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John Paul II beatified in Vatican ceremony

Posted: 01 May 2011 02:23 PM PDT

More than a million people are on hand as Pope Benedict XVI elevates his predecessor to within one miracle of sainthood. Some say the process has proceeded too quickly.

To the vast assembled faithful, it was a statement of the obvious: Pope John Paul II is now one of the "blessed."

Libyan crowds attack diplomatic outposts after airstrike kills Kadafi's kin

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:27 PM PDT

Enraged Libyans mob the British and Italian embassies and loot the U.N. compound in Tripoli. NATO officials say the strike that killed Moammar Kadafi's youngest son and three grandchildren was directed at 'a known command and control building.'

Enraged crowds attacked the embassies of Britain and Italy in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Sunday after an international airstrike that Libyan officials say killed the youngest son of Col. Moammar Kadafi and three of the longtime dictator's grandchildren.

Israel halts tax funds to Palestinians

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:39 PM PDT

Israel's decision to hold about $89 million in tax revenue comes after news of a proposed unity government between Fatah and rival Palestinian faction Hamas. Palestinian leaders condemn the move as an act of 'piracy' and 'war.'

Israel said Sunday that it was delaying the transfer of about $89 million in tax revenue belonging to the Palestinian Authority, the latest sign of souring relations in connection with a proposed unity government between rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas.

British and Italian embassies in Libya attacked

Posted: 01 May 2011 07:43 AM PDT

The Italian Foreign Ministry accuses the Kaddafi regime of failing to protect foreign missions. The British government says it is expelling the Libyan Ambassador.

The British government says it is expelling the Libyan Ambassador after the British embassy in Tripoli was attacked.

2 Afghan policeman are among 6 killed in insurgent attacks

Posted: 01 May 2011 01:42 AM PDT

Insurgents attacked in two Afghan provinces Sunday, killing six people including two policemen and a district council leader, and wounding 20, officials said.

Pope John Paul II's beatification moves him closer to sainthood

Posted: 01 May 2011 03:37 AM PDT

Thousands cheer as Pope Benedict XVI recites the words that elevate his predecessor.

Before hundreds of thousands of the Roman Catholic faithful, the late Pope John Paul II was beatified Sunday in a ceremony that declared him "blessed" and put the Polish pontiff one step closer to sainthood.

Tornadoes' death toll at 340 and rising

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Rescue and relief efforts continue in seven states in the South as hundreds of thousands remain without power. University of Alabama ends school year early.

The death toll from this week's tornadoes continued to climb Saturday morning, making the storms fueled by record winds the second worst in history.

Made homeless by tornado, Alabama victims ponder their next moves

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:48 AM PDT

In a Birmingham shelter, families are in limbo, awaiting help from FEMA after the devastating tornado outbreak made them refugees. A mother says, 'I just want to cry, because I have no idea where home is anymore.'

Kendra Coleman, her husband and three sons awoke Saturday morning in the hope that they would not have to spend another night in the cold, cavernous building where they had slept on cots since a tornado hit on Wednesday.

Inside a city running on fear

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 08:56 PM PDT

Six weeks in the Libyan capital, in a hotel under lock and key, give a journalist a taste of the daily oppression and suffering Kadafi's regime inflicts on citizens.

Sometimes they reveal themselves in a gesture.