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    Inter nat ional Events

    February 2013

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    resident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became on 5 February, the first I ranian head of

    state since the 1979 revolution to pay an official visit to Egypt , a step which could

    become a game changer in defining the regions power hierarchy.Irans Press reported,quoting an official from the Presidential office that Mr. Ahmadinejad was participating in the

    OIC meeting as the current chairman of the Non- Aligned Movement

    (NAM) a grouping of more than

    hundred

    countries.Significantly,

    the Iranian President

    is slated to meet theGrand Sheikh of al-

    Azhar Ahmed al-

    Tayeb. Analysts view

    this meeting as part of an

    effort by Iran and Egypt to heal the rift

    between the Sunni and Shia sects of Islam, exacerbated by the crises in Syria, Iraq and

    Lebanon.Before his plane touched down in Cairo, Mr. Ahmadinejad advocated unity among

    Sunnis and Shias. In an interview with Lebanese satellite channel al- Mayadeen, Mr.

    Ahmadinejad slammed the Sunni-Shia rift as a colonial plot. He also pledged to provide

    security cover to Egypt and Saudi Arabia against any attack, similar to the support that

    Tehran has provided to Afghanistan and Iraq.According to Iranian media reports, Mr.

    Ahmadinejad could hold talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during

    his three-day stay. Ahead of his arrival, the Iranian President said that Iran and Egypt should

    work together to liberate Palestine entirely. Mojtaba Amani, head of Irans interest section

    in Egypt said that Tehran is willing to hold consultations with Cairo for reaching a political

    settlement of the Syrian crisis.

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    akistan and Afghanistan on 4 February, pledged to have a peace deal in place within six

    months following talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London aimed at

    ensuring regional stability after the withdrawal of western

    troops from Afghanistan next year. Pakistan

    President Asif Ali Zardari and his

    Afghan counterpart

    Hamid Karzai promised

    to take all necessary

    measures to achieve

    peace in the region. Mr.

    Cameron said the two sides

    agreed to an unprecedented

    level of cooperation. The talks centred on the

    Afghan-led peace process and strengthening of cooperation

    between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mr. Zardari said that Pakistan wanted to help Kabul in

    peace talks with the Taliban. It was the third round of trilateral talks in less than a

    year but it was the first time that military leaders and intelligence chiefs of the two countries

    were also present.

    he United States of America on 5

    February 2013 filed a civil lawsuit

    against Standard and Poor's (S&P) the credit

    rating agency alleging that the agency lied

    about the nations objectivity and

    independence by the way it rated the

    mortgage bonds. The lawsuit have claimed that

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    as a result of the ratings issued by the S&P, which misrepresented the securities true credit

    risks the investors, even those who were federally insured financial institution lost billions of

    dollars on collateralized Debt Obligations.

    ndia will host the next meeting of BASIC Environment M inisters. The meeting will

    be held in Chennai on February 15-16, 2013. This was stated by Smt. Jayanthi

    Natarajan, Minister for Environment & Forests while briefing the media in New Delhi on 5

    February. Smt. Natarajan said that BASIC Group is a platform of the four countries for

    coordination on issues

    related to climate change.

    BASIC has emerged as an

    important grouping in the

    climate change

    negotiations, and has acted

    as a key voice of developing

    countries. BASIC countries

    meet four times in a year and

    once a year in each of the

    four countries by rotation. Typically, the first meeting of the year takes place in India. At the

    Chennai meeting, the BASIC Ministers are expected to review the decisions taken at Doha

    and plan the future steps for taking the global process for an ambitious and equitable

    agreement under Durban Platform, she added. The important issues that will engage the

    attention of the BASIC Ministers are principles under the Durban Platform, the role and

    relevance of independent international initiatives including sectoral actions in promotion and

    achievement of global ambition, and the steps needed to ensure means of implementation to

    parties for enhancing their efforts. Smt. Natarajan further stated that in line with the BASIC

