Tania Zaetta Gets Apology for Sex with Soldiers Accusation (PHOTOS)

Australian actress Tania Zaetta received an apology from Australia’s military chief on Tuesday for falsely accusing her of engaging in sex with elite special forces soldiers during a 2008 concert tour
at a military base in Afghanistan.

Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston met with Zaetta and her family to apologize for naming her in a defense briefing note, which was leaked to the press.

“There was no substance to the allegations,” Houston said in a statement. “Ms. Zaetta gave her time and her talent to entertain our forces serving in Afghanistan and she deserves our praise and our thanks. I have also made clear to Ms. Zaetta that she is welcome to again join a Forces Entertainment Tour in the near future.”

Zaetta, considered “one of the first foreigners to conquer Bollywood,” toured Australian Defence Force bases in Afghanistan and Iraq during early 2008 with a group of entertainers. A draft ministerial “hot issues brief” was published in various newspapers intimating that the 38-year-old actress had engaged in sex with several members of the Australian Special Air Services Regiment. Other entertainers touring with the group said in media interviews that they were so “managed” and tired during the trip that they could not imagine that this could be possible.

“I’ve heard of quickies mate, but you’d have to be really quick - we didn’t have time to do anything,” said John Clinton, from the country rock band The Wolverines. Additionally, various members of the Government of Australia denied that this was seriously suggested. Zaetta strongly denied the allegation, and demanded an apology.

Late last year Australia’s defense department and Zaetta reached an agreement to compensate her for “an unacceptable breach of privacy” in relation to “false allegations.”

View photos of Tania Zaetta and an interview with the Bollywood superstar below.

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PALIN CREATES SARAHPAC

In a sign Sarah Palin wants to continue to be a player on the national political stage, the Alaska Governor has started a new political action committee to raise funds, SarahPAC.

The PAC is registered in Virginia and is modeled after HillPAC, Hillary Clinton's former political committee. Palin's committee allows her to raise money for other Republicans.

According to the Web site, the committee will also support Palin's "plans to build a better, stronger, and safer America in the 21st century."

Palin continues to have a huge political following. As of noon today, she has 464,000 friends on Facebook.com.

SarahPAC Official website : http://www.sarahpac.com

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U-17 World Cup May Be Out of Africa

The United States under-17 men’s national team recently learned its opponents for the final round of qualifying for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. What remains up in the air is the location for the finals, which were supposed to take place in nine stadiums in Nigeria from Oct. 25 to Nov. 15.

Before the American men, who have played in every tournament at this age level, get to play in the finals, they must first face Canada, Honduras and Cuba in a round-robin group in Tijuana, Mexico, from April 21 to May 2. The top two teams in Group A and Group B (host Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Trinidad and Tobago) will advance to the finals.

And up until early this week, it appeared that FIFA would keep its commitment to host three international tournaments on the African continent, one year before the 2010 World Cup finals are scheduled to be played in South Africa. In addition to the U-17 tournament, FIFA will host the Confederations Cup in South Africa (June 14 to 28) and the U-20 World Cup in Egypt (Sept. 25 to Oct. 16).

But now those grand plans to put Africa center stage have taken a hit after one of FIFA’s inspection committees, led by Jack Warner, returned a less-than-favorable report on a visit this week to Nigeria. The group’s weeklong inspection of the nine locales Nigeria has proposed for the tournament has not gone well for the prospective hosts.

Contrary to his statements in the BBC report, Warner told FIFA.com: “I am pleased with what I saw and with my discussions with the governors of Enugu, Kano, Delta and Lagos states, and Alhaji Abdulrahman Hassan Gimba, the Honorable Minister and chairman of the National Sports Commission. There is a lot of work to be done but I am sure Nigeria will pull it off and be ready.”

As is the case with South Africa, any hint that the tournament in Nigeria will not happen as planned raises delicate questions for FIFA. While the World Cup is still more than a year in the future, there is little margin for error with the event in Nigeria. Any possibility that it might be moved to another country is hostage to the calendar and FIFA’s stubborn commitment to holding an international tournament in a country that probably is not ready.

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