to be allowed to bury her.

Mr Ebel Mboya Okoko, who claims he married Zeituni in 1969, is unhappy with his mother in law Mama Sara Obama over what he alleges are attempts to sideline him in the burial arrangements.

Mzee Okoko is also unhappy with claims that he had died.

“I am bitter that one of the relatives had the audacity to allege that I died before my wife Zeituni left for US in 2000,” he said.

Mr Mustafa Obama, the US President’s half-brother was recently reported in a section of the press as saying that they would have loved to accord their aunt a decent burial in Kendu bay

He said her aunt was indeed married in Kendu Bay according to Luo tradition but that her husband died before she left for US.

In an interview with the Nation at his Rachuonyo home, Mr Okoko demanded to know the source of information that he had died.

“I am alive and strong. As a human being when my wife left I married a second wife and we have five children,” Mr Okoko.

He said he is contemplating seeking legal redress over the issue claiming it amounted to character assassination.

Egypt FM heads to US as helicopter delivery freeze lifted

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy speaks during a press conference in Ramallah on August 26, 2013Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy speaks during a press conference in Ramallah on August 26, 2013

Egypt's foreign minister Nabil Fahmy was travelling to the United States on Wednesday, his ministry said, a day after Washington decided to provide Cairo with 10 Apache military helicopters.

Washington had imposed a temporary freeze on the delivery of major weapons to Egypt, including the Apaches, following the military-installed authorities' brutal crackdown on supporters of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi since his ouster last July.

Fahmy is expected to meet officials in Washington and UN chief Ban Ki-moon during his visit. He is also due to meet representatives of think-tanks and will speak at a seminar in San Francisco, the ministry said, without specifying how long the trip will last.

US officials said on Tuesday Washington will provide Cairo with the 10 Apache aircraft to strengthen Egypt's counter-terrorism operations in the restive Sinai Peninsula where it is fighting a growing militancy.

The US has struggled to balance its concerns over human rights abuses with a strategic interest in keeping up counter-terrorism ties with Cairo and maintaining the Egypt-Israel peace accord.

As a result, Washington has chosen not to cut off all aid to Egypt's military-installed government.

Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel informed his Egyptian counterpart General Sedki Sobhy of the decision on Tuesday in a telephone call, but told the general that "we are not yet able to certify that Egypt is taking steps to support a democratic transition".

Hagel "urged the Egyptian government to demonstrate progress on a more inclusive transition that respects the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Egyptians".

Egypt will hold a presidential election on May 26-27, which former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win. He is riding a wave of popularity after ousting Morsi.

The military-installed authorities are engaged in a deadly crackdown against Morsi supporters that has left more than 1,400 people killed since July.

David Cameron accused of fostering division in UK

Prime minister's references to Britain as a Christian country have negative consequences, say campaigners


David Cameron at St Michael and All Angels church in Southfields, London. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/PA Archive/Press Association Images

More than 50 prominent public figures including novelist, diplomats, Nobel prize winners and playwrights have accused David Cameron of fostering divisions in the UK by repeatedly referring to Britain as a Christian country.

Signatories to the letter asserting that Britain is not a Christian country include Philip Pullman, Ken Follett, Prof Alice Roberts, Prof Harold Kroto and Sir Terry Pratchett.

The authors say they respect Cameron's own religious beliefs but say they "object to his repeated mischaracterising of our country as a 'Christian country' and the negative consequences for our politics and society that this view engenders".

In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, they assert: "Apart from in the narrow constitutional sense that we continue to have an established church, we are not a 'Christian country'. Repeated surveys, polls, and studies show most of us as individuals are not Christian in our beliefs or our religious identities and at a social level, Britain has been shaped for the better by many pre-Christian, non-Christian, and post-Christian forces.

"We are a plural society with citizens with a range of perspectives and a largely non-religious society. To constantly claim otherwise fosters alienation and division in our society. Although it is right to recognise the contribution made by many Christians to social action, it is wrong to try to exceptionalise their contribution when it is equalled by British people of different beliefs. It needlessly fuels enervating sectarian debates that are by and large absent from the lives of most British people, who – as polls show – do not want religions or religious identities to be actively prioritised by their elected government."

