Pope focuses on children during Mexico visit Posted: 24 Mar 2012 05:07 PM PDT GUANAJUATO, Mexico -- Pope Benedict XVI worked to build the future of Mexico's church by reaching out to children Saturday as tens of thousands of teenagers streamed into a vast, shade-starved park to camp out overnight ahead of a gigantic papal Ma ... |
Chinese learning French for easy entry to Canada Posted: 24 Mar 2012 05:12 PM PDT BEIJING -- Thousands of people in China are trying to write their own ticket out of the country -- in French. Chinese desperate to emigrate have discovered a backdoor into Canada that involves applying for entry into the country's francophone prov ... |
U.S. says soldier split Afghan killing spree into two attacks Posted: 24 Mar 2012 05:09 PM PDT WASHINGTON — U.S. investigators believe the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians split the slaughter into two episodes, returning to his base after the first attack and later slipping away to kill again, two American officials ... |
Syrian forces shell towns, clash with rebels Posted: 24 Mar 2012 05:08 PM PDT BEIRUT -- Syrian troops shelled rebellious areas in central and northern Syria on Saturday in the latest push to quash the uprising against President Bashar Assad, but faced fierce resistance from army defectors, activists said.Much of the day's figh ... |
Spanish police arrest 'bar code pimps' gang Posted: 24 Mar 2012 05:08 PM PDT MADRID -- Spanish police arrested 22 suspected pimps who allegedly used violence to force women into prostitution and tattooed them with bar codes as a sign of ownership, officials said Saturday.Police are calling the gang the "bar code pimps." Offic ... |
Some Israelis are embracing Iranian people Posted: 24 Mar 2012 05:07 PM PDT JERUSALEM -- Ruthie Pliskin didn't want Israel's threats of a possible military strike to be the only message her country had for Iran. So the doctoral student from Tel Aviv posted a photo of herself and her cat on Facebook, with a sign in Farsi re ... |
Obama in Seoul to talk nukes Posted: 24 Mar 2012 05:07 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea -- President Barack Obama is opening his pitch for faster work to lock down nuclear material that could be used by terrorists with an up-close look at the nuclear front lines along the heavily militarized border with volatile Nor ... |
Afghan dad tries to cope with losing family in shooting Posted: 24 Mar 2012 05:06 PM PDT HARMARA, Afghanistan -- Mohammad Wazir can barely take a sip of water because it reminds him of his 7-year-old daughter, who brought him a glass three days before she was killed with 10 other loved ones in a shooting spree allegedly carried out by ... |
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