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Pope Benedict XVI to be called 'pope emeritus' after retirement
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican settled the question of what you call a retired pontiff by announcing Tuesday that after he steps down from office later this week, Pope Benedict XVI will bear the title "pope emeritus" or "Roman pontiff emeritus." The...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Benedict XVI, The Pope, Vatican City, Roman Catholicism
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TSA offers faster airport screening for wounded soldiers
Wounded soldiers and veterans can now go through airport screening gates without removing shoes, hats or light jackets, the Transportation Security Administration announced. The TSA's decision to ease screening for wounded soldiers comes about two weeks...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Security Measures, Transportation Security Administration, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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The Week in Pictures | April 1-7, 2013
FrameworkEach week we bring you the very best in visual journalism. Tensions are high on the Korean Penninsula, where North Korea has been railing against U.S.-South Korean military exercises that began in March and are to continue until the end of this month.... -
Attack on convoy in Afghanistan leaves 5 Americans dead
KABUL, Afghanistan — On the day that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan for an assessment visit, six Americans were killed Saturday in attacks by insurgents. Hours after Dempsey arrived, five Americans...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Rebellions, Martin Dempsey, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Palestinian prisoner death triggers West Bank protests
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.JERUSALEM -- The sudden death of a 30-year-old Palestinian man being held in an Israeli jail sparked another day of protests and rioting across the West Bank on Sunday as fears heightened that Palestinian frustration levels are nearing a boiling point....Tags: West Bank, Barack Obama, Shootings, Israel, Heart Attack
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No word on Mexican drug lord Guzman after gun battle in Guatemala
MEXICO CITY -- Guatemalan authorities said Friday they had not yet recovered the bodies from a gun battle between Mexican drug traffickers in a remote part of the country where one of the world’s most-wanted fugitive kingpins is known to operate....
Tags: Mexico, Al Capone, Mexico City, Guatemala, Drug Trafficking
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War photography exhibit opens at Annenberg Space for Photography
FrameworkThe exhibit, organized by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and titled WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY, includes over 150 photographs from 1887 through the present day. It will open Saturday March 23 and run through June 2. Admission will be free.... -
Suicide attack kills nearly 50 in western Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bombing and armed attack rocked a government compound in western Afghanistan near Iran on Wednesday, leaving at least 49 people dead, including the nine attackers, and wounding more than 50, officials said. The...
Tags: Military Equipment, Emergency Incidents, Barack Obama, United Nations, National Government
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The war in Iraq: Embedded with the U.S. Military
FrameworkAfter returning from assignment in Afghanistan in 2003, Times photojournalist Rick Loomis asked to be sent out in the first wave of journalists to cover the Invasion of Iraq. He spent several weeks traveling in the back of a canvas topped Humvee with U.S.... -
Afghanistan gets visit by U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman
KABUL, Afghanistan –Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday for a weekend visit aimed at assessing the amount and type of training that American troops will continue to provide Afghan defense forces...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Rebellions, Martin Dempsey, U.S. Department of Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Civilian Army employee shot, killed at Fort Knox in Kentucky
An Army civilian employee was shot and killed in a parking lot at Kentucky's Fort Knox on Wednesday, and investigators were seeking to question a man in connection with the shooting, authorities said Army officials said in a news release late...Tags: Shootings, Armed Forces, FBI, U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Mothers aid military personnel in the names of their fallen sons
They didn't know each other before the war. But loss united them, and friendship helps sustain them. "Every one of us wants our child to be remembered," said Sue Pollard, who, like her friend Debi Win'E, lost a son in Iraq. "Our main thing is to do...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Iraq, Human Interest, George W. Bush, Belief and Faith
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