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Saturday 19 July 2008
Pope apologises for child sex abuse in Australia
During a mass in Sydney, Pope Benedict XVI issued a much-awaited full, public apology for the sexual abuses of children by some Catholic priests in Australia, calling for those responsible to be "brought to justice".
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- RELIGION - SEX ABUSE
- Pope apologises for child sex abuse in Australia
- Saturday 19 July 2008
- During a mass in Sydney, Pope Benedict XVI issued a much-awaited full, public apology for the sexual abuses of children by some Catholic priests in Australia, calling for those responsible to be "brought to justice".
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- IRAN - USA
- US set for unprecedented Iran nuclear talks
- Saturday 19 July 2008
- Along with senior European, Russian and Chinese officials, US envoy William Burns (photo) meets with chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili for talks in Geneva a day after Condoleezza Rice said the US had modified its Iran position.
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- ARGENTINA - SOY TAX
- Argentine leader buckles, drops farm tax
- Saturday 19 July 2008
- Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner has canceled a controversial tax on soybean exports after the Senate rejected it following major farmers' protests.
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- AFGHANISTAN - ABDUCTION
- Two French aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan
- Friday 18 July 2008
- Two French aid workers from the NGO Action Contre la Faim (Action Against Hunger) were taken hostage on Friday morning in the Day Kundi province of Afghanistan, the NGO said. The two are thought to be alive.
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- DRUGS - MEXICO
- Mexico seizes 'narco submarine'
- Saturday 19 July 2008
- Mexican troops have seized nearly six tonnes of cocaine found in a makeshift fiberglass submarine - the first known use of a submarine for drug trafficking - traveling just beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
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- ITALY - HUMAN RIGHTS
- Italy to continue fingerprinting Romas
- Friday 18 July 2008
- The Italian government is pressing ahead with plans to fingerprint Roma communities, despite criticism from the European Parliament and human rights groups. To avoid claims of discrimination, it may require all Italian citizens to be fingerprinted.
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- USA - VOTE 2008
- McCain advisor quits over 'whiners' comment
- Saturday 19 July 2008
- Phil Gramm, an advisor to presumptive Republican candidate John McCain (photo), resigned Friday following mounting criticism over his comment that the US had become a "nation of whiners" in relation to the economic woes confronting many Americans.
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- FRANCE - NUCLEAR
- New uranium leak discovered in Areva factory
- Friday 18 July 2008
- French nuclear firm Areva said another uranium leak had been discovered at a factory in the southeastern French city of Romans-sur-Isere, though stressing that the leak does not pose a threat to the environment.
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