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Pope Benedict XVI apologised Saturday for Irish priests' sexual abuse of children in a letter with far-reaching implications, but victims said it did not go far enough in addressing the growing scandal. ... more
The United States will permit India to question a Chicago man who has admitted scoping out sites for the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said on Saturday. ... more
"Let's get this done... for the American people," President Barack Obama told the House of Representatives Saturday, a day before a crucial vote on health care reform. ... more
Three Asians died in an apartment block fire in a Kuwait City suburb that started in a basement used to store cosmetics and perfumes, the state news agency KUNA reported on Saturday. ... more
Beijingers woke up Saturday to find the Chinese capital blanketed in yellow dust, as a sandstorm caused by a severe drought in the north and in Mongolia swept into the city. ... more
There is no statistical connection between child abuse and celibacy, England's top Catholic cleric said Friday, ahead of the publication of a papal letter to the Irish faithful over an abuse scandal. ... more
Former top US diplomat Condoleezza Rice has voiced regret at the bloody aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq but says the Bush administration had in the end "got it right" in the country. ... more
Greece is cracking down on major cash transactions and will impose a high levy on the influential Orthodox church in a scramble to boost tax revenue in the face of a debt crisis. ... more
Cambodian police have arrested an Australian man on suspicion of paying for sex with underage girls over a number of years. ... more
The strong US reaction to Israeli settlement plans was "paying off," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday, with Israeli-Palestinian negotiations expected to resume. ... more
After decades of strict secrecy over paedophile priests, the Roman Catholic Church is finally tackling the problem head-on, with much credit due to Pope Benedict XVI, analysts say. ... more
Pregnant women may be far more at risk from swine flu than thought, according to a survey published on Friday that was carried out in Australia and New Zealand. ... more
Australian children engaged in "sexting" could be charged with child sex offences under laws set to pass federal parliament, The Australian newspaper reports. ... more
The head of the FBI's largest office is under investigation in connection with an alleged affair he had with a co-worker, Fox News reported today. ... more
European researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter's invisibility cape after they made an object disappear using a three-dimensional "cloak," a study published Thursday ... more
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A member of an Israeli special police forces unit arrests a Palestinian stone-thrower during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed ...
