Saudi Prince Salman seen as likely heir to throne

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, seen as more moderate than his hawkish brother Crown Prince Nayef who died on Saturday, is likely to be anointed heir to the throne of the world's top oil exporter.

Although the choice of a new crown prince must be confirmed by a family allegiance council, analysts said it would be highly surprising if Salman, now 76, was passed over.

"The most obvious candidate is Prince Salman," said Saudi politics professor Khalid al-Dakhil.

If appointed, he is likely to shoulder much of the burden of state immediately, given that King Abdullah is already 89.

An imposing figure, Salman controls one of the Arab world's largest media groups.

He believes that democracy is ill-suited to the conservative kingdom and advocates a cautious approach to social and cultural reform, according to a 2007 U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.

A familiar figure to the kingdom's top ally - the United States - he is someone with whom Washington would be comfortable doing business.

"It appeared to me he had a good handle on the delicate balancing act he had to do to move society forward while being respectful of its traditions and conservative ways," said Robert Jordan who was U.S. ambassador in Riyadh from 2001-03.

"He doesn't blindly accept everything the United States says, but at the same time he understands the importance of the relationship, which goes beyond oil," Jordan added.

After nearly 50 years as governor of Riyadh province, Prince Salman now controls the big-spending Defence Ministry.

The ministry has long used arms purchases to turn the Saudi armed forces into one of the best equipped in the Middle East and to bolster ties with allies such as the United States, Britain and France.

Since being named defence minister last year, he has been to both Washington and London, meeting President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron.

A family insider, Salman has been part of the inner circle of the al-Saud ruling family, which founded and still dominates the desert kingdom in alliance with conservative religious clerics, for decades.

In a royal family that bases its right to rule on its guardianship of Islam's holiest sites in Mecca and Medina, Salman is reputed to be devout but relatively outward-looking.

"He's not extravagant, whether in his personal life or professionally," said Khaled Almaeena, editor-in-chief of Saudi Gazette, who has known Salman personally for more than three decades.

"He's not a spendthrift and makes sure public money is spent well on projects. If you go to his office he's there every morning meeting people. He has a knack of remembering people and events... He has travelled abroad a lot and is very well read and is very well versed in dealing with the tribes."

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From 1962 until last year, Salman served as governor of Riyadh, a position that meant he has had more to do with foreign governments than many senior royals.

That role saw him arbitrating disputes between quarreling members of the ruling family, putting him at the centre of the kingdom's most important power structure.

In a meeting with the U.S. ambassador in March 2007, described in a cable released by WikiLeaks, Salman said the social and cultural reforms instigated by King Abdullah had to move slowly for fear of a conservative backlash.

He also argued against the introduction of democracy in the kingdom, citing regional and tribal divisions, and told the ambassador that a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was necessary for Middle East stability.

"He is liberal in his personal life and moderate in politics, he can't be called a liberal because he holds some conservative values," said a source close to the Saudi royals.

"He is a very balanced character, so moderate is the best word to describe him," the source added.

With his strong bearded features, Salman is the prince who is said to more closely resemble his father, King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, than any of his brothers.

Backed by a small group of followers inspired by an austere vision of Islam, Ibn Saud recaptured his family's old stronghold of Riyadh in 1902, launching a three-decade campaign of conquest that carved out the modern borders of a kingdom founded in 1932.

Salman is one of the so-called "Sudairi seven" - the brothers born to Ibn Saud by his favorite wife Hassa bint Ahmed al-Sudairi.

His full brothers in a family of more than 30 half-brothers include the late King Fahd and Crown Prince Sultan, Nayef and Prince Ahmed, the deputy interior minister.

Salman was born in 1935 in Riyadh, then a mud brick oasis deep in the interior of a new kingdom that had not yet discovered oil, depending instead on revenue from pilgrims to Mecca and Medina, date farming and camel herding.

Yet one son, Prince Sultan bin Salman, became the first Arab astronaut, flying on the U.S. space shuttle Discovery in 1985.

Prince Sultan is now the kingdom's tourism minister while another son, Prince Abdulaziz, is the deputy oil minister.

In his five decades administering Riyadh and its surroundings, Salman oversaw the development of the capital from a large desert town into a metropolis of 4.6 million people.

He was taught in the "princes' school" set up in Ibn Saud's palace by the imam of the Grand Mosque of Mecca, signaling the importance that Ibn Saud attached to the centrality of pure Islamic belief in the kingdom he created.

(Reporting by Angus McDowall; Additional reporting by Amena Bakr; Editing by Sami Aboudi, Samia Nakhoul and Andrew Osborn)

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Spain faces new debt tests after Greek elections

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Reuters | June 15, 2012 | 09:36 AM EDT

MADRID (Reuters) - With Spain's borrowing costs already near record highs on fears about the cost of fixing its banks, the country's ability to fund itself will be tested next week when it sells short- and medium-term debt in the wake of the Greek election.

The Treasury said on Friday it would sell three medium-term bonds on Thursday following a short-term debt T-bill auction on Tuesday.

