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Pope meets with German bishop amid sex scandal

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI met Friday with Germany's top bishop amid the spiraling abuse scandal rocking the Catholic Church…

Victorian Thames tunnel in London reopens

LONDON (AP) — A 19th-century tunnel under the River Thames that was hailed as a wonder of Victorian engineering has reopened to…

Released aid workers in Haiti are Czech, Belgian

PRAGUE (AP) — An official says two European aid workers kidnapped in Haiti and later released were from the Czech Republic and Belgium.

Russia criticizes US, NATO over Afghan drugs

BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia's envoy to NATO has sharply criticized the alliance's shift away from fighting drug trafficking in Afghanistan,…

Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school

ROME (AP) — The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic…

UN food agency welcomes any probe into Somalia aid

ROME (AP) — A U.N. food agency said Thursday it will cooperate with any independent probe into its food operations in Somalia, after a…

Sweden labels mass killing of Armenians genocide

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's parliament narrowly approved a resolution Thursday recognizing the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey…

4 UK lawmakers in court over expenses scandal

LONDON (AP) — Four legislators being prosecuted in a political scandal involving fraudulent expenses claims by hundreds of British…

EU condemns Cuba for rights violations

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The European Parliament voted Thursday to condemn Cuba for the "avoidable and cruel" death of a dissident…

Italy murder convict blames Knox and ex-boyfriend

ROME (AP) — A man convicted in the 2007 slaying of a British student has written a letter implicating his co-defendants and denying he…

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