    Plus approach; representatives of other important members of G-77 and China have also been

    invited. Bhutan (SAARC and Mountain), Mali (LDC and Africa), Argentina (Latin

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    America), Fiji (G-77 Chair), Nauru (SIDS) and Qatar (CoP-18 Presidency) have been

    invited. India is a member of like minded developing countries who are meeting in Geneva

    on 27-28 February, 2013 to review the decisions at Doha and plan the future steps. Thedeliberations in the BASIC meeting will help India and other BASIC countries in

    formulating their approach to the future issues in the negotiations and plan help build

    ambitious and equitable architecture for post 2020 arrangements.

    he Indian government has permitted former Maldivian President Mohamed

    Nasheed to stay in Indian Mission in Male. Nasheed entered into Indian High

    Commission on 13 February soon after an arrest warrant was issued against him by a

    Maldivian court. The 45-year-old leader turned up at the single-storey Indian mission around

    noon to evade arrest warrant issued by a court in a case concerning the detention of Chief

    Judge of the Criminal Court during his Presidency in January last year. Later in the day, as

    his application for stay on the

    arrest was rejected by the

    Maldivian High Court,

    Nasheed stayed put in the

    Indian mission. "Following

    the arrest warrant issued

    against him by the

    Hulhumale Magistrate Court,

    Nasheed, who is a candidate

    for the Presidential elections

    in Maldives scheduled for

    September 2013, is in the Indian High Commission and has sought India's assistance. "We

    are in touch with the relevant Maldivian authorities to resolve the situation," official

    spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs said in New Delhi. India has expressed

    concern over the ongoing political instability in Maldives and called upon the Government

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    and all political parties to adhere strictly to democratic principles and the rule of law, thereby

    paving the way for free, fair, credible and inclusive elections. Nasheed became the first

    democratically elected president of the Indian Ocean archipelago in 2008. He resigned a yearago after weeks of public protests against the judge's arrest. His deputy, Mohammed

    Waheed, succeeded him. Immediately after his resignation, Nasheed claimed that he was

    ousted in a coup; a claim was dismissed by an inquiry commission last year.50

    ope Benedict resigns, became the First Pontiff in Six Centuries to Resign : Pope

    Benedict XVI

    surprised the world by saying

    he is going to Retire. The

    spiritual leader of 1.2 billion

    Roman Catholics announced

    his decision to step down in a

    speech in Latin yesterday

    (Monday, 11th February

    2013) to a small group of

    cardinals, saying he no

    longer had the vitality to

    perform his duties. Only two

    top Vatican cardinals were

    informed beforehand. and becoming the first pontiff to step down since the Middle Ages

    (600 years).

    "Strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months has

    deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately

    fulfill the ministry entrusted to me," said Benedict, 85, according to the Vatican.

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    iuseppe Orsi, head of an Italian defence and aerospace giant Finmeccanica

    was arrested in

    Milanon 11 February 2013 on thecharges of his alleged involvement

    in thebribery activity to secure

    an Indian defence helicopter

    deal of 3600 crore rupees. He

    was arrested in relation to the

    probe of the international corruption. The contract

    signed with Italian defence giant Finmeccanica in February 2010 involved supply of 12VVIP three-engine AW-101 choppers from AgustaWestland for the Indian Air Forces elite

    Communication Sqadron. By now, three choppers have already been delivered to India. As

    per the reports on the bribe scam, its expected that about 362 crore rupees that is equivalent

    to about 10 percent of the final deal was given back to help the Italian firm in winning the

    contract.The Finmeccanica is an Italian defence Giant company that entered into a deal

    to supply 12 three-engine AW-101 helicopters to India in February 2010. Giuseppe Orsi,

    now the CEO of Finmeccanica and the then head of its Helicopter Unit was arrested on the

    charges of the bribe scandal that surfaced.