The Treasury did not say how much it aims to raise at either of the auctions, but it is expected to keep the target low when it announces the issuance range on Monday at around 0800 EDT as refinancing costs rise.

While Madrid will likely pay punitive costs to dip into debt markets across all maturities, investors will be keen to see if there is still market appetite for Spanish paper.

The yield on Spain's 10-year bond topped 7 percent on Thursday after Moody's downgraded the country's debt to one notch above junk grade, a level after which Portugal, Ireland and Greece were forced to seek external aid.

Spain is already receiving European support to recapitalize its banks, many of which were shattered after a property bubble burst.

The outlook for the auctions will hinge on the result of Greek election on Sunday, which could be won by parties vowing to tear up an agreement over the harsh economic measures imposed by the European Union.

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Dropbox confirms Galaxy S III on AT&T and Verizon won't include 50GB storage

If that extra Dropbox storage helped swing the Galaxy S III pendulum in your favor, and you're a customer of AT&T or Verizon, it's not good news. Droid Life reports that one such expectant customer was asking Dropbox, via its forums, where their storage was. The cloud-space provider informed them that not all carriers are offering the deal, with those two big hitters being among them. This is further confirmed elsewhere on its support pages (check the source). So, just as we thought operators were loosening their grip, it seems some old habits don't die so easily.

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9 jurors picked for Sandusky child sex abuse case

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives for the first day of jury selection as his trial on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years gets underway at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, June 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives for the first day of jury selection as his trial on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years gets underway at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday, June 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, left, arrives with his attorney Joe Amendola, right, for the first day of jury selection at the central Pennsylvania courthouse on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky will stand trial on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives for the first day of jury selection at the central Pennsylvania courthouse on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky will stand trial on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, arrives with his attorney Joe Amendola, second from left, for the first day of jury selection at the central Pennsylvania courthouse on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky will stand trial on 52 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Reporters work on the front lawn of the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Monday, June 4, 2012, a day before the start of the child sexual abuse trial of former Penn State college football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) ? Connections to Penn State weren't enough to keep prospective jurors from being chosen to decide Jerry Sandusky's fate on child sexual abuse charges.

The start of jury selection Tuesday showed the strength of Sandusky's and Penn State's links to their rural central Pennsylvania community, but the presiding judge indicated that those connections weren't necessarily enough to keep them from being one of the 12 jurors or four alternates.

Nine jurors were selected Tuesday, including a longtime Penn State football season ticketholder.

In the first questioning of 40 prospective jurors, about half said they or immediate family members worked at Penn State or were university retirees. One woman rented apartments to college students. Four knew Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach. Two knew his wife.

Sandusky's lawyer won the right to have jurors chosen from the local community, and prosecutors had concerns that Centre County might prove to be nearly synonymous with Penn State. Sandusky had helped build the football team's reputation as a defensive powerhouse known as "Linebacker U," his arrest toppled Joe Paterno from the head coaching position just months before his death from cancer, and some of the alleged attacks on children occurred inside university showers.

One of the very first jurors to be seated wasn't just a season ticketholder since the 1970s: She said John McQueary ? a possible trial witness and the father of a key witness ? once worked with her husband.

When Sandusky's lawyer sought to have her removed for cause, Judge John Cleland signaled he would need more grounds.

"We're in Centre County. We're in rural Pennsylvania," Cleland said, noting that such connections "can't be avoided."

Sandusky attorney Joe Amendola opted not to use one of his eight challenges, and she joined the panel.

Others selected included a 24-year-old man with plans to attend an auto technician school and a mother of two who works in retail.

All the jurors will have to say under oath they can be impartial.

Prospective jurors also learned that Paterno's wife and son were among the potential defense witnesses. Members of Sandusky's family also were on a list shown to the prospective jurors, along with assistant coach Mike McQueary and his father.

Mike McQueary, on leave from the team, has said he saw Sandusky naked in a team shower with a young boy more than a decade ago and reported it to football coach Joe Paterno.

Mike McQueary is also on the prosecution's list, along with young men who have accused Sandusky of abusing them.

Sandusky, 68, faces 52 criminal counts and potential penalties that could result in an effective life prison sentence for alleged abuse involving 10 boys. He has denied the allegations.

Among those who were struck from the pool were a nurse who said people make up stories all the time ? prosecutors used a challenge for her ? as well as a man who had volunteered for the charity Sandusky founded, The Second Mile. Also struck were a mother of 10 who said she has made up her mind and a Penn State fan and township manager who said news coverage of the case has been destructive to her community.

Cleland told the more than 220 potential jurors he would not sequester them, meaning they can spend nights at home during the trial that is expected to last several weeks.

While about a dozen TV news trucks and more than 50 reporters waited outside the courthouse for updates, Cleland urged the jury pool to avoid news accounts or social media postings.

"No one in the world will know as much about this trial as the people sitting in the jury box," Cleland told them.

Sandusky attended jury selection, and laughed at some of Cleland's humorous remarks to potential jurors. But when Cleland told the pool the nature of the charge, Sandusky put his head down.

