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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/40028.htmlenhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38417159/ns/world_news-americas/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38417159/ns/world_news-americas/A B-team of socialist speakers spent Cuba's Revolution Day bashing the United States for everything from its drug consumption to the war in Iraq, portraying Washington as the great villain in world affairs.Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200msnbc-176c7b6ccc8784b9210cc7426b8db73dmsnbcenhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10746985http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10746985An Italian Catholic diocese denounces gay priests after a magazine publishes an undercover article alleging sexual encounters.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-c3751882d08e244db609035a83cea80fbbcenhttp://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/kirchner-signs-law-legalising-gay-unions-20100722-10lvo.htmlhttp://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/kirchner-signs-law-legalising-gay-unions-20100722-10lvo.htmlArgentina's President Cristina Kirchner has signed into law a historic bill that legalises same-sex marriage - a Latin American first.Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200smh-a4eaab1e873af4d146c3a0d53a9d9efasmhenhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/127961830658.htmhttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/127961830658.htm20 Jul 2010 09:25:00 GMT Source: UNICEF Six years after its brutal civil war drew to a close, Liberia is struggling to pick up the pieces. Ghostly shells overlook the capital Monrovia, an ever-present reminder of nearly 14 years of conflict ...Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200alertnet-80342fc65c29e526a6c054f47a393b0falertnetenhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/16/cuban-spies-case-man-gets-life-wife-gets-81-months/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/16/cuban-spies-case-man-gets-life-wife-gets-81-months/WASHINGTON (AP) The 73-year-old great grandson of Alexander Graham Bell was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for quietly spying for Cuba for nearly a third of a century from inside the State Department. His wife was sentenced to 5½ years. Retired intelligence analyst Kendall Myers said .Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200washtimes-d0b42d58e792062c11986e654644751awashtimesenhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10670489http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10670489Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in a landmark European gay rights rally in Poland's capital Warsaw.Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-f51cf9ba73760ccc1196680bdd27a615bbcenhttp://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_VATICAN_CHURCH_ABUSE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULThttp://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_VATICAN_CHURCH_ABUSE?SITE=CACHI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTBy ALESSANDRA RIZZO 2010-07-17T15:29:27Z VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican spokesman defended on Saturday a revised set of rules on clerical sex abuse as an essential and lasting response to abuse cases, but acknowledged the church will need to show long-term commitment if it wants to eradicate the crime.Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200AP-c0b91470f7bf35fa52a1fe7e1c07ea81APenhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/rtHQa-812qY/la-fg-argentina-gays-20100716,0,1999548.storyhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/rtHQa-812qY/la-fg-argentina-gays-20100716,0,1999548.storyArgentina becomes the first nation in Latin America to legalize gay marriage, despite staunch opposition from the influential Catholic Church. The law is expected to be signed soon by the president. Argentina on Thursday became the first nation in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, turning....Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200latimes-38ad58fdc9fcb0564f0206eca409e625latimesenhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/samesex-marriages-are-enshrined-in-argentinian-law-2027719.htmlhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/samesex-marriages-are-enshrined-in-argentinian-law-2027719.htmlArgentina has legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the first country in Latin America to declare that gays and lesbians have all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to heterosexual couples.Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200independent-b85ae047fae64b13de9da306b5d32248independentenhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/15/vatican-toughens-rules-on-sexual-abuse-of-children/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/15/vatican-toughens-rules-on-sexual-abuse-of-children/VATICAN CITY | The Vatican on Thursday made sweeping revisions to its laws on sexual abuse of children by priests in its latest attempt to tackle a scandal that has shaken the Catholic Church around the world. In an unexpected move, the Vatican also codified the "attempted ordination of a ...Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200washtimes-1224e655a6126d1ba58faf1d1f09ea4fwashtimesenhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10657380http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10657380Former Cuban political prisoners now in exile in Spain deny their release has signalled a change in political conditions in Cuba.Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-55d595b7c78fe7568c783039d98c438abbcenhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1295012/Outcry-Vatican-labels-ordination-women-grave-crime-dealt-way-sex-abuse.html?ITO=1490http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1295012/Outcry-Vatican-labels-ordination-women-grave-crime-dealt-way-sex-abuse.html?ITO=1490The Vatican's sex crimes prosecutor said it was a way of codifying two of the most serious canonical crimes against sacraments and morals that the congregation deals with.Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200dailymail-33f3a3c508a3b653b9d0b2e0f65678d2dailymailenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/07/15/freed-cuban-dissident-talks-freely-to-euronews/http://www.euronews.net/2010/07/15/freed-cuban-dissident-talks-freely-to-euronews/Among the first to have arrived in Spain with their families is the Cuban dissident journalist Pablo Pacheco. He was one of those jailed for 20 years in the 2003 crackdown. Always maintaining his right to freedom of speech, the Castro regime eventually accused him of working for the US.Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200euronews-en-f1cda51343fb1ab51b93a592d3834e5aeuronews-enenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/c806eb24-9046-11df-ad26-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c806eb24-9046-11df-ad26-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/c806eb24-9046-11df-ad26-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c806eb24-9046-11df-ad26-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=After a marathon Congressional debate spiked with fierce exchanges, Argentina has become the first country in socially conservative Latin America to legalise gay marriage. Thousands of supporters who had rallied outside Congress during the 15-hour session erupted in cheers when the law, sponsored by....Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200ft-1403188f6d860b819199f4d58b631865ftenhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128516247&ft=1&f=1004http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128516247&ft=1&f=1004The Cuban government has promised to release 52 political prisoners, some of whom have already flown to Spain. In light of that move, and recent sightings of a healthier-looking Fidel Castro, Julia Sweig, author of Cuba, predicts what may lie ahead in U.S.-Cuba relations.Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200NPRnews-ea2267ef3b383f7e73f246586f3ef521NPRnewsenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/31e28c0c-8eb1-11df-8a67-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/31e28c0c-8eb1-11df-8a67-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/31e28c0c-8eb1-11df-8a67-00144feab49a,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/31e28c0c-8eb1-11df-8a67-00144feab49a.html&_i_referer=Fidel is back. In a one hour television appearance this week, his first since intestinal surgery four years ago, the 83-year old head of the Cuban Communist party appeared neither hale nor hearty. But neither did he look like El Cid, the Spanish warrior who was so inspiring that even after death his....Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200ft-2db79927c056b86cc85b4eb41380ef65ftenhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/12/fidel-castro-appear-cuban-tv-show/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/12/fidel-castro-appear-cuban-tv-show/HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro is back. The aging revolutionary leader will appear Monday on Cuba's key public affairs television program, according to a front-page headline in the Communist-party newsletter Granma. It may be the most prominent appearance by the former president since he fell ill in 2006.Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200washtimes-3593d5343ece5b6a79a35117bef9aa47washtimesenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/kPRhHlu-r_s/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/kPRhHlu-r_s/index.htmlImages appearing to show former Cuban President Fidel Castro surfaced Saturday on a pro-government blog, which claims the photos were taken Wednesday.Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-1f0da2ee991e3d98d663504b2219258bcnnenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/church%20pressure%20over%20women%20bishops/3707387http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/church%20pressure%20over%20women%20bishops/3707387The Church of England is under pressure to find a new compromise deal after last-ditch proposals to avert a split over women bishops were rejected. Traditionalists called for an intervention by the General Synod as legislation to introduce women bishops was set to pass another key hurdle on Monday.Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200channel4news-bfba436e93bd605867f7722e9ca24283channel4newsenhttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3917786,00.htmlhttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3917786,00.htmlCuban church officials on Saturday released the names of 12 more political prisoners who will be freed and sent into exile in the coming days under a landmark agreement with President Raul Castro's government, bringing to 17 the total number of jailed dissidents who have accepted asylum in Spain.Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200ynetnews-d71e9366b862d02efe818307c858daa1ynetnewsenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10552222.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10552222.stmSpain calls on the EU to soften its position on Cuba after Havana says it will free 52 political detainees.Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-2e2725586ca8c699d040d160e93aabe1bbcenhttp://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Crime/Story/A1Story20100709-226122.htmlhttp://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Crime/Story/A1Story20100709-226122.htmlBEIJING - Police have arrested a 43-year-old Catholic monk who confessed to the murder earlier this week of a priest and a nun in northern China, state media reported Friday. The suspect, identified as Zhang Wenping, was taken into custody on Thursday in Hohhot in the Inner Mongolia region, and....Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200AsiaOne-03027f2f49c60e17aa3033f9f790322cAsiaOneenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10552222.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10552222.stmSpain calls on the EU to soften its position on Cuba after Havana says it will free 52 political detainees.Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-a9e1d9bf41597a54671d2d8c9b4b4a3abbcenhttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3916713,00.htmlhttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3916713,00.htmlCuba's Roman Catholic Church said Wednesday that the communist government has agreed to free 47 political prisoners and allow them to leave the country in what would be the largest mass liberation of prisoners of conscience on the island in decades. The announcement followed a meeting between....Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200ynetnews-7f04b64d0508200b40a71d482ae5ca11ynetnewsenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/british%20activist%20fights%20expulsion/3702112http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/british%20activist%20fights%20expulsion/3702112A British religious activist is fighting an expulsion order from Peru's government for allegedly inciting unrest among indigenous peoples protesting against rainforest oil drilling. Brother Paul McAuley, a 62-year-old lay activist with the La Salle Christian Brothers who has worked in Peru for 20....Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200channel4news-cfdc4a9ca1b1d2f4e4313207fc1e02c5channel4newsenhttp://www1.voanews.com/english/news/religion/Popular-Hero-and-Activist-Priest-Beatified-in-Poland-95811209.htmlhttp://www1.voanews.com/english/news/religion/Popular-Hero-and-Activist-Priest-Beatified-in-Poland-95811209.htmlMore than 100,000 people gathered Sunday in Warsaw for the beatification of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, an anti-communist Polish priest killed by Poland's communist secret police in 1984. The event highlights the powerful link between Polish patriotism and the Catholic church.Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200voanews-7cd226e9614ea4c980893fcd87f78290voanewsenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10519300.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10519300.stmCubans only have access to government-controlled media Cubans themselves have a very limited idea of who the dissidents are. That is largely because the Cuban media - all controlled by the Communist government - ignore the dissidents' activities. Cubans have virtually no access to foreign media.Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-9836a9db82db82659e3e279d0a291ed5bbcenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10502444.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10502444.stmMexico's opposition PRI is the main winner in state elections but does not sweep the board as widely expected.Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-56431cf876e6b329142e8c6ced9b9013bbcenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/the-pope/7871118/Papal-visit-Catholic-Church-asked-to-pay-more-for-Popes-tour.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/the-pope/7871118/Papal-visit-Catholic-Church-asked-to-pay-more-for-Popes-tour.htmlThe Roman Catholic Church will be asked to pay more money to cover the costs of the Pope's official visit this year.Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200telegraph-bb45a0fbc27f5fdbf213229d67e222d6telegraphenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/10511249.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/10511249.stmSpain is set to increase pressure on Cuba to free political prisoners, some of whom are on hunger strike.Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-01a01fd4023b52ccb84af53bbaddb976bbcenhttp://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Cuba%20reports%20dissident%20near%20death/-/1068/951862/-/x0kju5/-/index.htmlhttp://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Cuba%20reports%20dissident%20near%20death/-/1068/951862/-/x0kju5/-/index.htmlIn unprecedented coverage of a dissident’s protest, the Communist Party daily Granma reported yesterday Mr Guillermo Farinas could soon die — without mentioning his hunger strike.Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200DailyNation-b0eafaba621410fe11372c98c1b18776DailyNationenhttp://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/World/Story/A1Story20100702-224958.htmlhttp://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/World/Story/A1Story20100702-224958.htmlMany of the Australian's 25 victims were left terrified by the attacks they endured at schools. -AFPFri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200AsiaOne-adeda92afb34b9c41a7699ba30c6fdf9AsiaOneenhttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65T1RD20100630?