An up close look at the military life in Marjah
EDITOR'S NOTE -- Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder was embedded with U.S. forces during the offensive in Marjah, Afghanistan. Here is his account of some of the photos he made of the soldiers' daily lives.
By DAVID GUTTENFELDER
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Pope's Irish letter faces critical Catholic world
By SHAWN POGATCHNIK
Associated Press Writer
DUBLIN (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal here -- a message being watched closely by Catholics from Boston to Berlin to see if i ...
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Push on for Mideast talks despite Jerusalem flap
By ARON HELLER
Associated Press Writer
JERUSALEM (AP) -- With pressure on from global mediators Friday, Israel and the Palestinians appeared likely to resume American-mediated indirect peace talks despite a flap over east Jerusalem construction ...
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Heavy rains swamp camps holding Haiti's homeless
By MIKE MELIA
Associated Press Writer
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- One of the heaviest rainfalls since Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake swamped homeless camps Friday, sweeping screaming residents into eddies of water, overflowing latrines and panick ...
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Italian town commemorates World War II tragedy
By VICTOR L. SIMPSON
Associated Press Writer
CISTERNA di LATINA, Italy (AP) -- For American forces fighting their way north to Rome, it was the site of a heroic but hopeless stand, where only eight men out of two Ranger battalions escaped German ...
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Munich diocese faces "tsunami" of abuse claims
VERENA SCHMITT-ROSCHMANN
Associated Press Writer
MUNICH (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis, the head of its new sex-abuse task force said Friday.
"It is like a tsun ...
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