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Vatican scandal could further grow

kiemtarMay 29, 2012May 29, 20120

(CBS News) LONDON – A scandal that has rocked Vatican City threatened to expand Monday. So far, the only person under arrest is Pope Benedict

U.N. Security Council condemns Syria over massacre

YoopyaMay 28, 20120

(Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council on Sunday unanimously condemned the killing of at least 108 people, including many children, in the Syrian town of

Vatican faces widening of leaks scandal

YoopyaMay 28, 20120

(Reuters) – The Vatican faces a widening scandal that in one short week has seen Pope Benedict’s butler arrested, the president of its bank unceremoniously

Succession question fuels uncertainty in Oman

YoopyaMay 28, 20120

(Reuters) – Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said rules his perch on one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes as an absolute monarch, without checks from

Sudan’s Bashir ready to pull troops from Abyei: Carter

YoopyaMay 28, 20120

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has said he is ready to pull troops from a disputed border area with South Sudan, former

Vatican in chaos after pope’s butler arrested for leaks, bank president ousted

kiemtarMay 27, 2012May 27, 20120

The tumult began with the publication last weekend of a book of leaked Vatican documents including correspondence, notes and memos to the pope and his

UN leads calls for urgent world action in Syria

kiemtarMay 27, 20120

The United Nations led calls on Saturday for urgent international action on Syria after reports of a horrific massacre by regime forces that left 92

Baird condemns ‘depravity’ of Syrian slaughter

kiemtarMay 27, 20120

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister is condemning the latest bloodshed in Syria, calling the violence “very disconcerting because of its depravity.” John Baird says the international

Bombardment of Syrian village leaves dozens dead

kiemtarMay 27, 2012January 7, 20250

BEIRUT —Syrian forces killed dozens of civilians in a village in central Syria, opposition groups and witnesses said Saturday, amid growing questions about the effectiveness

Brother of blind Chinese activist goes missing: lawyer

YoopyaMay 26, 20120

(Reuters) – The brother of blind activist Chen Guangcheng has gone missing, a lawyer said on Saturday, days after he fled his village in northeastern