Signatories also included the novelist Maureen Duffy, the Nobel prize-winning scientist Sir John Sulston, the scientist Sir John Blundell and the former diplomat Sir Richard Dalton.

Cameron has been more outspokenly Christian this Easter than on previous occasions, which many critics claim is a response to the political threat from Ukip.

Controversial British model plans abortion so she can star on 'Big Brother'

23-year-old Josie Cunningham said producers of the UK version ‘suddenly turned cold’ when they found out she was pregnant — either by a soccer player or one of her clients, as she works as a call girl. Figuring that was preventing her from becoming famous, the 18-weeks-pregnant Cunningham plans to have an abortion this week before once again trying to get on the show.


Pregnant British celeb Josie Cunningham is planning to get an abortion so that she can participate in an upcoming season of ‘Big Brother.’

A wannabe celebrity plans to have an abortion just so she can appear on a reality television program.

Josie Cunningham, who got pregnant either working as a prostitute or through having sex with a soccer player, says being pregnant is ruining her chances of becoming famous on reality TV.

"I'm finally on the verge of becoming famous and I'm not going to ruin it now," the British 23-year-old told The Mirror.

"An abortion will further my career. This time next year I won't have a baby. Instead, I'll be famous, driving a bright pink Range Rover and buying a big house. Nothing will get in my way."

Josie is 18 weeks pregnant.

She is in negotiations with a British TV channel to appear on "Big Brother."

She shot to the public's attention in UK when it was revealed she received an $8,000 boob job — paid for by the state — so she could become a glamour model. She went under the knife to go from a 32A to a 32DD bust size.

Following that she took up work with an escort agency.

Josie said the TV producers in the UK were in touch to see if she was interested in appearing on "Big Brother." But when she told them that she was pregnant, "they suddenly turned cold."

"That was when I started considering an abortion. After the operation I will be going back to them and asking if they will still consider me.

"I've had loads of other offers to further my career — and I'm not willing to give them up because I'm pregnant."

She also got free dental work from the British state because she is pregnant.

Josie will have an abortion this week.

Abortions can be carried out up until 24 weeks in Britain.

Finland plane crash kills eight people

Three survivors being treated for minor injuries after accident on plane carrying parachutists

Rescuers search a forest after the accident in south-west Finland. Photograph: Mika Kanerva/AFP/Getty Images

Finnish officials say eight people died when a small plane carrying parachutists crashed to the ground and caught fire.

Det Supt Petri Kangas said three people survived the accident on Sunday after they parachuted from the aircraft above Jamijarvi airfield, about 70 km (45 miles) east of the southwestern town of Pori.

Kangas said investigators did not know the cause of the accident but that "apparently some parts fell off the plane before it crashed."

Police said the eight victims were found in the badly burned aircraft, a Comp Air 8 kit aircraft, popular among parachutists, and that the three survivors were being treated for minor injuries.

Ukraine shootout threatens to bury Geneva peace deal

Kiev ridicules claims by Russians that violence at Slavyansk checkpoint was caused by far-right Ukrainian nationalists

The wreckage of the vehicles after a midnight shootout at a Slavyansk checkpoint. Photograph: Maysun/Corbis

An international agreement to defuse the crisis in Ukraine was all but shredded on Sunday after a shootout in the separatist town of Slavyansk.

Three days after the Geneva deal brought modest hopes for a resolution to the gravest east-west stand-off since the end of the cold war, the midnight incident at a checkpoint – in which reports said as many as five people were killed – unleashed a torrent of accusations and counter-accusations that bodes ill for international peacemakers.

Russia claimed that far-right Ukrainian nationalists opened fire at the checkpoint just outside the town, seized by an armed pro-Russian militia two weeks ago. The foreign ministry in Moscow accused Kiev of failing to disarm "extremists and terrorists" and blamed the clash on the Right Sector, a nationalist Ukrainian group that has supported the pro-Western interim government in Ukraine.

The new self-proclaimed mayor of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, said Russian troops were urgently needed to protect the civilian population. He threatened to "personally shoot" Ukraine's interior minister Arsen Avakov if he could.

The authorities in Kiev described the incident in the early hours of Sunday as a "crude provocation", made for Russian TV. They said some of the details of the shootout were so implausible as to be ridiculous.

