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The Vatican
VATICAN CITY—The Pontifical Biblical Commission, led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, held a five-day conference on "The Jewish people and their writings in the Christian Bible".......
Europe
LONDON—The House of Lords again blocked plans to lower the age of homosexual consent to 16 years last week. The opposition was spearheaded by Baroness Young, who said the Bill......
Middle East
JERUSALEM—The Vatican objected to the building of a Mosque at the foot of the Basilica of the Annunciation, in the wake of riots between Christians and Muslims over the Easter......
The Americas
OAKLAND—Jack Kevorkian, the euthanasia advocate known as "Dr Death", was sentenced to between 10 and 25 years in prison for murdering a terminally-ill man with a lethal......
Asia
NEW DELHI—Attacks on Christian property in the state of Gujarat were systematically organised, an independent commission said last week. The commission said that Hindu......
Africa
ALGIERS—The Archbishop of Algiers described this month's presidential election as a "new phase" in Algeria's troubled history, even though only one candidate stood amid......