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The historic church of Sant Miquel de Palma has dedicated the first chapel in the world to Blessed John Paul II, to be blessed tonight by the Bishop of Mallorca, Jesus Murgui, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the assassination attempt on Pope at the Vatican.

The image of John Paul II, who last May 1 was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI and a half million people in Rome, has already aroused enough excitement among tourists and the faithful who visit the temple Palma, located in one of the pedestrian and most central of the Balearic capital.

The initiative to dedicate the chapel to the Polish Pope arose from the need to replace a Gothic altarpiece which now houses the statue of the Blessed, located near the entrance of the temple, on the streets of Sant Miquel.

When Pope Benedict XVI signed the decree of beatification of John Paul II, the church parish council decided to dedicate the chapel to the Pope known traveler, Efe explained the rector of the parish of Sant Miquel, the priest Antoni Gómez Serra .

You have chosen the date, May 13, for the solemn blessing of the chapel by the bishop, because it marks the 30th anniversary of the assassination attempt on Pope in St. Peter's Square at the hands of Ali Agca.

The image of the new Blessed was done in Rome, measures 1.45 meters (with stand 1.70 meters) and represents the image of John Paul II "in the best of their age," said Gomez Serra, when he came to the papacy , the third longest in the history of the Catholic Church after St. Peter and Pius IX.

The decision to dedicate the chapel to the late Pope has also influenced the vision of John Paul II as "a very blessed today," that the Church wants to become "an example to us all," said the priest.

The blessing of the new chapel dedicated to Pope John Paul II will take place at 20:00 pm in a ceremony that have been invited "all Palma" and, in particular the Polish colony living in Mallorca.

The rector of the parish of Sant Miquel Efe has recognized that there was "thrilled" to see "up to the chapel" the figure of the blessed, whom he met personally in 1989 in a private audience and which he defines as "a model" to follow.

At least 60 people were injured Friday in a bank in northwest China where a former employee detonated a homemade bomb fuel in the room where they held a staff meeting with all these office workers, local media reported.

The explosion occurred about 8:30 am (0:30 GMT) in a rural bank in a district of the city of Wuwei, in the northwestern province of Gansu, and former employee who caused it fled the scene, according to the official People's Daily. "

The provincial government confirmed that the wounded, 19 of them serious and over 40 minor, have been transferred to the district hospital, while police have launched an investigation into the incident.

More than 10 people jumped from fourth floor windows, where the meeting was held, to escape the flames, they said some witnesses cited by Xinhua.

The White House spokesman, Jay Carney, has been reported that the U.S. government has had access to the women of Osama bin Laden. Without offering details, Carney has settled one of the fronts between Washington and Islamabad since the death of Saudi terrorist. The operation performed by the special operations Navy Seals on the morning of May 2 not only killed the leader of al Qaeda and four other people, but also as a trace left the detention of 16 people. Of these, all were handcuffed for guarded by Pakistani security forces, four were women and at least widow and bin Laden.
From the beginning it was said that the Sadah Abdulfattah Amal Ahmed, the youngest of his wives, was with bin Laden when the U.S. operation, reports Los Angeles Espinosa. It is the woman who apparently tried to protect him and was shot in the leg. According to a photocopy of your passport released by the Pakistani media, Al Sadah is Yemeni and has 29 years, 25 less than her late husband.

The other two wives of the imprisoned leader of Al Qaeda during the assault may be, in the absence of confirming the information, and Siham Jairiah Saber Saber. The fourth woman to be the spouse of one of the two brothers, owners of the resort of Abbottabad which gave chase.

"The U.S. has questioned the widows of Bin Laden, but have not so far been very communicative," said an official close to the investigation quoted by Reuters. Relations between the intelligence services of Pakistan and the U.S., however, do not go through the best moments. According to a leak picked up by the Pakistani television channel Dawn, the principal chief of the Pakistani intelligence agency (ISI), Ahmed Shuja Pasha, told a closed parliamentary session that contact with the CIA is "almost zero."

The Tokyo government will establish a fund with taxpayer money and control Tepco "for a certain period of time." The intention is to compensate those affected by the nuclear disaster
The Government of Japan agreed Friday to establish a fund with taxpayer money to help Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) to compensate victims of the crisis of the Fukushima nuclear plant damaged by a tsunami and to avoid financial collapse.

The Government will also issue special purpose bonds to help finance the plan, which will allow the largest Asian utilities provide compensatory payments. There will be a ceiling set for the responsibilities of Tokyo Electric.

In exchange for public support, the Government shall exercise control "for a certain period of time" on the administration of TEPCO, which must also pay annual premiums to the fund.

The government gave no details, but lawmakers told reporters this week that Tokyo plans to inject about five trillion yen (U.S. $ 62,000 million) in special-purpose bonds to fund compensation.

The plan, agreed after weeks of debate among government officials, bankers and company executives who should pay for the crisis, reduce the fear of investors concerning a worst case scenario for the financial crisis of TEPCO.