Ukraine's intelligence service said its Russian military counterpart, the GRU, had staged it with help from criminals.But Russian channels claimed that a business card belonging to Dmitry Yarosh, the leader of the far-right Right Sector, had been left by the "attackers".

Also discovered were crisp new $100 bills, a satellite map of the area, and a second world war German gun, they reported.

The death toll and the allegiance of those involved were hard to confirm independently. Armed militias manning checkpoints and flying the Russian flag outside Slavyansk were reluctant to allow the Guardian to investigate on Sunday. At the bridge into the town, one commander armed with a pistol told the Guardian to leave. He punched the car with his fist, leaving a dent. "Get out of here," he screamed.

The Euromaidan PR tweet about the return of the Ukrainian flag in Yenyakiyevo.

Ukraine's new leaders, and many in the west, fear such an incident could be used as a possible pretext for the kind of Russian military manoeuvre that rapidly led to the annexation of Crimea last month. Under the Geneva agreement between Russia, Ukraine, the US and EU, illegal groups are meant to end occupations of official buildings and give up weapons. But pro-Russian militias which grabbed administrations in at least 10 eastern towns two weeks ago have mostly refused to budge.

In one town, Yenyakiyevo, activists did go home on Sunday. The Ukrainian flag is back on the roof in a rare piece of good news for Kiev's pro-western government, which appears powerless in the face of fast-moving events.

Ukraine's new prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who is hosting the US vice-president, Joe Biden, this week, told US television that he wanted greater support from America in the face of Russian aggression. "We need a strong and solid state," he told NBC. "We need financial and economic support. We need to overhaul the Ukrainian military. We need to modernise our security and military forces. We need real support."

But the US ambassador to Kiev warned later that the US could do little to tilt the military balance in Ukraine's favour. "The geography and balance of power is such, there is no military solution to this crisis," Geoffrey Pyatt told CNN. "The fact is that militarily, as Crimea showed, Ukraine is outgunned."

Ukraine's interior ministry said none of its forces had carried out an operation around Slavyansk over the weekend. It described the town 90km north of the regional capital Donetsk, as "the most dangerous place in Ukraine, in view of the presence in the town of foreign saboteurs and illegal armed groups."

Location of Slavyansk

It added: "At the same time one cannot but suspect the speed with which camera crews from Russian TV stations appeared at the scene of the shooting, and the obviously staged subject matter of news reports in the Russian media."

It noted that the Russian journalist Dmitry Kiselyov had broken the story. Kiselyov is close to Vladimir Putin and notorious for his radical nationalist views. The US and EU last month imposed a visa ban on him as part of the sanctions package designed to punish Russia for annexing Crimea.

But the Russian foreign ministry insisted that Ukrainian ultra-nationalists were behind the incident, which took place between Slavyansk and the town of Bylbasovka. "The Russian side is outraged by the provocation, which indicates that Kiev is unwilling to put in check and disarm nationalists and extremists," it said. Moscow, it added, "insists on the strict implementation of the Ukrainian side of its commitments to de-escalate the situation in eastern Ukraine."

The Right Sector denied any involvement. Its spokesman, Artem Skoropadsky, told Reuters: "It is a blasphemous provocation from Russia: blasphemous because it took place on a holy night for Christians, on Easter night. This was clearly carried out by Russian special forces."

Ukrainian bloggers, meanwhile, poked fun at the Russian media claim that a business card belonging to the Right Sector's leader had been discovered. They tweeted photos of the same card on the moon, next to a lunar module, and on the wall of the Sistine chapel. Many pointed out that the card had implausibly survived a fire that entirely gutted two bullet-ridden cars.

The Geneva deal was designed to pave the way for an Easter truce, at the very least. And religious observation was possible in much of the east on Sunday. Locals in Slavyansk were handing out traditional sugar-topped Easter cakes. Offering a slab, Leonid Bikadanov, 43, said he was a member of the people's militia. "I'm no-one important," he said. "I've got this to protect me," he added, lifting a camouflage jacket to reveal verses from the Bible written on his belt.

But the situation on the ground in and around Slavyansk appeared to be darkening. One Ukrainian expert suggested that more irregular gunmen and criminal elements had poured into the area in the past 48 hours. There are unconfirmed reports of Roma families being forced to leave. Youths in black balaclavas, with several carrying pistols, ran checkpoints and stopped all cars. A few days ago, they were unarmed.

