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Pope Francis calls for promoting peace initiative in Syria, Ukraine

Pope Francis called for launching peace initiatives in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and Venezuela, elaborating on the ...

Sinabung`s deadly clouds claim 15 lives in a single day

Over 30 thousand people across 34 villages have been displaced since last September 2013, as a result of the sporadic ...

Government to offer scholarships to Mount Sinabung victims: President

The government will provide scholarships to the students attending elementary schools and colleges, who were affected ...

Leaders of People Affected by Leprosy Request Pope Francis to Speak Out against Discrimination

-The leaders of organizations of people affected by leprosy from nine countries and Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill ...

Church leaders denounce violence in Timika

The Catholic churches of the Timika Diocese, Papua, strongly denounce recent spate of violence in the district lately. ...

New Pope slips out of Vatican for morning prayer visit

Pope Francis, barely 12 hours after his election, quietly left the Vatican early on Thursday to pray for guidance at a ...

Hundreds of thousands rally againts gay marriages in Paris

Hundreds of thousands of people on Sunday marched through the streets of the French capital Paris to protest President ...

Constitutional fight over Chavez status intensifies

A constitutional fight over ailing President Hugo Chavez`s status intensified Tuesday with the government planning a ...

Batam reopens "Ex-Vietnamese Camp" Museum for tourists

The Batam municipal government in Riau Islands has reopened the "Ex-Vietnamese Camp" Museum in Galang Island for ...

Gillard government under pressure to set up sex abuse inquiry

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is facing growing pressure to set up a national royal commission into ...

President Yudhoyono attends Manggarai Catholic Church jubilee

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attended Manggarai Catholic Church jubilee at Motangrua square in Ruteng, East Nusa ...

President Yudhoyono to attend Manggarai Church Centennial jubilee

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to attend Manggarai`s Catholic Church`s Centennial jubilee in West ...

Dozens dead in church bombings: officials

Dozens of people were killed and scores injured Sunday in multiple church bombings followed by rioting in northern ...

Kennedy clan, celebrities attend Mary Kennedy`s funeral

Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who died in an apparent suicide earlier this week, was ...

Cuban dissident detained after Pope visit released

Police in Cuba on Sunday released Jose Daniel Ferrer, a political dissident arrested shortly after the visit to the ...