VATICAN CITY (AP) — Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer…
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Deforestation conference to turn plans to action
PARIS (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into…
Church abuse scandal reaches pope's brother
Norway doomsday seed vault hits 1/2 million mark
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Two years after receiving its first deposits, a "doomsday" seed vault on an Arctic island has amassed half a…
Italy, FBI raids crack down on Mafia in US, Sicily
NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI arrested a reputed U.S. mobster Wednesday on charges he provided protection for a Sicilian counterpart mapping…
Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of…
German Catholics to investigate abuse charges
BERLIN (AP) — Catholic authorities in Germany announced two major abuse investigations Wednesday — one into the renowned choir…
Italy parliament passes justice measure
ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's allies pushed a controversial measure through parliament on Wednesday that shields the Italian premier…
Russian drivers forced to act as shield
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian traffic police are under investigation for ordering civilian motorists to park their cars across a highway…
Turkish officials lower quake death toll to 41
KAYALIK, Turkey (AP) — Turkish officials on Wednesday lowered the death toll in this week's magnitude 6 earthquake from 51 to 41.
Spain: Aid worker in Africa released by militants
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish aid worker who spent 100 days as a hostage of al-Qaida's North African offshoot arrived home tired…
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