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UK police: Girl's call about collapsed mother was hoax
A call to police in England that sparked a frantic search for a 3-year-old girl who said her mother had collapsed was a hoax, police said after spending nearly 30 hours trying to trace the call. Two...
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Radical cleric Abu Qatada released from jail
Radical cleric Abu Qatada was released from jail on bail today, following a successful appeal Monday against deportation from the United Kingdom to face terror charges in Jordan. It's the latest stage...
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Britain ready to send troops to train Mali military, defense chief says
The United Kingdom is prepared to deploy up to 40 troops to a European Union military training mission in Mali, and up to 200 troops as trainers in English-speaking West African countries, British...
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Benedict: I'm 'simply a pilgrim' now
Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years, takes effect at 2 p.m. ET (8 p.m. in Rome) Benedict now in papal retreat 15 miles from Vatican; tells crowd he's...
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Abuse victims' group blacklists cardinals
A group representing survivors of sexual abuse by priests on Wednesday named a "Dirty Dozen" list of cardinals it said would be the worst candidates for pope based on their handling of child sex abuse...
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Last cardinal-elector due at Vatican tomorrow
Slowly but surely, the Catholic Church's cardinals are putting themselves in position to elect a new pope. All but two of the 115 cardinals eligible to elect the new pope are now in Rome, Vatican...
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Cardinals set pope election date
The Catholic cardinals gathered in Rome voted Friday to begin the secret election, or conclave, to elect a new pope next Tuesday afternoon, the Vatican said. The 115 cardinal-electors taking part in...
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No new pope on conclave's first day
[Updated at 2:47 p.m. ET] In a not-so-surprising result, there will be no new pope tonight. Black smoke has risen from a chimney over the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, indicating that no one...
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Vote for pope resumes after lunch
Will the Roman Catholic Church's cardinals elect a pope today, the first full day of their conclave? If so, they'll have to make it happen in their afternoon session. Black smoke rose from the chimney...
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Argentina's Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis
New pope is Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, who takes the name Pope Francis. Francis, 76, is the first non-European pope in the modern era, the first...
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