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Pope to Irish: Child abuse by clergy `a mystery'

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI told Irish Catholics on Sunday it is a mystery why priests and other church officials abused children entrusted in their care, undermining faith in the church "in an appalling way."...

Pope to Irish: Child abuse by clergy `a mystery'

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI told Irish Catholics on Sunday it is a mystery why priests and other church officials abused children entrusted in their care, undermining faith in the church "in an appalling way."...

Radiohead drum technician killed in stage collapse

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
TORONTO (AP) -- Investigators combed through the wreckage of a Toronto stage Sunday to determine what caused the structure to come crashing down ahead of a Radiohead concert, killing the band's drum technician and injuring three other crew members....

Pope to Irish: Child abuse by clergy `a mystery'

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI told Irish Catholics on Sunday it is a mystery why priests and other church officials abused children entrusted in their care, undermining faith in the church "in an appalling way."...

21 killed in attacks on churches in Nigeria

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) -- Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on three churches in Nigeria during Sunday services, exacerbating religious tensions in a West African nation that is almost evenly divided between Muslims and Christians....

21 killed in attacks on churches in Nigeria

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) -- Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on three churches in Nigeria during Sunday services, exacerbating religious tensions in a West African nation that is almost evenly divided between Muslims and Christians....

21 killed in attacks on churches in Nigeria

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) -- Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on three churches in Nigeria during Sunday services, exacerbating religious tensions in a West African nation that is almost evenly divided between Muslims and Christians....

21 killed in attacks on churches in Nigeria

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) -- Suicide bombers killed 21 people in attacks on three churches in Nigeria during Sunday services, exacerbating religious tensions in a West African nation that is almost evenly divided between Muslims and Christians....

Obama's deportation stay late for some immigrants

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Marlon Roberto Cortes was stocking shelves in the frozen food section of a suburban Boston supermarket when he was summoned to the back office....

UN demands evacuation of Syrian civilians in Homs

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
BEIRUT (AP) -- The head of the U.N. observers' mission in Syria demanded Sunday that warring parties allow the evacuation of women, children, elderly and sick people endangered by fighting in the besieged city of Homs and other combat zones....

UN demands evacuation of Syrian civilians in Homs

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
BEIRUT (AP) -- The head of the U.N. observers' mission in Syria demanded Sunday that warring parties allow the evacuation of women, children, elderly and sick people endangered by fighting in the besieged city of Homs and other combat zones....

UN demands evacuation of Syrian civilians in Homs

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
BEIRUT (AP) -- The head of the U.N. observers' mission in Syria demanded Sunday that warring parties allow the evacuation of women, children, elderly and sick people endangered by fighting in the besieged city of Homs and other combat zones....

UN demands evacuation of Syrian civilians in Homs

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
BEIRUT (AP) -- The head of the U.N. observers' mission in Syria demanded Sunday that warring parties allow the evacuation of women, children, elderly and sick people endangered by fighting in the besieged city of Homs and other combat zones....

Greece: far-right party returns to parliament

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- An extreme right party that campaigned to rid Greece of illegal immigrants largely held its bloc of seats in parliamentary elections Sunday, retaining support after a party official slapped a female politician and threw a glass of water on another on live television during the campaign....

One Egyptian's surrender: The revolution failed

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
CAIRO (AP) -- Mahmoud Abou Adhma's despair over Egypt's course the past 16 months has turned him from an avid revolutionary who camped out in Tahrir Square for most of the 18 days of protests demanding the fall of Hosni Mubarak to working for the presidential campaign of the deposed leader's last prime minister and close friend....

Obama's deportation stay late for some immigrants

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Marlon Roberto Cortes was stocking shelves in the frozen food section of a suburban Boston supermarket when he was summoned to the back office....

Polls: Socialists win French parliament race

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
PARIS (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande's Socialist Party won a solid majority in parliamentary elections Sunday, polls projected, fortifying Hollande in his push for government stimulus programs to tackle Europe's economic crisis....

IOC probes black market Olympic ticket scandal

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
LONDON (AP) -- International Olympic officials have opened a high level investigation into allegations that authorized representatives in more than 50 countries - including a national Olympic committee - were involved in selling London Olympics tickets on the black market for profit....

Saudi king in Mecca for crown prince's burial

AP - World News - Sat, 2024-05-11 06:31
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- The aged king of Saudi Arabia led a burial ceremony Sunday for his brother, Crown Prince Nayef Abdul-Aziz, in the holy city of Mecca before his internment following evening prayers. He was the second heir to the throne to die outside the country in less than a year....
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