SYDNEY: The scandal over child sex abuse by Catholic priests flared
again Wednesday as Pope Benedict XVI prepared to take center stage
at the world’s biggest Christian festival in Sydney.
While more than 200,000 young pilgrims attended
beach concerts, barbecues and religious classes, the head of the
church in Australia Cardinal George Pell faced a threat of
confrontation by the parents of two victims of abuse.
WASHINGTON: White House hopeful Barack Obama Tuesday promised to
switch the “single-minded” US focus on Iraq to al-Qaeda havens
in tribal Pakistan as he laid out a sweeping new blueprint for US
foreign policy.
PARIS: Water bathed the surface of southern Mars for millions of
years, helping to create an environment theoretically capable of
nurturing life, according to a new study into the planet’s
mysterious oceans.
NAQOURA, Lebanon: The Lebanese Hezbollah group on Wednesday handed over two black coffins believed to contain the remains of two captured Israeli soldiers.
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