Petition for global Catholic abuse council urged by bishop
Retired Australian bishop Geoffrey Robinson urged Pope Francis to convene a worldwide council modeled on Vatican II to address child sexual abuse in the church. He said only a bishops' council could implement needed reforms and protect children. In Brussels, Gen. Dunford reported Afghan forces suffered 104 fatalities in a week of fighting with the Taliban while NATO ministers met.
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Geoffrey Robinson
Sydney
Robinson
Brussels
U.S
Afghanistan
Joseph Dunford
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defense Ministers
U.S. to Deploy Patriot Missiles and F-16s to Jordan Exercise
Jordan said the United States will deploy Patriot anti air missiles and F 16 fighters to Jordan for an annual exercise in the last week of June. The drills include at least 18 countries and more than 15000 troops, with no stated withdrawal date. Moscow condemned the move as arming Syria's civil war.
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Amman
United States
Syria
Jordan
Moscow
Manning says he's a broken soul in testimony
Adrian Lamo testified that Bradley Manning told him in May 2010 he was morally and emotionally troubled and at the breaking point over government war atrocities. Manning admitted six months of secretly providing WikiLeaks with classified U.S. secrets and feared being outed as homosexual.
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Fort Meade
California
Bradley Manning
Army
U.S
WikiLeaks
Adrian Lamp
Manning
Iraq
Lamo
Military chiefs pressed on sexual assault in armed forces
Senate leaders blasted the military over a surge in unwanted sexual contact and urged reform. Defense Secretary Hagel backed limits on commanders in courts martial, while Sen Gillibrand urged moving prosecutions to independent prosecutors, a plan commanders warned against.
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Washington
America
Congress
Senate
Pentagon
Claire McCaskill
D-Mo
Defense
Chuck Hagel
Gillibrand
Raymond Odierno
Army
UN cites grounds for chemical use in Syria sarin claims rise
U N investigators say there are reasonable grounds that limited chemical weapons were used in Syria and France asserts sarin was deployed by the government. The report notes both sides alleged use with government forces most testimony, and Western states press for urgent action amid rising battlefield claims.
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United Nations
Syria
France
Bashar al-Assad
West
U.S
John Kerry
Laurent Fabius
Britain
U.N
Mark Lyall Grant
United States
White House
Jay Carney
Obama calls for fast confirmation of three DC Circuit nominees
President Obama urged the Senate to approve three new nominees to the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He announced Patricia Millett Cornelia Pillard and Robert Wilkins in a Rose Garden ceremony, criticizing Republican delays and noting four seats empty.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Senate
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Obama
Rose Garden
Appeals Court
Senate Republicans
Patricia A. Millett
Cornelia T.L. Pillard
Robert L. Wilkins
D.C
Theater shooting case shifts to insanity plea
Colorado gunman James Holmes, charged with murder and attempted murder for the July 2012 Aurora theater attack, enters not guilty by reason of insanity. The plea forces prosecutors to prove Holmes knew right from wrong and may subject him to forced psychiatric evaluation.
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Colo
Colorado
James Holmes
Arapahoe County
Carlos Lamour Jr
Holmes
Denver
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