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The Vatican denounces what it calls aggressive attempts to drag Pope Benedict XVI into the spreading scandals of pedophile priests in his German homeland. Catholic abuse claims sweep Europe
‘Insulted’ U.S. scrambles to save Mideast talks
At least 30 killed in Afghan bomb attacks A series of suicide bombings in Kandahar leave at least 30 people dead and dozens injured. New border war erupts with Mexico cartel rift
Drug gang hushes killings with news blackout A powerful drug cartel is buying off journalists in northern Mexico to work as spies and smother coverage of a spike in killings on the U.S. border in the latest attack on the media in Mexico. Second U.S. woman held in cartoonist plot
Rickshaw bomber kills 10 in Pakistan Officials say at least 10 people were killed at a security checkpoint by a suicide bomber in a rickshaw in the latest of a series of attacks. Suspect held over $331,000 poker heist
Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indication that Iraqis want a moderate government instead of Shiite religious hard-liners leading the postwar nation. Kissinger hospitalized in South Korea
Cops: Woman, 92, kills 98-year-old husband A 92-year-old woman is charged with murder following the discovery of her 98-year-old husband's body at their home in Australia, police say. Sri Lankan Tamil party drops separatist demandSri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil party on Friday dropped its demand for an independent state and said it is ready to accept regional self-rule, following the defeat of separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in a 25-year civil war. 8 youths die in attack on party in western MexicoGunmen burst into a party in western Mexico and killed eight youths and left another person wounded on Friday. Anti-government protesters head for Bangkok
Kazakhstan flooding death toll rises to 30 The death toll from a massive flood that devastated a village in southern Kazakhstan has risen to 30, officials said Saturday. Housing still elusive for Haiti quake victims
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