More than 600 summonses were sent out to residents in Centre County, the home of Penn State University's main campus.

Cleland addressed the prospective jurors in a somber, packed courtroom. The prospective panelists were to be taken in groups of 40 for more questions and, ultimately to face one-on-one questioning in a third phase, for those who were not dismissed beforehand. The jurors who were selected were allowed to leave for the day.

Early in the process, jurors were asked to indicate through a system in which they held up cards whether they had connections to Penn State.

About a dozen signaled that they worked or had retired from the university; another half-dozen said they had spouses who worked for the school.

Four indicated they knew Sandusky. Two said they knew his wife, Dottie, who was not in court on Tuesday.

Two potential jurors indicated they had previously volunteered with The Second Mile.

Of the first group of 40 to be questioned Tuesday morning, Cleland dismissed five for medical reasons or vacation plans.

Some of the alleged victims are expected to testify during the trial, the opening of which is likely to begin on Monday morning. Cleland said the trial may last three weeks.

Prosecutors have claimed that Sandusky groomed boys he met through The Second Mile, the charity he founded for at-risk youth in 1977, then attacked them, in some cases in his own home or inside university athletic facilities.

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6 Tips for Developing As a Communicator

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Have you ever had the?experience?of hearing a speaker and come away from the experience thinking: ?I would have said that this way?? ?Or perhaps you have read an article and thought: ?I would have written that this way??

If you have ever said that to yourself, you may have the makings of a public speaker, or, perhaps, a writer.

How can I say that? ?The truth is that speakers and writers all engage in a continual self narrative running in their heads. ?They see events and hear a story being told, if only in their heads.

The challenge comes in how to get that?nascent narrative developed until it is a complete speech or article. ?This process is something that, once we understand how it is done, we can do regularly and, with practice, even easily.

There are some tricks you can use to develop your public speaking skills. ?As with any skills you learn, you have to practice them to actually improve at the skill. ?If your expectation is to be perfect as a speaker or a writer on your first effort, you?ll have some difficult?experiences?ahead of you.

6 Tips For Developing Your Skills as a Communicator

1. ?Identify your passion. ? Passion is that thing that excites or moves you in the core of your being. ?It doesn?t require extreme effort to get going to do it. ?It creates its own energy in you and doesn?t wear you out. ?Find your passion, and speaking about it or writing about it becomes all the easier.

2. Take copious notes. ?Notes don?t have to be logical, at least not initially. ?If you are writing on a broad theme, the more notes you develop early, even with an almost train of thought approach, you will find you have plenty when it gets time to hone your speech or your article.

3. ?Realize the duality of the development stage. ?Sound confusing? ?It isn?t. ?When you first start out as a public speaker, you will run to one of two extremes. ?You will either have far too little material for the time you have allotted, or you will have far more material than you have for the time allotted.

I once was preaching in English at a bi-lingual ?church in Taipei. ?Though I spoke Mandarin well enough to preach in it, this particular church used a translator from which every language was used for preaching in to the other.

Prior to me starting an elderly gentleman had been asked to give a 5 minute presentation about his experience in one of the men?s groups in the church.

He had not done much public speaking, and I knew I was not going to have much time to preach (normally there was about 25 minutes), when the old gentleman began telling about when he was 25 (he was about 80 at the time). ?He went for about 25 minutes!

So what is the lesson there? If you aren?t used to speaking in public, it can be very easy to have way too much to say and you go way past the amount of time you should be using. ?That is one side of the duality.

The other side of the duality of the development stage is having too little. ?In this instance, you understand your time, but despite what you think, you prepare far less than the time needed.

If you are blogging, it is very easy to have far more written down than most people will be willing to spend reading. ?You have to practice, and you have to edit.

4. Practice, practice, practice. ?It may sound silly, but if you do not have much experience in public speaking, your trusty video camera will be your best friend. ?Once you have developed your topic, get in front of the camera, and speak as if it was your actual speaking engagement.

Don?t stop. ?Don?t edit. ?Go all the way through it, and be sure to time it. ?When you have finished, have a look at the entire video. ?Did you finish too soon? ?Did you go too long? ?What about the content? ?Did you cover the topic thoroughly if not exhaustively? ?Did you leave your audience wanting to hear more, to know more, or, best of all, wanting to have you back?

5. Look for opportunities to use your developing skills. ?There are organizations which not only allow you speak publicly, they actually encourage it! ?Toastmasters is one such organization. ?There are others that have regular needs for public speakers. ?Identify them and you have a built in way to develop you skills in real life situaions.

6. ?Constantly develop material. ?Write down your insights or inspirations. ?Work at thinking narratively. ?Practice how you would say something you hear another speaker say (don?t?plagiarize, but do ?riff? off of the words of others).

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This is not an exhaustive list. ?Just some things to start with as you seek to develop as a communicator. ?Look for future posts on this topic.

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What about you? ?Do you enjoy speaking publicly? ?Or does it petrify you? ?What are you doing to improve?

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