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Vatican defends pope on abuse scandal

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:19:26 GMTLogin to discuss
The Vatican denounces what it calls aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland.

Catholic abuse claims sweep Europe

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:39:57 GMTLogin to discuss

Pope Benedict XVI, left, meets Archbishop Robert Zollitsch in his private library at the Vatican on Friday. GermanyFrom Ireland to Germany, Europe's many victims of child abuse in the Roman Catholic church are finally breaking social taboos and confronting the clergy to face its demons.



‘Insulted’ U.S. scrambles to save Mideast talks

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:36:35 GMTLogin to discuss

March 12: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered sharp words for Israel Friday in an interview with NBCIsrael's relationship with the U.S., a defining feature of the troubled Middle East, is under severe strain with diplomats trying to save newborn peace talks with the Palestinians.



At least 30 killed in Afghan bomb attacks

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:18:25 GMTLogin to discuss
A series of suicide bombings in Kandahar leave at least 30 people dead and dozens injured.

Second U.S. woman held in cartoonist plot

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:01:31 GMTLogin to discuss

March 13: Authorities in Ireland say a second American woman is a suspect in an international plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for mocking the Prophet Muhammad. NBCAuthorities in Ireland are investigating whether a second American woman was involved in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist.



Rickshaw bomber kills 10 in Pakistan

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:43:19 GMTLogin to discuss
Officials say at least 10 people were killed at a security checkpoint by a suicide bomber in a rickshaw in the latest of a series of attacks.

Suspect held over $331,000 poker heist

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:58:19 GMTLogin to discuss

A police car is parked next to Grand Hyatt hotel after a group of armed men stormed the hotel during a poker tournament in Berlin. Several participants at the European Poker tournament were slightly injured, police said. A suspect has been arrested in connection with a daring $331,000 raid on a poker tournament, according to German media reports.



Iraq's PM leads in early Baghdad vote count

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:52:39 GMTLogin to discuss
A coalition led by Iraq's prime minister held a comfortable lead Saturday in the crucial contest for the nation's capital, bolstering his chances in an election deciding who will lead the country as U.S. forces go home.

Kissinger hospitalized in South Korea

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:24:31 GMTLogin to discuss

Henry Kissinger delivers a speech in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday.Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is hospitalized after complaining of stomach pains, according to reports.



Cops: Woman, 92, kills 98-year-old husband

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:24:32 GMTLogin to discuss
A 92-year-old woman is charged with murder following the discovery of her 98-year-old husband's body at their home in Australia, police say.

Sri Lankan Tamil party drops separatist demand

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:51:49 GMTLogin to discuss
Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil party on Friday dropped its demand for an independent state and said it is ready to accept regional self-rule, following the defeat of separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in a 25-year civil war.

8 youths die in attack on party in western Mexico

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:09:04 GMTLogin to discuss
Gunmen burst into a party in western Mexico and killed eight youths and left another person wounded on Friday.

Anti-government protesters head for Bangkok

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:03:10 GMTLogin to discuss

Thai soldiers check anti-government demonstrators for weapons and other items at a checkpoint in Wang Noi, Thailand, on Saturday. Thousands of are converging on Bangkok for a massive rally. Thousands of red-shirted, anti-government demonstrators converge on the Thai capital, vowing to oust the government in a mass display of muscle.



Kazakhstan flooding death toll rises to 30

Published: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:44:29 GMTLogin to discuss
The death toll from a massive flood that devastated a village in southern Kazakhstan has risen to 30, officials said Saturday.

Housing still elusive for Haiti quake victims

Published: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:34:20 GMTLogin to discuss

One makeshift camp for homeless Haitians is on the edge of a sewage canal in Port-au-Prince. Two months since the Jan. 12 quake, the government has yet to relocate a single person, despite a pledge that people would be moving into resettlement areas by early February.With torrential rains expected any day, authorities are not even close to providing the shelter they promised for tens of thousands of Haitians left homeless by January's earthquake.