About 10 miles north of the town, locals were visiting Svyatogorsk monastery, built around a a steep hill and a series of caves, and overlooking the picturesque Seversky Donets river. In previous years tens of thousands of people flocked to the site. On Sunday, however, there was only a trickle of families, carrying brown wicker baskets filled with Easter eggs and cake.

"People are scared. They don't want to come out," Viktor Oneskehnko, a 53-year-old doctor and Chernobyl survivor said, walking with his wife and daughter towards the monastery's white and turquoise 19th-century church. Oneshenko said he supported Ukraine's territorial integrity. He was contemptuous of the separatists who he said had hijacked Slavyansk. "They're opportunists and mafia", he said.

"The separatists are actually not that numerous. Most people around here support Ukraine," he added. "Russian TV has zombified some. And young guys often support maximalist positions." Oneshenko said he was against the "Donetsk People's Republic", a self-elected pro-Moscow group which is demanding a referendum on the region's status before 11 May.

"We don't want it. It means marauding. It means stopping people in the street. It means being afraid. We want peace," he said. He conceded that some older people were keen on the idea of union with Russia because they thought they would get bigger pensions. "I've travelled all over Russia. I've seen how people live there. They [pro-Russian pensioners in the east] are deluding themselves."

BALOZI LIBERATA MULAMULA AWATAKA WATANZANIA KUJIUNGA NA BIMA

FUNDRAISING DINNER COLUMBUS YAFANA BALOZI LIBERATA MULAMULA ASISITIZA WATANZANIA UGHAIBUNI WAJIUNGE NA BIMA YA WESTADI

Mhe. Liberata Mulamula akipokewa na mweka hazina wa Jumuiya Bi. Vera Teri mara tu alipowasili kwenye fundraisng dinner ya Jumuiya ya Watanzania Columbus, Ohio iliyofanyika Comfort Inn siku ya Jumamosi April 19, 2014.

Mhe. Balozi Liberata Mulamula akiingia ukumbini akiwa ameongozana na mweka hazima Bi. Vera Teri.

Mjumbe Michael Mnngodo akiutambulisha uongozi wa Jumuiya kwa Mhe. Balozi Libarata Mulamula na mumewe.

Mjumbe Chiseko Hamisi akielezea mfuko na kazi za mfuko huo na kusisitiza wanajumuiya wajiunge kwa wingi.

Mjumbe Joe Ngwilizi akisoma wasifu wa Balozi Liberata Mulamula.

Mhe. Balozi Liberata Mulamula akiongea na Watanzania wa Ohio kwa kuwashukuru kwa makaribisho mazuri waliyompa na kusisitiza upendo na umoja miongoni mwao pia aliwasifia kwa jitihada zao za kufanya vizuri kwenye maisha kwa kutimiza malengo yao yaliyowaleta huku ughaibuni. 

Pamoja na kufanya fundraising ya mfuko wa Jumuiya kwa ajili ya kutatua matizo yanayotokea kwenye Jumuiya hiyo, amewaasa kujiandikisha na bima ya WESTADI kwani ni nafuu sana unalipa $300 tu kwa mwaka au kama unaona haiwezekani tafuta bima yeyote hata hapa ughaibuni ili kuondoa adha ya michango michango ambayo wakati mwingine haitimizi malengo na baadae inakuwa usumbufu kwa wengine na alitolea mfano kwa Mtanzania aliyechomwa Wisconsin kwa sio utamaduni wetu tumezoea kuzikwa aidha huku au nyumbani, japo kua hata kuchomwa moto ni gharama pia kwa hiyo ndugu zangu jitahidini muwe na bima. 

Mhe. Balozi Libarata Mulamula alijibu maswali ya hapo kwa papo na maswali mengi yaligusa swala la uraia pacha kwa Wana Columbus kutaka kujua Ubalozi unasaidiaje swala hilo, Mhe. Balozi aliwajibu kwa kuwaambia swala la uraia pacha ni swala la wanaughaibuni wote lazima kuwa kitu kimoja ili kuweza kufanikisha swala hili Ubalozi kupitia Wizara wa mambo ya nje na ushirikiano wa kimataifa wamelisimia kidedea swala hili lakini kitu kikubwa ni umoja wenu wa kulipa kipaumbele swala zima la uraia pacha.

