[ti:FIFA President: Charges Bring Shame to Sport] [ar:] [al:In the News] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]FIFA President Sepp Blatter said corruption scandals [00:06.64]within the world soccer organization [00:09.20]have brought "shame and humiliation" on the sport. [00:13.03]Mr. Blatter spoke Thursday at the opening [00:15.83]of the FIFA Congress in Zurich, Switzerland. [00:18.73]He was speaking publicly for the first time [00:21.57]since U.S. and Swiss officials announced [00:25.40]major corruption investigations of the organization. [00:29.20]Meanwhile, two major European football associations [00:33.69]called on Mr. Blatter to resign, [00:36.83]ahead of the organization's presidential elections planned for Friday. [00:41.92]UK Prime Minister David Cameron [00:44.91]also supported calls for Sepp Blatter to step down. [00:49.05]Major FIFA sponsors like Visa and Coca-Cola [00:53.87]are calling for FIFA to make major changes within the organization. [00:58.81]The United Nations is also reviewing its partnerships [01:03.60]with FIFA following allegations of widespread corruption, [01:08.14]a U.N. spokesman said Thursday. [01:10.59]Seven high-ranking current [01:13.13]and former FIFA officials were arrested Wednesday. [01:16.73]Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Thursday [01:23.86]he is hopeful Iran and a group of world powers [01:27.91]can reach a final agreement on his country's nuclear program [01:32.15]"within a reasonable period of time." [01:35.58]But during a visit to Greece, Zarif also said [01:40.17]an agreement will not happen if there are "excessive demands." [01:44.86]Iran and the group that includes Britain, China, France, Russia, [01:51.34]the United States and Germany have given themselves [01:55.53]until June 30 to form a final deal curbing Iran's nuclear activity [02:02.66]in exchange for sanctions relief. [02:05.29]The two sides agreed to a framework in April, [02:09.24]but still need to work out details such as how quickly [02:13.83]to lift the sanctions that have hurt Iran's economy. [02:17.92]Just a week after entering the Twitter world [02:22.86]with his new handle, @POTUS, [02:25.95]U.S. President Barack Obama was on Twitter Thursday [02:30.29]answering questions on climate change. [02:33.73]The president was in Miami, Florida, on Thursday, [02:37.22]touring the National Hurricane Center. [02:40.23]Mr. Obama spoke about the link between deadly storms and climate change. [02:46.37]During his Twitter question-and-answer session Thursday, [02:50.91]the president was asked by one user [02:54.01]why he called climate change a national security issue [02:58.70]during his State of the Union address in January. [03:02.68]@POTUS responded saying, more severe weather events [03:08.00]lead to displacement, scarcity, stressed populations; [03:13.27]all increase likelihood of global conflict. [03:17.56]¸ü¶àÌýÁ¦Çë·ÃÎÊ51VOA.COM.