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U.N. will take weeks on Palestinian bid: Abbas
AMMAN (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he expected the Security Council to finish debating his nation’s application for full United Nations membership in weeks, not months. Speaking to journalists on his plane back from the General Assembly in New York where he presented the request to…
Catholics cannot accept gay marriage, pope says
(Reuters) – Pope Benedict said on Saturday the Catholic Church could not accept gay marriage and urged young people to root out evil in society and shun a “lukewarm” faith that damages their Church. The 84-year-old pope ended the third day in his homeland with a rally for more about…
Dalai Lama questions need for spiritual post to continue
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Tibet’s exiled spiritual head the Dalai Lama on Saturday questioned whether the tradition of leadership reincarnation should be continued, saying he and other leaders of Tibetan Buddhism will take a call on the issue in about 15 years, a statement on his official website said. “When…
Global economy faces ‘lost decade’: Russian minister
The world economy faces a lost decade of low growth even though it is still possible to stave off another global recession, Russia’s finance minister was quoted as saying on Saturday. “We are probably faced with a lost decade. It is already obvious that growth rates are going to be…
Pope ‘shaken’ by talks with sex abuse victims
Pope Benedict XVI met victims of sexual abuse by clergy on the second day of his visit to his German homeland, an encounter that left him “deeply shaken”, Vatican officials said. He also held joint prayers with members of the Protestant faith in Germany, in a bid to build bridges…
Ahmadinejad promotes European separatism
NEW YORK — Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday put himself forward as a champion for European separatists — from Wales to Spain’s Basque region — who he said had been ignored by the United Nations. One day after sparking a walkout at the UN General Assembly over his rebuke…
Bill Gates: Tax financial transactions to help poor nations
By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countries by taxing financial transactions, tobacco, and shipping and aviation fuels, according to details of a G20 report obtained by Reuters. The Gates Foundation…
U.S. sold bunker-busting bombs to Israel: report
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama secretly authorized the sale of 55 powerful bunker-busting bombs to Israel, Newsweek magazine reported Friday. Israel first asked to buy deep-penetrating GBU-28 bombs in 2005, but were rebuffed by then-president George W. Bush. At the time the Pentagon had frozen joint US-Israeli defense projects, fearful…
Abbas stakes Palestine’s statehood claim at U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked theUnited Nations on Friday to recognize a state for his people, even though Israel still occupies its territory and the United States has vowed to veto the move. Abbas handed U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a letter requesting full U.N. membership, which the Security Council must consider — although this may take some…
Huge crowds pack West Bank cities to back UN bid
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Huge crowds packed into the main towns and cities of the West Bank on Friday as people turned out to support a Palestinian bid to seek UN membership, AFP correspondents said. The crowds began gathering as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas handed over a historic request to…
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