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Daily News… «A PRAYER A DAY» FOR SLOVAK POLITICIANS Disillusioned Slovaks are turning to the power of prayer in the hope of cleaning up politicians widely regarded as corrupt. More than 400 people have vowed to pray for the politician of their choice for at least five minutes a day for six months since the Internet initiative was launched on Tuesday by Slovakia’s Christian Youth Communities Association. «Some people choose their favourite politician, while others might pray for their least favourite lawmaker in order to change their behaviour,» association spokeswoman Maria Janusova told AFP. She declined to name the politicians who have mustered the most prayers so far. «As Christians, we believe that if we unite in prayer, we can make a change,» Janusova explained. The group’s website, where people can sign up for the initiative adds: «We believe that God wants values such as justice, honesty and respect for life to be recognised in politics.» Slovak politics were rocked to the core last year when a secret-service file code-named Gorilla leaked on the Internet revealed alleged links between oligarchs from a private financial group and nearly all of the country’s political elite. The leak has inspired the rise of the Internet-fuelled «antiGorilla» movement, attracting thousands to rallies in Slovakia’s capital Bratislava. But the protests ended shortly after the March 2012 elections, in which voters ousted the centre-right government and handed an unprecedented victory to leftist Robert Fico and his Smer social democratic party, which survived the scandal. More than a year after the scandal erupted, police are still investigating and have yet to press charges. In the 2011 census, 62 percent of Slovakia’s 5.4 million citizens said they were Roman Catholic, while 5.9 percent declared themselves Protestant.
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International News… CYCLONE LASHES REUNION Nearly 100,000 homes on Reunion were left without electricity on Thursday after a cyclone came close to scoring a direct hit on the French Indian Ocean island. Winds of up to 180 kilometres per hour and torrential rain caused extensive damage to the electricity network after cyclone Dumile passed within 90 kilometres of the island. EDF, the electricity supplier, said power to 95,000 homes had been cut by nightfall. An unspecified number of homes were also without water and the storm did extensive damage to avocado and other crops.
DOG STARTS MAJOR HOUSE FIRE A dog left home alone in Austria started a major house fire by switching on an electric hotplate with its paw while pinching food temptingly perched on top, police said Thursday. The New Year’s Day blaze in the western town of Steeg is believed to have started after the paper wrapping on the food then caught fire on the stove. DOG STARTS MAJOR HOUSE FIRE French actor Gerard Depardieu confirmed that he had applied for a Russian passport and said he was «pleased» to have been granted citizenship by President Vladimir Putin.
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