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Thick black smoke billowed into the night sky from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney today, signalling an inconclusive first vote in the conclave to elect a new pope at a time of strife and scandal for the Roman Catholic Church.... | Read..
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Several bombs exploded in Dhaka and police clashed with protesters today as Opposition leaders enforced a daylong, nationwide general strike over what they say is police inti... | Read..
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Senior Iranian clerics have criticised President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for consoling Hugo Chavez’s mother with a hug — a physical contact considered a sin under the... | Read..
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A judge struck down New York’s limits on large sugary drinks yesterday, one day before they were to take effect, in a significant blow to one of the most ambitious ... | Read..
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| A picture taken from a video shows cardinals entering the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Tuesday to elect a successor to Pope Benedict. (Reuters) |
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