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Saturday, July 1, 2017

Australian supporters set up fund for cardinal after sex charges: report

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Australian supporters set up fund for cardinal after sex charges: report

Vatican finance chief Cardinal George Pell's Australian supporters have set up a fund to help pay his legal fees after he was charged with historical sexual offences, a report said Sunday. The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney said last week it would help Pell with accommodation on his return to Australia to face the charges, but would not foot his legal bills. Pell was ordered to face a Melbourne court hearing on July 26, and has been granted a leave of absence by Pope Francis.

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25 wounded, three trampled during US nightclub shooting

Twenty-five people were wounded, two of whom were in critical condition, during a nightclub shooting early Saturday in the southern US state of Arkansas, officials said. Authorities said three more people were injured by stampeding patrons fleeing the shooting. "I want to reassure our public that this was not an act of terrorism but a tragedy... It does not appear to be a planned shooting," Mayor Mark Stodola told a press conference.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Phone Specs May Include Internal Storage Upgrades

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Phone Specs May Include Internal Storage Upgrades

With the Galaxy Note 8, Samsung may once again attempt to match Apple in internal storage.

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Qatar says Arab states' demands 'made to be rejected', says open to talks

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Qatar says Arab states' demands 'made to be rejected', says open to talks

By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Demands made of Qatar by four other Arab states were designed to be rejected, Doha's foreign minister said on Saturday, explaining that their ultimatum was aimed not at tackling terrorism but at curtailing his country's sovereignty. Officials say they are aimed at ending a rift that erupted last month over accusations that Qatar supports terrorism, charges it denies.

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Man held in kidnapping of Chinese scholar who is feared dead

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Man held in kidnapping of Chinese scholar who is feared dead

CHICAGO (AP) — A man has been charged with kidnapping a visiting University of Illinois scholar from China who authorities believe to be dead after she disappeared three weeks ago. A federal criminal complaint alleges the suspect's phone was used to visit an online forum in April called "Abduction 101."

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Body of Missing Boy, 5, Turns Up Near Lake Months After Father Was Found Passed Out In His Car

The body of Aramazd Andressian was found near Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County, cops said Saturday.

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Five N. Koreans sail across tense border to S. Korea

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Five N. Koreans sail across tense border to S. Korea

Five North Koreans in a small boat crossed the sea border into South Korean waters Saturday, a Coast Guard official said, in an apparent bid to defect to the South. The five people, including four men and one woman, have expressed their wish to live in the South as defectors, the Yonhap news agency reported. Government authorities were questioning the five North Koreans, he added.

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U.S., Philippines hold naval patrol to deter Islamist militants

The United States and Philippine navies held a joint naval patrol on Saturday in dangerous southern Philippine waters, amid rising international concern about Islamist militancy and piracy in the region. US Navy littoral combat ship USS Coronado joined a Philippine Navy frigate, BRP Alcaraz, in patrolling the Sulu Sea where numerous pirate attacks on commercial shipping have been made since 2015. “Our at-sea operations with the Philippine Navy demonstrate our commitment to the alliance and deter piracy and illegal activities,” US Rear Admiral Don Gabrielson said in a statement issued by the US embassy in Manila.

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Pope dismisses doctrine chief in turbulent week for Vatican

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Pope dismisses doctrine chief in turbulent week for Vatican

Pope Francis has dismissed the church's chief of doctrine, Cardinal Gerhard Mueller -- one of the most powerful cardinals at the Vatican -- and appointed a Spanish archbishop to the role, the Vatican said Saturday. German conservative Mueller, 69, who served a five-year posting as head of the powerful department responsible for church doctrine, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), had clashed with the pope over key reform issues.

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Bear crashes through window of Alaska boy's bedroom

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Bear crashes through window of Alaska boy's bedroom

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A huge crash jolted 11-year-old Zach Landis awake in his Anchorage home, but it soon became clear it wasn't a human intruder or his sisters playing a trick on him.

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Venezuela's defiant chief prosecutor requests protection

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's chief prosecutor asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for protection Friday, days after the Supreme Court barred her from leaving the country and ordered her bank accounts frozen.

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Gunman kills doctor, wounds six others in Bronx hospital rampage

By Laila Kearney and Melissa Fares NEW YORK (Reuters) - A doctor who lost his job at a New York City hospital opened fire with an assault rifle inside the building on Friday, killing another physician and wounding six other people before taking his own life in a burst of apparent workplace-related violence, officials said. The gunman, wearing a white medical lab coat, stalked two floors of the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, and apparently tried to set himself on fire, officials said. One physician was shot to death, and six other people were injured, five seriously, including one who was shot in the leg, Police Commissioner James O'Neill said at a news conference.