Topic: United States

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 ...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly condemned Friday's attack on a Pakistan mosque that killed 48 people and wounded more than 100 during Ramadan prayers."The slaughter of worshippers as they gathered at a mosque for Ramadan's Friday prayers underscores the brutality ...

Vatican releases confidential papers on abuse case

The Vatican on Wednesday took the unprecedented decision to release confidential files about an abuse case in the United States in an attempt to defend itself against accusations of a cover-up.The documents are a response to a high-profile lawsuit revolving around the ...
A radical anti-US Shiite cleric warned of "war" if US forces stayed in Iraq beyond a year-end deadline for their withdrawal, in a brief statement viewed on Wednesday.Moqtada al-Sadr did not give any further details in the written reply to a follower's ...

Obama remembers 9/11 at Iftar dinner

US President Barack Obama remembered the dead of the "awful" September 11 attacks in 2001, including Muslim Americans, as he marked the holy month of Ramadan at an Iftar dinner.The president launched what will be a solemn series of events to mark ...

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 ...
US Muslims are more optimistic about the future than other faith groups, but while they overwhelmingly reject terrorism, nearly half report discrimination, a poll found.The survey was carried out ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and looked at ...

Taliban leaders may take Ramadan break: U.S. military

KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military is waiting to see whether some Taliban leaders take a break during August for Ramadan, crossing over the border into Pakistan after several weeks of high profile attacks."There's an awful lot of discussion about the Taliban ...
All followers of radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr must sign a strict code of conduct after repeated complaints over rogue elements of his militia, a document seen by AFP showed Thursday.Signed by the anti-US Shiite cleric and distributed throughout his organisation, it ...

Vietnam under pressure to release jailed priest

Vietnam on Wednesday faced calls from the United States and international rights groups to free a frail dissident priest who was re-arrested after being released from jail for medical treatment.Nguyen Van Ly, who prosecutors say was a founding member of a banned ...