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Three US women priests to be ordained, excommunicated

Three US women priests to be ordained, excommunicated

AFP - 1 hour 4 minutes ago

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) - - Three women are to be ordained as priests Sunday here in one of American's most Catholic cities, but they will face automatic excommunication by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese. More »

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  • Obama to meet Afghan president

    AFP - Sunday, July 20

    KABUL (AFP) - - US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama was due to hold talks with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul Sunday, the Afghan government said, on the second day of a visit to the insurgency-hit country. More »

  • Obama visits Afghanistan

    Reuters - Sunday, July 20

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  • Tropical Storm Cristobal forms off Southeast coast

    AP - Sunday, July 20

    CHARLESTON, S.C. - Tropical Storm Cristobal churned off the Southeast seaboard after it formed Saturday, the first storm to threaten the U.S. this hurricane season, forecasters said. More »

  • US warns Iran as nuclear talks yield no deal

    US warns Iran as nuclear talks yield no deal

    AFP - Sunday, July 20

    GENEVA (AFP) - - World powers' latest bid to make Iran halt its nuclear programme stalled Saturday as high-level talks involving US and Iranian officials ended without a deal and Washington warned of possible further "confrontation." More »

  • Iran hopes nuclear talks will create negotiating framework

    Iran hopes nuclear talks will create negotiating framework

    AFP - Sunday, July 20

    TEHRAN, July 19, 2008 (AFP) - - Iran hopes that talks to be held on Saturday with the EU foreign policy chief will create a "framework for negotiations" to end the nuclear crisis, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said. More »

  • Bush, Maliki, agree on 'time horizon' for US troop cut

    AFP - Saturday, July 19

    TUCSON, Arizona (AFP) - - US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki have agreed to set a "time horizon" for US troop withdrawals as part of a long-term security pact. More »

  • Obama heads abroad as US election campaign heats up

    Obama heads abroad as US election campaign heats up

    AFP - Saturday, July 19

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US Democrat Barack Obama is set this weekend to tout his foreign policy expertise on a trip to the Middle East and Europe, while his rival for the White House John McCain campaigns in America's heartland to reassure voters about jobs and the economy. More »

  • Obamania grips Europe ahead of visit by

    Obamania grips Europe ahead of visit by "John Kennedy of our time"

    AFP - Saturday, July 19

    BERLIN (AFP) - - Obamania is all the rage ahead of next week's visit to Berlin, Paris and London by a man described in newspapers as a "John Kennedy of our time" and Europe's champion in the race for the White House. More »

  • McCain says Obama trip to Iraq may be soon

    Reuters - Saturday, July 19

    DETROIT (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain commented on Friday on the unannounced timing of a high-security trip by Barack Obama to Iraq, saying he believed his Democratic rival was going this weekend. More »