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LONDON (AP) -- The Latest on Britain's inquiry into its role in the Iraq war (all times local):...
LONDON (AP) -- The Iraq war was mounted on flawed intelligence, was executed with "wholly inadequate" planning, and ended "a long way from success," according to a damning report released Wednesday by the head of Britain's Iraq War inquiry....
When I was in school, I was quite a procrastinator. Actually, I got pretty good at finishing projects, writing papers, and cramming for a test at the last minute. Later in life...
(Vatican Radio) Bangladesh police have admitted they mistakenly shot dead the pizza chef of the Dhaka restaurant as they tried to free hostages in last Friday’s attack by Islamist militants. 20 people were killed by the militants claiming loyalty to the so-called Islamic State group. Authorities say they also misread online warnings of an impending assault.Bangladesh monitors of social media saw several Twitter messages on Friday saying there would be an attack but police thought any assault was more likely to target embassies and major hotels and restaurants.Police closed major hotels and eateries in and around hotel Westin, about 1 km from the Holey Artisan Bakery, the restaurant that was attacked.Bodies of Italian victims return to Rome Meanwhile, the bodies of the nine Italian victims were flown to Rome on Tuesday.Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who went to Rome's Ciampino airport for the plane's arrival, said he was committed to makin...
(Vatican Radio) Turkey has jailed 17 more suspects - mostly foreigners - over last week's suicide bombing at Istanbul's main airport. Islamic State militants from the ex-Soviet Union are blamed for the attack which killed 45 people and wounded hundreds.The arrests bring the total number of people jailed pending trial to 30.They include suspects from Russia’s north Caucasus region, Dagestan and from the former Soviet Republics of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. At a hearing in court Tuesday, those arrested denied they had links to the bombers.Moscow says that thousands of Russian citizens and citizens of other former Soviet states have joined Islamic State, travelling through Turkey to reach Syria. (Source: Reuters)
Los Angeles, Calif., Jul 6, 2016 / 12:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As church leaders rallied U.S. Catholics to defend their faith against an increasingly antagonistic society and government, the relics of Blessed Oscar Romero and St. Junipero Serra made an appearance at the Los Angeles cathedral.“We are living in challenging times. Our society and our culture are becoming more and more secularized,” Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles said July 1.“Sadly, also sometimes, our government is becoming more antagonistic. Sometimes we see policies that are trying to make us compromise our beliefs or deny the commandment that Jesus gives us to love and serve our neighbors,” Archbishop Gomez said during Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.The Mass was a part of the U.S. bishops-organized Fortnight for Freedom. The June 21-July 4 event focuses on the defense of religious freedom in the U.S. and raises awareness of religious persecution around the world.Archb...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Rossana Rilla could sell marijuana under Uruguay's pioneering law that lets pharmacies distribute pot. But she says there is no way she will....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democrats and Republicans seem just as destined for an election-season clash over guns as they did before a Democratic sit-in on the chamber's floor ushered in lawmakers' July 4 recess two weeks ago....
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea, one of the last bastions of free, unhindered smoking, a country where just about every adult male can and does light up almost anywhere he pleases and where leader Kim Jong Un is hardly ever seen without a lit cigarette in his hand, is now officially trying to get its people to kick the habit....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- A Louisiana police officer shot and killed a man during a confrontation outside a Baton Rouge convenience store, authorities say, in a death that prompted a protest later in the day....
