Germany: Merkel Defends Pope
Sep. 17, 2006

German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended the remarks of Pope Benedict XVI, an ethnic German, on Sept. 16, asserting that the pontiff was attempting to stimulate a "dialogue between religions," something she said was a laudable goal.

The real test of NATO - 12,000 Taliban fighters battling coalition forces and 500 suicide bombers blowing up infrastructures
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12,000 Taliban fighters battling coalition forces and 500 suicide bombers blowing up infrastructures. The real test of NATO and the coalition forces is here.
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is the cost of confronting Iran greater than the dangers of living with a nuclear Iran?
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What if the controversy over Tehran's nuclear ambitions results in U.S. airstrikes?
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Start of a Holy war as Muslim anger over papal comments grows
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Pakistan's legislature unanimously condemned Pope Benedict XVI. Lebanon's top Shiite cleric demanded an apology. And in Turkey, the ruling party likened the pontiff to Hitler and Mussolini and accused him of reviving the mentality of the Crusades.
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New Cuban leader Castro's brother lashes out at U.S. at summit
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Fidel Castro's brother, Raul Castro, unleashed a stream of anti-American invective to leaders from two-thirds of the world's nations as Cuba assumed leadership of the Nonaligned Movement summit.
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Republican Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges in the congressional investigation into corruption and bribery
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Republican Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges in the congressional investigation into corruption and bribery involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to the Justice Department.
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39 people dead in Iraq - 65 tortured bodies found around Baghdad
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On a violent day even by the standards of Baghdad, car bombs, mortars and other attacks also killed at least 39 people and wounded dozens.
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NATO will not reinforce to a call from military commanders to quell the Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan
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NATO members have failed to respond to a call from military commanders for reinforcements to try to quell the Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan, an alliance spokesman said.
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old diagram of Kentucky airport root cause of Comair crash
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Comair was using an outdated chart of Lexington's Blue Grass Airport when one of its planes took off on the wrong runway and crashed in flames..
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Half of all Americans now blame Bush for 9/11 : CNN pole
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The percentage of Americans who blame the Bush administration for the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington has risen from almost a third to almost half over the past four years, a CNN poll released Monday found.
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