Philippines water shortage
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Protesters carrying water containers gather in front of an artificial waterfall in a shopping mall Friday as they dramatize how business establishments allegedly use water wastefully while local residence suffer water shortages in Quezon City, north of Manila, Philippines.
Thousands turn out for pro-Berlusconi rally amid fresh investigations and looming elections
ROME - Tens of thousands of people turned out Saturday for a rally supporting Premier Silvio Berlusconi's party before regional elections later this month.
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Afghan insurgents adjust tactics, wage bomb attacks in former Taliban stronghold
MARJAH, Afghanistan - Explosions rumble through this former Taliban stronghold three or four times a day - an ominous sign that the insurgents have not given up despite losing control of this town to U.S. and Afghan forces about two weeks ago.
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VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI rebuked Irish bishops Saturday for "grave errors of judgment" in handling clerical sex abuse cases and ordered an investigation into the Irish church. But he laid no blame for the problem on the Vatican's policies of keeping such cases secret.
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Freiburg diocese rejects reports of sexual abuse coverup
BERLIN - The Roman Catholic church on Saturday rejected an anonymous accusation that the head of the German Bishops Conference covered up sexual abuse by a priest in the 1980s and 90s.
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Americans split as Congress votes on health-care bill
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Pakistan tribal leaders endorse democracy, call for military to destroy Taliban
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UN chief says Israeli settlements must be stopped; Palestinian teen killed by Israelis troops
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