IRAQ - Car bombs kill 160 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters): Six car bombs killed 160 people in a Shi'ite stronghold yesterday in the bloodiest attack in Baghdad since the U.S. invasion and the authorities imposed an indefinite curfew on a city fearful of a sectarian civil war.
VATICAN CITY - Pope, Anglican leader discuss obstacles to unity
VATICAN CITY (Reuters): Pope Benedict and the Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledged yesterday that issues such as women priests and gay bishops in the Anglican Church were serious obstacles to unity.
LEBANON - Crowds defy Syria at Gemayel's funeral
BEIRUT (Reuters): Tens of thousands of Lebanese paid tribute to assassinated Christian politician Pierre Gemayel yesterday, turning his funeral in central Beirut into a display of defiance towards Syria and its Hezbollah allies.
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