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Pope meets 250 artists to renew friendship
 Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful."
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:02:46 GMT
NYT: U.S. fears Iraq projects will go to waste
 The U.S. has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq, but Iraqis' inability to maintain what's left behind could waste hundreds of millions of dollars and jeopardize basic services.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:12:46 GMT
Hasan had intensified contact with cleric
 Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan exchanged e-mails with a radical Yemeni American cleric and began to discuss surreptitious financial transfers, according to two sources.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:10:34 GMT
Hacked emails add fuel to climate dispute
Hackers break into the electronic files of one of the world's foremost climate research centers and post an array of e-mails which causes a stir among skeptics who say discussions show a conspiracy.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:34:47 GMT
Life sentences sought in Amanda Knox case
 Italian prosecutors request life in prison for American Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend, who are accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate.
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:59:05 GMT
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