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Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Germanys sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese disclosed that while he was archbishop a suspected pedophile priest was transferred to...
UN chief making second post-quake visit to Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is heading to Haiti on Sunday for his second visit since the devastating earthquake to prepare for the upcoming donors conference to...
Twin suicide bombs kill 43 in Pakistani city
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Two suicide bombers killed 43 people in near-simultaneous blasts Friday, the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week and a clear sign that militants have the power to...
Women on the pill may live longer
LONDON (AP) -- Women who took the birth control pill beginning in the late 1960s lived longer than those never on the pill, a new study says....
Hung Parliament possible as UK polls tighten
LONDON (AP) -- The latest buzz word in the clubby world of British politics is "hung Parliament."...
Austrian govt finds mass graves of Nazi victims
VIENNA (AP) -- At least two mass graves containing dozens of people killed by the Nazis have been found on property used by the Austrian army, government officials said Friday. An army...
Somali official to residents: Flee battle zones
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Frightened Somalis stacked household goods on carts pulled by donkeys and fled the heaviest fighting the capital has seen in almost a year Friday, after hundreds of...
Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers
BEIJING (AP) -- Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in Chinas frigid northeast, state media said Friday....
Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship
TOKYO (AP) -- Japans coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a Japanese whaling ship last month, an official said....
In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin Americas first law that explicitly...

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