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NJ ex-priest arrested after working with kids
A New Jersey priest who resigned this month after admitting he worked unsupervised with young people despite a legal agreement that barred him from doing so was arrested Monday. Michael Fugee resigned from the Archdiocese of Newark on May 2, saying in a letter that he did not inform the ...
Obama vows US support as Myanmar leader visits
President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar's president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country on its sometimes difficult path to democracy and assured him of U.S. support. Obama spoke as he sat in the Oval Office with former general ...
Attacks kill 95 in Iraq, hint of Syrian spillover
Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next door. The latest spiral of violence ...
Tunisian feminist arrested for alleged provocation
A Tunisian feminist who scandalized her country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested after allegedly sneaking into Tunisia's holiest city disguised in a veil, then trying to get undressed during a protest. On Sunday, Amina Tyler — a 19-year-old member of the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN, ...
Egypt: Security beefed up in Sinai after abduction
Dozens of Egyptian troops and armored vehicles moved into Sinai Monday as the government beefed up security in the volatile peninsula after the abduction of six policemen and a border guard by suspected Islamic militants. The security deployment comes a day after the release of a video of the captives, ...
Pa. priest removed in 2009 faces new porn charge
A Roman Catholic priest who was removed from public ministry in 2009 after an allegation of past child sex abuse later deemed "credible" by his bishop has now been indicted on a federal charge of possessing child pornography. The indictment announced by federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh doesn't specify how much ...
Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks
A national atheist group said Monday that it will donate its literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles there. David Silverman, president of the Cranford, N.J.-based American Atheists organization, said his group is just waiting for an answer ...
State Dept: Reports of anti-Semitism increase
The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. Ira Forman, former CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council, was named special envoy as the State Department released its annual report ...
Retired Anglican priest jailed for sex abuse
A retired Church of England priest was jailed for 10 years Monday after a jury found him guilty of 36 separate sex offenses against children in the 1960s and 1970s. Prosecutors said Gordon Rideout, 74, abused his position of trust and assaulted children he met over the years. A jury ...
JUSTICES TAKE CASE ON PRAYER AT NEW YORK TOWN BOARD MEETINGS
c.2013 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide cases concerning prayers at the start of town meetings and a patent dispute over heart monitors. It also issued an important administrative law decision that said the Federal Communications Commission was entitled to deference ...
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