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Pope: Church must help poorest, Not dissect theology
Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with faithful on the occasion of a Pentecostal vigil St. Peter Square at the Vatican, May 18, 2013.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people...
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Zimbabwe’s Tsvangirai says Mugabe’s party is dead
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday declared President Robert Mugabe’s party “dead.” Tsvangirai said the African country’s next elections will be a “formality” and predicted a landslide victory.
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Walmart to inspect Bangladesh factories
The world's largest retailer, Walmart, is ordering inspections of all 279 of its suppliers' factories in Bangladesh and will publicly announce the results.Walmart is acting after a building containing garment factories in Bangl...
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Radical Jordanian cleric offers to leave Britain
— At a bail hearing in London Friday, a lawyer for the militant Jordanian cleric Abu Qatada said his client would be willing to return to Jordan to face terrorism charges, if the country’s parliament ratifies a recently-negotia...
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South Sudan set to resume oil exports
— South Sudan says it has resumed one-third of its oil production, which it shut down last year, and will export its first cargo next month.Oil Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau pushed a button Sunday to resume production at the new n...
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White House: Israel has right to self-defense
— The White House on Monday declined to comment directly on reported Israeli air strikes in Syria. But President Barack Obama's spokesman said Israel is right to be concerned about movements of weapons to Lebanon's Hezbollah m...
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South Sudan Refugees Stuck in Limbo, Face Tough Choice
— About two million people have returned to South Sudan since a 2005 peace agreement ended decades of civil war that is estimated to have killed around the same number. But since South Sudan became a nation 18 months ago, tens ...
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Pope Accepts Peres’ Invitation to Israel
— Israeli President Shimon Peres invited Pope Francis on Tuesday to visit Israel, at his first meeting with the new pontiff who has appealed for peace in the Middle East.The pope accepted the invitation "with willingness and jo...
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Reports: Suspect Says Boston Bombing Not Linked to Any Group
U.S. investigators say that preliminary evidence from interviews with the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect suggest that he and his brother were motivated by Islamic religious extremism, but not linked to any terrorist ...
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Five Killed in South Sudan Highway Attacks
— South Sudanese security forces have been deployed on highways leading into and out of the capital, Juba, after five people were killed in two separate attacks at the weekend.“The army is taking precautions and measures to mak...