Mhe. Balozi Liberata Mulamula akipokea zawadi kutoka kwa katibu wa Jumuiya Bi. Happiness Salukele.

 Mume wa Balozi Bwn. George Mulamula akipokea zawadi kutoka kwa mweka hazina wa Jumuiya Bi. Vera Teri.

Meza kuu kutoka kushoto ni katibu wa jumuiya ya Watanzania Columbus, Ohio Bi. Happiness Salukele, Balozi wa Tanzania nchini Marekani Mhe. Liberata Mulamula, Mume wa Balozi Bwn. George Mulamula na mwenyekiti wa Jumuiya ya Watanzania Columbus, Ohio Bwn. Jimmy James.

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Michael Jackson's bodyguards reveal how the King of Pop romanced a mystery 'drop dead gorgeous' Eastern European girl and used to visit her hotel while his kids slept in a tell-all book about his last days

The bodyguards - Javon Beard and Bill Whitfield - write that the eccentric pop star sent them to pick up the mystery woman, referred to only as 'Friend'

They claim they also collected another gal pal, and were even sent to buy presents from Tiffany

In the book, 'Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days,' the former staffers describe the King of Pop's slender 5-feet-4 gal pal as 'drop-dead gorgeous'

The men reveal how Jackson would allegedly visit her at night at a nearby Hampton Inn, after his kids went to bed

The men also claim Jackson was a strict father to his children and had money woes

Michael Jackson had an Eastern European lady friend whom he'd hug and kiss in the back of his chauffeur-driven car, his former bodyguards have claimed in a tell-all book.

The bodyguards - Javon Beard and Bill Whitfield - write that the eccentric pop star sent them to pick up the mystery woman, referred to only as 'Friend,' as well as another woman, and he even sent them to buy presents for her from Tiffany.

In an excerpt from the book, 'Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days,' obtained by New York Daily News, the former staffers describe the King of Pop's slender 5-feet-4 gal pal as 'drop-dead gorgeous.'

The men reveal how Jackson would allegedly visit her at night at a nearby Hampton Inn, after his kids went to bed.

But 'Friend' was not his only fancy.

The singer had another female visitor nicknamed 'Flower,' the bodyguards write.

'Flower' visited a few days after 'Friend' and while she and the pop star were close, Jackson was more fond of 'Friend,' Whitfield claims.

He says it was a big deal when 'Friend' came to town and the bodyguards had to ensure everything was ready for her arrival.

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Companion: Michael Jackson, pictured, had an Eastern European lady friend whom he'd hug and kiss in the back of his chauffeur-driven car, his former bodyguards have claimed in a tell-all book

In the book, the men also claim Jackson was a strict father to his children and recall one instance when he disciplined Prince, now 17, when he failed to clean up after a dog he'd received as a gift.

Musclemen: Bodyguard Bill Whitfield, left, is pictured on protection duty with Michael Jackson

Details: The details come in the book, 'Remember the Time: Protecting Michael Jackson in His Final Days,' to be published in June

Jackson moonwalked right into the dog's poop, the men claim, and then he 'chewed Prince out, big time,' ensuring his son followed the animal around with a dustpan and brush from then on.

Beard and Whitfield also gained a glimpse of the King of Pop's money woes while acting as his muscle, they claim.

The bodyguards write that they would sometimes go months without a paycheck from the world famous performer and witnessed Jackson splurge on a $10,000 shopping spree that ended when his credit card was declined.

Despite dishing out such insider info, a source told the Daily News that the duo do not intend to embarrass Jackson in the book, and were in fact 'very fond of him and loved his kids.'

'Remember the Time' will be published in June.

Pope Francis calls for an end to war as he addresses 150,000 Christians at the Vatican for Easter Sunday mass celebrated by millions around the world

Pope Francis lead Easter celebrations around the world, delivering a traditional blessing from the Vatican balcony

In address he asked for peace in Syria and Ukraine, as well as an end to attacks on Nigerian Christians

Millions celebrated Easter Sunday, which marks the Christian belief Jesus rose from the dead, around the world

Marking Christianity's most hopeful day, Pope Francis made an Easter Sunday plea for peace and dialogue in Ukraine and Syria, for an end to terrorist attacks against Christians in Nigeria and for more attention to the hungry and neediest close to home.

