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		<title>Pope breaks his wrist, taken to hospital</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME - Currently on a summer break, Pope  Benedict XVI  has broken his wrist and twisted an ankle after slipping  in the bathroom.

Despite the agony, the Pope, 82, was able to walk to the casualty department  of  the  hospital after  arriving  with  his  private secretary, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pope-breaks-his-wrist-taken-to-hospital-112613/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Italian aid worker for Red Cross freed in Philippines after being held hostage for 6 months</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Al-Qaida-linked militants freed an ailing Italian Red Cross worker Sunday from six months of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines, officials said.

Eugenio Vagni, 63, appeared to be in good health but tired as Abu Sayyaf gunmen handed him over to a provincial vice governor shortly after midnight in jungle near Maimbung township .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/italian-aid-worker-for-red-cross-freed-in-philippines-after-being-held-hostage-for-6-months-106895/">Italian aid worker for Red Cross freed in Philippines after being held hostage for 6 months</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>What Obama may gift to Pope Benedict XVI during their meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Barack Obama&#8217;s staff called the owner of a religious gift shop in Philadelphia, Louis DiCocco, for advice as to what gift should be given to Pope Benedict XVI when the U.S. President meets him.

&#8220;Someone there remembered us from the Pope&#8217;s last visit,&#8221; the Washington Post quoted DiCocco as saying in a phone interview.
It .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/what-obama-may-gift-to-pope-benedict-xvi-during-their-meeting-106473/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama set to embark on weeklong trip; Russia, Italy and Ghana on itinerary</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is embarking on his next foreign mission.

He leaves late Sunday on a weeklong trip that takes him to Russia, Italy and Ghana. The mission is anchored around the G-8 economic summit in Rome. High on the agenda are international efforts to confront climate change.
Obama will be accompanied by his wife .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/president-obama-set-to-embark-on-weeklong-trip-russia-italy-and-ghana-on-itinerary-99840/">President Obama set to embark on weeklong trip; Russia, Italy and Ghana on itinerary</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Brazilian bishop who denounced abortion for 9-year-old girl retires</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has announced the retirement of a Brazilian archbishop who caused a major stir when he declared that those involved in an abortion for a 9-year-old rape victim were excommunicated.

The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Benedict XVI had accepted the resignation submitted for reasons of age of 76-year-old Archbishop Jose Cardoso ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/brazilian-bishop-who-denounced-abortion-for-9-year-old-girl-retires-96797/" title="Brazilian bishop who denounced abortion for 9-year-old girl retires">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pope signs new globalization encyclical; tells new archbishops to protect their flocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI signed his latest encyclical Monday, a text on ways to make globalization more attentive to meeting the needs of the poor amid the worldwide financial crisis.

The document, entitled &#8220;Charity in Truth,&#8221; is expected to be published soon.
The pope has said his third encyclical will outline the goals and values .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pope-signs-new-globalization-encyclical-tells-new-archbishops-to-protect-their-flocks-94572/">Pope signs new globalization encyclical; tells new archbishops to protect their flocks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Audio tape denies capture of Iraqi insurgent leader, deepening mystery of suspect&#8217;s ID</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/audio-tape-denies-capture-of-iraqi-insurgent-leader-deepening-mystery-of-suspects-id-68321/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Gamel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — The self-described leader of an al-Qaida front group issued a new audio tape this weekend, deepening the mystery surrounding the identity of the insurgent leader whom the Iraqi government claims to have in custody and whose very existence the U.S. once questioned.

The man purporting to be Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the head of the .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/audio-tape-denies-capture-of-iraqi-insurgent-leader-deepening-mystery-of-suspects-id-68321/">Audio tape denies capture of Iraqi insurgent leader, deepening mystery of suspect&#8217;s ID</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pope heads to Jordan on a Middle East tour he calls a pilgrimage of peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 04:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — Pope Benedict XVI has set off for the Middle East on a self-proclaimed pilgrimage of peace.

Benedict&#8217;s plane took off from Rome&#8217;s Leonardo da Vinci airport at about 9:50 a.m. (0750 GMT, 0350 EDT) Friday, bound for Jordan. It is the first stop of a weeklong trip that will also take him to Israel ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pope-heads-to-jordan-on-a-middle-east-tour-he-calls-a-pilgrimage-of-peace-56066/" title="Pope heads to Jordan on a Middle East tour he calls a pilgrimage of peace">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pope demands soul-searching by those responsible for poor construction in Italy quake zone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;AQUILA, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI embraced the survivors of Italy&#8217;s deadly earthquake Tuesday as he walked through their muddy tent camp and demanded &#8220;serious soul-searching&#8221; from those responsible for the shoddy construction blamed for many of the 296 deaths.

In his first visit to central Italy since the April 6 quake, Benedict toured the three ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pope-demands-soul-searching-by-those-responsible-for-poor-construction-in-italy-quake-zone-42214/">Pope demands soul-searching by those responsible for poor construction in Italy quake zone</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican&#8217;s Good Friday to focus on Christian persecutions in India</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY - The faithful will be invited to reflect on the persecution of Christians in India in prayers at this year&#8217;s traditional Good Friday Way of the Cross ceremony at Rome&#8217;s Colosseum, the Vatican said Tuesday.



Pope Benedict XVI is set to preside the evening ceremony - also known as Via Crucis - which commemorates ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vaticans-good-friday-to-focus-on-christian-persecutions-in-india-26379/">Vatican&#8217;s Good Friday to focus on Christian persecutions in India</a>.]]></description>
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