Jamaica Gleaner International
Published: Monday Friday | March 13, 2009
Pope: Vatican made errors in Holocaust denial case
VATICAN CITY (AP): Pope Benedict XVI has made an unusual public acknowledgement of Vatican mistakes and turmoil in his church over an outreach to ultraconservatives that led to his lifting the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop.In an attempt... Read More...
IRAQ - Local 'hero' gets three years for shoes throwing
BAGHDAD (AP): The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former United States President George W. Bush was convicted yesterday of assaulting a foreign leader and sentenced to three years in prison, provoking outrage among many Iraqis who consider him a hero... Read More...
UNITED STATES - Obama urges states to spend wisely
WASHINGTON (AP):President Barack Obama yesterday urged officials from all American states to spend their shares of the $787 billion stimulus fund wisely and quickly, hours after he challenged American allies to spend more to reignite their own... Read More...