Well over 150,000 tourists - Romans and pilgrims, young and old - turned out for the Mass that Francis celebrated at an altar set up under a canopy on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica. 

So great were their numbers that they overflowed from sprawling St. Peter's Square, which was decked out with row after row of potted daffodils, sprays of blue hyacinths and bunches of white roses.

Pope Francis addresses huge crowds gathered in St Peter's square in Vatican City when he delivered the traditional Urbi Et Orbi blessing to mark Easter Sunday

During the celebration the Pope delivered a speech asking for peace and dialogue in war-torn Syria and Ukraine and for an end to attacks on Christians in Nigeria

Waving to crowds from the balcony of St Peter's basilica, Pope Francis looked out on a crowd of roughly 150,000 Catholics who packed into the square below

Waving flags from the pope's native Argentina as well as from Brazil, Mexico, Britain, Poland and many other countries, they also filled the broad boulevard leading from the square to the Tiber River. 

Easter is the culmination of Holy Week and marks Christian belief that Jesus rose from the dead after his crucifixion. 

Francis noted that this year the Catholic church's celebration of Easter coincided with that of Orthodox churches, which have many followers in Ukraine.

During the Celebration of the Lord's Passion mass on Good Friday to mark the day Jesus was crucified Pope Francis layed prostrate on the floor of Saint Peter's basilica

The crowd packed into St Peter's square underneath glorious blue skies was so large that it spilled over into the surrounding streets

After delivering his traditional blessing Pope Francis moved out into the crowds, smiling and giving a jovial thumbs up to mark the most hopeful day in the Christian calendar when they believe Jesus rose from the dead

Francis prayed that God would 'enlighten and inspire the initiatives that promote peace in Ukraine, so that all those involved, with the support of the international community, will make every effort to prevent violence.'

In eastern Ukraine, the holiday was marred by a deadly shooting Sunday fueled by tensions between pro-Russian supporters in the east and those loyal to an interim government in Kiev. The clash appeared to defy an international agreement reached last week in hopes of ending months of unrest. 

Francis also prayed that all sides in Syria will be moved to 'boldly negotiate the peace long awaited and long overdue.' Syria has been wracked by a three-year civil war that has cost 150,000 lives and forced millions to flee the country. 

Christians make up about 5 percent of Syria's population. In comments to mark Easter there, the Greek Orthodox patriarch vowed that Christians there 'will not submit' to extremists who attack 'our people and holy places.' 

From Ukraine to the UK... How Easter Sunday was celebrated by millions around the world

Ukraine:

Ukrainian Orthodox believers light candles with fire brought form Jerusalem's Old City to the Kyiv-Pechersk church in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev

Russia:

In the Christ the Saviour cathedral in Moscow, Russia, Orthodox Christians watch as Patriach Kirill leads a special prayer service. In the audience was Russian President Putin

Egypt:

Coptic Pope Tawadros II swings an incense burner during the Easter Eve service at St. Mark's Cathedral, in Cairo, Egypt

In a service which took place late last night, Egyptian Christians take part in an Easter Eve service in St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo

Los Angeles, California

Animal owners today brought their pets to be Blessed by Archbishop JosÈ H. Gomez as part of the Easter celebrations at La Placita square in Los Angeles, California

Cyprus:

The Easter custom of Lambradja (bonfire) takes place to mark the resurrection of Christ in Nicosia, Cyprus. It is the first time in 40 years that a service has taken place inside the UN buffer zone

Greece:

On the Greek island of Chios revellers light homemade fireworks during celebrations in the village of Vrontados. Two churches on the island hold a 'rocket war' by launching fireworks at each other while services are being held

Florence, Italy:

In Florence, Italy, locals take part in the Scoppio del Carro - literally meaning explosion of the cart. The fireworks are lit on Easter Sunday to guarantee a good harvest

United Kingdom:

Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Church of England Justin Welby delivers a sermon in Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, today

In Windsor the Queen and Prince Philip attended the Easter service at St George's Chapel. The service was lead by the Dean of Windsor, The Right Revd David Conner (left)

Meanwhile the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, performed traditional baptisms in a pool outside York Minster

Germany:

Slavic Sorb men ride on horses during a traditional Easter procession in Ralbitz, eastern Germany

The Pope has lead Catholic celebrations of Easter in the Vatican today while around the world, from Ukraine to Indonesia, ceremonies have also been taking place. In his speech to 150,000 gathered in St Peter's square, Pope Francis called for dialogue in Ukraine and Syria, and prayed for an end to terrorist attacks on Christians in Nigeria. The square itself was decked out with row after row of potted daffodils, blue hyacinths and bunches of white roses.

