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Pedophiles lie, psychologists tell bishops

Subscriber onlyROME — Psychologists told bishops from around the world Tuesday that priests who rape and molest children lie when confronted with an accusation, and that the church should listen first to victims since they usually tell the truth and need to be believed in order to heal. Continue reading...

By NICOLE WINFIELD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: at 5 a.m.

Libyans finalize new election law

Subscriber onlyTRIPOLI, Libya — Libya finalized on Wednesday a law to govern an election to choose a national assembly to draft a new constitution, a first step to setting up a new government after the ouster of longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi. Continue reading...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: at 4:51 a.m.

EU to tighten sanctions on Syria, official warns

Subscriber onlyBEIRUT — The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tried to broker talks between the Syrian vice president and the opposition to calm violence. Activists reported at least 50 killed in the regime’s siege of the restive city of Homs. Continue reading...

By BASSEM MROUE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: at 4:50 a.m.

Case against Americans ‘big,’ Egyptian asserts

Subscriber onlyCAIRO, Egypt — Investigative judges in Egypt said Wednesday that the Americans and Egyptians who have been charged in the government’s crackdown on U.S.-funded pro-democracy groups could face up to five years in prison for working at unlicensed organizations. Continue reading...

By ERNESTO LONDONO AND INGY HASSIEB THE WASHINGTON PO Posted: at 4:45 a.m.

Hope mostly gone for quake missing

Subscriber onlyMANILA, Philippines — Philippine officials conceded Wednesday that there was little hope of finding any survivors among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerful earthquake. Jittery residents stayed away from their homes in the face of aftershocks. Continue reading...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: at 3:45 a.m.

U.S., Japan tweak deal on troops

Subscriber onlyTOKYO — The United States and Japan on Wednesday tweaked a long-stalled military realignment plan, hoping to streamline the transfer of Marines from Okinawa to Guam by cutting the number of troops to be moved and sidestepping a separate dispute about the future location of the Okinawa base. Continue reading...

By CHICO HARLAN THE WASHINGTON POST Posted: at 3:32 a.m.

Rivers burst banks in Bulgaria, Greece; homes underwater

Subscriber onlySOFIA, Bulgaria — Swollen rivers in Bulgaria and Greece burst their banks Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes underwater, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapse nearly washed away their village. Continue reading...

By VESELIN TOSHKOV THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: Feb 8, 2012 at 6:20 a.m.

Britain marks Dickens’ 200th year

Subscriber onlyLONDON — Britain on Tuesday marked the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, the first global celebrity author and chronicler of a world of urban inequality. Continue reading...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: Feb 8, 2012 at 4:06 a.m.

Russia VIPs to lose power to bog traffic

Subscriber onlyMOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday pledged to cut traffic privileges for officials, who routinely bypass Moscow’s notorious traffic jams by ignoring basic rules of the road and even driving into oncoming lanes. Continue reading...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: Feb 8, 2012 at 4:03 a.m.

Ontario crash kills 10 migrant workers

Subscriber onlyHAMPSTEAD, Ontario — Ten migrant workers from Peru and Jamaica were killed Monday afternoon when a truck hit a passenger van in rural Canada, officials said. Continue reading...

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: Feb 8, 2012 at 4:01 a.m.

Russians meet with Assad, press Syria for calm

Subscriber onlyBEIRUT — Days after blocking a U.S.-backed peace plan at the U.N., senior Russian officials pushed for changes Tuesday during an emergency meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, promoting a settlement to end the uprising without removing him from power. Continue reading...

By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: Feb 8, 2012 at 3:59 a.m.

Citing its frustration in Iraq, U.S. to cut diplomatic mission

Subscriber onlyBAGHDAD — Less than two months after U.S. troops left, the State Department is preparing to cut by as much as half the diplomatic presence it had planned for Iraq. Continue reading...

By TIM ARANGO THE NEW YORK TIMES Posted: Feb 8, 2012 at 3:34 a.m.

Italy: Court keeps Costa Concordia captain under house arrest

ROME — An Italian court has refused to lift an order of house arrest for Francesco Schettino, the captain of Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off a Tuscan island last month. Continue reading...

By The Associated Press Posted: Feb 7, 2012 at 9:05 a.m.

U.S., Britain order envoys to leave Syria

Gunfire said to be ‘like rain’ in Homs; dead are put at 40

Subscriber onlyBEIRUT — The U.S. closed its embassy in Syria and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus on Monday in a new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power and halt the murderous grind in Syria — now among the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring. Continue reading...

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS Posted: Feb 7, 2012 at 5:33 a.m.

Obama stiffens sanctions on Iran bank

Subscriber onlyWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama levied tough new sanctions on Iran’s Central Bank on Monday amid increased tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program and the specter of an Israeli attack on the Islamic republic. Continue reading...

By JULIE PACE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted: Feb 7, 2012 at 5:30 a.m.

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