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20reuters/worldNews%20%28News%20/%20US%20/%20International%29http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65T1RD20100630?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20reuters/worldNews%20%28News%20/%20US%20/%20International%29HAVANA (Reuters) - Human rights group Amnesty International urged Cuba to release political prisoners and take other measures to end what it called a "climate of fear" for government opponents, in a report issued on Wednesday.Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200reuters-a7c6551f56b9e65e8a13df4849f10217reutersenhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/belgium-urges-vatican-to-stay-out-of-child-sex-abuse-investigations-2013073.htmlhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/belgium-urges-vatican-to-stay-out-of-child-sex-abuse-investigations-2013073.htmlBelgium has defended itself after Pope Benedict XVI blasted a series of raids by investigators and the detention of senior clerics in a child sex abuse investigation as "deplorable".Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200independent-1088c9900c284ebf8a000f4768fe126dindependentenhttp://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/28/BP_Gulf_oil_spill_costs_have_reached_265B_q/?section=Hot+Topics&template=worldnews%2Findex.txthttp://article.wn.com/view/2010/06/28/BP_Gulf_oil_spill_costs_have_reached_265B_q/?section=Hot+Topics&template=worldnews%2Findex.txtHIGHAH SEEKAH - GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL - MANSIONS RIDDIM 2010 - [Version 1] The Oil Spill Mystery: Did BP Blew up Tiber in Gulf of Mexico to Jack Oil Price above $80 to Survive HIGHAH SEEKAH - "THE GULF OF MEXICO OIL SPILL" [Version 2] Cost of fish on rise since oil spill in Gulf of Mexico You Can Help Out.Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200austrianews-a98b08dec2bf0c16797465796c32c8e3austrianewsenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/10431317.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/10431317.stmBy David Willey BBC News, Rome The Pope's reaction to the raids was more measured Last week's police raid in Belgium which broke up a meeting of the country's Catholic bishops - who were discussing how to deal with the paedophile priest crisis - took the Vatican by complete surprise.Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-48aec6df3ba52e826ff8eab61effdecdbbcenhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/28/planned-parenthood-nebraska-case/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/28/planned-parenthood-nebraska-case/LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Planned Parenthood of the Heartland filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a new Nebraska law requiring mental health screening for women seeking abortion. The new law would require women wanting abortions to be screened by doctors or other health professionals ...Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200washtimes-ae0062d308e1b810bfbe211b166c4c73washtimesenhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128144996&ft=1&f=1001http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128144996&ft=1&f=1001Police made more than 400 arrests after black-clad demonstrators broke off from a crowd of peaceful protesters at the global economic summit and went on a rampage in downtown Toronto that lasted into the early morning hours, authorities said Sunday.Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200NPRnews-f81c8f43b7a6cbb594e61107d645f46eNPRnewsenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/iXCLTZc4QwM/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/iXCLTZc4QwM/index.htmlA police raid on the headquarters of the Catholic Church in Belgium was "deplorable," Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday.Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-38d258295d0d35961649d611cf29ba44cnnenhttp://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010/06/27/story_27-6-2010_pg5_18http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010/06/27/story_27-6-2010_pg5_18HANOI: Vietnam’s foreign exchange market faces no looming shortage of dollars and enterprises are not accumulating the currency over inflation and other fears, a state-run newspaper cited a central bank official as saying. “The forex market is going smoothly and supply and demand are....Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200dailytimesPK-c846b8c80457446f20e1f21a5d05c686dailytimesPKenhttp://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65P2AU20100626?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/UKWorldNews%20%28News%20/%20UK%20/%20World%20News%29http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65P2AU20100626?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/UKWorldNews%20%28News%20/%20UK%20/%20World%20News%29VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Saturday that Pope Benedict would name a non-resident representative to Vietnam, in a significant step towards establishing diplomatic relations with the communist state.Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200reuters-773deaa2af140779a6d9a3917a90c64creutersenhttp://www.euronews.net/2010/06/25/belgium-vatican-2506/http://www.euronews.net/2010/06/25/belgium-vatican-2506/Belgium prosecutors have defended themselves against a furious reaction from the Vatican following police raids on Church property. Investigators were looking for evidence of sex abuse by Catholic clergy. The church spoke out as it presented the new Bishop of Bruges. His predecessor resigned in April after admitting sexual abusing a boy.Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200euronews-en-a98def1d78101376152fc84609c6771beuronews-enenhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0626/1224273365911.htmlhttp://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0626/1224273365911.htmlGERMANY’S FEDERAL high court in a landmark ruling has opened the door to limited euthanasia if a person requests explicitly not to be kept alive by artificial means.Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200irishtimes-f18a7ac5c05bee5cc60cc97c39e4b36airishtimesenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10417102.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10417102.stmThe Vatican protests to Belgium over police raids on the home of a cardinal and a Church commission investigating sexual abuse.Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-81f50acb6633654ee79205f404811178bbcenhttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/6/26/worldupdates/2010-06-25T222141Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-496560-1&sec=Worldupdateshttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/6/26/worldupdates/2010-06-25T222141Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-496560-1&sec=WorldupdatesNEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers who want to end their marriages will no longer have to invent reasons under a proposed legal change that would bring the state into line with the rest of the United States by instituting no-fault divorce.Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200thestar-f99baa0ece9a65fe6da6e94a06f0c73dthestarenhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10654239&ref=rsshttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10654239&ref=rssThe Council of Europe, the Continent's human rights watchdog, said it opposed a ban on full face veils, under consideration by France, Belgium and Spain, but urged Muslims to reject customs that deny women equal rights. Council...Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200nzherald-cbc70f26b71c409ae13bbe700f55facfnzheraldenhttp://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=246898http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=246898MACEIO, Brazil: Rescue teams pressed a grim search on Wednesday for hundreds of people missing in raging floods that swept through towns in northeasteThu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200NewsJang-en-7e82d346b27038414e6339aeaaf45e49NewsJang-enenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/GRGYDEwZCrg/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/GRGYDEwZCrg/index.htmlCuban authorities have released political activist Darsi Ferrer from prison after court officials waited almost a year to bring him to trial.Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-5254b57918caeba7c7828937e9686c35cnnenhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37848601/ns/world_news-americas/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37848601/ns/world_news-americas/A Cuban court found prominent opposition leader Darsy Ferrer guilty of purchasing black-market cement on Tuesday, but he was released on time served since it took nearly a year for his case to go to trial.Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200msnbc-e8f505190e06909b2a832b2b3bf24c93msnbcenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/raul%20castro%20meets%20vatican%20minister/3686337http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/raul%20castro%20meets%20vatican%20minister/3686337A meeting between the Vatican's foreign minister and Cuba's President Raul Castro has sparked hopes that more of the island's political prisoners may be released or transferred to jails closer to home. State television showed Mr Castro dressed in a suit instead of his usual olive-green fatigues for the meeting with Archbishop Dominique Mamberti.Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200channel4news-3a0431c3c9278185763cfe6095549771channel4newsenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/10361256.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/10361256.stmA leading Roman Catholic cardinal and a former government minister in Italy face allegations of corruption over a property deal.Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-8409fb4d80302d677eb0b66b328b50dcbbcenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10352251.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10352251.stmPortuguese novelist Jose Saramago, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1998, dies at the age of 87.Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-4139e9c7ce1d11aa696b875e9c46ef39bbcenhttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10653108&ref=rsshttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10653108&ref=rssROME: The Catholic Church has officially sanctioned the movie The Blues Brothers , a story of two musicians who redeem their thieving past, filthy mouths and bad attitudes. The Vatican's official newspaper said the 1980 film...Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200nzherald-9f9c7f216984a9018022272e1cc61fd7nzheraldenhttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65G6BM20100617?type=politicsNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/PoliticsNews%20%28News%20/%20US%20/%20Politics%20News%29http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65G6BM20100617?type=politicsNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20Reuters/PoliticsNews%20%28News%20/%20US%20/%20Politics%20News%29HAVANA (Reuters) - U.S. and Cuban delegations will meet in Washington on Friday for new talks on migration issues amid low expectations due to the case of an American contractor jailed in Havana on suspicion of espionage.Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200reuters-39680d23c17a04f58a89c882fcdbf61dreutersenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/nobel%20prize%20novelist%20saramago%20dies/3685032http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/nobel%20prize%20novelist%20saramago%20dies/3685032Jose Saramago, who became the first Portuguese-language winner of the Nobel Literature prize has died. Saramago, 87, died at his home in Lanzarote, of multi-organ failure after a long illness, the Jose Saramago Foundation said. "The writer died in the company of his family, saying goodbye in a serene and placid way," the foundation said.Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200channel4news-f26c9036469a366996bd4aa1d03a4ee7channel4newsenhttp://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=a6b2083775cb4afd56afafaeaca5e574http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=a6b2083775cb4afd56afafaeaca5e574Brama Ukraine News , Ukraine U.S. Official Notes ‘Some’ Rights Progress In Turkmenistan The United States recognized that Turkmenistan has made some progress in areas such as the registration of the Catholic Church, and the new amendments to the criminal code that provide, for instance, for new....Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200watchingamerica-1dae3502fee87a2d53eaeb7f1c6216d5watchingamericaenhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0617/marriage.htmlhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0617/marriage.htmlThe country's Catholic bishops have called on the Government to support a free vote for all TDs and Senators on the Civil Partnership Bill.Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200RTERadio-e0e54d8c6a5c35f7a669dbe8f19ec876RTERadioenhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World-US/US-says-it-has-responsibility-to-express-human-rights-concerns/articleshow/6057238.cmshttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World-US/US-says-it-has-responsibility-to-express-human-rights-concerns/articleshow/6057238.cmsUS has asserted that it has the right and responsibility to express human rights concerns, after Havana questioned its statement welcoming the release of an activist in Cuba.Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200indiatimes-8312cc6b9e26075dbd50bd84082c87eeindiatimesenhttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/latinamerica/7052803.htmlhttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/latinamerica/7052803.htmlHAVANA Washington applauded the release of an ailing political prisoner in Cuba, saying Monday that it welcomes the role Catholic officials have played in negotiating with Raul Castro's government and hopes other dissidents will be freed. Meanwhile, Cuban authorities set a trial date for another....Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200antiguanews-8db031a2acef35a42aad06b43768c088antiguanewsenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10290492.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10290492.stmA group of Cuban dissidents urges the US Congress to drop the travel ban on US citizens visiting Cuba.Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-c0f4ed19ee5b2ba0240087ac8f679b68bbcenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8734850.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8734850.stmAs a week of rallies and vigil for Catholic priests draws to a close, David Willey reflects on the problems the Church faces in a changing world.Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-4c1595ec8510db90d0c19890d010e900bbcenhttp://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100612/local/ad-insists-parliament-should-start-debating-divorcehttp://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100612/local/ad-insists-parliament-should-start-debating-divorceParliamentarians should start debating divorce, especially since the social affairs committee is debating cohabitation, Alternattiva Demokratika said this morning. Chairman Michael Briguglio told a news conference that the party wrote to the...Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200timesofmalta-8011f5b800a1d0853ccd443a3811a69atimesofmaltaenhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/world/americas/11briefs-Cuba.htmlhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/world/americas/11briefs-Cuba.htmlCuban opposition activists signed a letter Thursday supporting a bill in the United States Congress that would lift the American ban on travel to Cuba and increase American food exports.Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200nytimes-5d89d4c110899fde77ea39f95ec49f54nytimesenhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/LPwp6yNMc68/la-fg-pope-20100611,0,320866.storyhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/LPwp6yNMc68/la-fg-pope-20100611,0,320866.storyAddressing more than 10,000 reverent, enthusiastic priests at the Vatican, Benedict compares celibacy to heterosexual marriage, which he calls the 'foundation of Christian culture.' Standing before more than 10,000 Roman Catholic priests, Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday strongly reaffirmed the....Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200latimes-1b071b8c08f96640caf027f1fb1bf29flatimesenhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/P041jf80b5s/la-fg-border-shooting-20100610,0,6357135.storyhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/P041jf80b5s/la-fg-border-shooting-20100610,0,6357135.storyThe second border death in two weeks roils U.S.-Mexican relations. U.S. officials say a Border Patrol agent was attacked while trying to arrest suspected illegal immigrants and opened fire. For the second time in less than two weeks, the death of a Mexican national at the hands of U.S.Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200latimes-94a25cd984ad31de1a6b7b3b038af343latimesenhttp://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100610/local/archbishop-leads-priests-in-rome-for-year-of-priests-eventshttp://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100610/local/archbishop-leads-priests-in-rome-for-year-of-priests-eventsArchbishop Paul Cremona is in Rome leading a group of 20 Maltese and Gozitan priests for events marking the Year of Priests. The group joined 11,000 priests from 110 countries in a congress for the clergy to assist priests to grow further in...Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200timesofmalta-27a51c57a47dcd8c4caeea6c0e660eaetimesofmaltaenhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/finland-suffers-double-dip-1996102.htmlhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/finland-suffers-double-dip-1996102.htmlFinland has become the first European Union country to suffer a double-dip recession after its economy contracted again in the first quarter of 2010, hit by a port strike in March and a colder than usual winter.Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200independent-2d52dc0406328d05bc3b196ba2597b34independentenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/7812377/Galileos-tooth-thumb-and-finger-go-on-display.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/7812377/Galileos-tooth-thumb-and-finger-go-on-display.htmlA tooth, thumb and finger cut off from the body of renowned Italian scientist Galileo, who died in 1642, go on display this week in Florence after an art collector found them by chance last year.Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200telegraph-a51b7c3fe000dcc798aac69e31e456bbtelegraphenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10236062.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10236062.stmBy David Willey BBC News, Paphos, Cyprus A huge image of the Pope adorns the entrance of the Latin Church of the Holy Cross in Nicosia Pope Benedict is beginning an official visit to Cyprus - the first time a pontiff has gone to the divided island. The three-day visit has been overshadowed by the....Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200phantis-381dd121c8c0d6c8de2cde3c7a3c295aphantisenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/catholic%20bishop%20killed%20in%20turkey/3668062http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/catholic%20bishop%20killed%20in%20turkey/3668062A Catholic bishop has been stabbed to death in Turkey, a day before he was due to meet the pope. Luigi Padovese, the pope's apostolic vicar in Anatolia, was attacked outside his home in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun. Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz, the governor for the province of Hatay, said police immediately caught the killer.Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200channel4news-702ccb1875c0584400cbc55a84283089channel4newsenhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0531/abuse.htmlhttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0531/abuse.htmlThe Vatican is to launch an investigation in the autumn into clerical child sex abuse in Ireland.Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200RTERadio-47dea542832ad3c9ed2ab093bae104eaRTERadioenhttp://praguemonitor.com/2010/05/28/crash-shook-polands-politics?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20PragueDailyMonitor%20%28Prague%20Daily%20Monitor%20-%20all%20stories%29http://praguemonitor.com/2010/05/28/crash-shook-polands-politics?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20PragueDailyMonitor%20%28Prague%20Daily%20Monitor%20-%20all%20stories%29by Tomasz Sokołów | Prague Daily Monitor How the presidential plane crash sent ripples through the Polish society.Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200praguemonitor-f45b2452a4b7be3eebe6ac7017dcddd0praguemonitorenhttp://dalje.com/en-world/nigerias-foreign-reserves-drop-to-39-billion-dollars/306638http://dalje.com/en-world/nigerias-foreign-reserves-drop-to-39-billion-dollars/306638Nigeria's foreign reserves dropped to 39 billion dollars this week from 40.48 billion dollars in the beginning of April, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said Thursday. The CBN said despite the slump in the reserves level it could finance 18 months of imports.Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200javno-en-2006842d38f233703b7e1ed6a8c1a82bjavno-enenhttp://www.oxan.com/display.aspx?ItemID=DB160200http://www.oxan.com/display.aspx?ItemID=DB160200Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200oxfordanalytica-04ef3289374d6305862a108b2613bb68oxfordanalyticaen