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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' diplomatic skills are being put to the test Monday, as the first head of state he meets is his own: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, with whom he has clashed over her socially liberal policies and what he has called the government's strident displays of power. |
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HARARE, Zimbabwe - State radio in Zimbabwe says President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Rome for the inaugural mass of newly-elected Pope Francis. Mugabe is the subject of a travel ban by European nations to protest his human rights record in a decade of political and economic turmoil in his southern.... |
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Zimbabwe's President Mugabe arrives in Rome for Pope inauguration despite Europe travel ban |
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Pope Francis Cristina Fernandez: Pope Francis' diplomatic skills are being put to the test in his first audience: Argentine president Cristina Fernandez. |
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VIENNA (Reuters) - Cyprus is a special case and other countries should not fear contagion from the terms of its bailout that include levying a one-off tax on bank deposits, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny told Austria's ORF radio on Monday. |
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NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus' parliamentary vote on a levy on bank deposits has been postponed by a day until Tuesday evening. |
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As I stood on Saint Peter's Square awaiting the famous smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney, I felt an immense sense of satisfaction. |
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A SOUTH African cardinal today apologised for offending victims of child abuse when he described paedophilia as an illness and not a crime in a media interview. |
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Pope Francis' ascension heralds several firsts, and has brought back old controversies |
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — State radio in Zimbabwe says President Robert Mugabe has arrived in Rome for the inaugural mass of newly-elected Pope Francis. |