The Belgian Catholic Church must have felt it hit a nadir last year when it had to face harrowing revelations of rampant child sex abuse among its priesthood. However, the church’s reputation is now at a new low, thanks to the ill-judged comments of the disgraced former Bishop of Bruges, who in April 2010 admitted to abusing his nephew
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Gates Foundation wants global health push
Global philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates are launching a major push to convince the United States to maintain government spending on worldwide health initiatives, despite the financial crisis and a soaring U.S.
Karzai rival issues conditions for Afghan runoff
The main challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants the removal of the country’s election chief and 200 other staffers of the election commission to ensure a fair runoff election. “My trust in becoming a candidate was not to be part of the same government, part of the same deteriorating situation,” Abdullah told CNN’s John King in an interview broadcast on Sunday’s “State of the Union.” “Mine was for a change in this country
Small town killing puts focus on crimes against Latinos
Crystal Dillman says she will never understand why a group of teenage boys beat her fianc to death.
Drug-related killings skyrocket in Juarez
Has Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, been lost to the drug cartels? New figures released to CNN on Wednesday by Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz indicate the death toll for this year has already surpassed 2,000 homicides — almost 400 more murders than the total count for 2008.
U.S. lobbied Afghanistan’s Karzai to accept runoff
In a blizzard of personal meetings in Kabul, Afghanistan, and in telephone conversations from Washington, U.S.
Skype and Job Interviews: Webcam Meetings on the Rise
Get ready for a closeup: your next job interview might be on webcam.
Clinton: Karzai runoff win likely, but he must deliver
With a runoff presidential election in Afghanistan appearing likely, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN on Friday that she expects the current president, Hamid Karzai, to win. “It is likely that they will find that President Karzai got very close to the 50-plus-1” in August’s balloting, she said in an exclusive CNN interview, referring to the 50 percent plus one vote needed to avoid a runoff.
White House mum on Michelle Obama doll
The White House said it had no comment Monday in response to the upcoming release of a new Michelle Obama action-figure doll.
‘Sweatbox’ victims were attending ‘Spiritual Warrior’ program
The two people who died and the 19 others who fell ill at a central Arizona resort after spending time in a sauna-like “sweatbox” were attending a program by self-help expert James Arthur Ray, authorities said Saturday. The dead were identified as James Shore of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Kirby Brown of Westtown, New York, Sheriff Lloyd Waugh told reporters