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Official: Pope brother's apology 'wonderful sign'

BERLIN (AP) — A top Catholic prelate in Germany says an apology from the pope's brother for abuse of students in the 1960s should be…

Pope's brother: I ignored physical abuse reports

BERLIN (AP) — The pope's brother said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday that he slapped pupils as punishment after he took…

Ex-spy chief: US misled allies over detainees

LONDON (AP) — United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists,…

UK soldier "lobs Taliban grenade back at enemy"

LONDON (AP) — A soldier in the British army in Afghanistan has described how he saved the lives of two comrades by picking up a live…

Missing body of Cyprus' ex-leader found, 3 arrests

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Three months after it was stolen, the corpse of Cyprus' former president was found reburied in another grave and…

Dutch bishops announce sex abuse investigation

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Catholic bishops announced an independent inquiry Tuesday into allegations of sexual abuse of…

Turkey pledges safer homes after quake

OKCULAR, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's leaders pledged Tuesday to build quake-proof homes after a magnitude 6 temblor shattered mud-brick…

NIreland lawmakers back next power-sharing step

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Northern Ireland lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to create a new Justice Department, the next…

Britons honored for helping Holocaust victims

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday honored Britons whose extraordinary actions helped save Jews and other…

Britain begins inquiry into Iraq abuse claims

LONDON (AP) — Britain opened an inquiry Tuesday into claims that its soldiers murdered and abused civilians in southern Iraq in 2004,…

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