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Catholic abuse scandal goes global
The Roman Catholic Church's crisis over sex abuse charges has gone global, with allegations spreading through half a dozen countries on two continents. Opinions: GOV'T MUST STEP IN l CRITICISM UNFAIR l

Castration for rapists OK'd by Argentina province
Officials in Argentina's Mendoza province have authorized chemical castration for rapists after a significant increase in sexual assaults last year.

Drug criminals block roads in Mexico
Five presumed drug gang members and one soldier were killed in shootouts Thursday and Friday after criminals blocked thoroughfares in two northern Mexico states to prevent military reinforcements from arriving, authorities said.

Narrow lead for al-Maliki in Iraq vote count
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition has edged ahead in Iraq's parliamentary elections, according to partial results from election officials.

Strike on at British Airways
Eleventh-hour talks to try to halt two consecutive weekends of strike action by British Airways cabin crew collapsed Friday, union officials said, raising the prospect of major disruptions for air travelers. WHAT TO DO? l

Greenpeace, Nestlé in battle over Kit Kat video clip
A video clip which shows an office worker opening a Kit Kat chocolate bar and finding an orangutan's finger has been re-posted on video-sharing Web site YouTube, a day after it was removed at the request of food giant Nestlé.

TV presenter gets death sentence for 'sorcery'
Amnesty International is calling on Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to stop the execution of a Lebanese man sentenced to death for "sorcery."

Israel offers measures to get peace talks moving again, Blair says
Israel refuses to reverse its decision to build new homes in largely Arab East Jerusalem, but it is offering measures to kick-start the peace process, Middle East envoy Tony Blair told CNN on Friday.

American took a twisted trail to terror
The path that brought U.S. citizen David Coleman Headley to the point of pleading guilty to involvement in two international terrorism plots is complicated and twisted.

Retired general links gays in military, Bosnia killings
A retired U.S. general said Thursday that the Dutch policy of allowing openly gay soldiers to serve in its military led, in part, to its failure to halt the massacre of Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995.