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WORLD NEWSSaturday 14 November 2015

India’s Modi meets queen, rallies fans on 2nd day of UK trip

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II walks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Buckingham Palace Cameron said, “it won’t be office said the royal couple
in London, on the second day of his visit to the UK, Friday Nov. 13, 2015. Modi is in Britain for three long before there’s a Brit- would make their first visit to
days of cultural events and high level political and business meetings. ish Indian prime minister in India in spring 2016.
Downing Street.” Modi is being treated to full
(Dominic Lipinski / POOL via AP) Modi’s ambitious plans to British pomp and ceremony
modernize India and his on the three-day visit. On
JILL LAWLESS Modi arrived at Bucking- rally at London’s Wembley pro-business agenda have Thursday he was welcomed
Associated Press ham Palace for lunch Fri- Stadium — more usually won him many fans among by ranks of Scots Guards,
LONDON (AP) — Indian day in a Jaguar, the iconic home to rock concerts and the 1.5 million people of In- saw a ceremonial fly-past
Prime Minister Narendra British car brand owned England’s national soccer dian origin in Britain. by the Royal Air Force Red
Modi lunched with Queen by India’s Tata Motors — a team. “In a country that has suf- Arrows aerobatic team
Elizabeth II and rallied thou- symbol of the close rela- He was introduced on- fered a lot because of cor- and gave a speech to Par-
sands of cheering support- tionship between India and stage by Prime Minister ruption and misadministra- liament before spending
ers on the second day of its former colonial ruler. David Cameron, who has tion, Modi is regarded as the night at Prime Minister
his high-profile official visit Later, Modi was greeted as often been by Modi’s side someone who is a clean David Cameron’s country
to Britain, as royal officials a celebrity by tens of thou- on the trip, a sign of how politician and is somebody retreat Chequers.
announced Prince William sands of supporters wav- important Britain considers who delivers,” said Manoj Cameron said Modi’s visit
and his wife Kate will visit In- ing Indian flags and Union the visit. Ladwa of the Europe India cemented a “modern,
dia next year. Jacks during a high-energy The crowd cheered when Forum, which organized dynamic partnership” be-
the Wembley rally. tween the world’s fifth-larg-
But the Hindu national- est economy — Britain —
ist politician has also been and India, which will soon
met by protests from Sikhs, rank third.
Muslims, human rights The two countries have an-
groups and others who ac- nounced 9 billion pounds
cuse him of failing to stop ($14 billion) in business
growing religious intoler- deals, including a 2 billion
ance and violence in India. pound British investment
Britain and India have in solar power in India and
announced major busi- more than 1 billion pounds’
ness deals and cultural worth of London-issued
exchanges during Modi’s bonds to fund the expan-
trip, which ends Saturday, sion of India’s rail network
including an Indian tour for and other projects.
historic British texts such as Modi swept to power in
the Magna Carta and the 2014 on promises to devel-
opening of a Madame Tus- op India’s economy and
sauds wax museum in New root out the corruption and
Delhi. incompetence that had
And on Friday William and crippled the previous gov-
Kate’s Kensington Palace ernment. q

Poland’s president officially designates new prime minister

VANESSA GERA on Monday. President An- clearly holding huge power many Poles, was out of European Civic Platform
Associated Press drzej Duda, who comes within the party. power for eight years but party lost both presidential
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — from the same party, for- Many of the government swept back into office this and parliamentary elec-
Poland’s president officially mally designated Szydlo in appointments are Kaczyn- year with Kaczynski put- tions this year to Law and
designated Beata Szydlo a ceremony in Warsaw at ski’s longtime allies, creat- ting up Duda and Szydlo, Justice. The outgoing prime
from the right-wing Law the presidential palace on ing the impression that he, younger candidates with minister, Ewa Kopacz, re-
and Justice party the coun- Friday, kissing her on the rather than Szydlo, is calling more moderate images, signed Thursday as the
try’s new prime minister on hand and cheeks and pre- the shots. During Friday’s rather than running himself newly-elected parliament
Friday, largely a formal- senting her with flowers. ceremony Duda turned to for either post. convened for the first time.
ity since the new govern- It is the start of a new po- Kaczynski and paid hom- “You are a great strate- Kopacz also announced
ment’s make-up has been litical era in Poland, with age to him, praising him gist,” Duda told him. “But Friday that she would not
known for days. both houses of parliament as a political “visionary” for I must also add that you remain as the leader of
The Euroskeptic party won and the presidency con- taking the risk of choosing are a great man.” Szydlo’s Civic Platform. She said
a parliamentary majority trolled by Law and Justice, himself and Szydlo candi- government will be sworn she would not take part in
in an election nearly three and with the party leader dates for the country’s top in Monday, completing a upcoming leadership elec-
weeks ago. Cabinet ap- and founder, former Prime political jobs. The party, major power shift in Poland tions within the party for the
pointees were announced Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, viewed as too radical by after the centrist and pro- sake of its unity.q