Pope Benedict XVI will make his first trip to Latin America in May, a visit to Brazil to address the region's Roman Catholic bishops, the Vatican said Friday.The pope will depart from Rome on May 9 and remain in Sao Paulo until May 11, when he goes to the city of Aparecida to open once-a-decade meeting of the Episcopate of Latin America and the Caribbean.Bishops from Canada, the United States, Spain and Portugal also will attend, along with a small group of lay people and representatives of other denominations....
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 Days before winter ends, storm dumps snow on Northeast |
A storm blowing into the Northeast Friday bringing snow and rain is reminding people that despite warm, summer-like temperatures earlier this week, it's still officially winter for a few more days. "I knew that the 70-degree weather we had was too good to be true," said Department of Transportation Commissioner, Kris Kolluri. ne person was killed on Interstate 80 after a Jeep Cherokee veered off the road and smashed into a tree, state police said. Officials are still trying to determine whether the accident was related to the wet and icy road conditions, but are advising drivers to slow down. The storm is expected to dump as much as 12 inches of snow in parts of Sussex and Warren counties, six inches in Bergen, Morris and Essex counties, 3-4 inches of precipitation — a mixture of snow, sleet and rain — in the central part of the state and 1-3 inches of rain in southern New Jersey, officials said....
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Editor - 09:34:00 03-16-07
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| Escalating crisis over ousted Pakistan chief justice threatens Musharraf's grip on power |
Police battled rock-throwing demonstrators and stormed the office of a television news channel Friday as a row over the ouster of Pakistan's top judge ballooned into a crisis that could threaten President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's hold on power.An Islamist opposition leader and a former president were among dozens detained as a wide spectrum of protesters accused the military of riding roughshod over Pakistan's slowly re-emerging democratic institutions.Musharraf suspended Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry a week ago, over unspecified allegations that he had abused his authority. The government insists the move was non-political and that Chaudhry could yet be reinstated.But analysts and political opponents suspect the country's military leader of sacrificing the independence of the judiciary in order to remove of a strong-willed judge ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections — and that he has underestimated the political storm....
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Editor - 09:32:00 03-16-07
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| House blast kills Somalia family |
Seven people have died in Somalia in a suspected bombing attack on the outskirts of the capital, Mogadishu. A BBC correspondent says four children were killed in the blast in Afgoye town, where people were seeking safety after escaping the war-torn capital. Police suspect a bomb may have gone off but investigations are ongoing, said local police chief Aden Obile Ahmed. Some 40,000 people have fled Mogadishu since February, following increasing violence in the city. Dozens have been killed by insurgents since Ethiopian-backed government forces defeated the Islamists last year. The BBC's Mohammed Olad in Mogadishu says the seven people killed in the blast were watching television when the explosion occurred inside their house, which was under construction. ...
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| Palestinian government to be sworn in after vote |
A unity government formed by rival Hamas and Fatah groups to halt deadly Palestinian violence will be sworn in on Saturday after gaining parliamentary approval, a Hamas lawmaker said."The government will win an easy vote of confidence," Salah al-Bardaweel, spokesman of the Islamist movement's parliamentary bloc, told Reuters on Friday. He said the factions taking part in the coalition could easily outvote any disaffected lawmakers. Parliament is due to convene at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) in Gaza City to hear a speech by President Mahmoud Abbas, whose secular Fatah faction has joined its Hamas opponents in a government led by outgoing Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas. Haniyeh will present his new cabinet line-up and read a policy speech before a debate and a confidence vote. Ministers will then be sworn in at Abbas's office, Bardaweel said. ...
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| Coalition Denies Role In Afghan Cop Deaths Mystery Surrounds Attack On National Police Checkpoint In Helmand Province |
The International Security Assistance Force, the military conglomeration that coordinates NATO operations in Afghanistan, says none of its soldiers were involved in an incident Thursday night that left five Afghan police dead. Earlier Friday, the Afghan government said coalition forces had mistakenly attacked an Afghan police position in the southern Helmand province, resulting in the casualties. "We have closely reviewed various reports and the positions of ISAF forces. All indications are that no ISAF forces were involved in this unfortunate incident," said ISAF spokesperson Col. Tom Collins. The statement did not suggest who might have been behind the attack on the national police checkpoint in the Gereshk district. Helmand is a dangerous province, part of which sits along the border with Pakistan. British troops, who worked in the area for years, sustained regular casualties due to attacks by Taliban and al Qaeda militants. ...
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