Tehran mayor’s jailing sparks clashes and rallying support
About 4,000 protesters gathered near Tehran University to back jailed mayor Gholamhossein Karbaschi as riot police dispersed the display. Dozens were reportedly arrested amid fistfights, with prosecutors accusing him of misappropriating public funds and a trial slated within two weeks.
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Cardinal Groer Renounces Duties Over Sex Allegations
Vienna reports the 78 year old Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer relinquished all church duties on Pope John Paul II’s request amid sex abuse allegations from former pupils and monks. The case sparks Austria’s deepest postwar church crisis as the pope aims to mend rifts before a June visit.
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