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Ms Dawson, a barrister, along with Mr Johnson were pronounced dead after the dramatic 16-hour stand-off at the Lindt cafe, which came to an end in the early hours on Tuesday. She leaves behind her husband Paul and their children, Chloe, Sasha and Oliver, after being caught up in the siege next to her office with a pregnant colleague, Julie Taylor. |
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VATICAN CITY Pope Francis rightly got credit for helping bring the U.S. and Cuba together and free U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross. But it was Francis' predecessor, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who made the first high-level Vatican manoeuver to release Gross, spurred in part by an unlikely group of papal lobbyists. |
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis rightly got credit for helping bring the U.S. and Cuba together and free U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross. But it was Francis' predecessor, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who made the first high-level Vatican manoeuver to release Gross, spurred in part by an unlikely group of papal lobbyists. |
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis rightly got credit for helping bring the U.S. and Cuba together and free U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross. But it was Francis' predecessor, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who made the first high-level Vatican manoeuver to release Gross, spurred in part by an unlikely group of papal lobbyists. |
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Pope Francis rightly got credit for helping bring the U.S. and Cuba together and free U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross. But it was Francis' predecessor, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who made the first high-level Vatican manoeuver to release Gross, spurred in part by an unlikely group of papal lobbyists. |
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By Alessandra Migliaccio and Gregory Viscusi 2014-12-18T17:52:44Z
After misfires in the Middle East and South Korea, Pope Francis is finding his place on the stage of world diplomacy -- by taking the initiative. The pontiff who has made his name mostly by opening up debate in the Catholic Church.... |
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On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me Some grating, tedious songs that get stuck in your brain like a tiny piece of caramel corn in your teeth; like flecks of glitter that you’ll NEVER get out of the carpet; like a tiresome metaphor that some blogger just can’t let go.
Anyway. My grandmother hated “The 12 Days of Christmas. |
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Once, if you wanted to speak with the man known as “Mullah Radio,” you had to travel to the remote, mountainous lands of northwest Pakistan. There, between radio segments, the man who now leads an insurgency that just killed scores of schoolchildren, would perhaps drop by on his white horse. |
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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis praised the "small steps" of diplomacy and peacemaking that brought about the rapprochement between the U.S. and Cuba, expressing joy over the outcome that he helped bring about. "Today we're all happy, because we saw how two people who had been so far apart for so many.... |
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Pope Francis praised the "small steps" of diplomacy and peacemaking that brought about the rapprochement between the U.S. and Cuba, expressing joy over the outcome that he helped bring about. "Today we're all happy, because we saw how two people who had been so far apart for so many years took a.... |
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The media of Cuban exiles are suspicious of an agreement between the US and Cuba to end more than 50 years of hostility, while the Latin American press approve of the deal. In Cuba itself, however, official newspapers seem to give little importance to Wednesday's announcement. |
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