Saturday March 13, 2010

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Europe's Catholic Churches face wave of sex abuse charges, fear more to come

DUBLIN, Ireland - It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation's demand for truth. From Ireland to Germany, Europe's many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social...

posted: March 13,2010





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Vatican: pope showed courage on sex cases, attempts to involve him in scandals ’failed’

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Saturday denounced what it called aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland....


Suicide attackers strike in southern Afghanistan city; at least 30 reported killed

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide squad detonated bombs at a newly fortified prison, police headquarters and two other locations late Saturday, killing at least 30 people in the largest city of the southern Taliban heartland....


Tear gas, stones in clash between Israeli troops, Palestinians at key West Bank checkpoint

JERUSALEM - Several dozen Palestinian women scuffled with Israeli troops on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Saturday amid rising religious and political tensions in the disputed city....


Early leads by 2 secular political groups forecast Iraq rejection of fundamentalist government

BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indication that Iraqis want a...


Young Chinese workers less willing to settle for sweatshops than their parents were

GUANGZHOU, China - Factory worker Chen Qinghai frowned as he looked at a tall bulletin board full of help-wanted notices from companies making everything from photocopiers and DVD drives to mobile phones and car parts....


Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger hospitalized with stomach pains in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A hospital official says former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is recovering after being hospitalized in the South Korean capital with stomach pains....








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