Bush signs bill to reform Red Cross governance
President Bush signed a law overhauling Red Cross leadership to improve disaster response after Katrina. The 50 member board will be reduced to 25 by 2009 and 20 by 2012, with elections by the board and an ombudsman to oversee operations and report to Congress. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter praised the historic reforms.
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Pope decries pop culture as church canonizes Brazil’s first native saint
Pope Benedict XVI denounces popular culture for sexual immorality as he canonizes Friar Antonio de Sant’Anna Galvão in Sao Paulo before hundreds of thousands. He warns media ridicule of marriage and virginity and urges Brazil’s Catholics amid declining Catholic share from 89 percent in 1980 to 74 percent in 2000. meets with 430 bishops to discuss church challenges.
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Fort Dix plot suspects held without bail in Camden
Six men accused of planning to massacre soldiers at Fort Dix were ordered detained without bail in Philadelphia. Prosecutors say they pose a flight risk. the group includes four Albanians, one Jordanian, and one Turkish national.
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German Court Denies Motassadeq Appeal in Sept 11 Case
Moroc can Mounir el Motassadeq, 33, loses final appeal in Germany over aiding three hijackers in the 2001 attacks. The Federal Court of Justice ruled on May 2 that his appeal is unfounded and the 15 year sentence stands as legally binding. He was arrested soon after the attacks and has undergone two trials.
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