    bout 1200 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky in central

    Russiaon 15 February,

    sending fireballs crashing to

    Earth, smashing windows and

    setting off car alarms. Residents

    on their way to work

    inChelyabinsk heard what

    sounded like an explosion, saw a

    bright light and then felt a

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    shockwave, according to a media correspondent in the industrial city 1,500 km (950 miles)

    east of Moscow. The meteorite raced across the horizon, leaving a long white trail in its

    wake which could be seen as far as 200 km (125 miles) away in Yekaterinburg. Car alarmswent off, windows shattered and mobile phones worked only intermittently. Chelyabinsk city

    authorities said about 1200 people sought medical help, mainly for light injuries caused by

    flying glass. The Emergencies Ministry described the event as a "meteor shower in the form

    of fireballs" and said background radiation levels were normal. It urged residents not to

    panic. Chelyabinsk city authorities urged people to stay indoors unless they needed to pick

    up their children from schools and kindergartens. They said a blast had been heard at an

    altitude of 10,000 metres (32,800 feet), apparently signaling it occurred when the meteoriteentered Earth's atmosphere.

    orth Korea on 12 February 2013 announced success of its underground Nuclear

    Test.The country cleared that the miniaturized nuclear device was detonated

    successfully and it announced that the test was an act of self-defence from the US Hostility

    and threatened stronger steps in future. This was the third test conducted by the country since

    2006 that had defied the UN regulations in existence. The test is reported to have

    conducted in the North Hamgyeong Province nearby the Punggye-ri nuclear complex,

    the place where the tests of 2006 and 2009 were conducted. Due to the past two nuclear

    tests of 2006 and 2009, North Korea is already facing many sanctions over it imposed by the

    United Nations Security Council. This is the first test conducted in North Korea under the

    leadership of K im Jong-un. The Western Nations termed this act to be highly provocative act

    of North Korea and claimed it to be a threat to the stability of the region. Whereas Asian

    countries like, China, J apan and Russia criticized the test and announced it to be a threat

    beyond tolerance. The international bodies like UN and NATO claimed this test as

    irresponsible and threat to the world peace.

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    argeting highly skilled talents from India and China, the US lawmakers have

    introduced a new bill in the Congress on 15 February, to create more than

    125,000 new visas to attract global talents to America. The bill called Startup3.0proposes to help increase America's access to talent by creating a new set of conditional

    visas for 75,000 immigrant entrepreneurs and 50,000 foreign STEM (Science technology,

    engineering and math) graduate students. This will create half a million new American jobs.

    Startup 3.0 allows qualified companies to apply research and development tax credits to their

    payroll tax liability, up to $250,000.For small startups, it also makes permanent the 100 per

    cent capital gains tax exemption on investments that are held for more than 5 years, in

    addition to the 28 per cent exemption on qualified small business stock. These provisionswill unlock over $7.5 billion in new investments which will result in more innovation and

    jobs. Finally, the bill helps cut red tape, by requiring a cost-benefit analysis of any significant

    rule being proposed by a federal or independent agency. According to the authors of the bill,

    research has demonstrated the positive impact of immigrants on American job creation: more

    than 40 per cent of all Fortune 500 companies were founded by an immigrant or the child of

    an immigrant. Research shows that startups create three million jobs per year, on average.

    icos Anastasiades Won Cyprus Presidential Elections With 57.5 Percent Votes

    Nicos Anastasiades, the

    centre-right DISY (the Democratic

    Rally) party leader won the presidential

    elections of Cyprus on 24 February

    2013 with 57.5 percent votes. The term

    of his office starts from 28 February

    2013. Nicos Anastasiades had a very

    easy-going victory over Communist-

    backed Stavros Malas who secured

    42.5 percent votes in the election.

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    emocratic Republic of Congo: African leaders sign UN-backed peace accord

    Regional African leaders have inked a UN-brokered accord which aims to bring peace

    to the troubled eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Objective : The agreement may lead to the establishment of a special UNintervention brigade in eastern Congo, along with political efforts to bring peace.

    Leaders from Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa, DemocraticRepublic of Congo, Congo Republic and South Sudan attended the signing.

