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- Pope meets privately with abuse victims in Australia
SYDNEY, Australia – Pope Benedict XVI met privately today with Australians who were sexually abused as children by priests, ending a pilgrimage to the country with a gesture of contrition and concern over a scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic church.
- Colombians turn out in droves to demand release of hostages
BOGOTA, Colombia – Well more than 1 million Colombians, clad in white and shouting “No more kidnapping,” marked their independence day yesterday with marches and concerts demanding freedom for hostages held by leftist rebels.
- Homicide charges filed in baby-snatching case
PITTSBURGH – A woman suspected of cutting open a pregnant woman's uterus and stealing the baby has been charged with homicide, unlawful restraint and kidnapping, police said yesterday.
- NATION UPDATE
B-52 with 6 aboard crashes off Guam
HONOLULU – An Air Force B-52 bomber carrying six crew members and en route to conduct a flyover in a parade crashed today off the island of Guam, officials said.
- Anglican leader asks bishops to conquer 'severe challenges'
CANTERBURY, England – The head of the Anglican Communion said yesterday that the global fellowship faces “one of the most severe challenges” in its history, and he urged bishops at their once-a-decade Lambeth Conference to do the hard work of finding solutions.
- Afghan police killed in airstrikes after being mistaken as militants
KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces killed nine Afghan police yesterday, calling in airstrikes and fighting on the ground for four hours after both sides mistook the other for militants, Afghan officials said.
- Subway is snarled on Day 1 of curbed traffic in Beijing
BEIJING – One of Beijing's most important subway lines seized up today when the mass of passengers forced workers to close off entrances for safety on the first working day of pre-Olympic traffic restrictions.
- WORLD UPDATE
Britain's premier admonishes Israel
BETHLEHEM, West Bank – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown demanded yesterday that Israel cease settlement construction and promised more money to jump-start the battered Palestinian economy.
- Commission advises delay in provincial election plan
BAGHDAD – Iraq's election authority proposed yesterday to delay important provincial balloting in an apparent sign of frustration over a political impasse that has stalled preparations for voting planned for this fall.
- ANALYSIS
Iraq leverages U.S. politics to get the best deal in troop withdrawal
AMMAN, Jordan – Confusion over the Iraqi prime minister's seeming endorsement of Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan is part of Baghdad's strategy to play U.S. politics for the best deal possible over America's military mission.
- Daily developments
American Special Operations forces shot to death the son and nephew of the governor of Salahuddin province during a raid yesterday in Beiji, 120 miles north of Baghdad.
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