VATICAN CITY: Pope raises concerns about Catholic Church in Venezuela
VATICAN CITY (AP): POPE BENEDICT XVI told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez yesterday he was very concerned about the situation of the Catholic Church in the country, particularly over proposed education reforms and public health programmes...
SRI LANKA: 50 REBELS KILLED, 17 SAILORS MISSING - A nation on brink of war
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP): SOME 50 rebels were killed and 17 Sri Lankan sailors missing after a sea battle yesterday instigated by the Tamil Tigers left the country on the brink of civil war.
IRAQ: US, Iraqi forces rescue kidnapped Sunnis
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP): UNITED STATES and Iraqi forces yesterday rescued seven Sunni Arab men seized by suspected Shi'ite militiamen near Baghdad, part of a campaign to suppress sectarian death squads responsible for hundreds of deaths this year.
UNITED STATES: Ohio priest found guilty of nun's 1980 murder
TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters): A 68-YEAR-OLD Catholic priest was found guilty yesterday in the 1980 murder of an elderly nun, a crime that prosecutors said had satanic undertones and may have been covered up by church leaders.
NETHERLANDS: ElBaradei urges compromise over Iran atomic row
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters): THE HEAD of the United Nations nuclear watchdog welcomed yesterday moves to avert possible U.N. sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear programme and appealed for compromise as Iran's president said he was ready to talk.
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