POPE BLASTS ABORTION AFTER DECRYING FOCUS ON RULES
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis meets Hungary’s President Janos Ader, during a private audience at the Vatican, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Claudio Peri, Pool) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope…
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CONTRACT WORKER BEHIND NAVY YARD SHOOTING RAMPAGE
By ERIC TUCKER, BRETT ZONGKER and LOLITA C. BALDOR People hold their hands to their heads as they are escorted out of the building where a gunman was reported at…
EGYPTIAN SECURITY FORCES STORM SOUTHERN TOWN
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE — In this Sept. 3, 2013 file photo, Egyptian Christian villagers clean up the damaged ancient chapel inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that…
DOMINICAN CARDINAL: VATICAN WILL PROBE EX-ENVOY
By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ This March 15, 2013 photo shows Archbishop Josef Wesolowski, papal nuncio for the Dominican Republic, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Authorities in the Dominican Republic will…
FILIPINO REBELS HOLD HOSTAGES AS HUMAN SHIELDS
By BULLIT MARQUEZ Government troops take their positions as about 200 Muslim rebels, enraged by a broken peace deal with the Philippine government, held scores of hostages as human shields…
SYRIAN REBELS SEIZE CONTROL OF CHRISTIAN VILLAGE
By JAMAL HALABY In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian military solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with…
ISRAELI LABOR BILL FOR SETTLERS SPARKS UPROAR
By TIA GOLDENBERG and ARON HELLER FILE – In this Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012 file photo Jewish settlers are seen in the unauthorized West Bank Jewish settlement of Migron. At…
NEW RIGHTS WORRIES OVER ARRESTS IN EGYPT
By TONY G. GABRIEL and MARIAM RIZK Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans and hold placards showing an open palm with four raised fingers, which has become…