Siberian Pensioner Offers to Marry Putin's Ex-Wife

Kopek millionaire Yury Babin wants to wed President Vladimir Putin's ex-wife.   

A pensioner from the Siberian city of Novosibirsk who gained notoriety as the "kopek millionaire" has expressed his desire to wed President Vladimir Putin's ex-wife.

Putin said Thursday during his annual televised call-in show that he would not remarry until his former wife, Lyudmila Putina, found a new husband.

Putin and his wife announced their plans to get divorced last June after 30 years of marriage.

"I have been single since 2008 and I want to offer hand and heart to Lyudmila Alexandrovna Putina," smitten pensioner Yury Babin told RIA Novosti on Friday. "I thought about this two months ago, but yesterday Vladimir Vladimirovich prompted me once again."

"I hope that my dreams are realized," said Babin, adding that he hoped Lyudmila would learn of his intentions via the media.

Babin earned the moniker "kopek millionaire" in December 2012 after he collected 7.5 tons of kopeks, valued at 19.9 million rubles, which amounts to little more than $500,000.

He also offered space in his cottage to U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum in Russia last year and who also posed Putin a question during Thursday's live Q&A session.

Chelsea Clinton pregnant with first child

The former first daughter is expecting a baby with husband Marc Mevinsky

Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and ex-Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, is expecting her first child this autumn.

The 34-year-old, who is married to investment banker Marc Mevinsky, made the announcement Thursday at the end of a Clinton Foundation event in New York on empowering girls.

Standing on stage alongside her mother, Chelsea Clinton told the group of female students that she feels "all the better whether it's a girl or a boy that she or he will grow up in a world with so many strong female leaders".

"I just hope I will be as good a mum to my child and hopefully children as my mum was to me," she said.

The former first lady, who is said to be eyeing up the presidency in 2016, said she was "really excited" about becoming a grandmother.

"It makes this work even more important because we've made a lot of progress," Ms Clinton said.

"I want to see us keep moving and certainly for future generations as well so that maybe our grandchild will not have to be worried about some of the things that young women and young men are worried about today."

On Twitter she wrote:

    My most exciting title yet: Grandmother-To-Be! @billclinton and I are thrilled that Chelsea and Marc are expecting their first child!
    - Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 17, 2014

The former President also tweeted his excitement about the news:

    Excited to add a new line to my Twitter bio...grandfather-to-be! @hillaryclinton and I are so happy for Chelsea and Marc!
    - Bill Clinton (@billclinton) April 17, 2014

The announcement comes amid speculation about a new addition to the Clinton family. In an interview with Glamour magazine last year Chelsea Clinton revealed that she and her husband were hoping to start a family soon and dubbed 2014 "the year of the baby".



Preparations for the newborn will run parallel with Hilary Clinton's consideration over whether to launch another campaign for the White House. The former secretary of state is expected to announce her decision later this year. A potential presidential campaign would coincide with her future grandchild's formative years.

Chelsea Clinton grew up under the pubic gaze in the White House before graduating from Stanford University and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. She worked in New York for a hedge fund and a management consulting firm.

She and Marc Mezvinsky, the son of two former members of Congress, were married in Rhinebeck, New York, in July 2010. The former first daughter has since pursued a number of ventures, including studying for a doctorate from Oxford University, where her father was a Rhodes Scholar, while taking a leading role in her family's foundation.

Chelsea Clinton is the vice chair of the family foundation, which was renamed the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. She helps to direct the organisation's humanitarian and philanthropic efforts around the globe. She also serves as a special correspondent for NBC News.

She has evaded voicing her views regarding her mother's potential bid for the White House but has said she will support her in whatever decision she makes. However, her influence would likely attract younger voters if the former secretary of state decides to seek the presidency.