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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:55:23 GMT

FILE - The Dec. 30, 2009 file photo shows Pope Benedict XVI during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at The Vatican. Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese in Munich said Friday, March 19, 2010 it is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis.   Last week, the diocese confirmed the case of a priest who was transferred in 1980 to Munich. That came after three sets of parents alleged he had abused their children in the northwestern city of Essen, the diocese there said. The priest underwent therapy, but then returned to work with youngsters. He was convicted of abuse in 1986.  Pope Benedict, then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was Archbishop of Munich and Freising at the time of the priest's transfer from Essen to Munich. The diocese has said Ratzinger knew about the transfer but not about the priest's continued work in Bavarian congregations after he assumed his duties at the Vatican.  Erwin Wild, then spokesman of the diocese's council of priests, said he and his colleagues were not informed by Ratzinger that the priest was an offender, which he thinks was wrong.  (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)AP - Pope Benedict XVI rebuked Irish bishops Saturday for "grave errors of judgment" in handling clerical sex abuse and ordered an investigation into the Irish church but did not mention any Vatican responsibility.


Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:12:37 GMT

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right, gestures with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, during a tour of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, March 20, 2010. Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal and must be stopped, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday, after getting a closer look at some of the Israeli enclaves scattered across Palestinian-claimed territories. During a high-profile West Bank visit, Ban was escorted to an observation point by Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. (AP Photo/Mohamad Torokman, Pool)AP - Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal and must be stopped, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday, after getting a closer look at some of the Israeli enclaves scattered across Palestinian-claimed territories.


Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:08:02 GMT

A British Airways plane is seen from Terminal 4 moving along the tarmac at Heathrow Airport in London, early Saturday, March 20, 2010. A three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew affecting thousands of travelers began Saturday after last-ditch talks between the airline's management and union leaders collapsed. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - British Airways canceled more than 1,000 flights after its cabin crew launched a three-day strike Saturday, wreaking havoc on the plans of tens of thousands of passengers just before the busy spring holiday season.


Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:35:54 GMT

A woman carries a child, both of them wearing face masks at the Tiananmen Square hit by sandstorm in Beijing, Saturday, March 20, 2010. China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country's north, delaying some flights at Beijing's international airport and prompting South Korean weather officials to issue a dust warning for Seoul. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country's north, delaying some flights at Beijing's airport and prompting a dust warning for Seoul.


Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:20:34 GMT

Police block protesters as they try to march towards the U.S. embassy for a rally commemorating the 7th anniversary of  Iraq war Saturday, March 20, 2010 near the U.S. embassy in Manila,  Philippines. The protesters called for an end on the alleged U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pat Rqoue)AP - A secular challenger to Iraq's prime minister has again edged ahead in parliamentary elections now that the vote count is nearly complete.


Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:40:00 GMT
Time.com - Last's weeks blood protests in Bangkok were a rare public revelation of a more covert aspect of the ongoing conflict between the country's political movements -- a war of the supernatural
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:16:09 GMT

Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal plays a shot at the Sher-e Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Tamim celebrated his birthday with an explosive 85 as Bangladesh posted 330-8 on the opening day of the second and final Test against England on Saturday.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - Tamim Iqbal celebrated his birthday with an explosive 85 as Bangladesh posted 330-8 on the opening day of the second and final Test against England on Saturday.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:01:33 GMT
AP - Yemen's president on Friday declared the country's six-year war with northern rebels over, saying the Shiite militants are living up to a cease-fire agreement signed last month.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:01:47 GMT

Police stand next to a trailer truck that was stolen and then used as a barricade by gunmen in the city of San Nicolas on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico Friday March 19, 2010. Local authorities say suspected cartel gunmen stole vehicles and used them to blockade two roads leading out of Monterrey during the last two days in an apparent attempt to impede police or military patrols.(AP Photo)AP - A shootout in the northern city of Monterrey killed two suspected drug cartel gunmen and wounded a soldier Friday. Suspected gang members also blocked roads in the city for the second day, in a bold attempt to impede security patrols.


Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:10:22 GMT
AP - A witness says a senior commander of the Somali insurgent group al-Shabab has been assassinated in an area tightly controlled by the militants.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:46:49 GMT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, seen here in Kabul on March 18. The arrest of Taliban leaders has had a AFP - The arrest of Taliban leaders has had a "negative impact" on peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgents, a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said Saturday.


Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:02:25 GMT
Reuters - Canadian core inflation stayed unexpectedly high in February and retailers posted solid sales gains in January, according to reports on Friday that helped push the Canadian dollar closer to parity with the greenback.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:45:00 GMT
AP - The premier of Australia's Queensland state has declared parts of its coast a disaster zone as a tropical cyclone approaches.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:18:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD, Iraq — The count in the Iraqi elections isn't yet over, but tallies released this week reveal upsets in restive provinces that portend a weak and fractious Iraq with battles looming on several fronts: Arab-Kurd rivalries, an internecine Shiite Muslim power struggle and what role Sunni Arabs will play in the next government.
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:23:36 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - He had a few minutes to call his brother in Gaza before his flight took off from Damascus, Syria. A cousin got on the line, too, and shared gossip from the Jabalya refugee camp, say family members. He told them to jot down the name of his hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He would be there for only a few days, in case the family needed anything. If he continued on to China after, or Iran, he said, he would let them know.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:40:00 GMT
Time.com - The Sochi Winter Olympics are still four years away, but Russia is alreadyencountering a host of obstacles, including worker strikes and environmentalcomplaints
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:24:56 GMT
OneWorld.net - JOHANNESBURG, Mar 19 (IRIN) - The steep decline in anti-personnel landmine use in the past decade by governments is being mirrored by a similar trend among armed non-state actors (NSAs).
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