    The deal was signed in the presence of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in theEthiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

    unisias prime minister Hamadi J ebali resigns On 19 February 2013, Tunisian Prime

    Minister Hamadi Jebali submitted his resignation to President Moncef Marzouki, after

    failing to form a new government aimed at ending a political crisis.

    ulgarian Prime Minister Borissov Resigned On 20 February Bulgarian prime minister

    Boyko Borisov announced the resignation of his government , after mass protests

    against high power prices and falling living standards, joining a long list of European

    administrations felled by austerity during four years of debt crisis..Borisov worked as

    Bulgarias Prime Minister from 27 July 2009.

    icos Anastasiades Elected as Cyprus new President On 24 February the centre-right

    DISY (the Democratic Rally) party leader Nicos Anastasiades, has won the presidential

    elections of Cyprus with 57.5 percent votes.Nicos Anastasiades had a very easy-going

    victory over Communist-backed Stavros Malas who secured 42.5 percent votes in the

    election.He is the leader of centre-right DISY (the Democratic Rally) party since 1997.

    irst Female President of South Korea - Park Geun-Hye : The 61 year old Park Geun-Hyeof the conservative Saenuri party became South Koreas first woman president on

    Monday, 25th February 2013 vowing to secure the nation against the threat of anincreasingly hostile North Korea, while simultaneously signaling a new drive for greaterengagement with Pyongyang.

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    She is the daughter of late military strongman Park Chung-Hee. Taking the oath, Ms Parkcalled on the regime in Pyongyang to"abandon its nuclear ambitions withoutdelay" and rejoin the international

    community.

    "North Korea's recent nuclear test is achallenge to the survival and future of theKorean people, and there should be nomistake that the biggest victim will benone other than North Korea itself," shesaid. "I will not tolerate any action thatthreatens the lives of our people and thesecurity of our nation," Ms Park said,while promising to pursue the trust-building policy with Pyongyang that she had promised in

    her campaign. "I will move forward step by step on the basis of credible deterrence," sheadded.

    BAFTA Film Awards 2013

    ritish Academy Film Awards (BAFTA Film Awards) 2013 : The66th British AcademyFilm Awards (also know as the British Oscars) took place on 10th February 2013 at

    The Royal Opera House in London, England. Director-producer-star Ben Affleckshistorical drama Argo won 3 categories includingthe Best Film Award. As expected, Daniel Day-LewisofLincoln fame won theLeading ActorAward. While Emmanuelle Riva ofAmournamed as the Best Leading Actress. Checkcomplete details below...

    History of BAFTA Awards : The BritishAcademy Film awards hosted by BAFTA(British Academy of Film and TelevisionArts) which was founded in 1947 as TheBritish Film Academy. In 1958, theAcademy merged with The Guild ofTelevision Producers and Directors toform The Society of Film and Television,which eventually became The British Academy of Filmwww

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    and Television Arts in 1976. In addition to high profile awards ceremonies BAFTA runs ayear-round programme of educational events including film screenings and tribute evenings.

    Here is a list of all the winners.

    BEST FILM

    Winner: Argo

    Also nominated:

    Les Miserables

    Life of Pi

    LincolnZero Dark Thirty

    OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

    Winner: Skyfall

    Also nominated:

    Anna Karenina

    The Best Exotic Marigold HotelLes Miserables

    Seven Psychopaths

    LEADING ACTOR

    Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis - L incoln

    Also nominated:

    Ben Affleck - Argo

    Bradley Cooper - Silver Linings Playbook

    Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables

    Joaquin Phoenix - The Master

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    Winner: Emmanuelle Riva - Amour

    Also nominated:

    Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty

    Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone

    Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

    Dame Helen Mirren - Hitchcock

    SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Winner: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

    Also nominated:

    Alan Arkin - Argo

    Javier Bardem - Skyfall

    Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master

    Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Winner: Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables

    Also nominated:

    Amy Adams - The Master

    Dame Judi Dench - Skyfall

    Sally Field - Lincoln

    Helen Hunt - The Sessions

    DIRECTOR

    Winner: Ben Affleck - Argo

    Also nominated:

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    Michael Haneke - Amour

    Ang Lee - Life of Pi

    Quentin Tarantino - Django Unchained

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Winner: Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino

    Also nominated:

    Amour - Michael Haneke

    The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

    Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

    Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Winner: Silver Linings Playbook - David O Russell

    Also nominated:

    Argo - Chris Terrio

    Beasts of the Southern Wild - Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin

    Life of Pi - David Magee

    Lincoln - Tony Kushner

    OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

    Winner: Bart Layton (director) and Dmitri Doganis (producer) - The Imposter

    Also nominated:

