Scandal-weary Pope to defend family values
ITALY: Pope Benedict XVI leaves a scandal-hit
Vatican on Friday for the World Meeting of Families in Milan, where
he will argue that the traditional family is the key to galvanising
a flagging Church.
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Russia nixes Syria action
Even as UN reports new killings:
Russia insisted Wednesday that new action
against its ally Syria would be premature, amid Western calls for
increased pressure on the regime as the death toll rises. UN under
secretary general Herve Ladsous gave the UN Security Council a
“sombre” account of both the latest killings in the eastern town of
Assukar,
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Bahrain releases Shiite female protester
Bahraini authorities have released activist
Zainab al-Khawaja after she served a one-month jail sentence for
attacking a policewoman at a protest, her lawyer Mohammed al-Jishi
told AFP on Wednesday.
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Baghdad blasts kill 17
A spate of bombings in Baghdad yesterday killed
at least 17 people and wounded dozens more, shattering a relative
calm with deadliest violence in the capital in weeks. Roadside bombs
and explosives-packed cars detonated across a half-dozen
neighbourhoods ,
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