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Archdiocese of Boston publishes list of accused priests

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Catholic Archdiocese of Boston published for the first time on Thursday a comprehensive list of 159 names of its clergy accused of sexually abusing children.The names of clergy were released on the diocese website and compiled into lists ...

Salvadoran court blocks arrests for priest murders

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will not order the arrest or extradition of a group of former soldiers accused of killing six Jesuit priests, one of the most notorious atrocities of the Central American nation's ...

Libya rebel council seeking $2.5 billion aid

DOHA (Reuters) - Libya's rebel National Transitional Council is seeking $2.5 billion in international aid by the end of the month to help the North African state recover from the six-month civil war, the NTC's prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, said on Tuesday.Members ...

Drug may help ease Ramadan headaches: study

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A painkilling, anti-inflammatory drug may help prevent headaches in Muslims fasting from dawn to dusk for Ramadan, according to a study from Israel -- where a "Yom Kippur headache" is also known.About four in every ten people who ...

Somali government executes two soldiers over killings

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia executed two government soldiers Monday accused of killing a civilian and a soldier, as the Western-backed government came under international pressure to hold its forces to account for abuses.Somalia's government, which recently took control over the vast majority ...

OIC pledges $350 million to Somalia at Turkey summit

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - ISTANBUL, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries have pledged $350 million in aid to fight famine in Somalia at an emergency summit in Istanbul, OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said Wednesday.With some 3.7 million ...

Dutch sex abuse panel probes 1950s Catholic deaths

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch commission investigating sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests has found an unusually high number of deaths of minors at a church-run hospital in the early 1950s, the public prosecutor said.A statement by the prosecutor's office on Tuesday ...

Crystal Cathedral bankruptcy sale sparks bidding war

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The bankruptcy sale of Crystal Cathedral, the glass-walled Orange County church known for its "Hour of Power" broadcasts, has touched off a bidding war between a Roman Catholic diocese and a local university.The church's ministry, meanwhile, has announced ...

Saudi says draft anti-terrorism law being amended

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has revised an anti-terrorism law and made it less severe than a leaked version that was heavily criticised by human rights groups, a Shura Council spokesman said Saturday."The draft that was published is not the ...

Lobsters liberated by Buddhist intervention

GLOUCESTER, Mass (Reuters) - Instead of plunging headfirst to their death in a pot of boiling water, 534 live lobsters escaped the dinner plate and belly flopped to freedom into the dark waters of the Atlantic Ocean.A group of Tibetan Buddhists flanked ...