    James Bobin (director) - The Muppets

    Dexter Fletcher (director/writer) and Danny King (writer) - Wild Bill

    Tina Gharavi (director/writer) - I Am Nasrine

    David Morris (director) and Jaqui Morris (director/producer) - McCullin

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    Winner: Brave

    Also nominated:

    Frankenweenie

    Paranorman

    DOCUMENTARY

    Winner: Searching for Sugarman

    Also nominated:

    The Imposter

    Marley

    McCullin

    West of Memphis

    FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

    Winner: Amour

    Also nominated:

    Headhunters

    The Hunt

    Rust and Bone

    Untouchable

    CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Winner: Life of Pi

    Also nominated:

    Anna Karenina

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    Skyfall

    COSTUME DESIGN

    Winner: Anna Karenina

    Also nominated:

    Great Expectations

    Les Miserables

    Lincoln

    Snow White and the Huntsman

    EDITING

    Winner: Argo

    Also nominated:

    Django Unchained

    Life of Pi

    Skyfall

    Zero Dark Thirty

    MAK E UP AND HAIR

    Winner: Les Miserables

    Also nominated:

    Hitchcock

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    Lincoln

    Anna Karenina

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    Also nominated:

    Anna Karenina

    ArgoLife of Pi

    Lincoln

    PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Winner: Les Miserables

    Also nominated:

    Anna KareninaLife of Pi

    Lincoln

    Skyfall

    SOUND

    Winner: Les Miserables

    Also nominated:

    Django Unchained

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

    Life of Pi

    Skyfall

    SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

    Winner: Life of Pi

    Also nominated:

    The Dark Knight Rises

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    Marvel Avengers Assemble

    Prometheus

    SHORT ANIMATION

    Winner: The Making of Longbird

    Also nominated:

    Here to Fall

    I'm Fine Thanks

    SHORT FILM

    Winner: Swimmer

    Also nominated:

    The Curse

    Good Night

    Tumult

    The Voorman Problem

    RISING STAR (public vote)

    Winner: J uno Temple

    Also nominated:

    Elizabeth Olsen

    Andrea Riseborough

    Suraj Sharma

    Alicia Vikander

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    Oscar Awards 2013

    he 85th Oscar Awards ceremony for the year 2013 (also known asAcademy Awards) the worlds BIGGEST

    set of awards annuallygiven for excellence ofcinematic achievements,held on Sunday, 24thFebruary 24 2013 at theDolby Theater inHollywood, California.The ceremony was hostedby Seth MacFarlane. TheAcademy of Motion PictureArts and Sciences (AMPAS)presented its annualAcademy Awards to honorthe best films released in theyear 2012 in the UnitedStates.

    Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' stood in top place with four awards namely Best Direction, BestOriginal Score, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. Whereas 'Argo' and 'LesMiserables' followed with three Oscars each. 'L incoln' stood in 3rd place with two awards.But this film had received 12 nominations. Here is the Complete list of Oscar Awardswinners for the year 2013.

    85th Academy Awards (Oscars) Winners List for the year 2013

    Best picture: "Argo" Best director: Ang Lee, " Life of Pi" Best leading actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in "Lincoln" Best leading actress: J ennifer Lawrence in "Silver L inings Playbook" Best supporting actor: Christoph Waltz in " Django Unchained" Best supporting actress: Anne Hathaway in " Les Miserables" Best foreign language film: "Amour" (Love) Best animated feature: " Brave" Best original screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, "Django Unchained" Best adapted screenplay: Chris Terrio, "Argo"

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    Best original score: " Life of Pi" Best original song: "Skyfall," music and lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth Best production design: "Lincoln" Best cinematography: " Life of Pi" Best costume design: " Anna Karenina" Best documentary feature: "Searching for Sugar Man" Best documentary short: "Inocente" Best film editing: "Argo" Best makeup: " Les Miserables" Best short animated film: "Paperman" Best short live action film: "Curfew" Best sound editing: "Zero Dark Thirty" Best sound mixing: "Les Miserables" Best visual effects: "Life of Pi"

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