Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse
By NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press Writer
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese disclosed that while he was archbishop a suspected pedophile priest was transferred to a job ...
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Chile faces huge recovery cost, but can go it solo
By BRAD HAYNES
Associated Press Writer
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Chile may need to spend twice as much as Haiti to recover from its devastating quake and tsunami, but it doesn't have the same desperate need for international aid or generous loa ...
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2 months after Haiti quake, housing still elusive
By BEN FOX and JONATHAN M. KATZ
Associated Press Writers
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Trash and sewage are piling up at the squalid tent camps that hundreds of thousands have called home since Haiti's devastating earthquake -- and with torren ...
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Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers
By ALEXA OLESEN
Associated Press Writer
BEIJING (AP) -- Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died at a wildlife park in a startling case that activists say hints at unsavory practices among some zoos and animal farms in China: They are overbreedi ...
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Hung Parliament possible as UK polls tighten
By GREGORY KATZ
Associated Press Writer
LONDON (AP) -- The latest buzz word in the clubby world of British politics is "hung Parliament."
It doesn't mean the current Parliament would be hanged, although some voters in these troubled economic time ...
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Iraqi PM starts laying groundwork for new govt
By BUSHRA JUHI
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Iraqi prime minister's bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signaling growing confidence after preliminary election results showed it winn ...
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Suicide bombs kill 43, wound 100 in Pakistani city
By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press Writers
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and w ...
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Early Iraq results: PM battling secular challenger
By LARA JAKES
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Partial vote results in Iraq's historic election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation's prime minister and a secular challenger during a chaotic count that was marre ...
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Gates: Gulf allies understand Iran sanctions next
By ANNE GEARAN
AP National Security Writer
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Persian Gulf allies understand sanctions are the inevitable next step in dealing with the threat of a nuc ...
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UK court grants bail to ex-Bosnian vice president
By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press Writer
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's High Court granted bail Thursday to former Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic, who was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on a Serbian war crimes warrant earlier this month.
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German schools angry over church abuse scandal
By JUERGEN BAETZ and VERENA SCHMITT-ROSCHMANN
Associated Press Writers
MUNICH (AP) -- German educators sharply criticized Catholic church officials for their handling of a spiraling child abuse scandal even as more alledged victims came forward T ...
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More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over
By MICHAEL WARREN
Associated Press Writer
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged coastal residents to m ...
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In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
Associated Press Writer
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly ap ...
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