https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48818696

The German captain of a ship rescuing migrants said she disobeyed orders not to dock in Italy because she feared those on board would kill themselves.

Sea-Watch-3 captain Carola Rackete apologised to the crew of a patrol boat her vessel trapped against a quayside.

She denied Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's accusation that she had tried to ram the boat in an "act of war".

Italy's government has taken a tough stance to try to stop migrants landing in the country.

After a two week stand-off with Italian authorities, Ms Rackete, 31, was arrested on Saturday for refusing to obey a military vessel as she navigated her ship into Italian waters near Lampedusa Island.

She said her decision to enter Italian waters was "not an act of violence" and that her aim was simply to get "exhausted and desperate" people on to dry land.

Mr Salvini called Ms Rackete a "pirate" and an "outlaw". She is now under house arrest awaiting trial. She could face 10 years in jail if convicted.

Her ship was carrying 53 migrants rescued off Libya this month, in an operation organised by the German NGO Sea-Watch.

In an interview published by Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper on Sunday, Ms Rackete said she had not meant to put anyone in danger and had made an "error of judgement" when calculating the position of the police boat that she jutted into.

She said she had disobeyed orders because some migrants had already started self-harming and she was "afraid it would lead to suicides".

"For days, the crew had taken turns to stay on call, even at night, for fear that someone would throw themselves overboard. For those who cannot swim, that means suicide," she said.

Sea-Watch spokeswoman Haidi Sadik told the BBC that the migrants were now receiving care on Lampedusa. She insisted that Ms Rackete had followed both maritime and international humanitarian law.

"When you rescue people at sea you must take them to the nearest safe port," Ms Sadik said.

Ms Rackete did not dock in Italian waters to make a "political point" but to uphold her duty to rescue people, Ms Sadik said.

https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2019/03/10/hillary-clintons-arkansas-law-license-reinstated

Hillary Clinton’s Arkansas law license has been reinstated after 17 years of suspension. No word as yet on the significance of that.

A recent routine notice of reinstatements and suspensions by the Arkansas Continuing Legal Education Board said Clinton was one of several lawyers reinstated by the board at a meeting March 4 after payment of a reinstatement fee. Another familiar name on the list was that of Rodney Slater, Transportation secretary during the Clinton administration. He was reinstated March 5.

Clinton’s license was suspended in March 2002 for failure to complete continuing education requirements. Having been admitted to the bar more than 40 years ago (she was admitted to the Arkansas bar in October 1973) and also being older than 70, she’s no longer required under Arkansas rules to meet CLE requirements.

Clinton was a partner in the Rose Law Firm when Bill Clinton ran for president. She’s stayed busy since, but not as a practicing lawyer. Her last appearance of record in an Arkansas court was in May 1992, a civil case before the Arkansas Court of Appeals.

Bill Clinton’s law license was suspended for five years in 2001 as an agreed settlement of disciplinary action over his misleading testimony about Monica Lewinsky in depositions taken in a lawsuit against him by Paula Jones. He has not sought reinstatement.

I’ve directed a question about the reinstatement to a Clinton spokesman, but have received no response. She’s been quoted recently as saying she has no plans to run for president again in 2020.

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>Now that she's a laywer again, she's eligible to be a judge. Maybe RBG's replacement.

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Former sex slave India Oxenberg Opens a New Window. appears to be having better days following the conviction of cult leader Keith Raniere Opens a New Window. . RadarOnline.com can report that the NXIVM survivor is still going strong with her chef boyfriend of over one year.

According to videos posted to her Instagram this week, India, 28, showed support for her boyfriend, Patrick D’Ignazio, who is a chef at the pizza restaurant, Double Zero, in New York City.

In Instagram stories posted to her account, India showed off pizza boxes and a t-shirt in honor of the pizza joint. The stories proved that India is still in New York days after a jury found Raniere, 58, guilty of seven felony charges Opens a New Window. , including exploitation of a child and sex trafficking.

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>Stanley Fischer

https://en.mercopress.com/2014/01/11/president-obama-names-stanley-fischer-vice-chair-of-the-federal-reserve

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>https://en.mercopress.com/2014/01/11/president-obama-names-stanley-fischer-vice-chair-of-the-federal-reserve

US President Barack Obama Friday nominated former Israeli central bank governor and renowned economist Stanley Fischer as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, completing a shakeup of the board's leadership.

The president also named former Under-secretary of the Treasury Lael Brainard to join the Fed board, and re-nominated current Fed governor Jerome Powell for a full term, setting up a full team for incoming chairwoman Janet Yellen.

Yellen, the current vice chair, will take over from outgoing Chairman Ben Bernanke on February 1, after her nomination was confirmed by the Senate last week.

Each of the new nominees will need Senate confirmation, and although all three are well-qualified and widely respected, congressional politics could end up slowing that process.

“These three distinguished individuals have the proven experience, judgment and deep knowledge of the financial system to serve at the Federal Reserve during this important time for our economy,” Obama said.

Fischer, 70 and a dual US and Israeli citizen, is one of the world's most respected active monetary economists. He led Israel's central bank from 2005 to last year and before that held senior positions at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

He was a professor of Bernanke, as well as European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was reportedly considered by the White House as a replacement for Bernanke.

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>He was a professor of Bernanke, as well as European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.