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Abuse victims: Pope's meeting, words, still fall short

Washington  - Pope Benedict XVI made history Thursday by meeting with victims of sexual abuse by priests, but even that gesture did not go far enough in preventing such future crimes, paedophilia s

Indonesia detains lawmaker, deputy governor in graft case

IndonesiaJakarta  - Indonesia's anti-corruption watchdog has arrested a lawmaker and deputy gove

Benedict: Discuss differences "with calmness, clarity"

United StatesWashington  - Pope Benedict XVI greeted leaders of other faiths in the United States

Blast in Yemen steel plant injures six workers

Sana'a, Yemen  - Six workers were injured after an explosion rocked a steel plant in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden at midnight Thursday, state news agency Saba reported.

IPI condemns killing in Gaza of Reuters cameraman

Vienna  - The International Press Institute (IPI), a group of editors, executives and journalists from around the media world, condemned Thursday the killing of a Reuters cameraman in the Gaza Stri

Pope warns educators against contradicting church teachings

Washington (dpa) - Pope Benedict XVI warned US educators Thursday against contradicting the church's positions at religious universities, which have drawn criticism for diverging from official teac

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