Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe
(AP) 13.03.2010, 15:09:20 AP - It often starts as a voice in the wilderness, but can swell into an entire nation's demand for truth. From 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. |
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Israeli troops, Palestinians clash near Jerusalem
(AP) 13.03.2010, 16:30:17 AP - Several dozen Palestinian women scuffled with Israeli troops on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Saturday amid rising religious and political tensions in the disputed city. |
Shiite, secular blocs pick up provinces in Iraq
(AP) 13.03.2010, 16:27:41 AP - A secular bloc led by former Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi and a Shiite religious bloc both appeared to pick up votes as new results were released in Iraq's election. |
Afghan leader to allow foreign election monitors
(AP) 13.03.2010, 16:19:27 AP - Afghanistan's president backed off from a much-criticized move to control the previously independent monitoring body for upcoming parliamentary elections, offering Saturday to allow two foreigners on the commission. |
Suicide attack in northwest Pakistan kills 13
(AP) 13.03.2010, 16:32:23 AP - A renewed wave of violence struck Saturday in small-town Pakistan when a suicide bomber on a motorized rickshaw killed 13 people at a security checkpoint, raising fears the nation is sliding back into a period of relentless bloodletting. |
Australia and Indonesia Find It Hard to Make Up
(Time.com) 13.03.2010, 05:50:00 Time.com - After a tense decade, Indonesia's president made a historic visit to Canberra this week. Will the goodwill last? |
Swiss media: 60 people report abuses by priests
(AP) 13.03.2010, 16:14:57 AP - A Swiss abbot says 60 people have reported being victims of abuse by Catholic priests in Switzerland. |
Al-Qaida suspect from US tricked his Yemeni guard
(AP) 13.03.2010, 15:41:21 AP - The U.S. al-Qaida suspect detained in Yemen had persuaded his guard to unshackle him so the two could pray together and then snatched his unattended gun and killed him during the suspect's failed escape attempt, senior security officials said Saturday. |